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Sears Bad product

I bought a Sears Kenmore side by side model # [protected] based on the Consumer Reports recommendation. I did not have it home a week and the first Jabil controller board burnt out. They replaced that, but 20 months later, it burnt out again. The repairman said boards almost never burn out...so what are the statistical odds of it happening to my refrigerator. He wanted to blame the home's electrical system, but the refrigerator I have prior survived 15 years without a problem. Now, Sears wants $350 to fix the board and/or $160 a year to guarantee I won't have this problem again. What kind of business are they running and what happened to the Sears that used to stand behind their products?

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Sears fraudulent activity, unreal customer service

Sears Saint John, NB

Don't shop at this location! They actually charge your credit card when you return a fridge under warranty and then you have to fight to get your money credited back once you receive the warranty replaced fridge. Also their customer service representatives at the 1800# will hang up on you when you request to speak to a manager.

Here is the what happened to us: This is pretty close to fraudulent activity and the customer service people, unreal!

We returned our fridge under warranty as it had cracks in the internal walls, that went well as the new fridge came and old one left. HOWEVER, sears actual charged my MasterCard for the full price of the replacement fridge and then said it would be a week for the credit to be placed back. Well 6 weeks later were still waiting and when we call the store or customer service they lie and say "It will be on your CC tomorrow" tomorrow never comes. We are taking them to small claims court and contacting our local media. Also when you ask for a manager or supervisor the reps hang-up on you!

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Sears damaged my 150 year old home jamming the refrigerator through a doorway

Seems I'm not alone in my struggle with Sears, yet I feel that my story is worse than any you have posted so far. They actually damaged my 150 year old home jamming the refrigerator through a doorway. After promising a mere $300 compensation, they haven't even done that and are now refusing to return my phone calls. I'm about to update my website as to that effect but here's the link to my story with pictures:

http://www.vivaladata.com/searssucks.html

Thanks for providing a voice to the people.

Warmest Regards,
Diana Simonson

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Jean Kirkbride
Kentwood, US
Jun 09, 2014 9:34 am EDT
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Ordered a freezer online. Choose a Saturday delivery between 4pm - 6pm. Driver called and said they had truck troubles and would not be able to delivery. So, went with the following Tuesday between 8:15am and 10:15 am. Took off work, no pay, and they did not call and did not show up. Called Sears Delivery at [protected]. Assured me that the freezer would be there the next Saturday. No show, no call again. Called Sears delivery back today...said Warehouse person will call me within 24 hours. What a bunch of crap! Very, very disappointed in Sears. Will not have a home delivery again, nor buy a Sears product if they can't do better than this.

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Sears customer service/delivery

On 08/10/07 Purchased a Free Standing Gas Range, Microhood and oven, and 4 cycle dishwasher from Sears Willowbrook. NJ Price was over 3,100.00.

Items were replacements for old Sears Products.

Have purchased all appliances from sears for over 40 years.

Delivery set for 08/24. Received 3 calls from Sears Delivery prior to 08/24 to assure that some one would be home to receive delivery.

Called [protected] on 08/23 at 6 pm to confirm delivery. Received call from Sears delivery at 7:19 pm indicating that delivery would be on 08/24 between 2 and 4 pm.

Had old appliances removed. Additional stair rails removed from entrance hall. Old appliances placed out in disposal area for garbage pick up.

On 08/24 Garbage pick up at 7:30 am. At 8:45 Sears Delivery called and said they could not make delivery applicances did not come in on the morning truck.

Stove would not be delivered until September 9th
Micohood would not be delivered until August 29 and Dishwasher would not be delivered until August 25.

Called Sears Willowbrook Store. Appliance Dept spoke to Omar. He said the only person that could help me was Rob the individual that sold me the units and he would not be in today.

Asked for customer service dept. Guess what. Sears stores do not have customer service. Each deparment has that responsibility. Asked for individaul in Appliances that takes care of customer service. He said I had to speak to Rob. I told him Rob would not be in today. He said that's right.

Since I was getting nowhere I terminated the call.

I Called Sears Holding Corp, Hoffman Estates, IL and asked for Mr. Aylwin B. Lewis office. He is CEO of Sears Holding Corp.

Spoke to Thiffany who said she was an Executive Officer of the Company.

Her responses were worst than Omar's. She said she could do absolutely nothing to assist me.

At 11:30 Mail delivery my Visa Card Bill came in and all of the Sears Charges of 08/10 were listed for payment. But no delivery.

Went back to store and cancelled all items ordered.

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BENNIE TREVINO
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Sep 10, 2007 3:42 pm EDT

I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PROMPT SERVICE I WAS PROMISED ON MY WASHER. IT HAS A MAINTAINANCE AGREEMENT ON IT. I WAS TOLD HE WOULD ARRIVE BETWEEN 8 TO FIVE . IT IS NOW FIVE FORTY P.M. ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 10 2007 AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CALL FROM NOBODY FROM SEARS.

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Sears fraud and cheating!

I ordered a riding lawnmower and accessories on line from Sears to the tune of $2200. Got the order confirmation, and an e-mail saying I would be contacted to set up delivery. Several days go by and I don't hear anything so I log back in and it shows my order canceled.

I call customer service and they say yes, it was canceled but they don't know why. Account services say my credit card was good but no reason is given for the cancellation. They make no attempt to figure it out or make it good.

I send an e-mail to Sears alerting them that there process is broken. I get a reply saying they looked into it and don't know why it was canceled, but if I would call account services they would look into it. I replied that if they couldn't get the answer, I'm sure I couldn't. Bought a John Deere and had a much better experience and got a better mower.

What a bunch of ###s. No wonder Sears is going down the tubes.

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Nghfouri
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Jun 13, 2016 6:02 pm EDT

I purchased a refrigerator with ice maker from Sears online.All the orders go to phillipins and they cancelled my order twice without letting me know but did not credit back my account totally and they owe me $214 and I have been fighting to get my money back but all the calls still go to phillipins and they pass me over to each other and they are all big cheaters and frauds .I think Sears will go bankrupt soon because they are cheaters and dishonest.
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Valerie
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Sep 24, 2008 1:16 pm EDT

I moved into a brand new home in July and purchased a new Kenmore, French Door, Fridge. Not 2 months later the refrigerator side of the unit stopped cooling. The freezer side still worked but I called Sears on a Thursday to have a tech come out and service it. The closest appointment was for the following Tuesday between 1pm -5pm. I waited and supposedly the tech called at 3pm, and due to not hearing the phone he skipped my service repair and went to the next appointment. I called Sears and they told me because I didn't answer I got skipped and now have to wait till Saturday for the next closest appointment.

So now everything in my fridge has gone to waist and am now eating out of two coolers filled with ice. Learning lesson, Don't miss the tech phone call even when your home cause Sears will make you take it right in the tail pipe...

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Battle Creek, US
Jul 26, 2009 3:33 am EDT

Call 88 Sears and file a complaint.

