Throughout this frustrating experience I made certain to keep DR HQ informed. Several of the helpful Customer Service Reps had even apologized to me after struggling to reach the shop by phone. Eventually one of the customer service reps informed me that he had successfully contacted the shop and been told that the machine needed a new transmission. This, a full month after delivering the machine to the shop! Ronnie at DR HQ also told me that he had mailed the new transmission which should arrive at the shop in a week or less and that the owner had informed him it would take an additional week to repair upon receipt. I marked my calendar with a reminder to call the shop at the end of Dec but was again not able to reach anyone. Exasperated, I kept trying to reach the shop over the next couple of weeks and on January 18, 2023, I reached the shop proprietor who informed me, in what I considered to be an unpleasant manner, that the machine was ready for pickup.
On January 20 I travelled to Kerrville and upon handing the owner the claim ticket, he tossed it onto the floor with a dramatic gesture of disdain and retrieved the machine. I found the machine was out of gas, the battery was discharged, and the new Beaver blade was corroded from having been left out in the rain. I asked him for some gas to test operate the trimmer and he told me that he had no gas (in a shop full of gasoline-operated equipment!). I stood there in disbelief, and he then told me that I had created a lot of trouble by contacting DR HQ and screamed at me to "Get the F out of my office!" At that time, feeling threatened, I loaded up the trimmer onto my truck and left. After traveling the 35 miles back to the ranch, I gassed up the trimmer and replenished the oil which was also low and tested it satisfactorily. Apart from the corroded Beaver Blade, all seemed to be in order.
It is my strong recommendation that DR should attempt to enlist another repair shop for warranty work, as I, for one, would not be comfortable returning to Double M in the future. read more