I rarely write reviews, only when I have had great or terrible service. Hilco is a 5-star review. I…read morehad an offer from a competitor for a free Summer tune-up on my A/C system, and while it has been running fine for many years now, a tune-up, whatever that is, would be beneficial. So the competitor came out, performed an inspection, and, surprise, surprise, found a bunch of things wrong with my system and began to press me for a commitment to a new system. I expressed my reluctance, stating it was running fine and I had no issues with it.
He told me that the whole system was about to fail at any moment, and they were scheduled so busy in the Summer that I should take advantage of the offer to replace the system now vs later.
I asked how much, and he quoted me his proposal. I gasped: $52,000.00 (more than I paid for my first two homes), so he said I could get by with a valued system at $36,000.00. I expressed skepticism and told him I would not spend that kind of money while my system was working. He then quoted me a system for $27,000.00, and I told him I would have to think about it.
At that point, I called Hilco, who had performed work for me 18 years ago by replacing a bad unit, and Brian, one of the owners, came out, tested the system, verified a couple of things the first guy did and said he recommended a couple of minor fixes to keep things running smoothly and performed the work right there on the spot. He charged me $240.00 for replacing a couple of capacitors and said when it came time to replace systems to call him, and he would get it done for less than half the original quote from his competitor. Brian from Hilco explained that because I have solar, certain system features would not be a good return investment and anyone not taking that into consideration was "selling" me stuff I didn't need.
I asked how long he thought my current system would last, and he was careful to say no one could know for sure, but he anticipated a couple more years easily. I appreciated an honest technician/company that had my interest at heart, not just someone selling bells and whistles I didn't need or afford. You can bet that when the system is to be replaced, I will call Hilco. Great experience with them. My highest rating.