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Ace32140
Fayetteville, US
Jul 21, 2009 1:42 pm EDT

Yesterday I got fired from sears... Ok here is the stroy... Yesterday on july 20 i went to work.. Around 4 o clock pm eastern time. An assoicate from the store came in to return an camera and older camera she had brought 8 months ago and wanted to exchange it for another camera. Well since this camera is passed 30days it needed an mangers approval. I then called my manger for the approval she ask me did she have a receipet i then ask her while she was on the phone and she said yeah. So i told my manger yeah. So i when i started the exchange i asked for her phone number and no salescheck came up. So i started the return process without a receipt ask for her id and went thru that procudure. My manger then came and APPROVED the transaction. She then took the camera. 15 mins later she calls and ask for the parts for the camera. So i bring it to her and she ask me why did i return this camera. Which i was confused since she just APPROVED it. So to make a longer long. They pulled me in the LP office thats sears security. They accused me of a fuard transaction because i returned an product outside the 30 day period. BUT WHAT I DONT GET IS THAT THE MANGER APPROVED IT .. while the officer was yelling at me she made a comment saying "YOU PEOPLE CAN RETURN STUFF LIKE THAT" Mind you the whole salesfloor is black. I asked what do u mean YOU PEOPLE she gout real quite and all the black ppl in the room put their head down. So that pissed me off. But they didnt FIRE THE MANGER that apporved it. Its the mangers job to oversee everything. Honestly i wouldnt be mad if she was fired but she wasnt. And if the LP officer did not make a rascit comment to me i wouldnt be mad... So what should i do ppl should i sue sears?

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kevins07
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Dec 06, 2008 7:31 pm EST

Well sears is going down the tube for a lot of reasons. Yes the online system sucks and they do have a lot of products online that can be ordered but are no longer availible in certain area's. Mostly due to new innovations and new models. You're model you ordered wasn't availible anymore and they cancelled you're order due to its unavailibity. You would be better suited not using that peice of junk online system. Becuase Online you dont know what you're geting. When you're geting it or if you'll ever get it. Ordering online is convient but the Poor sales associate in lawn and garden make$4.50 an hour plus comission since you tried to buy it online they dont get comission and you get a headach. I work at sears. I dislike it wish i could change things. But the store abuses they're sales associates and doesnt give a damn about employee turn over. I've been there for 6 months and have seen 3 Lawn and garden managers and 3 diffrent lawn and garden supervisors fired, quit or walk out. Sorry for you're problems. I wish things were better here too.

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Sears guerilla marketing technique

Sears Portrait Studio

Garden City, NY

Re: Sears Portrait Needs to Understand Cultural Customs (Order # )

It was our first portrait experience with Sears. My family had a very good photo session with Keira. Compared to The Picture People, where we usually go, our photo shoot at Sears was relaxing. Keira made sure we liked all of the poses. She also helped us choose the poses and number of each print in our order. We spent some time with our order, but we felt unrushed and appreciated Keira's input.

However, when we picked up our order, the Sears Portrait sales representative, April, showed us 4 more poses that was not part of our order. She showed us a sepia toned 8=94x10=94, a black and white 8=94x10=94, etc. We were confused: we spent time selecting the poses and number of prints we wanted. Why was April showing us more?

April told us it was to show us the different effects that Sears Portrait offers. It was to show us more possibilities. However, Keira

had already showed us the different printing effects when we placed our order. April said that she had no control over this printing feature; Sears Portrait had this automatic printing addition.

We felt infuriated. Is this some kind of guerilla marketing technique that Sears Portrait is using to get us to spend more money? We had already spent time with our order. Why were we being pushed to buy more?

In the U.S., where there are many different cultures, Sears Portrait needs to be sensitive with other customs. In the Chinese culture, images of people SHOULD NOT BE THROWN AWAY. There is a superstition that if people rip and throw away a person's image/photo, it does not bring good luck to that person.

We felt extremely violated that Sears Portrait produced photos WITHOUT OUR CONSENT, after we had already selected our order.

We spent $21 more. We felt extremely cheated. We felt forced to buy these 4 extra photos. Although our photo shoot experience was extremely good, and although we like the quality of our photos (i.e., lighting, color, resolution, composition), we will unfortunately never go back to Sears Portrait because of this guerilla marketing technique you have. It is not worth it.

Sincerely,
Julia Lee

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wentpostal
Oxford, US
Mar 07, 2011 9:04 pm EST

Never heard this either and I've worked in a few portrait places...lol. To momoffour...I've never worked anywhere the pictures are recycled...they are trashed. We might say that so people don't get their feelings hurt or as a customer joked once, have people waiting by the trash..lol. Pretty simple, you don't like how the company prints the extra pics, go some where else! Oh and to the nut that wanted refund on the extra sheets, its is SO illegal to copy the pics and then you want to return a sale item? Sale items are always final, in every type of sales environment!

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okcgal29
Any City, US
Jan 12, 2010 4:45 pm EST

Guess What! EVERY portrait studio does this! I have worked for most of them. It is not a guerilla technique. Good grief. Is that what McDonald's does when they ask you if you want fries with that? It is an OPTIONAL purchase.

About half of customers are thrilled because they wanted to order more anyway, and this way they are cheaper than normal prices. The other half don't really want them, and say so, and then they go home and don't worry about it.

Then there are a few nutjobs out there who make a federal case out of what is a normal business practice of trying to make as much money as they can.

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Shut The Door, US
Nov 30, 2009 2:54 am EST

I had the same situation but this time, I specifically requested the studio not to print any extra copies. I am going to complain about the studio to BBB. You never know where the pictures might end up. May be one of the folks that are supporting the idea of printing without customer's consent will be okay with their pictures ending up in the toilet at the mall they got their pictures or taken or they are okay with their pictures ending up on some porn website.

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momoffour
North Attleboro, US
Feb 11, 2009 4:35 pm EST

WOW I CANT BELEIVE THAT IS SUCH A PROBLEM WITH YOU EXPECIALLY SINCE YOU GO TO THE PICTURE PEOPLE WHO PRINT OUT MULTIPLE PICTURES OF MULTIPLE POSES! FYI: THEY RECYCLE THE PAPER THEY DONT THROW IT AWAY

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4JOHNSONS
Medford, US
Jan 25, 2009 11:07 pm EST

I'am responding to this last email, make copies at costco do you realize if you copy pictures from a professional photographer it is illegal, they have a copywrite on them, no wonder why all studios or 80% of the studios make extra copies for customers, the studios are trying to recoup some of the money that consumers are not spending, just like if you went in and spent a total of 10.00 you were there probley an hour ( which woulden't even cover wages) for the studio, they you go and try and RETURN your pictures of your kids to get them cheaper somewhere else, nice. Which i remind you again is ILLEGAL!

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John Wilson
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Oct 24, 2008 6:59 pm EDT

The same happend to me in Montclaire CA at the Sears portrait studio.
We decided for a package when we picked up the pictures they offered us a set more for $20 plus tax we got the extra pictures. The next day I decided to return them and get the same set at Costo for about $2.00, but the employe at sears told me that those extra pictures couldn't be returned. If they did it was going to be a fee of 50% off the sale price. She was really rude and when I asked for the 50% back she refused and gave me a [protected] number to call them on this phone number . The service was the same or worst so I said I was going to sue them and complain with the BBB, so she said to me to hold on that she was going to call the studio and see what she could do. When she came back to me she told me to take them back for the 50% fee. Now I have to drive back to get $10 of my 20+tax. This is a really bad experince for us this was our second time there and the last one.

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Oct 03, 2008 11:24 pm EDT

I'm no history major, but I do recall learning that a gazillion years ago, Native Americans did not like to get photographed because they thought the camera stold your soul. I'm glad they got over that.

"In the Chinese culture, images of people SHOULD NOT BE THROWN AWAY. There is a superstition that if people rip and throw away a person's image/photo, it does not bring good luck to that person."

In my 20 years of doing photography, I've not heard this Chinese superstition before.

Perhaps the studios could offer to burn the portraits instead, just for those that are still stuck in the middle ages. But since we're doing this for a living, there will be a $20 burn and disposal fee. ;)

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jojo, US
Sep 12, 2008 2:54 pm EDT

Hahaha, i find your complaint so hilarious.

"We felt extremely violated that Sears Portrait produced photos WITHOUT OUR CONSENT, after we had already selected our order."

