UPDATE ON JAN 26, 2018: If there was a number lower than 1 STAR, Pro Plumb would get it for dishonesty. I can't say who's being dishonest but stories don't line up when the Estimator said he "Ok well I did just get back to town from hunting" and the company owner claims in her response to this review, "he was dealing with a sick child." I have the text message chain and this company stinks even more following her disengenous reply.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
In the absence of communication, imagination kicks in. And I'm imaging I'm not very important to Pro Plumb NW's success.
After discovering water pooling in our sewer line, I embarked on finding a plumber who could fix it. After all, I'm trying to sell my house. It was like winning the lottery to find Pro Plumb NW and Chris M, who described having been on site when the sewer scope was done, so he knew EXACTLY what needed to be done. He never wavered. Apparently, he knew it so well that he decided to not do an on-site estimate. Nevertheless, he provided one and in complete knowledge of the placement of our existing gas main and line. You can't miss it; it's right there two feet from the yellow flags marking the pooling location --- if you visited the site as one would expect.
On September 18, I secured an emailed bid from Chris M. for work that was scheduled for October 6. Because I'm a professional and consider my own word as more important than my commodities and services, I was there and ready on the morning of Oct 6.
On Oct 5, Chris M. contacted me and said they might need to do the job on Saturday. On Saturday the crew showed up, took a hard look at the job, took my phone number and said they would be in touch about swapping jobs in the morning for the afternoon. They did not say they wouldn't be back. They never came back.
On Oct 10, I finally reached out to Chris M. for a third time trying to get some idea when this job would proceed and if it needed an adjustment to the estimate, or what have you.
Nothing. I had to reach out to him multiple times because he was hunting and never heard again from the crew who took my phone number and said they'd be back in the afternoon. I traveled from Tacoma to be on site and wouldn't have otherwise been in Portland at all. This is how the text communication went down:
Thursday, 7:41pm :
ME: Hey Chris. Are we on for tomorrow?
No reply.
Friday, 8:05am:
Chris: Sorry, i cant talk right now.
Me: Are we on for today?
Chris: Sorry driving no sir it's Tomm we worked till 10 last night
Me: Ok good to know
Saturday 8:30am:
Two guys came at 8:30am and departed, me thinking they were coming back or they would call me on the phone number they asked for.
Saturday 1:15pm:
Me: Hey Chris, can we get an update?
Saturday 3:30pm
Me: Hey, when your guy left he said he would be back in touch and back this afternoon. Nothing. I'm in Portland for this exclusive reason. Can I get an update?
Saturday 5:30pm:
Me: Hey when your guy left he said he would be back in touch and back this afternoon. Nothing. I'm in Portland for this exclusive reason. Can I get an update? I'm guessing he is not coming back tonight.
Chris M: I'm sorry I'm out of cell range till Monday will loose u soon he said it was a safety issue.
Chris M: I'll try soon again
Me: OK well he took my phone number and it would've been great to know. We would be into, doing what we do.
Sunday: nothing.
Monday: nothing.
Tuesday 9:41am:
Me: Any news?
Tuesday 6:41pm:
Me: I'm trying hard to not be rude but I just can't even believe that you dropped the ball on me the way you did over this last weekend. Am I missing something here? I've been waiting to hear from you guys since Saturday.
Wednesday 7:15am:
Chris M: Ok well I did just get bsck to town from hunting like I said I will speak to my this am and call
I called the owner of the company and she was polite but cautious to not commit herself to the notion that this is a piss-poor way to treat a customer. "He was hunting." "He has a sick child." Yea, all of that is excusable when one communicates. Give me a break. We all have life we're living. It didn't occur to her to ask what hardship I might be facing.
But then again, I do what I say I'm going to do. read more