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- From: wayne@ultra.com (Wayne Hathaway)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: GOOD service from Price Pfister
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.160822.3096@ultra.com>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 16:08:22 GMT
- Reply-To: wayne@ultra.com (Wayne Hathaway)
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Ultra Network Technologies
- Lines: 32
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- This is a report of a *GOOD* experience with a manufacturer, so if you
- are only interesting in reading complaints, press "n" now! :-)
-
- I have a five-or-six-year-old Price Pfister single-handle kitchen
- faucet that has an oak "button" on the top. From normal wear, the oak
- got to looking pretty ratty. I tried Varathaning it, and this worked
- for a year or so, but then the thing started turning all yucky like it
- had dry rot. (Oh Lord, let that be the ONLY dry rot in the house! :-)
-
- The only replacement buttons the local Price Pfister dealer carries
- are stainless steel, so I called Price Pfister Customer Service to
- find out where I could buy a replacement oak button.
-
- I described the yucky button, and the service person immediately asked
- whether I had ever replaced the cartridge. A bit taken aback, I said
- no, but ... Then before I could even so much as ask about buying a
- replacement she said "Well, it sounds like the button is getting wet
- from the bottom, and that means the cartridge needs replacing, so I'll
- have a new button, cartridge, and retainer ring sent to you right
- away, no charge. Now, what's your address for UPS?"
-
- Needless to say, I was flabbergasted -- I thought service like this
- had gone out of style decades ago! At any rate, I will certainly buy
- Price Pfister in the future (and by the way, this is the ONLY problem
- I've had with the faucet) and I would encourage others to do likewise.
-
- We now return you to the bitching and moaning in progress ... :-)
-
- Wayne Hathaway domain: wayne@Ultra.COM
- Ultra Network Technologies uucp: ...!ames!ultra!wayne
- 101 Daggett Drive phone: 408-922-0100 x132
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