It is just a few extra photos they print out. you swear like the whole world is going to end becasue of these 4 extra photos that you have in OPTION, may i repeat OPTION, to buy.

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Jul 20, 2008 11:52 am EDT

Portrait Studios are around to make money. Honestly, I can't wait for the extra's when I pick up my portraits - I buy them every time. I never get the option of purchasing them beforehand, but know that they come when I pick the pics up. It's especially great when all I want is the package special, even if the other pictures are really good maybe I can't afford them all, but know when I go to pick up my package I'll be able to spend an extra $20 to get all the pictures from the shoot.

Seriously, if you didn't want extra portraits, then don't go to a portrait studio. Take your own pictures at home.

Also - what about digital images of you or your kids? Do you feel the same way about them being destroyed? It's still an image of a person, when it gets deleted, it's the same thing as ripping it to pieces and destroying it. Is it the phyicality of it? What if you posted a picture of yourself, somebody got ahold of the digital image and printed it, then ripped it to pieces and threw it in the trash.

It's a money-making portrait studio. Get over it.

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Jessica
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May 05, 2008 6:52 pm EDT

I'm sorry, but your complaint is completely unjustified and shouldn't be directed towards this company specifically. Over the years I've worked for several portrait studio's both corporate and individually owned. The majority of them will offer additional prints from your session at a greatly discounted rate. It has been my experience that the majority of customers WILL purchase these additional "composite sheets", "bonus sheets" or "spec sheets" as they're called. The majority of customers see this as an awesome deal, as they're discounted at up to 75% off of the regular price of the sheets originally. They are in no way trying to offend anyone by giving them this option. Do you also have a complaint against the DMV, they discard photos all day long, did you send them an e-mail too?
And yes, they're trying to make an extra buck, they're trying to keep their business afloat, and keep their photographers and employees paid enough to continue dealing with wonderful customers like yourself.

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Sears will not honor warranty

I purchased Sears Replacement Windows in 1993 and was guarantee a lifetime warranty on warping, chipping, pealing and cracking and a 20 year warranty on loss of the insulated seal for as long as I owned my home. I called Sears talked with Rhonda and I requested that I needed someone to come and repair 4 windows and I had a warranty to cover this. She requested I fax her a copy of my warranty. I faxed a copy and received a call back from Rhonda on my answering machine stating that this warranty was just an estimate not a warranty. The two windows I needed repaired were warped and the other two the seals were broken. I bought these windows because of the lifetime warranty. The warranty specifically said that Sears will grant a lifetime warranty on these window not the window company. They will not honor my warranty and said my warranty was only good for a year. I had Sears come out and fix my windows in 1998 and was not charged for the repair. This was past the one year period and they should have the warranty I sent them on file. I am very upset with Sears and will no longer purchase anything from them. They do not stand by what they say, which makes them untrustworthy.
Mary Ash.

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Joe Hackett
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Sep 29, 2015 4:47 pm EDT

I am having the exact experience. In 2003, I purchased six low-E windows for approximately $575.00 each! In 2007, I put in a claim for two lower sashes which had tiny cracks in a lower corner. A Sear's Rep came out and agreed with replacing them. New windows were delivered to my house via UPS. I am having a similar issue which I have been attempting to resolve since late July, to no avail. Today, I have made several calls to them. They told me that they have no record of either my warranty or purchase! They only keep records for 7 to 10 years. BS!

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Aug 20, 2008 11:01 am EDT

thanks for the inform about sears windows i have them coming out to my house thurday for new windows/prices.

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Sears kenmore oven

Bought a self-cleaning gas range model 665,72002 six years ago. It worked for about a year then the oven wouldn't light or it would display a power failure code (PF) after being on. The tech said it was a "known defect" and replaced the display panel free of charge. Seemed to be okay. Then I was cooking a roast one day-it preheated just fine. About 2 hrs. in I checked it and the oven was stone cold-no PF display this time-it said it was on and at the temp I had set it for. Over the past six years I have had Sears back to fix it several times. Each time they come up with a different diagnosis and replace or adjust something different and proclaim it fixed. Indeed, it will light 20 times in a row-until they leave! I called another local appliance repair company in my area and they said it could only be diagnosed by replacing parts until it was resolved-it's basically just a really poor design. We agreed that would be throwing good money after bad. The problem is intermittent. It can work and then not work for two days and then magically decide to work again. I can't entertain and rarely cook anything that has to be baked. I have endured rude treatment by Sears representatives and no-shows by techs who won't answer the calls and pages by the dispatchers and eat up my vacation leave from work. At one point I reluctantly bought an extended warranty because I knew it was a lemon and would require more repairs-although it felt like extortion. Sure enough, about a month later it did it again. I called and the guy on the phone acknowledged that he could see I had bought the warranty on that date but because it wasn't "showing up" on some field on his computer because it apparently hadn't been inputed correctly or completely yet, I would have to pay for the service call. I had to point out that regardless, the call would be free because their own policy states that if I call back within 90 days from the repair for the same problem, there is no charge. As there is no resolution in sight, I will be shopping for a new stove soon although I can't afford it. I really expected that my stove would last much longer that 18 months!

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Rogerjk
Antigonish, CA
Oct 08, 2009 2:19 pm EDT

We have a Kenmore Convectional oven with a ceramic cook top .When we set the temp. then turn it on not long after off it goes and on comes the PF code.WE reset it and it keeps coming on .can i fix this could you help.

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Sears - ridiculous way to credit consumers

Sears employs a classic bait and switch with its purported "rebate" enticement for large appliances, which it runs several times per year. It offers 10% off one appliance, 20% off two appliances, and 30% off three or more appliances over $399 in value. But the incentive is nowhere near as good as it sounds because soon after you sign on the dotted line, the...

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Sears poor service!

Purchased an item online and used my $120 Sears Rewards towards the purchase, leaving a balance of $5.00. The item I purchased NEVER arrived; Sears took my rewards pints for this item and did not reimburse me for $120 on my account. Was charged $125, then credited $120. That would be fine if I received my product. They just don't get the fact that this product would have been credited to my account anyway because I never received it; how on earth does this make sense? They took my $120 rewards points and I got nothing for it, not even a credit on my account. Forfeited my $120... canceled my card after 20+ years.

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Ottawa, CA
Aug 11, 2014 7:31 am EDT

In 2010 I bought a front loader washer and dryer from Sears. 3 weeks ago the washer bearing blew! My husband called Sears service line to order the part - which took approx an hour speaking with someone with NO service and repair experience. Sears proceeded to send the wrong part. When my husband called back explaining it was the wrong part, it took him speaking to 3 separate reps to finally find someone who took the time to send him a sketch of the washer to figure out the name of the part " as per Sears requirements". Once the right part was identified, the Sears rep proceeded to tell us that this part is on BACKORDER for 3 weeks. Are you f'ing kidding me...3 wks with no laundry! Since Sears closed all their parts stores, the public is reduced to suffering the consequences! I will NEVER order another appliance from Sears again! BUYER BEWARE...

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MkStItCh
West Seneca, US
Aug 12, 2014 9:04 am EDT

The part is back ordered... How is that Sears fault?

