I don't like to give negative reviews, but I am very frustrated.
I bought a dishwasher from Feders three weeks ago.
On the day after it was delivered, the insulation began to fall out of the machine. I called Janice from whom I had ordered the appliance and she said she would sent a work order to an appliance repair company, and I would hear from them.
A week went by. I called again. I told Janice that now the gasket was falling out of the appliance and another part had fallen off as well.
Janice said she would sent another work order. I asked what the name of the service company was so I could follow up. She told me the name and I called and they told me they had not received the work order. Janice said she would send it in again.
Another week went by. I called feders manager Joe. I told him there was a problem with the repair facility continuing to claim that the work order was never sent in. I told him I believed Janice, especially as I had had dealings with Active Appliances, the repair company that was used when I had a home warranty, and that people had a lot of problems with them.
Joe was very rude and kept yelling at me telling me I was calling Janice a liar. Finally I got him to calm down, and explained the situation, as he finally let me speak.
He said he'd call Active appliances himself. I followed up and again Active told me that it had not received the order.
I called Joe again, and suggested that we conference call active together, so that they could give me a service date at that time and the problem would be resolved quickly and easily. He told me he did not have any more time to devote to the issue (the MANAGER, really?) and told me to speak to Janice again.
I spoke with Janice again and told her that I knew it wasn't her fault, but that her work orders were either being lost or ignored by Active. She told me all she could do was submit the order again. I told her that that had been done 3 times already, and that we should just conference call them and get a service date. She then told me I was " badgering" her. That really hurt my feelings, as I had called once a week with the same issue, and since I bought the appliance from her company, could we please just have a 3 way call to Active. She told me she didn't have the time to do it, but would call them again at that time. (I do not understand how having a 3 way call would take up any more time than Janice calling them herself)
I asked about a back up plan, and she told me she didn't have time for "hypothetical" problems. I told her I didn't think this was hypothetical, as they had failed to "receive" the work order three times before when she had done the same thing.
The whole time I was trying to be polite and handle the situatio in a win/win situation for both Feder and myself.
I am so hurt and disappointed in how both Joe and Janice spoke to me and told me I was "baraging" them with my simple requests to try and get my warranty honored by their company and suggesting we try a 3 way call as nothing else was working.
Although initially I primarily blamed active, at this point it is clear to me that Feders is not treating me nicely nor doing all they can to honor the warranty for the appliance I bought in good faith from them and had reported needing servicing three weeks ago.
It's as if they're blaming me for the item needing to be serviced. Three weeks and no real follow up in a way that matters, like a 3 way call.
Too busy to make a 3 way call? Really?
Tomorrow I will look into filing a small claims case to have Feders pick up the dishwasher and return all monies I spent, including delivery and installation.
I will also write a blog on the AAGLAS blog and website warning other property owners (this was for my home, but they advertise to apartment owners) to buy their appliances from a supplier who will treat them with dignity and their warranties with honor and a sincere effort to follow through on problems read more