Don't know what happened to this company, but not the same as in the past. They installed a whole house water softner system in the Fall of 2014, approx. $2400. It quit working at least a week ago, but more like 2 or so weeks ago.
(SAT) I emailed them Sat.... no response; called them Monday morning asked why they didn't call... no answer but said they would call me right back... no callback. I called again, and they said they would send a guy who was in the area, by that afternoon. Nice guy, no part, even though I told them what the part was. He said he would find the part and I would get a call for him to come by and plug it in later that same day or Tuesday. Take one minute he said, no biggie.
(WED) No call back Mon. or Tuesday. Called again and again and again... Finally they call me back to tell me they couldn't find the part. Sorry. Seriously??? I give them contact info. for manufacturer, and warehouse location.
(THURS) Did they call local wholesaler, they said yes but they don't carry it and could not get it. BS. I asked if they called the manufacturer. No. So I found the number and gave it to them. No call back. So I called them again late Thursday and asked if they called the manufacturer. Yes. Did they order the part? No. Why? They said IF they find the part, they will call and schedule to come out, and it would be $130 service call plus the cost of the part. I thought this was a joke... $130 to bring an AC Adapter to my house and plug it in, or deliver to me and I will plug it in. Plus they were going to charge for a part that is under warranty.
(FRI) I called the manufacturer again, and they told me to not deal with Reidhead, that what they were doing and charging was outragious. I don't believe they called or spoke with anyone. This softwater manufacturer has a couple of wholesale companies that sell their systems, and there is a parts warehouse of theirs in Phoenix. ALL of this information was given to Reidhead and they did nothing. I got the part ($15 AC adaptor) myself Friday (today).
NOW (later FRI) - The system still does not work. So I call Reidhead again, no answer and left a message. No CB. Call again and say I have the part the system still doesn't work so the panel itself must be shot.
I am in year 4 of a 7 year warranty, and now Reidhead said if I wanted to find and buy the part ($600) they would install it. But if they had to deal with the warranty, they would charge me not only the service call, but also the labor to install, the time to pick the part up at the supply house, the time to return the bad part... all at $130/hr. As they said, they don't really do warranty work. They want me to make the calls, me to buy the parts, and me to handle the warranty with the manufacturer. On top of all this, I called the owner on his cell phone twice because I thought the problem was in their front office. Nope. He refused to call me or to speak with me. Any company that tells the customer to handle their own warranty should be out of business. Seriously?? BTW... I found 2 other companies who will come and check the system out, no charge. Unbelievable. The owner at Reidhead need a serious attitude adjustment. Not ONE person in that company had the brilliant idea to contact multiple distributors, or to contact the manufacturer, or to find out if the manufacturer's local parts house had the part in stock (I made one call, yes they have a dozen in stock). How SHOULD this have worked? They call me Monday morning responding to my Sat morning email, obtain and replace the AC adaptor by Monday or Tuesday, see that the system still doesn't work and order or pick up the other part in Phx., would've had the part by Wed. and the system would have been fixed and working right now (Fri.).
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