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Priscilla Cross
Dartmouth, CA
Apr 15, 2009 3:22 pm EDT

On March 14, 2009 I had an appointment to have my couch & upstairs hall carpet steam cleaned. The 2 fellows doing the job arrived on time which was great. They looked at my sofa and found a tag which said it had a certain percentage of cotton. I knew ahead of time that if this was the case I would be charged an additional $ 20. which I had agreed to. They finished the whole job in 1/2 hour which I was really surprised about. Having had Sears do carpeting here before I assumed that the job would be a great one. I WAS WRONG!
I paid $ 143.00 for this service and I am not satisfied. My intention was to call and complain but we had a family member have an emergency triple heart bypass so more than the 15 days had passed (which really should have been 30 days - in my and several other peoples minds).
Needless to say I will never be having Sears steam clean another thing in our home.
I would appreciate your input on this matter.
Priscilla Cross
16 Limardo Dr.
Dartmouth, N.S.
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pecross@accesscable.net

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carrie crozier
Brockville, CA
Dec 23, 2008 2:52 pm EST

I ordered a bean bag chair in Nov for my son for Xmas. it was Dec 23 and I called sears to find out status of chair...they informed me that there was a credit problem. Called credit bureau and they said they did not have the right address etc on me...I told them I gave sears brockville all that info...so the address info was updated...bottom line, is no one called me to tell me what the problem was...why wasn't my information changed abroad globally with sears...how many sears departments do i have to call to change my mailing information. my son did not get bean bag chair, i didn't get a phone call from anyone at sears anywhere...why don't your people talk to each other...once info is changed it should be globally...i'm not impressed and will not be shopping at sears again as a result of this...customer service 5 thumbs down.

Carrie Crozier

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Sears poor repair service

Four years ago we purchased a Samsung wide screen HD television from Sears in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Last year the color convergence went out making it impossible to adjust the color which had gone crazy. Since we purchased the TV from Sears, we called their Home Repair Center to have the problem repaired. After waiting a week for an appointment the technician arrived but didn't have the part to make the repair (even though they knew the problem before arriving and the part needed to fix it). The tech said he would have the part shipped and rescheduled the appointment for the following week. The following week a different tech came and said the first tech ordered the wrong part, and he would have to order a different part, which he did. Ten days later the original tech came and said the second tech didn't know what he doing and installed the original part he ordered.

A year later, the exact problem again occurred with the color convergence. Against my better judgment I called Sears again for the repair thinking that what happened the first time was just bad luck. I provided the Service Center with the make and model of my TV and the exact problem, even though they still had my records from the last year. On July 9th the technician arrived fully aware of what the problem was and what parts were needed to fix it. Of course he didn't have the parts on his truck needed to fix it, and once again had to order the part and have it shipped to my house. The part arrived on the 12th, but the earliest Sears could come back was July 16th. The night before I received a computer generated call from Sears confirming the service repair date for Monday the 16th. By 5PM the service tech didn't show up and nobody called. I was furious because I had arranged my work schedule so I would be close to the house and be available to let them in, not to mention I made separate arrangements for my kids to be picked up from day camp so I would be available for the tech. When I called the customer service line, of course they were apologetic, but couldn't offer an explanation why nobody showed up or didn't call. They customer service rep said I had been rescheduled for July 30th (without checking to see if I was even going to be around then). I complained that was ridicules to have to wait another two weeks. She said there was nothing they could do. Not happy I demanded to speak to someone else. I was switched to Sears's Recovery department. The woman was very nice, said she understood why I was so angry, and assured me they would fit me in sooner by putting me on their list for when people call to cancel an appointment. Well after waiting another week and not hearing I called again. The CS person again apologized and said they must not have any cancellations, and I would just have to wait until the 30th. I then said I would return the new part sitting at my house, and wanted all my money back. She said the 90 dollar service charge I paid was non refundable.

Is there anything else I can do?

Joe Mudano

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Sears poor service!

I bought a set of new tires from a mail order company. I needed to have the tires mounted and balanced, so I took the vehicle to Sears Automotive. After I signed the paper work, I left and came back about 1.5 hours later to pick up my car. Before I left the packing lot, I inspected all the four tires and wheels to make sure they were installed properly. I discovered that all four of my alloy wheels are scratched all around the lug holes. Also the wheels were gouged in the inner edge of the rim. The pattern were uniform and about 2-3 inches long. In addition, there were several places where the paint was peeling off. I told one of the technician and took some pictures. The technician told me that he would notified the Manager to call me the next day, so I left. The next day, no phone call, I called the store again and was told that the Manager had just left. He promised me that the Manager will call me tomorrow.

Finally the next day the Manager (Jay) called and told me to bring my car there. He inspected the wheels and told me that their machine didn't cause the damages. He admitted that the scratches around the lug holes were caused by his technician as the marks were obvious that they were freshly done. He kept telling me that the damages could be caused by hitting the curb. I told him that I would have damage the tire wall first before it could damage the inner edge of the rim. In addition the pattern were uniform. How can you get a uniform pattern by hitting the curb? He was very argumentative and kept pointing out that their machine would not do such damages. I asked him, how about a human error? He said yes, human error is possible, but still did not want to admit. No apology whatsoever even though he admitted that the scratches around the lug holes were caused by his technician. He told me that all he could do was offering me a free oil change... ARE YOU KIDDING ME? These wheels are OEM 17 inches Mercedes Benz wheels that I purchased for $2000 a set a few years ago. I didn't ask him for a set of brand new wheels, but I asked him to have the wheels repaired.

To cut the story short, he was only willing to offer to waive half of the installation fee ($47) or sell me a set of new wheels "at cost." He showed me a set of 17" cheap wheels for $380. He said that he could sell them to me for $340. What a joke, Sears offers 10% discount on all items from time to time on many major holidays and on customer appreciation day,no coupon needed...certainly he was not selling at cost! This guy is like a car salesman from hell. I told him that I did not feel valued as a customer. He said that I did not even purchased the tires from them, so it did not matter. Obviously this guy is not a customer oriented person. I'm not sure why he can be a Manager at a major company such as Sears. By the way, this was my first experience with Sears auto center and certainly be the LAST! I told him that I didn't think his offer was fair and asked him what was the next step. He said that even if I filed a complaint to the corporate office, they would go to him and I didn't have a case because they would listen to him. SEARS needs to start listening to their customers rather than to their employees. As a customer, I feel "trapped" and don't have any choice but to take the lousy $47. This is the WORST customer experience ever. I will certainly spread the words around to all people I know so they won't make the same mistake I did. For those who read this post... STAY AWAY from Sears auto center especially the one in Clackamas, OR!

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Apr 22, 2017 9:31 am EDT
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took my car to sears auto in exton pa to have 2 front struts put on and a Alignment done took my car home the next day my car was making a grinding noise took car to a local garage an was told it was a bad strut took car back to sears auto for the noise sears put my car on lift an said theirs nothing wrong with the strut an that I needed a rack an opinion took my car back to local garage for second opinion was told again don't need rack an opinion that the struts is bad took car back to sears the store manager was so rude he was yelling an using foul language...I left the auto in tears went back to local garage he called sears up made a appointment to go back to sears to get strut replace when I get to sears they didn't have the strut they had to order the strut again the store manager was rude other customer were in the auto center an hearing this guy go off on me they walked out..when I ask for a refund for the struts again I got a hard time I'm a woman who knows nothing about cars finally after 5 trips to sears I got all the money back

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Cindy Feltman Turner
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Aug 25, 2016 8:57 pm EDT

This afternoon I brought my car to the Automotive Department at Westfield Broward Mall to have a nail removed from one of my tires and have a patch or plug put in at about 3:00 PM. I waited more than a half hour for a representative to get to me to ask about my problem. I explained my issue and he said they would get it done soon. This was at 3:35. I asked what time they closed and he said 7:00 PM. He never mentioned how many other cars were ahead of me. A friend picked me up and we went shopping and came back at approximately 6:45 PM. I went to retrieve my car and was informed that they had never done anything to it because there were 15 cars ahead of me. I wanted them to fix a flat not do a major tune-up. It might have taken 15 minutes to do. They wanted me to leave my car there overnight in an open parking lot and they would get to it in the morning. It would be ready "probably" around 10:00 AM. I asked for my key back and will take my business someplace more reliable. Needless to say, this is the last time I will be at Sears.

