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- From: sasbrb@rolypoly.unx.sas.com (Brendan Bailey)
- Subject: Re: Sears Best?
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- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:53:24 GMT
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- References: <1992Aug31.190713.19041@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1992Aug31.190713.19041@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, rjc@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (robert.cook) writes:
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- >I'm HAPPY & Sears is ok by me. (today) :-)
- >
-
- Being a first time homebuyer, I recently purchased a refrigerator and
- washer and dryer from Sears. The delivery guys FINALLY arrived after we waited
- for hours for them to show. They got the refrigerator in and asked "Did the
- salesperson mention you need copper tubing for the ice maker?" She didn't.
- Great. No ice. Anyway, the guy rushes and tries to explain how I can go out
- and buy the tubing and hook it up myself.
- They move in the dryer. "Didn't the salesperson mention you need a dryer
- venting tube? No. I really think having to ask for critical parts for things
- is ridiculous. It's like buying a car and then getting in to drive off the
- lot and seeing no steering wheel. ("Didn't the salesperson mention you need
- to buy a steering wheel?) Great. I can't use the dryer until I run out and
- go get me a vent.
- Oh, another refrigerator problem. We asked for the door handle to be on
- the right side, but it was on the left. They were not permitted (?) to change
- it and we would have to call out a Sears repairdroid to switch it.
- They hooked up the washer and out the door they flew.
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- Last night my wife and I bought a dryer venting tube and hooked up the dryer.
- We loaded the washer and turned it on. Sounds good so far. Much quieter than
- the old one in our old apartment. About 25 minutes into it, my wife screams
- that there's water everywhere. Water about 1/4 inch deep was all over the
- floor and running into the kitchen. After unplugging the washer and dryer,
- and dumping towels everywhere to catch the water, I pulled back the washer.
- The idiot who installed the washer rushed the job and barely connected the
- water drainage tube to the back of the washer. I remember he tried it out
- with the washer pulled out away from the wall. When he pushed it in, the
- tube simply popped off or pulled off slightly. About an hour later and
- 20 soaking wet towels, the mess was cleaned up. To say that we wanted to
- torch Sears was an understatement.
- We called the saleswoman who sold us the refrigerator and demanded the
- copper tubing to be added. Another person had told us earlier yesterday that
- adding the tubing would cost $75.00. Our saleswoman told us she would handle
- it and we wouldn't have to pay anything. We also talked with the delivery
- manager and told her our disgust with Sears after the leaking washer. She
- apolgized profusely and will send us a $50.00 check to ease our trouble.
- They will be sending a service guy to fix the refrigerator door and hook up
- the icemaker this weekend. I guess we wont have to torch Sears after all.
-
- It is this lame half-way-done,oops-we-screwed-up-the-order type service
- that really pisses me off. When will companies learn that top notch customer
- service gets results?! Sure, Sears made up in the end (actually, it's not
- over yet), but we were counting on a smooth delivery during the hectic few
- days of moving. The frustration and irritation with the door being wrong,
- and the missing pieces, and the washer flooding will no doubt leave us with
- poor feelings in dealing with Sears in the future, regardless of the fact that
- they fixed all the problems in the end.
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