I hate doing this as I am a small business owner myself, but poor service is poor service, especially when services rendered were not what I was told was going to take place.
During the last cold snap, one of my outdoor faucets split open and water was going everywhere. Called Texas quality plumbing and asked for an estimate on what it would cost to be repaired. A representative of the company came out the next day and estimated that around $$$ to replace the faucet and pipe that had failed. No problem. Now, it also appeared that I had a leak in an outside wall as well. He couldn't pinpoint exactly where the leak was, and that in order to find the leak and fix it, it would require sheetrock work and repairs to the plumbing. Sure, I get it. Estimate was $$$$ for all of it. They required a 50% deposit down to schedule the repair. Ok.
Paid them 1/2 of the $$$$ on my CC and was scheduled for the next day for the repairs to take place.
Two plumbers from them showed up next day. Found the leak on the outside faucet and made repairs to it. Again, no problem with this. What is the problem is now going to come to light.
The "leak" in my outside wall was mistaken and there was no leak in my wall. GREAT! So, how much of my $$$$ am I gonna get back? He didn't know. Now this is where this gets really strange. Plumber said that he had found another faucet that had a small drip on the side of my house where I have my cutoff valve. I told him i was aware of it and wasn't concerned about it. That apparently didn't matter as that faucet was replaced as well, even though I did not authorize it. So, without so much as a thank you or leaving me an itemized receipt with an adjusted billing for services rendered, these guys just left. I had signed an Ipad the day before for my estimate to be scheduled and for $$$$ to be put on my CC. I assumed (I know, never assume) that i would be reimbursed for the amount of funds not needed for this repair. Several days go by and I dont see anything on my CC statement nor do i get an email or a phone call. So I call them. I talked to someone who handles reimbursements and was assured that she would look into the work that had been performed and would adjust the bill accordingly.
Well its been three weeks since that conversation and I have yet to receive an adjusted statement or an explanation as to why a repair that was estimated to be at $$$ became $$$$? I called several times during these three weeks and I never have received a phone call back. I do not like doing this, I truly don't. Charging me for something that was scheduled to be done but proved to not be warranted and not reimbursing me for services not rendered is not how customers should be treated. It's my fault for thinking that this would all be taken care of in a few days after the repairs were completed. My bad. I can assure you that I will not make that mistake again in any transaction involving work on my home. I expected professional service, which I did get, to certain degree. Some things I didn't ask for i got anyway!
This is just a reminder to all that before you get any work done, get everything you expect to be done in writing with both parties signing the paperwork Hard lesson for me to learn. read more