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unforgettablexperience
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May 21, 2016 2:00 pm EDT

I just went into the Titusville, Florida Sears location for an oil change and tire rotation. The guy behind the counter was slow as molasses and it took about 30 minutes just to drop off my vehicle because he couldn't figure out the computer. Supposedly he was a manager (what the business card stated according to his name tag) and was really rude. In the middle of our transaction he tells me I need to wait because he needed to call someone back. I asked if we could finish up because my husband and kids were waiting for me in the car.(this was about 20 minutes into the transaction)

The real trouble started about an hour later. He called me to tell me the oil change was done, but they wouldn't rotate my tires because they said the tread was too low. My tires aren't brand new, but still have enough life left that I didn't feel the need to buy new tires today. I go back to the shop to pick up my vehicle and again, he starts badgering me about my tires. I said I didn't feel I needed new tires at this time, and that I'd just like to pay for the oil change and leave. He then walks away. There was another guest behind me and we were talking about how rude and unprofessional he was being. About 7 minutes later he comes back. He took pictures of my vehicle with HIS PERSONAL CELL PHONE! He was trying to show me them, and when I told him I didn't want to see, just check me out and let me have my keys he refused. He told me my vehicle was a hazard and I didn't want to know the truth. Again, I asked to be checked out so I could leave. He refused and told me that he would need someone higher up to sign off because I refused to believe that my car was a hazard and wouldn't release my vehicle to me. He said that they (Sears Automotive) are liable. By that time I started cursing at him. I couldn't believe what I was going through just for a simple oil change. He told me to get out of his shop. I told him that's what I've been trying to do for the last 20 minutes, but you are refusing to take my payment and give me my keys. He would not complete the transaction, so thankfully, my husband was outside and I sent him in. Miraculously, he took payment from him and handed over my keys without a word of how "hazardous" my vehicle was. I was being harassed by this man because I was a female. My car was held hostage because I refused to purchase tires from Sears and now this nut job has personal photos of MY vehicle on his cell phone along with my home address because of the paperwork. I don't know what this nut job is capable of. I honestly thought I was going to have to call the police. I will NEVER step foot in Sears auto center again. I called Corporate and filed a report. Hopefully, they fire this man as he's a liability to their company.

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contact sears
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Dec 05, 2015 5:14 pm EST

A simple oil change took over 3+ hours that was with appointment. Dropped the car off at Sears Auto service at 600 Mowry Ave, Newark, Ca 94560 @10:19am, went to pick it up @2:10pm. The car was still at the same spot. Sears Auto service had not touch my car. Talked to the customer service they had offered my key back. Thanks . Unprofessional service or they do not how to do the job and why are they still in business?

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Oct 08, 2007 12:00 am EDT

My husband took the car in to Sears Auto Center in the University Square Mall in Tampa Florida. I called them to see if they could look at the tire and see if they could repair it and if they could do it that night. It was a Monday night and raining. My husband was there for three hours and there were people waiting there that have been there all day. So eventually they never got around to him. We ended up having to leave the car there. They were also understaffed. I went to pick up my husband in the rain and when I got there I saw them drive the car with a flat tire.

They called us back as soon as we got home and told us the car would be ready in the morning to pick up by 7:30 am. When we got there Tuesday morning the tire was not fixed nor was it even on the car. So eventually they fixed the tire and found a leak and was able to repair it, but we had to wait for it.

When they pulled the car around, the side panels on the car were detached from the side of the car. They had popped both side panels on the car. We ended up having to take it to Toyota and paying $280.00 in repairs because they do not know how to jack up a car properly. Toyota had stated that on my paperwork. We tried to contact to sears but they will not give us any information and are claiming its not there fault. I will never take my car there again.

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TheyRipOff's
Saint Paul, US
Oct 16, 2013 12:33 pm EDT

I had my oil pan gasket replaced in Dec. 2012...two months after in late Feb. 2013 told them it was still leaking...brought it back again and was told that it's not coming from oil pan...that it was coming somewhere engine block...brought it to a local mechanic to put some dye and come back a week...and was told it is oil pan gasket itself that either it was too tight that the gasket itself was squeeze that has like tongue sticking out around the between the cover and and the pan. Brought it back again local had the neon blue light and was told oil around "is" oil pan gasket as I was right beside the mechanic and seen it for myself while hoisted. Therefore I brought it back to Sears week later...then a mechanice tells me "well in order to replace it we have to drop down your muffler line from manifold to get to it, but the muffler's line where connects to manifold bolts are rusted if it breaks from catalic coverter section that has to be replaced as well! and that if I do have it replace it's under warrantee the gasket only but I have to pay another oil change too! wtf! So i only had it change oil...it just didn't make any sense the original date of changing gasket in Dec. then put a oil..written sticker indicated oil change again in 3 months or 3k miles Manager gave me time to return it to have fixed in June 2013 wrote it under warrantee replaced since i don't drive my car too much it was due for another oil changed, Since it was almost for oil change and there's no noise or damaged with my muffler line unit..indeed it is rusty why not give it a try to replace the gasket? Manager is poor handling customer service, lack/under staff~!

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Nelson Burgos
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Jul 13, 2013 9:59 am EDT
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Buen Dia soy Nelson Burgos resido en San Juan Puerto Rico y mi # de telefono es [protected] soy cliente de sears y sear auto desde hace mucho tiempo y normalmente llevo mi auto a alineacion, rotacion y balanceo de las gomas de mi auto en el sears auto de plaza las americas en hato rey. Ayer Julio 12, 2013 a las 8:00 pm fuen dia de los que normalmente llevo mi auto para dicho servicio y me atendio la gerente de turno Johan Ramos y se nego totalmente a brindarme el servicio que yo normalmente recibo sin ningun problema anteriormente, inclusive unos de los tecnicos me ofrecia con cortesia diferentes otros servicios y Johan Ramos gerente de turno en sus palabras decia que era botar el dinero despectivamente. En discucion le pedi que me diera el servicio que era lo unico que queria y se volvia a negar y los otros clientes miraban y escuchaban y ella (Johan Ramos) sin importarle que yo andare con mi familia ( esposa, hijos, madre, padre) levanto discusion y malos ratos en ellos y en mi personalmente. Luego le pedi que si no me iba a dar el servicio que me lo diera por escrito y ella sedio y lo autirizo, voy a sears auto por que siempre eh pensado que dan un buen servicio para tu auto y para uno como persona, no dejen que personas como estas cambien nuestra forma de pensar como clientes. Les agradezco su atencion, gracias Att. Nelson Burgos

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getitrightorbresponsible
Longview, US
May 14, 2012 10:10 pm EDT

I had great service with Sears and everyone was quite friendly and helpful until I went to clean my vehicle, looked in the trunk and noticed they forgot to put the spare tire back in...When I called I was deemed ignorant as to where my spare is located in my very own car of which I had to put the spare on before driving it to Sears and a liar due to the fact that the employee/technician swore he put the spare in, so I do agree that they take the words of the employee over the customer, but in this case, unless I parked at some radioactive nuclear site where spare tires disintegrate, where is it? This guy should just admit his mistake on misplacement of the spare and failure to put it in its proper place, my trunk, instead I have to call corporate

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k-slice
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Mar 21, 2011 4:03 pm EDT

What a whiner. It probably was your fault. Tire machines are designed to not scratch wheels and the balance never touches the outer edge of the rim. You probably damaged your rims then got new tires and tried to pin the damage on the tech. When they wouldn't kiss your a** and give you new rims which you don't deserve you got pissed and wrote this piece of garbage complaint.
You drive a mercedes so you're most likely a cheapskate a**hole, and I'm probably right about what you did. Sears AC takes good care of their customers, despite what this sniveling little b**** says.

