Our experience with MGR Appliance Repair has been an absolute nightmare from beginning to end, and after multiple visits, missed appointments, contradictory diagnoses, and technicians actually leaving our refrigerator in WORSE condition than when this started, our refrigerator is STILL not fixed. We are now having to switch to an entirely different third-party repair company.
This started on a Friday when the freezer drawers on our refrigerator stopped working. The refrigerator/cooling portion itself was still functioning.
The first MGR technician arrived, took one look at the refrigerator, said it was too heavy, and refused to work on it. He left without diagnosing or repairing anything.
When I called MGR, I was told the issue was apparently our flooring and that they would only send someone back after WE moved the refrigerator ourselves. Fine. My husband moved the refrigerator exactly as requested. We called them back--and suddenly they still wouldn't send anyone. We were told we'd have to wait until the next day.
Saturday came. We were never given a proper appointment window. A technician showed up around 9:30 a.m. while we were out. We were told they would return within 1-2 hours.
We waited.
At approximately 4 p.m., we received a text saying they weren't coming.
Then Monday arrived and two technicians finally came out. My husband moved the refrigerator again so they could access it. They found what they believed was a leak, but instead of simply addressing the original freezer issue, they decompressed the system and shut down our refrigerator.
Let me emphasize this: BEFORE MGR's technicians worked on it, the refrigerator portion was cooling properly. Our problem was with the freezer and convertible drawer. AFTER their visit, we were left without a functioning refrigerator at all.
And somehow, it gets worse.
MGR later sent out a THIRD technician. That technician told us that the SECOND technician's diagnosis had been WRONG.
So after MGR's second technician diagnosed the problem, decompressed the system, and left us without a functioning refrigerator, their own subsequent technician came out and contradicted that diagnosis.
At that point, what confidence are we supposed to have in this company?
And after ALL of this, the refrigerator is STILL NOT FIXED.
We are now changing third-party repair companies because we have completely lost confidence in MGR's ability to properly diagnose or repair our refrigerator.
The lack of communication alone would have warranted a bad review. The missed appointments alone would have warranted a bad review. A technician refusing to even attempt a diagnosis because the refrigerator was "too heavy" would have warranted a bad review.
But somehow MGR managed to combine ALL of that with contradictory diagnoses from their own technicians and leaving our appliance in worse condition than it was when they started.
For anyone being assigned MGR through a manufacturer, warranty company, or service plan: document EVERYTHING. Take photos and videos of your appliance before they touch it. Keep screenshots of appointment confirmations and cancellations. Write down exactly what each technician tells you--because in our case, MGR's own technicians couldn't even agree on what was wrong with the refrigerator.
I wish we had never allowed MGR to touch our refrigerator.
After everything we've dealt with, we're back at square one--except now our refrigerator is in worse condition, we've lost an enormous amount of time dealing with this company, and another repair company has to come in and figure out what actually went wrong.
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