I wish I had cut and pasted my review of this company that I posted on the BBB's site. Where do I begin?
Initially, everything looked great--when I was wanting to make the switch from Preferred Homecare (don't get me started)--but the part of Inogen's contract that states they don't have to provide working equipment bothered me and when I asked my sales rep, Michael Gowin, about it, he got back to me and said "the guys upstairs" were up in arms and not wanting to do business with me. (I used to write federal contracts--I read everything.)
We're dealing with oxygen here and because of so many difficulties with Preferred Homecare, I made the switch the Inogen. They got all of the supplies to me very quickly.
However, what they laughingly call a "six-month supply" of cannulas and tubes is more like a two-month supply: When I called and said I needed more, because I switched cannulas twice a week, they said they expected that people would switch them only every 3-4 weeks. This is grossly unsanitary, especially with COVID floating around, and although I did as they requested and asked my doctor to write a script for more of the supplies, nothing got sent.
But that brings us to the issue of the portable unit--very handy, but my God, the thing will show a low-battery warning as soon as you turn it on; when I contacted them about this they assured me that they were moving the concern to a top priority. What they did to fix the problem is send me a dead, unchargeable battery. When I called them and informed them of this problem, they had me print out a UPS label and send the dead battery back--and now they claim they can't find it and insinuate that I've still got the thing. Turns out they have no record of sending me a UPS label. And they've still never sent a replacement battery.
The portable unit will also stop blowing air, but will stay on, not shutting down when the power button is pressed; a couple of times a week I have to remove the battery to get the thing to work right again. They said they won't replace the unit itself until we get the battery issue resolved (!), and said I might be getting billed for that battery since they can't find it.
The large oxygen compressor is loud and only goes to 5. It makes weird knocking sounds (like someone is playing drums). There is no way to clean out the filter, and after calls, emails, letters and getting my husband involved (that always works), they've said they can't replace the (filthy) filter and will have to replace the entire unit. This is just stupid: There are replacement parts available online! Worse, they want me to put my unit in a box and leave it out for UPS to come pick it up when the new unit is delivered--in a week.
Sure, I'll just not breathe in the meantime.
Don't believe a single thing they say about overnighting equipment--it doesn't happen. Two-day shipments? Nope. Michael Gowin was very clear about how they are concerned about people's ability to breathe and that's why (according to their printed literature as well, which is going right to Medicare to prove fraud) they overnight supplies, and have 24/7 customer service.
Let me tell you about this "customer service"--I don't mind people working from home. But when you're on the clock, I damn well better not hear you just waking up when I call, or TV noises from your living room in the backround (this describes two of my last three calls with them). Also, Debra, from today, when you keep interrupting me and I say "Excuse me, but don't interrupt me when I'm speaking," snorting is NOT a good way to earn anyone's good graces.
These guys are terrible, plain and simple. Spread the word. read more