If I could select negative stars, I would. This company is so poorly ran. It's just bad business. This may not be the fault of the Kalispell staff specifically. But the company as a whole. Their repair/service center is run out of Washington State - and this is the section of business I have a problem with.
Our dishwasher broke in early October. It took 23 days for someone to come and diagnose it. This trip cost us $100.00, and we were told we would get a call once the part came in and quoted the cost for repair. One-month timeline in this valley is long but standard for most repair services. So all is well so far.
One month later, just before I realized that I'd be hosting Thanksgiving dinner for our family without the use of a working dishwasher, we made the call to check in on our part. Again.. I'm still on board with the one-month timeline being reasonable for our area.. but we thought a check-in call would be a good idea.
We were told that our technician left no notes on our repair ticket and was no longer with the company - therefore, they declared the job "done." So, no parts got ordered. No calls were made. Our dishwasher was fixed according to the paperwork.
This may be an honest mistake.
Bad business #1. Suppose your technician was no longer there. It might be a good idea to go through his book of business to ensure people had been taken care of properly.
Bad business #2. The notes from our initial call were in the call log for our repair request. The door was tripped over, and body weight came down onto our open dishwasher door. The door hinge was bent and broken, and the sensor and suction were not working. You'd think that with notes like that.. and a ticket comes back blank.. you'd take a second look. Or ask questions? How could a broken and bent door be fixed without any parts.. I do not repair dishwashers for a living.. but I feel like this would raise suspicion to anyone who looked at it.
They made us wait another month for a new technician to come out. While making me feel guilty that the new technician will be out $100.00 because they were so generously waiving the fee for a new diagnosis.
One month later. Nearly Christmas. The technician comes out to look at the dishwasher. He was here for less than 10min. All he did was ask me what the last guy said. He opened and closed the door a few times. Didn't try to turn the unit on, or test it, or anything. Just assumed what I said the last guy said was correct. I questioned this, and he just said, "Oh yeah, that looks to be right. I can tell by opening the door". Ok...
I asked him to call and order the parts needed while standing in the kitchen to be sure we wouldn't have another blank ticket scenario. He did, and then he left.
Bringing us to today. Our appointment day. Our part came in two weeks ago, and somehow, we got an appointment in two weeks' time instead of a month. HAPPINESS!... They called us yesterday afternoon to confirm the appointment this morning.. they said they'd call first thing in the morning to give us the appointment window. I took the day off of work.. No call. WE had to call them at 9:30 am to find out what was happening.
The guy is a no-show. And there is nothing they can do but reschedule us for another two to three weeks out.
Fred's Appliance lacks communication and customer service. Their service department speaks with the attitude that they know they are one of the only options around, so they can just continue to treat customers this way. We, the customer, pretty much have no choice but to use them. Their managers are rude and unreasonable, offering no rectification for their bad business mistakes.
As of right now - Fred's has scammed us out of $100.00. I will be disputing the charge until services are rendered. read more