Update 1/27/21:
Following the events of what occurred below, that same afternoon after I had written this review, Jerry's Rooter immediately sent out another plumber to complete the job. I was very glad to hear this and was pleasantly surprised at how soon the new plumber would arrive. He went ahead and completed the job and told me that the invoice would be later discussed as to take into consideration what had all occurred. I appreciated the explanation and from there I was in contact with the receptionist about payment. Jerry's Rooter had offered to charge absolutely nothing for the job (which was an unexpected gesture on their part), but knowing small businesses in this economic climate, I counter-offered and said I would pay what needed to be paid.
After a length of time, I was contacted again and the owner had said 50% off the bill would be good if I agreed to it - so I agreed. After paying the bill, I requested for a receipt so that the transaction could be finalized and so that I would have a paper trail following all of this. Unfortunately, after sending a follow-up email requesting for the receipt, four days had passed without any reply. I became concerned because the charge had already gone through, so I followed up with another email just this evening, and almost immediately after that email I received an email with my receipt.
Long story short: I really do appreciate the effort Jerry's Rooter made in trying to mend things with the customer, but I honestly think a lot of things could have been handled better so this sort of thing wouldn't happen to begin with. Even along the way, the amount of times I had to follow up with Jerry's Rooter to get things resolved was well beyond what one might consider appropriate.
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Original Review:
I will update this review once the job is completed. But so far things have been subpar.
Yesterday around lunch time, we discovered we had a leaking pipe in our garage. We got a few recommendations from friends but chose to go with Jerry's Rooter because we had seen their ads earlier in the month and read their reviews here on Yelp.
Called them and we were told the plumber would arrive between 3PM -5PM. Anthony showed up around 4:45PM and got straight to work. We were happy with the quickness in attending our leaking pipe and the thorough explanation of what needed to be done. Anthony ended up having to cut out two portions of dry wall in our garage ceiling to access the pipes. Long story short, he put a temporary patch on the leak and said he would return the next day (which is today as I'm writing this) at around 9AM to finish the work of replacing the pipes altogether.
Due to this, I took today off of work so that I could be available and present when the plumber arrived. 9AM rolled around and then 10AM rolled around and Anthony had not come yet. We didn't receive any phone calls or anything. We waited a little longer until finally I gave Jerry's Rooter a call at 10:39AM to find out what was going on.
The receptionist who answered said that she was going to contact Anthony to find out where he was and would inform me. After that, I waited until 11:58AM and still no return call. At that point I called Jerry's Rooter again just to find out that Anthony had told the receptionist that he had a family emergency and wasn't going to come in.
At this point, I can understand if an emergency comes up. But shouldn't a company who you're paying hundreds of dollars if not thousands, at the very least, contact you to inform you of the schedule change instead of you having to call in twice to find out? And would it not be good business practice to send a replacement plumber instead of telling the customer to just wait for another day when the plumber is available?
Right now, we have 2 holes in our garage ceiling, and an expectation that it would be worked on at 9AM today. It is now 12:20PM and no word on whether anyone is coming at all to fix the issue. read more