This rating has one star, because I can't give less on this system.
I scheduled a pickup for an 8 yr old John Deere lawn tractor to be picked up for a tune up and to have the fan belts tightened the week of Thanksgiving 2018. I could have done this myself, but didn't want to lie under a tractor in the winter. The tractor has never had any trouble at all, starts first time, never needed oil or air in the tires (Thank you, John Deere). I just thought it would be easier to have routine maintenance done by a pro. I was wrong.
I scheduled the pickup online in 3rd week of November, and it was confirmed. A week later, I had to inquire why it wasn't picked up. It was finally picked up after I asked, then I heard nothing.
In February 2019, I inquired about the status.Two days later I received a response telling me I needed the deck needed to be rebuilt, both blade spindle assembly's, 2 idler pulleys, belt and blades, a new traction drive belt and inner tubes for the front tires, also the engine needs to have the valves adjusted. $722.21.
Okay, minus pickup & delivery ($65.00 and fair) = $657.21. Basically half the cost of the mower when it was new.
I said I couldn't authorize that price. This mower worked fine when I sent it in, I just wanted routine maintenance. But something picked at me - tubes for front tires that had never once went flat in eight years? I asked if they could just do the tune up I had requested. This was still in February. I got no response.
When I asked (again) in April, I was told in response to my refusal "It doesn't make sense to do a tune up if the other repairs are declined. The only way for the machine to function properly is to do the repairs that were quoted. I wouldn't want you to spend $350 on the tune up and have the deck not function. The diagnosis is $40"
So I had them return the mower ($40 diagnostic, $65 pickup/delivery = $105.00), which came back with two flat front tires (again, never flat before). Oddly, the mower deck they supposedly diagnosed still had about two inches of grass on it from last season (okay, so I didn't clean it off, but they didn't either, so how did they diagnose?), and I refilled the front tires, which haven't last any PSI since and never had before. The mower stared first turn of the key - as always - so I am back where I was before giving them $105.00 for nothing.
My front tires weren't flat before. Ever.
If my mower deck is screwed up, I would think you need to actually look at it.
It was a total waste of time and money to do business here. If I ever need this service again, I will do it somewhere more responsive, less ambiguous, and more trustworthy. read more