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Plymouth, US
Jul 10, 2010 6:19 pm EDT

Oh, yes...STAY FAR AWAY FROM SEARS!THEIRSVC IS HORRIFIC!I purchased 4 tires and was told the price included the allignment, and also there was a 4 yr waurantee...It is only 3 yrs ago, and I wa told to bring the car in that they tires would be replaced or fixed at no cost to me...HA!I have talked to the manager(Independence Mall, Kingston, Ma)andhe replaced 1 tire because the 2 mechanics that tried to pull a screw out...Unsuccessfully...So he said that yes, they werestill under waurantee, and that the other 3 tires were fine...I was then told no allignment was ever done, because it was never paid for...They didn'thave it in the computer...Let me tell you a story about a technician in Hanover Mall, Ma that said he did an oil change, I paid for it, and my 2 year old car seized on the high way!I weent back to the store, and they could not findme in the computer!I didn't keep my receipt...So, bye bye 2 year old car...Now don't say stupid for buying tires...I was stuck at the Kingston Mall and figured how can you mess up tires?OMG!To those that say"Oh, I never have probs with Sears...You can learn yorown lesson...They are a bunch of idiots!I went to get my inspection sticker, and the big fat "R" for rejection says it all!I called the Sears auto back, and was told themanager was out...I called regional and District manager...TheDistrict manager wouldn'tgive me the time of day, andI called the regional mgr who saidhe was on vacation, andwould talk to the district mgr...Noone evergot back to me, so I called corp...They called the store mgr, who now said that my tires were no longer under warantee, bcus it was not only 4 yr warantee, it was 36, 000 miles...whichever came 1st...

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Sears - poor quality product!

Having owned several Kenmore appliances – including 2 refrigerators - in the past, and being a loyal Sears customer for more than 20 years, I bought a Kenmore Elite Trio refrigerator in May 2006. Turns out this is a piece of junk. I have researched at least 2 recalls on this model since 2003. Mine died about 3 months after purchase and after trying to...

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Sears poor quality product!

I walked into the Sears Outlet in Nashville with the hope of finding a refrigerator that would fit my very restrictive space in my home. Much to my delight at the time, I found the Kenmore Elite 22 cubic ft. fridge and it was one of the only ones of its kind anywhere in Nashville. Hooray! When I asked the obviously new employee about the warranty, he said it was the same one that people get when they purchase a brand new fridge, and that if I were to have any problem, it would be replaced with a new one from the normal Sears store.

It was a "dent & scratch" and it had a few scratches on it, but I could totally live with it. It cost $1199.00. We had to pay for a connector hose for the water line, paid for a shut-off valve upon installation, and paid $60 for delivery.

Four days later, as arranged, our fridge was delivered. The installers were the BEST part of the story - they handled it with care and were SO respectful and courteous. They set it all up and left, taking our old fridge away.

We moved all of our organic food, condiments, health products, etc. quickly into the fridge to avoid spoilage, as it took a while already for them to get set up. The next day, things tasted a little warm, but we didn't fully pay attention until the next day, when the milk was really warm. We put a thermometer inside the fridge and it read 60 degrees! After itemizing all of the food, etc. that we lost, it came to roughly $1000 worth of food and medicines, condiments, etc. that were no longer trusted - a great loss to us.

So we called the company (we had the basic warranty, not the upgraded 2 year extended one) and were told that we were going to have a service technician come out. When we asked when they said Tuesday (it was Friday). So we asked when. They said they didn't know and said that we could call on Monday after 8pm to see when they might come out. Monday evening we received an automated call that said that our repairman would be here between 9am and 6pm the next day. They came in the afternoon that next day, and I had to take time off of work (not a half day, but a whole day of loss based on the vague nature of the repairman's arrival time). This was nearly a week after we had purchased and lost all of our food. We were eating out for almost every meal at this point and getting a bit impatient. If only we knew, the journey had only begun...

The repairman came, "fixed" it and left. This time we were wiser, keeping the thermometer in the fridge watching it go from 59 degrees to 60, to 65 and so on. It stabilized around 65 degrees and that was that.

So we called again, again it wasn't too urgent and we needed to wait for a few more days for another repairman to come. He came eventually, after the same 9-6 time estimate, another day off of work. He came and said that the motherboard was shot and needed to be replaced. He "emergency ordered" the part and said to give him a call when it came to us. 4 days later we got the part and called him. He told us to call the repair service center to schedule a time, so they did schedule sometime two days later - another full day off of work.

He can and installed the part and then went out to his truck to make a phone call. Turns out there are TWO motherboards on this fridge, so we needed to wait for the other part to come in.

Today, 3 weeks after purchasing the fridge, he came over. The part finally came in... almost a week after ordering it. Both motherboards installed, it still didn't work. It took 4 visits from the repairman, 4 days off of work, and 3 weeks after purchase it was finally deemed unfixable.

So what do we do?

Well, I called for a replacement as was told to come on down - come pick any other dent & scratch! Are you kidding me?! Like I want another almost month without a fridge!

I have talked with every department and manager in that store and in the corporate office. I get the runaround like you would not believe. They will only reimburse us for the actual fridge, not the delivery of this lemon, not the tube we had to purchase in order for it to be installed, not any loss of wages or food...

I own my own company and would never DREAM of treating a client this way! We simply wouldn't have any business if we operated in the same fashion. I am pissed, my husband is pissed, and we have money to spend on brand new appliances, but NONE of that will ever go toward Sears ever again.

BUYER BEWARE!

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Nashville, US
Feb 15, 2011 8:49 pm EST

Maybe it was the "organic" food. I bet some tofu got lodged in the air intake. Sorry you had such crappy service, but I'm willing to bet, based on how you HAD to let all of us know how organic you are, that you get upset quite readily and find offense at every turn.

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TN customer
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Jul 08, 2009 11:33 am EDT

We have an Elite fridge that the ice maker went out after (0f course) 14 months and the warranty expired. Waited on the repairman and he said it was easy to reinstall and did we want him to come back, hubby said no, I can handle it. The new part came and we didn't get around to installing it for a couple months and the new part was broken, they wouldn't replace it saying that we didn't call in a timely manner. My brother took the two apart, used the part from the old to fix the new. After taking it out the old one had almost no telfon left on it, I guess we drank it through our ice cubes (what health affects does that cause?). Now my water no longer works on the door...this fridge is about 3 years old...piece of CRAP. I won't buy another Kenmore product again, very dissapointed in this one.

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Dean Gekas
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Jul 20, 2007 10:49 am EDT

I too have a Kenmore Trio. We purchased it in 2003. We have had the starter replaced $200. Three months later the compressor goes out. Sears says they will be out in a week to diagnose the problem then it will take another 2 weeks to get the part and another week to schedule the actual repair... one month without a refrigerator at best! Nobody at Sears cares about the customer. I will never do business with Sears again and I encourage anybody who cares about customer service to do the same.

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Jane Doe
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Jul 11, 2007 7:33 pm EDT

Wow, that was really poor customer service. As a Sears employee, I can tell you that your issue, while not rare, is indeed an example of the many calls I get each day. You should have had a loaner fridge while you waited for it to be repaired or because the problem you had occurred within the first three months (three days even!), you should have had an immediate exchange. Under the warranty you would have been entitled to $200 of food loss...

Sad to hear though, not surprising.

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Sears worst experience ever!

