See update below:
They sent a tech out to fix a fridge that was getting too cold. He butchered the fridge, left screws all over the floor. He then "fixed" it when the part came in, but instead of things freezing, the fridge was warm. Upon calling the company they said they'd come out again 4 days later to "fix" their fix. The same tech came out, pulled off a housing, left more screws everywhere and said he "wouldn't tighten it up" (the housing cover) because he would have to be back with another part. After he left, whatever he did caused the entire unit to stop working. Freezer and fridge side. And the water dispenser no longer worked. When calling the company to tell them this tech caused a catastrophic failure by his "fix" they said they'd contact him to find out what he did and more info and call back.
After no callback for hours, we called again. Turns out their phone lady left NO remarks in the service request. After calls back and forth, The guy we talked to said there was nothing they could do to fix it, (even though the freezer had worked fine before the third visit) and to call the home warranty company. The phone guy also gave us the phone number for manager Paul, who didn't call back after a message was left.
We spent hours on the phone with the warranty company who eventually decided to just replace the entire unit. While cleaning out spoiled food that couldn't fit in a cooler the following day, the housing that was left unsecured fell and exposed the circuit board, wires, etc. This hit my dad on the arm and electrocuted him. Thankfully, he seems to be ok although it scared him and me. As the freezer had stopped working from that third visit, things were wet and leaking (hence why we were cleaning it out) so there was water that could have conducted the electricity and made it so much worse. My thoughts went immediately to if my younger nephew (who is typically here visiting this time of year) got shocked, or someone with other medical conditions. It looks like there were plugs that were left unplugged as well, and I believe that this is why suddenly after the third visit, the water dispenser and freezer also stopped working. We couldn't see this until the housing had fallen, and truthfully have no idea what goes where, whats hot etc so didn't want to mess with it and make things worse. Unfortunately- refrigerators are hard to come by right now- nowhere has them in stock. The best option we could find won't be delivered for another week and a half, rendering hundreds of dollars of food spoiled, and lots of stress and unneeded aggravation. Thankfully we had a friend lend a mini fridge for medicine, although some has to be tossed for being out of temp too long and it not being worth the risk.
I made some edits to this review to update the situation. After calling and leaving a message for Paul, then calling again and a guy in the office saying Paul was training out of state and he'd send a message, Paul did call back. He seemed genuinely concerned about the situation and asked for photos, as well as replied promptly today. He said he would address the situation internally, and I am updating the review because I truly do believe he was sincere and will take the necessary steps to ensure this doesn't happen again.
We do NOT want the tech to lose his job, as looking at the whole situation it was a series of mistakes by multiple people. Any one or two things wouldn't have been so bad, but all together it was a really awful, scary situation.
If the tech screwed the housing cover in, the freezer would have still stopped working, but it wouldn't have fallen and zapped anyone.
Had the first phone lady contacted the tech as stated (and I truly believe she did not) and sent him back out same day my guess is that he would have removed the housing cover and seen the things not plugged in. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that he would have known exactly what he was seeing with the close up wire picture, and would've been in and out in 5 minutes. This was a stupid mistake, but it was likely just a mistake. We'd still be dealing with the parts and repair- but at least the freezer and water would have still worked. This falls on the phone lady.
Either way, I updated the review and stars because of the response from Paul and my belief that he was genuine and sincere in making sure this doesn't happen to anyone else. read more