At the start, our experience with PC Richard & Son in Paramus, NJ, was positive and I was prepared to give them 5 stars. We were only going to replace the oven and maybe the fridge. However, Miguel P. helped us get a good deal to replace all of our kitchen appliances with attractive Samsung appliances with the PC Richards' card interest free for a year so we decided to take it. He gave us his cellphone number to be able to reach him directly rather than calling the main number for the store. My kid and I were impressed.
I felt this company was so much better than Best Buy in Paramus which has little to no customer service and makes you wait on hold forever if you call. Even if you go in person, you have to wait for hours since no one person can answer your questions and each person tells you to talk to someone else in the store. You can never leave there in under 2 hours since everyone you have to talk to is busy and makes you wait. Also if you buy anything defective they are reluctant to exchange it quickly but rather send people to your house who can't fix said defective item. Only after that will they tell you to pack it up and take it back in person rather than taking it themselves when they see it is defective. Exasperating!
On the day of the delivery, a Thursday, the fridge could not fit although we were assured that it would fit given the measurements we provided. Unfortunately, it could not get through the kitchen doorway. We called to ask Miguel P. on his cellphone to ask for a smaller fridge and he showed us a photo and the stats so we agreed to pay the difference for the second fridge. I was advised to pay the difference by the automated QuickCheck system. No matter how many times I called, from Thursday through Monday, the system would tell me my receipt number for paying via QuickCheck was invalid. I called Miguel but he didn't answer his cellphone. I called the main store number to get someone at PC Richards to help me but each time I called I got a recording that kept me on hold for 2 to 3 hours and didn't get a person. Sometimes, I got disconnected after waiting on hold for a very long time. I tried the cellphone of Miguel P. but unfortunately, he didn't answer and I supposed he took the day off.
I finally went in person back to PC Richard & Son to pay the difference in person. I was hoping they would deliver the fridge as promised on Tuesday. Then, I was told by PC Richards' Maggie they would not have the COI for our coop building in time to deliver on Tuesday but would deliver on Thursday.
Even though our building management indicated we could use the previous COI and get the fridge on Tuesday, Maggie said we could only get the fridge on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Maggie called to say we would get a text by latest 7 p.m. to tell us when the fridge would be delivered on Thursday. We never got said text. I called and was on hold 3 hours again and then Maggie said it would be delivered between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. I waited and never got a call back. Very little time remains before 3 p.m. and I live in a coop which doesn't allow deliveries after 4:30 p.m. I called again and a man said he would put me on hold and again I waited a long time until I got disconnected. I called again and the man who answered exclaimed. "Didn't you just call and speak to Maggie? I recognised your voice!". Yet again, he put me on hold although I told him not to as I have been on hold. I am tired of being on hold listening to that tediously long and boring recording by Greg Richards and awful whistling jingle music.
I called back and finally someone put Miguel P. on the phone. He said it would be delivered before 3 p.m. I am wondering if it will be delivered. I am on hold again waiting for Maggie to find out what happened to the fridge. At the time, she had said it would be here in 30 minutes. Well I have been waiting and it was 3:16 p.m. and now 4:00 p.m. and still no fridge. I was on hold for the umpteenth time waiting for Maggie to find out what happened to the fridge. She claimed they were 10 minutes away. I called back and was told they were stuck in Cliffside Park. I guess it never occurred to the driver/delivery man to call me or the store to inform that they were delayed and to say when they would be here, when cell phones exist. It was 4:30 p.m., the deadline by which deliveries are allowed in our building. They finally arrived at 4:59 p.m. and left by 5:37 p.m. after installing our fridge at last. I just called Miguel P. and he answered the phone so I thanked him for the fridge and the other appliances. Thank God that is the end of the kitchen appliances story.
I should say though that, although the delivery men left a lot to be desired and should get at most 3 stars as should the annoyingly long recording by Greg Richards played while on hold for of 1 to 3 hours, the Samsung kitchen appliances are fantastic and should get 5 stars! The salesman, Miguel P. should get 5 or more stars for customer service. read more