Wow. Is there a Zero Star rating? I typically don't have time to review companies but when service + communication is as poor as it was with SunChaser solar, I feel obligated to take a moment so others will be warned, especially if they're hiring SunChaser solar to inspect a property they're considering buying. Perhaps SunChaser solar will improve their performance when they go out to perform a job or receive a complaint for negligent service after the fact, and don't treat others the way they treated us.
Here are the details of what happened when we called SunChaser Inc. to come out.
1st - we suspect a leak in our solar system and call SunChaser Inc. to come out to check and potentially repair the leak. This was the same company who came out about 6 months earlier when the previous owners suspected a leak, but SunChaser Inc. reported there was no leak at that time.
SunChaser Solar sent two people out when we called, but the one guy spent more time just talking about the system we had without ever actually getting up on the hill to inspect all of the solar pipes, which I thought wasn't a thorough inspection. The other guy walked around the perimeter of the pipes to glance at our system, and commented how steep the hill was. Maybe that's why he didn't want to check the entire system thoroughly?
After a brief observation, without a thorough inspection of all the pipes, they tell us we do not have a leak, and give us an invoice that says everything is fine, just like it was fine during their last visit about 6 months earlier when the previous owners hired them to come out b/c they suspected a leak in the solar.
We pay them immediately. The one guy tells us the signs to look out for if we continue to suspect a leak: dead plants where the water would be coming out with chemicals from the pool. As he is talking, I point to a spot behind him, and ask, "Like the that area with all the dead plants behind you?" They walk over, but still never do any type of pressure testing and retain their position that we do not have a leak, and they process our credit card payment. Paid in Full immediately.
But about 4 hours later, we have another company come out to do an inspection, and they find the leak within 10 minutes. (we can provide the video to show this was a significant leak).
At this point, we're not only disappointed that SunChaser Solar didn't find the leak when we called them, and had to pay another company to actually perform a thorough inspection to find the problem in the system, we are further frustrated that this was the 2nd time they came out within the past year where they accepted money for their poor inspection and each time report everything was fine.
Important NOTE:
If they did their job properly on their first visit, and actually found the leak with the original owners, we would not have further incurred the expense to fix the leak, b/c this entire problem would've been fixed before we moved in. But when we were buying the property, the previous owners showed us that they inspected the Solar 6 months earlier, and showed us how SunChaser Inc. reported everything was fine with the system.
However it was not fine.
And then it gets worse.
I call SunChaser Solar and report what happened. Instead of apologizing for missing the leak, and offering to refund the charge they processed for a service that was not performed properly, Brandon responds by arguing with me, and tells me they missed it because their technicians "are human".
WHAT?!
Is that acceptable response by an owner? They missed the leak TWICE -- on two separate paid visits, because... "They're Human"??? And that's ok for an owner?
When I ask if he's going to refund the charge for the service not performed back on the credit card that was charged, his response was, "Will that make you sleep better at night?"
:o wow. #NoWords #AggressiveResponse
Then Brandon tells me that if I want, I can submit a request for a refund by email, and to send him my physical address if I want to ask for a check to be mailed. Which is weird because he already has my address, and we paid instantly by credit card. Why not just refund the card that was just charged?
But then - it gets even worse. (If that's possible.)
After I submit the email as instructed by Brandon to give him the address he already has in order to request a refund, I get a bounce back email response from their email host stating, "Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) "
I guess their email provider is also human?
Obviously he has no intention of refunding the charge, nor apologizing for missing the leak twice.
To which I'm left wondering, "Is it fraud or negligence when a company comes out, does not perform the necessary service visit, yet accepts payment in full immediately?" read more