I needed the furnace cleaned before the winter. I contacted Comfort Solutions Heating and Air Poplar Grove IL. I spoke with a woman that said there was a special in September for cleaning at the cost of 79.95 I set up an appointment. On the scheduled day two guys arrived to do the cleaning, they brought with them a small shop vac, clip board and a small bag of tools. The one asked if there are any concerns with the furnace, I answered no it just needs to be cleaned. I showed them the furnace asked a few questions and left them to do their job. About 15 minutes later the one guy said that I needed a part replaced that the charge in the part was low and would help the fan run better replacement part would cost 79.95. I agreed because I want my furnace to run in the winter, I completely understand there is a markup on these parts, little did I know that this companies' mark up on parts is 800%. Within a half hour they were done "cleaning" I now believe they just turned on the shop vac and let it run without vacuuming up anything. The one guy must have been teaching the other guy because he went on to explain how to fill out the invoice. At this point I questioned the service fee the guy told me no that was for service calls not cleanings. I went on to write my check and was told to "stop before you fill in the amount we have a service plan for cleaning and service discounts blahblahblah I asked the cost of that and he told me 159.99 a year I told him my husband makes those decisions and continued to write my check. I contacted the company as soon as they left to ask about the price for the cleaning the woman I talked to told me Keith would void my check I should write out another one with the correct amount I asked for a corrected total and she told me just to change the 90.00 to 79.95 I guess I was supposed to figure out tax and do their paperwork for them.
My husband came home and wanted to see the part they replaced. We opened our furnace back up and shocker they had NOT cleaned it at all not even a little bit they did not even try to make it look like they had cleaned anything. At this point we also noticed that the filter was sucked into the fan, they had taken out the filter to check it and PUT IT IN BACKWARDS they ruined a brand-new filter. The 79.95-dollar part was replaced in a completely different place. I do not know why they did not replace the part from where it came from they screwed it to the base of the furnace where if water ever got to it the furnace would have completely shorted out. I took pictures and sent them to the company via Facebook message. No one responded they read the message but ignored it. I waited till the next day and wrote again and received back an unpleasant message that they were closed, Keith would contact me Monday. Keith called just after 8am Monday he was not pleasant at all and wanted to know what the issue was. I explained very nicely that I wanted my furnace cleaned and it was NOT CLEANED as he could see by the pictures, I sent him. He agreed the fan motor had not been cleaned and he spoke to the service guys about it. Keith proceeded to tell me "He couldn't believe we were even having this conversation because HE HAS NEVER HAD ANY COMPLAINTS EVER! I paused and went on to ask about the filter issue Keith tried to turn it around as my fault and I shouldn't be using that filter I stated that furnace filter 101 is put it in the correct direction so it doesn't get sucked into the fan His worker put it in backwards not me. Keith told me the filter was a mistake and mistakes happen and that was that. Keith did not care that a 20.00 filter was ruined by his workers. I went on to point out the 800% markup on parts and Keith stated "so it is what it is whether it is 10%25%50% or 800% and what is it I want? I told him he could have the part back I did not want it and my furnace cleaned. He said he could send the guys back out with my part and they would clean correctly but I would have to pay 79.95 because he could not send two guys out for free. I said fine we agreed the guys would come back that day at 3pm. At 2pm that day Keith called and said he was returning my check to me; the guys were not coming out and we were done. I hesitated and agreed Keith just said fine we are done and hung up. This company clearly does not care about the customer. They do not do the job they are paid to do. Keith was condescending, rude and clearly does not care about providing quality work. read more