I'm sorry this is so long winded. But, if you are disabled, please read this.
Had Keith come out once prior to perform a warranty claim and he did a great job. Small family business, so I kept them in mind for future. Then, a little over a week later had another unrelated issue. I called our warranty company again and specifically requested K&D.
Got a call from Denise and she was difficult from the start of the call. I wasn't prepared for some of the questions she was asking me due to being physically disabled and my husband was the one who pulled dryer out, replaced vent coil, and my husband checked/assessed for any air flow issues prior to placing claim. I was doing the best I could without being able to look at the issue myself because I cannot physically do so.
Denise was audibly annoyed that I was asking my husband and then repeating his answers to her. She asked to directly speak with my husband who's responses were the same as mine. Which was fine. But, she continued to tell him that our issue was an "air flow" problem and continued to ask the same questions about assessment of the "air flow) problem. My husband finally asked Denise "Are you going to help us or do we need to call someone else?" Denise then gave us an appointment for 6days later. On the morning of the scheduled appointment it got to be 11am and I hadn't heard anything about when K&D was coming to our home. I called and left a message. I called again an hour later and Denise answered. I asked about the appointment that had been scheduled for that day and she had trouble finding our work order, even chuckled slightly. Then she stated "we cancelled your appointment, your warranty doesn't cover air flow issues". Our issue is not an air flow problem. I asked why no one had contacted us to notify us that they were not coming out and she said "the warranty company was supposed to do that". "We don't notify customers that we get through the warranty company of cancelations". I then asked if they were able to come out and look at the dryer today (as scheduled) and if it happens to be air flow issue I would pay for it out of pocket. I just needed my appliance to work properly and not burn our house down. As there was a burning smell coming from the dryer, which she was told about numerous times.
Then for reason unknown to me, our previous conversation upon scheduling was brought up and she commented that I had to ask my husband the questions she was asking me and relay answers. Yes, because I'm disabled and unable to kneel or bend to get to the back of the dryer or even move it to get back behind it. I did get upset when she said this because it was meant to be hurtful in my opinion, it was hurtful. Not something you bring up when a customer calls for a repair of an appliance. In any situation, really, why?? She then put me on hold without telling me she was doing so. I sat there saying "Hello" several times (thinking she hung up on me) then realized I was on hold. When they came back to the phone, her husband (tech) Keith was on the other end. I explained the situation and my reasons for being frustrated and honestly upset and hurt. He says "I don't want to comment about that". I asked him if a customer needs to be reminded of her disability when calling for a appliance claim?? Why do that? That it wasn't called for. Then my husband got on the phone and repeated the same about what we had done to figure out why our dryer isn't working. Again asking if they could come out today and that we would pay for it if the work wasn't covered by warranty. There was no visible "airflow" issue, it seems it's something else that in fact would be covered. He's never inspected the dryer, how can he tell over the phone what is wrong with it? Keith explained that "we are told by warranty company not to call the customer if it's not covered, they should have called you and told you we cancelled the appointment". So, if you are a repeat customer that asks for them directly, it doesn't matter to K&D whatsoever. Keith had been out to our home less than 2 weeks (9days) prior to fix unrelated issue
We finally just gave up on K&D.
There was no reason for this to have happened like it did and for my physical disability to be brought into the conversation as a talking point on Denise's part. I explained why I couldn't inspect the dryer myself, that should have been the end of it. It was honestly hurtful and totally unprofessional and uncalled for.
Please call another small business, NOT this one.
UPDATE: Warranty company had another contractor come out to our home. The warranty company stated "we've had issues with K&D before....". Interesting The issue was in fact not an "air flow" problem. It was the "ideler pulley" had become disconnected, which turns the motor. Repairman told me he was surprised it didn't blow fuse or even start a fire. K&D put our safety in jeopardy!! read more