Sears, San Bernardino CA, Freezer:

I purchased a Whirlpool upright freezer online from the Sears site. It was supposed to be delivered here this coming Monday. Yesterday (Friday) I started getting automated reminder calls from Sears to tell me my freezer was going to be delivered Monday, but they didn't have a delivery time for me yet, which they would have the evening before my delivery. Fine so far. Except then they wanted to know if someone over the age of 18 was going to be home when the freezer was delivered. Keep in mind this is all automated, because perish the thought Sears would have human contact me. Well, since I don't know what time the delivery will be, how can I possibly say whether or not someone will be here? There's no human to respond to, so I just hang up.

Today, another automated call. I hang up because I can't answer their question anyway, and my plan was to just discuss it with the human (hopefully) who would call me back Sunday evening. The second call, I noticed a part of the recording that said something like, "Please be aware, we're not able to reschedule your delivery time." So I'm supposed to put my entire life on hold, and the business that I run, so I can have my freezer delivered within a two-hour time frame, granted, but I don't know what the window is until the night before. Do I cancel my appointments? Do I tell my son to skip school for the day? Should my husband stay home from work?

I call up Sears Home Delivery again to see if I can locate a warm body. My call is disconnected before I can even speak with anyone.

I call back. Finally, a human, stateside. Except she just doesn't grasp what I'm saying. I explain that their recording is asking me for something that I don't have (whether or not someone over 18 will be here), and that I don't want to get these phone reminders. I'm trying to explain that if I don't answer the recording's messages, I'll keep getting the reminder calls. She keeps telling me that they won't know the time until the evening before. I KNOW THAT, for heaven's sake! On the other hand, I don't want to keep getting these reminders because I'm not answering their automated question! By now I'm so frustrated and angry, I'm crawling out of my skin. Still, while I sound angry, I'm not yelling and I'm not cussing (perhaps I should have). I tell her we're not communicating very well, and I'd like to speak with her supervisor. Instead of patching me through to a supervisor, she proceeds to argue with me and tell me we're communicating just fine and why don't I think we're communicating very well? I repeatedly ask for a supervisor (at least 5 times), and she just keeps arguing with me. Finally, I hang up on her.

I call back and speak with a new woman and angrily tell her I'm canceling my order. She asks why. I tell her briefly. She apologizes and takes my cancellation.

Customer Service 101: At this point, you give the customer to a superviser who can, hopefully, talk the customer out of cancelling the sale by listening to the customer vent, soothing the customer, abjectly apologizing for the customer's experience with assurances the employee will be dealt with, and potentially averting the cancellation of the sale at the very least, and the loss of a customer and the potential loss of every person that customer shares their experience with at worst.

Nope. Just, "I'm sorry you feel that way, here's your cancellation." I just now realized I received no confirmation number. Dang. That means I'll likely get a call tomorrow night confirming my delivery... and my card will not be refunded without another go 'round with Sears. Dang.

I'll never shop there again (and I was getting ready to buy a high-end stove and refrigerator in the next month), and I'm in advertising and marketing, so I will be happy to broadcast my experience to everyone who will listen.

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Sears unresponsive to customer

I have been without a dryer now for 30 days and counting. A&E Factory Services has no concept of customer service nor do they care. This is the most incompetent, disorganized, and disconnected company I have EVER dealt with. I would NEVER purposely use them as a service provider and if I knew of anyone that was going to have to deal with them, I would STRONGLY ADVISE against it.

My saga begin when my dryer began making noises. I had purchased a homeowners warranty because I am a planner for the "what ifs" that are bound to happen. They immediately sent someone out. The company stated that the screws from the bulkhead were missing and that this is not due to wear and tear, but due to work another company had done. Well, we forgot when we first purchased the dryer (the very first day) it would not work. Whirlpool sent someone out and the gentleman (A&E technician) apparently left some screws off that damaged the rear felt seal. So, my homeowners warranty denied the claim. I immediately contacted Whirlpool who apologized and set us up with A&E. This is where my nightmare got worse.

After waiting 2 weeks, A&E technician showed up only to say that he did not have the part and it would have to be ordered (I told them what the problem was. Why come without the part?). He stated the part would have to be ordered and since it was so lite it would be sent regular mail. He continued by stating that would take 10-14 days before the part arrived. And so we waited.

My husband scheduled an appointment with A&E for June 25 (as instructed by the technician). The parts came and sat. On June 24, I missed a call on my cell phone at 8:03 p.m. It was an 800 number and I thought about not returning the call, but something inside me pushed me to return the call and so at 8:11p.m. I called the number back. I told the lady that answered the phone I thought I had received the call in error and she asked if I had a scheduled service call for anything. I told her I had a scheduled service for the following day. She said that they did not have enough technicians and would have to cancel the appointment. I thought well they will fix it soon and so I asked what date was the repair being rescheduled for. She stated July 2. July 2? I stated that was not acceptable and I would be expecting someone the following date (June 25) as had been scheduled. She said she would make a note of it.

I called my husband and he said to call them back and ask to speak to a manager. I did and it got worse. Nancy (the manager) offered no support. She stated they could not help it if someone got sick and also being that it was Sunday they could not contact anyone, so I was stuck with the cancellation of my appointment. I told her that I had taken off work and we had been reduced to going to the laundry mat (remember I have 5 people in my house and it is going on a month now). She said well I can go to work now. You talk about the lack of customer service. This company is the WORSE. I asked for their website address and she stated she did not know it. How do you work in the customer service area and not know the web address? I stated this must be a small company. She said no they were all across the U.S. I then googled on their name and found nothing but negative comments about this company. I said to Nancy I see from my search that this company makes a habit of providing POOR service. Everyone I pulled up has the same problem with you. She said is that all. I just hung up the phone.

I emailed Whirlpool because they were the reason I was in this position. I explained the situation and told them it was their fault. To not do better research on the companies that you allow to service your customers means that you don't care. I told them I hold them totally responsible for the situation I was in.

My husband contacted them on June 26 and stated the problem and that I had emailed them. The lady told him that they had responded to my email (I asked them to call me, not email me). He said that I was out of town. They tried to contact A&E while my husband was on the phone. Guess what? They did not care. A&E told Whirlpool they would not come out because they had no one available. Whirlpool did try 2 other companies, but neither had an available appointment for that week. They contacted A&E again who then promised to come to my home on June 28. They would call me to let me know what time. Well, that day has come and gone and I have yet to here from A&E nor has Whirlpool contacted us for followup. I did contact Whirpool though.

I emailed Whirlpool and told them what I think of them and A&E. Maybe had they googled on A&E's name as I did they would have gotten a clue. Right now I am not happy with either company. My dryer still does not work and I will probably have to pay for something that was never my fault.

I think both companies are horrible in the customer service arena. I would not recommend either to anyone.

Thanks A&E and Whirlpool for absolutely nothing.

A VERY, VERY DISATISFIED CUSOTMER.

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Gail Newman
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Oct 21, 2015 2:21 pm EDT

Called American Home Shield mid September who sent them out. Had them over twice. Appointments took 2 weeks each time! 9/28 & 10/09. Each time they ordered a different part which would not work. Always called with the same excuse that they weren't coming within the four hours. 5 weeks and still not repaired. Scheduled the next appointment for 10/20. I Called another repair shop. Came the next day and within ten minutes, he diagnosed it, replaced the part and my microwaved was repaired. I would like my $75.00 returned. They did not repair it within a reasonable time, over 6 weeks, and it still was not repaired. The repairmen did not have a clue what to do. My time was wasted.

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Dayton, US
Feb 01, 2010 10:02 am EST

I agree, very poor service but I don't fault the servicemen, it appears to me the company is very mean to their employees, expects more of them than humanly possible, has absolutely no regard for the customer's time, they expect you to take the whole day off to wait around to be called and told that the service person won't be there.

