We thought he was good the first time years ago, but this time around he seemed rude, argumentative, incompetent and deceitful.
We first called Zach back in 2015 or 2016 when our old dishwasher died. After taking it apart, he told us it would be more expensive to fix than replace, so we bought a new one through his company and he installed it. Recently (2019) the new one stopped working (we'd barely pulled the front plastic off). We called Zach again, hoping he could fix the unit he'd installed.
First, he was late. Very late. He didn't even communicate that he would be late until after he was already half an hour late, and was another 45 minutes late beyond the revised ETA he gave me.
When he finally arrived, he complained that our dishwasher was old and poor quality, and that it would probably cost more to fix than replace making me wonder if that was his ploy everytime he encountered a dishwasher.
When I pointed out that it was himself who had recommended, sold us and installed this model only a few years earlier, he became annoyed and initially denied that he'd done it. A moment later, he he started cursing about how it was installed and claimed that some do-it-yourselfer had re-installed it and ruined the alignment; the whole unit rocked forward and there weren't any bolts holding it in place. He fumed that we must have re-tiled and ruined everything (but our tile is visibly aged, cracked and in place long before the dishwasher was installed).
So I echoed his discontent, and pointed out that he was entirely responsible for installing it so badly, was the last person to have touched it, and that we had learned how to not rock it forward when we used it because that's the way he'd left it and we'd trusted him to know what he was doing. And I told him I was unimpressed with his service so far.
He refused to believe me and argued for a bit longer, saying he never did shabby work like that. I had to get my husband to confirm that no one had touched it since Zach installed it before he would listen.
Finally Zach stopped arguing and started diagnosing. He found that the control board had shorted, so he fixed it, but warned us that it might not last, and he might have to get a replacement part. He told us if it wasn't going to work, we'd know in a couple of days, and he'd return with the replacement part (that we would have to pay for), but that the labour, if it was needed, would be free. Okay, we were fairly warned. We'd paid a nominal amount for the labour, and were generally satisfied with the outcome.
The dishwasher stopped working again a month later. Zach had no memory (or notes) of his original diagnosis, and wanted to come back and take another look. After another day of waiting to hear from him, he called late and said he'd show up at about 3:30. It was 4:45 when he got there. He came up with the same diagnosis, and said he would pick up the part in Coquitlam the following day, then come back to fix it.
I had to call him the following day to find out if/when he was coming back.
He then told me the part wasn't in stock at the warehouse (it had showed as available on the internet inventory, but that hadn't been updated). He said he'd come over later, but I told him it made no sense if he didn't have the part with him. Now, maybe he told me that it would take 7 to 10 business days to get it in, but if he did, I missed that. But he also said he'd be back the following day, so I assumed that meant "with the part."
I waited until past noon the next day, then called to see if he'd picked up the part yet. He berated me for expecting him to have the part and swore he told me it would be 7-10 days. So I asked him why he was planning to come over anyway, and he said he wanted another shot at diagnosing it without having the part in hand. I'd said "No" to this the day before, but now I agreed because I needed my dishwasher back. Then I spoke with my husband, and we both agreed to cut our ties with this clown show. We just don't need is lies, delays or arguments anymore. I called him back and cancelled the visit AND ordering the part, told him we would just buy a new one and didn't want to continue doing business with him. He thanked me for letting him off the hook of his promise of free labour for installing the part.
In my opinion, he was ridiculously unprofessional and doesn't deserve repeat business. read more