DO NOT IGNORE THE NEGATIVE REVIEWS HERE! THEY ARE NOT EXAGGERATED!
I wanted to give this local company a chance. I saw some of the bad reviews here, but I figured it was a vocal minority. I gave Mays-Munroe (M-M) a chance and all I can say is STAY AWAY. It happened to me, it happened to my fellow reviewers here, and it will likely happen to you too!
I sent a version of this review to M-M two weeks ago, hoping that they might decide to take my problem seriously. They didnʻt reply, so here I am. This is long, but if you are considering using M-M to make a major purchase, I urge you to read until the end.
Iʻm a first-time homeowner, and I was excited to make my first brand new appliance purchase. Rather than going to a big box store, I decided to go with a local store where I could establish a relationship that would hopefully last throughout the years as I updated my house, either when things broke or I simply wanted an upgrade.
The refrigerator in my house was slowly breaking down, and it became clear that I would need a new one soon, so I drove over to M-M. I had a lovely in-store experience. The woman who helped me was a member of the Munroe family (I thought that was a good a sign--how wrong I was!). She seemed quite knowledgeable and talked me through my options. She asked carefully considered questions, and we found exactly what I was looking for. It ended up being a Whirlpool for a decent price. (White with a freezer on top. Not exactly trendy, but itʻs what I wanted.) It was delivered and set up within a reasonable timeframe.
The day after the delivery, I discovered that my freezer was full of solid ice. It turned out the ice maker had been improperly installed, and it was leaking water continuously, leading to the accumulation of a large solid ice mass. I called Mays-Munroe, and a serviceman was here within a couple of days, and he was able to identify and fix the problem. Thatʻs fine, mistakes happen.
But over the next few days, a problem that would turn out to be much more serious began to develop. The refrigerator began making a loud sound thatʻs hard to describe, kind of like a blend of hissing and gurgling. Iʻm not talking about the general loud background buzz--this is an additional sound that happens at the same time. It happens nonstop for about 3 hours, then stops for about an hour and a half, then starts up again for another 3 hours or so, etc.
The sound is so loud that I canʻt concentrate when itʻs happening. My house is small, and my kitchen is adjacent to my living room and my office. I canʻt read in my living room anymore because the noise is so loud and erratic that I canʻt focus on the page in front of me. I work from home, and now I canʻt work unless my office door is closed and I have music playing, which I hate, because otherwise the erratic noise makes it impossible for me to concentrate. In short, this refrigerator has ruined my ability to enjoy my own home in peace and quiet. With anything else I do, the noise is there. It never fades into the background. I never stop noticing it for a moment.
I called M-M again to describe the issue, and a different serviceman came over. He was unable to identify the source or cause of the noise. I took a video of the refrigerator while it was making the noise, and I brought it to the store to play for the saleswoman. She seemed shocked and said that she had never in her life heard any refrigerator make a noise like that. At that point, I was relieved that I had gone with a local company, because it seemed like she recognized the defect in the product, and I was sure that M-M would make it right.
Long story short (and in spite of what Iʻm about to write, this is truly the short version), that hasnʻt happened. Someone from "the A-Team" (Iʻm still not sure exactly who they are) came over. A woman came inside, stood here for literally 90 seconds, said "thatʻs normal" and left. Since then, I canʻt get them to return my calls or text messages. I reached out to M-M again. I received back what essentially read like a break-up text. "At this time, the Whirlpool companion declined to authorize any trade out of the unit. My only other suggestion would be to call Whirlpool directly and express your concerns. We asked for a concession on the unit due to your dissatisfaction, but it was rejected. Perhaps you would have better luck as the consumer." I asked whoever was texting me if they would mind asking my saleswoman to call me if she was in the store. (It was a Friday.) The person said that they sent her an email asking her to call me. I never heard from Mays-Munroe again.
So now Iʻm stuck with a fridge thatʻs making my house unbearable for me to be in. Iʻm going to have to sell my brand new fridge that I paid $1,150 for at fire-sale prices, because no one wants to buy a used fridge (even if itʻs brand new), and I have no ability to get it out of my house.
DO NOT USE MAYS-MUNROE EVER! IT HAPPENED TO US AND IT CAN AND WILL HAPPEN TO YOU TOO! read more