Again I don't blame the servicemen because they work them like borrowed mules for very little pay I imagine. My husband's thoughts are that they could drive tiny cars around because they never have a part in those big vans, always have to order it and come back next month or so.

If Sears contracts this company they should drop them, keep the servicemen and treat them with more respect and give them raises. A & E gives Sears bad karma.

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PEGGY WISE
509 SLAPOUT RD, US
Feb 14, 2012 12:46 am EST
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THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED TO ME. I AM VERY DISSATIFIED WITH THE WAY THEY ARE TREATING ME. WHEN THEY TELL YOU THAT THEY WILLBE THERE ON A CETAIN DAY AND THEN TO FIND OUT THAT DAY A EMPLOEE THE MADE MY APPOINTMENT MADE IT FOR MARCH13 INSTEAD OF FEB.13 WHICH WAS THE RIGHT DAY. NOW THEY ARE WANTING ME TO WAIT ANOTHER WEEK BEFORE THEY COME AGAIN. TO ME THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS. TRYING TO TALK TO SOMEBODY IS LIKE TRY TO TALK TO A BRICK WALL..THEY ACT LIKE THEY DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT THEIR COSTOMERS.

VERY UNHAPPY COSTOMER

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Sears - oven door glass breaking spontaneously

I have a 2 year old Kenmore electric range model number 790 [protected]. The other morning we heard a LOUD boom only to go into the kitchen and find out the glass oven door had completely shattered and glass was all over the floor. The unit was cold and had not been used in over 24 hours. After making several phone calls to Sears and Kenmore, being...

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Sears poor delivery and installation, washer itself

I purchased a kenmore 500 series washer on May 25, 2007. Was told that they don't deliver in our area until Thursday of the following week. (Even thought they delivered 16 miles down the road to Camilla on Wednesday, going right by Baconton-twice) We said okay, no problem. Good thing that I purchased the three year warranty.

After they finally got the washer to the house on Thursday-after the time that was stated that they would be there. The person who installed the washer hooked up the cold to the hot and vice versa. After finding this out, he lay the hoses down and water flowed from them all over the floor. He fixed the problem, and left.

About two hours later, water was running out from under the machine. We called Sears and was told that they couldn't come fix it, that they would bring a new machine out. My mother called a plumber and he came and saw that the problem was where the pipes had been stripped out when the person doing the installation took them off and replaced them.

We called and let Sears know about this, and then they made an adjustment to my statement.

Well, as luck would have it, the washer is now leaking water out over the floor when it goes into the spin cycle. My mother called on yesterday, they were going to send someone out with a new washer on today. They would call back by 6:00p.m. and let us know when the delivery would be. We were told between 10:ooa.m. and 12:00p.m., they would call 1 hour before, they called at 12:25, arrived at 12:30. (Why say something if you are not going to stand by it?) Anyway, the second washer in a little over 1 month is now installed, please say a prayer, that maybe this will work (this time.) Makes me really wonder about making future purchases from Sears.

I tried to find the correct address to mail my complaint to, with no luck, I decided to put it here. Maybe it will help someone else receive better service in the future.

Sincerely,
Tekla Sellars

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Cherry Hill, US
Jul 18, 2011 7:47 pm EDT

although the washer indicates a delicate cycle, it still uses the same agitation as any other cycle. This results in a non gentle agitation and spin cycle for delicate clothes. I feel this is a mis-representation of the "gentle" cycle. Any thoughts?

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Jazznme3
Fresno, US
Feb 08, 2009 9:33 pm EST

I posted a complaint, but it went to another area.(?)Divide and conquer
I just started using my new Kenmore 500 washer. About 6 loads. First load took me 10-12 min to untangle a pair of tennis shoes from the rest of nearly the entire load. I have never done anything unique with my prior washer, which was a Kenmore model...I think it was over 30 years old. Couldn't even find a year or model # on it. Wasn't sure I could get the water pump replaced. This machine is noisier. I thought they used better insulation or was I supposed to pay another $200 to get it quieter.
Then today, I was further ticked. I did what I would call a normal wash. I went to take a sneak peek. Wish i hadn't. The water level was so low; more water in my toilet bowl! Needless to say, I was ___ not pleased. Is this a government regulation-intrusion method of water conservation?! I wasn't believing all these postings on various models. Now I do. However, there is no better alternative. Complaints abound!
I just looked up the 700 series. No better. Now I wish I could have my old girl back and try to fix her. I don't have a lot of laundry. Did without since Thanksgiving...except for 2 loads at my uncles'.

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Sears poor service & installation

We signed a contract with Sears for a central air conditioning unit in December, 2005. They sent a contractor to install it in June, 2006. This contractor asked us to clean out our attic and said he would return the following week to install the duct work in the attic. He did not show up. After many calls we reached our sales department in Scranton, PA who told us the contractor had quit. They sent a second contractor who completed half the job and then never returned. The job was finally completed in October, 2006; the unit then broke after one month. We could not get Sears to repair it for another month. We have since been transferred from Scranton to Philadelphia to Albany. No one at Sears will take any responsibility for fixing this unit. There is not air conditioning on the second floor of our house; the last contractor told us that the contractor who installed the duct work did not install the vents to the second floor so we will never have air up there! We spent $14,000 for this and we can't even get it serviced. Our advice, DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM SEARS!

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Sears waste of time and money

I have a big problem with the staff at Sears dental they are very rude and they make you wait atleast 45 minutes from your scheduled appointment time. The Orthodontist told me in the initial evaluation that he could close the spaces in between my teeth, well I took his advise and signed a contract with Sears Dental for $129.00 a month. He never closed the spaces and every time I came in for my appointments he never changed my wires or even instructed me that I had two cavities that went untreated for several months. The end result lead to him referring me to another dentist in the office for porcelain venures, dental bonding which means I would have to come out of pocket 4,000 more dollars that i did not have. I have never been treated so inhuman in my life. I ended up taking the braces off myself. Sears Dental is a BIG waste of time and you will pay alot of money and receive NO results. Please dont waste time or money with them. The staff treats you horrible, they dont know that patients, you will wait an extended amount of time, and the final result is your teeth look worst after you leave. They created more spaces so they could refer my to someone else in the office, so everyone in the office can make a profit from you. Thats really wrong. Now Im going in to get braces from a real professional. What a waste!

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Miamisburg, US
May 09, 2014 10:09 pm EDT
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I accompanied my boyfriend on his visit to dayton dental and orthodontics inside sears at the dayton mall. That place is disgusting. Floors were filthy, there was trash on the floor in the exam areas and the exam chairs are in ragged shape. We did wait almost 40 minutes past our scheduled appointment. It seemed like a slaughter house to me. They were moving as many patients through that place as they could. Seems as if they are just trying to make as much money as possible.

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Dayton, US
Apr 26, 2011 2:14 pm EDT

Wow... I had to read this post twice before I realize that someone else had written it...(and not myself) I experienced (exactly) the same treatment! all I wanted was the spaces closed between my teeth and the orthodontist instructed me to follow his advise to sign a contract for the same treatment. To my surprise my spaces were not closed! my wires were NEVER changed...and He also recommended that I see someone else in the office for ventures! I was so heated... I think the are on a money scam... miss diagnosing patients to get capital dollar from unsuspecting patients. I have had my braces on for several years now due to no one wanting to treat me because they weren't the ones who initially put them on. (TOTAL DISASTER).. I had several cavities also and the orthodontist had not told me anything! (SO UNPROFESSIONAL). I would not advise anyone to receive treatment from SEARS DENTAL...the staff treats you horrible and you will be thousands of dollars in debt with NO results! I can't believe that they are still in business! SEARS DENTAL is a SCAM!

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