Surf Glass installed windows for us years ago (and we've done business with them quite a few times since). The bracket on one of the windows rusted up and broke so that the window was unusable. I called them to see if they could repair the bracket
After they came out to assess the window, Christine (secretary) calls me back to tell me that Harold says they can't repair it - only option is to replace it. I was confused as it's a simple bracket , and they installed our 4 windows upfront, so I asked her why that is. She said she didn't know - that's just what the boss said. Admittedly, I did respond by saying, "Well of course he rather have me replace it and spend over $1000 than to simply have the hinge repaired" Secretary then started YELLING over phone -- "That's not how we work" - so on and so forth. So I asked her to have Harold call me as I really wanted to find out why it couldn't be repaired.
Instead of Harold calling back, the same secretary calls me back stating that they no longer do business with the manufacturer and thus can't replace the hinge. I said "I'm sorry Harold put you up to this, but I was hoping to speak to him directly as I've done a lot of business with you guys in the past." She took what I said completely wrong, and she goes from 0-100 and starts to YELL again over the phone stating that "He didn't put me up to anything!" - she siad some other stuff that I couldn't catch because her mouth was going a mile a minute and then calls me rude. She FINALLY puts Harold on the phone - who is the total opposite of her - very calm, collected and he explains why they can't repair iit. He also OFFERS to get me an estimate on a new window. His response seemed legitimate, so I said I was looking forward to the estimate.... A few minutes passes - the secretary calls me back AGAIN and states, "Harold put me up to it - you should go elsewhere" I was like " ok cool" \and she hangs up. The secretary must be related to someone in the office because I've been in the office before when I had to drop off some screens to be repaired and similar conversations took place between her and customers over the phone, She is blatantly nasty, and my husband agreed that she too was rude to him, and he gets along with literally everyone - he's so mild mannered, so it's not just me, However, I never thought that it would be me on the receiving end since I've been a customer there. She was so rude as to go as far to say that I wasn't a customer - my father was - meanwhile I had a $1000 window installed by them not too long ago which I all have receipts in my name for. So, so nasty and rude.
I always err on the side of caution when writing reviews because I understand everyone has bad days, but her calling me back multiple times to yell at me is unacceptable, and if Harold did indeed tell her to call me back with that attitude - shame on him as well. Just something to keep in mind when doing business with them - doesn't seem to matter how much business you do, they will still treat you like garbage in the end. read more