I initially had one star until the Techs (finally arrived) but upped it to 2, given that my fridge…read moreis now working ok... The dishwasher I'll document more about below
This company is completely unprofessional doesn't follow through on their promises. They don't care at all about their customer's time. If I hadn't left work to come home early, and been on a time crunch given a closing date on a new house (damaged appliance(s) were in the old house) I would have canceled them all together and gone with either Dell's or All Around Town. I only went with them based on a recommendation that they may have lower prices on a new dishwasher.
First of all, when I called to scheduled an appointment. Lenny, told me they were available on Wednesday from 12-3. I asked if they were able to come around 3pm and he sad no, no they only do the whole window from 12-3. He was emphatic about the fact that his techs do not start service calls after 3pm because otherwise they wouldn't be home 'in time for dinner'. I told him that would be fine, and I'd figure something out with work.
Fast forward to the day of service. I'm at work (because that's where most people are at 9am on a Wednesday) and receive a call/voicemail from Lenny asking me to call him back. He doesn't say the reason for the call. I step out around 10:30 to call back and get a woman in the office on the phone. I wish I got her name because her lack of ability in the customer service department really warrants being called out directly. I'm perfectly polite to her and explain the voicemail from Lenny. She acts like she doesn't know what phones, or calls, or humans, or Lennys are, and says I can only leave a message for him, and that she has no clue what the call was about. She insists she has NO way to contact Lenny or the other service techs. I don't believe her, but I politely leave my contact info.
I arrive home around 12:10, of course no one is there. I wait until 3:10. Still no service techs, and no called to give me an estimated time, an apology, nothing. At this point between my conversation with Miss Congeniality earlier and their lateness, I'm pretty frustrated.
I call and politely ask if there was an update on the techs. Miss Congeniality again informs me in an annoyed voice that she doesn't have any idea, she only makes appointments. I ask if she has their cell numbers so I can call myself. She says no she doesn't have any contact with them (YEA RIGHT. ) and says I can leave a message with her. I tell her I already did that. ** Silence** then she angrily asks if she should just hang up. I say no, maybe she should get her carrier pigeons out to the techs because apparently that's how they communicate with her and customers (yes, I said pigeons). She basically yells, that she can take a message so I YELL my contact info at her, and tell her THANKS A WHOLE LOT, YOU ARE SO HELPFUL in a sarcastic tone and hang up.
Five minutes later Lenny calls back, so those carrier pigeons fly real fast I guess, or maybe Miss Congeniality found her Rolodex in the office. I tell him what happened and he tells me that 12-3 is just a 'window' and that they got 'held up' and I remind him that he told me techs don't come after three. He brushes me off even though I told him just a call to say they'd be late would have been sufficient and that he wasted my time leaving work early.
The techs arrive around 3:30 (apparently they're not worried about that dinnertime?), they're only in my house for about 20 minutes They were generally kind and did what they were supposed to.. but it wasn't that great either. The turn on my dishwasher again (causing it to flood on the floor again) then promptly tell me it's broken. Shocking. They then give me an outrageous 525 PLUS 200 dollar install price for a new one (no thanks). They did thaw out my freezer and clear the frozen drain, so at least that was something. It cost 145 for the call, and the fridge repair.. I think pretty comparable, but also still kinda ridiculous given they weren't here more than a half hour.
So Cedar Appliance, you guys need to come up with a FAR better communication system and/or decide on your lies ahead of time so they don't contradict each other. Also, it's time to trade out Miss Congeniality for someone that can do more than act like at best an airhead an at worst a jerk.