I do not recommend Dave's Tradeway (also known as Tradeway Appliance Sales and Service) in Cambridge.
Tradeway's service is unreliable.
I took a rare day off from work recently and drove about 100 kilometres from Toronto to Guelph to help out a friend. I intended to accomplish two things -- help my friend organize his place for his two special needs kids and arrange for his dryer to be fixed
A work colleague recommended Dave's Tradeway appliance repair in Cambridge. I contacted Dave's assistant two days in advance of my day off and arranged for Dave to repair my friend's dryer. The assistant was very nice and confirmed Dave would be able to do the repair on the Thursday that I was going to be in Guelph. The assistant said Dave would drop by my friend's place between 5 and 6:30 p.m. on that day. However, he told me Dave would call me on the Thursday morning to confirm.
When I received no call from Dave on the Thursday morning, I phoned him myself. Since I was en route, Dave asked me to call back when I got to my friend's place so I could give him the make and model of the dryer. (I didn't have that information with me.) Dave confirmed he would be at my friend's place between 5 and 6:30 p.m. that day.
I phoned Dave back when I got to my friend's place about 15 minutes later and gave him the dryer information. Dave called me back a short time later and said he was having difficulty finding information on the dryer, which was an older model. We had a pleasant conversation and Dave once again confirmed he would see me later that day.
Dave did not show up at the arranged time and nor did he call me to let me know he wasn't going to make it. I finally called Dave around 6:45 p.m. to find out when he was coming over, but he didn't answer his phone.
I waited and waited, but Dave never showed up and he never called or left a message.
The following morning I called Tradeway, but no one answered. I then masked my number (so it wouldn't appear on call display) and immediately redialed. Sure enough, the assistant answered.
When I told the assistant that Dave had not shown up the day before, he said he didn't know anything about it, but he would "make a note of it" and let Dave know.
I did not receive any follow-up call from the assistant or Dave explaining why Dave didn't show up.
I consider this to be extremely poor service.
If, for some reason, Dave was detained at another job on the Thursday, or changed his mind about doing the repair, a phone call letting me know would have been common courtesy.
On the other hand, if Dave's no-show was due to an emergency or accident, I would think the assistant would have known about it or at least called me back later to let me know. This would seem to me to be good basic customer service.
I am very disappointed by Tradeway's poor treatment.
The unfortunate thing is I would have used Sears' repair service had I not received a recommendation for Dave's Tradeway. And, if I had have used Sears, my friend's dryer would probably be fixed now.
I truly regret contacting Tradeway. read more