Otto's Appliance Service, Inc

WONDERFUL WILL CALL IF THE WASHER GOES ON STRIKE.LOL :)

Showed up in the scheduled time, was pleasant and professional. Spent the time with me to go through the symptoms. I had thought it was the pump, based on my research, but in his experience it was all attributable to the input valve. He replaced the valve efficiently, did a quick but thorough testing, including for the check valve and heating (which was working fine), and gave me some tips on care and what to expect. The dishwasher seems to be working well now, though we'll know for sure after a few uses. I was a little surprised by having both a service call charge and a labor charge, however I didn't ask in advance, and the overall price was acceptable. I would use them again.

OK..confirmed it pretty much couldn't be repaired (purchased in 2014). Bought a new DW (Bosch)which has worked well. Disappointed that local appliance store (where appliance purchased) did not respond to calls re problem. So I paid for the service call and new dishwasher. Oh well...life goes on..

He quickly summed up the situation and provided enough information allowing me to make an educated decision on how to move forward.

Well. The repair was made on time and was effective.

Called earlier the week and spoke with owner Tony who was very courteous and promptly scheduled the next availability later on the week. He asked what model was my Dacor and ordered 2 ignitions so when Dave the service technician arrived, he promptly replaced the ignition switches and now my Dacor Cooktop is back up and running. Although interaction was brief, both owner Tony and service technician Dave was a delight to work with. I would not hesitate to call Otto's Appliance in the future.

I have used them before and they have always been very responsive. This time unfortunately they told me they could not get the part they needed for almost a month.

My gas cook top is not working. With a great Angie's List review score, I called Otto's Appliance Service. A lot of reviews on Yelp said that they offer same day service but not this time. I told the gentleman that my gas cook top doesn't work because probably spark module doesn't work. I tried it with external lighter and it works. Two days later they sent David over. I expected David to do the fix and took a day off. What he actually did is to take a look at the cook top and tried with his lighter and told me that he guess spark module doesn't work. I said yes that's my guess as well. And he left me a estimation of $366 dollar to replace it and charged me $105 dollar for this 5 minutes work. This experience reminds me the sales skill that charges you significantly up front to lock you in. In economic term this is called sale-with-sunk-cost. The itemized estimation is crazy. The part costs $125 and labor costs $241. The service guy himself commented with a shrug that I should go get a new one. What Otto's Appliance Service ends with is either $105 for 5 minutes work or $366 for simply replacing a spark module. They are in such an advanced situation than their customers that they'll make money either way. Customers are basically trapped from the minute they called them. I tried to contact back and it's not helping. With the new generation of online service provider, I couldn't believe such business model is still running at ground level. No wonder people are investing in new business model to renovate the industry. I'm not happy and hope anyone reading this could get an idea of how their business run and think if you will like that yourself.

They were honest, have competitive pricing, came on time, and finished on time. He did it in the amount of money I was quoted for. It was all positive.

They came early. They were nice, neat and it was a minor repair.

They are very responsive. They keep at the problem until they figure it out because we've had a difficult problem. They are very easy to work with and they are very professional.

Over the weekend our Thermador oven got stuck in a locked state w/ the cooling fan continuously running. On Monday morning I called to beg for an appointment to get the range working again (and to end the very loud fan). When I called at 9am they asked if I wanted someone either the same day at noon or tomorrow. I quickly took the appointment and at exactly noon, Otto showed up. He quickly diagnosed the issue with the oven was a blow main circuit board. Luckily he had a replacement board in his truck. Once he replaced the board, he did a full check of the every system/element to ensure everything was hooked back up properly. When he left he assured me the parts had a one year warranty and that any issues were also covered with a labor warranty for 30 days. Otto was extremely competent and very professional. I would highly recommend his shop to anyone with Thermador appliance issues.

We've used them in the past. They are very responsive and very professional. They are very knowledgeable about what they do. We had a really hard problem to diagnose and they kept coming back and working on it to try to nail it down. They don't give up when there is a hard problem to solve. We would definitely use them again.

It went very well. He was related to the man that repaired my other oven 10 years before. he explained what was wrong and how he had fixed it.

He was so helpful. He showed us what to prevent this from happening again in the future and he had all sorts of little hints about what to do to get around possible future problems. He was very good.

The whole experiences went very well. I called Otto because I needed my range hood motor refurbished. The range hood motor was caked with grease and was never cleaned after 15 years of use. I called Otto on Thursday and he looked at the motor and told me that he need to take it. Otto told me he need to put the motor in a special liquid to remove the accumulated grease. After one week, the motor was good as new and Otto put it back in my range hood. I would recommend this Otto because he gets the job done.

As I stated above, the whole job went well from start to finish. Both the person who set up the appointment and Dave were very pleasant, courteous, and knowledgeable. When I made the appointment, I was told that Dave would be the service person and what time he would arrive. During the service, I learned that my KitchenAid washing machine was made by Whirlpool. I also learned that I will NEVER purchase a rug with rubber backing again! Or, if I do, I will launder it at a commercial laundry. (It has taken me longer to complete this report than it took to repair my washing machine.)

Dave didn't come out to fix my fridge... but only because it turns out that fridges are the only appliances he doesn't service. Instead, he gave me a referral to another reputable service guy, and then spent a few minutes discussing a problem that I have with my gas oven (seeing he does fix ovens), telling me ways that I can possibly diagnose it on my own before shelling out for a service call. Honest, customer-oriented, excellent communicator, and obviously not out for a quick buck. He'll definitely get our business for everything but the fridge.

It turned out that the exhaust fan/ventilator I have is not Thermidor (even though it's in a Thermidor range hood) so Otto couldn't service it but he gave me the specs so I could find somebody else. Great guy.

They were good. They were prompt and professional. They tried the less expensive fixes first and when they didn't work, they went to the replacement. They were honest in trying to take the least expensive approach first. I would give them all A's.

I researched appliance repair services on Angie's List, where Otto's scored high. After working with Otto's, I know why. They were able to send a repair technician before week's end. He arrived during the timeframe promised, and had solved the problem and cleaned up within 30 minutes. The service charge was a decent value.

They were great. They came out promptly. Their schedule was booked, but they tried to work me in on an opening at the last minute. They came in the day I called them. They fixed the problem for a minimal cost, and they actually had other suggestions on how to keep my dishwasher from braking.

We called Otto's because they had repaired the same aging Bosch dishwasher some years before. They couldn't come on the same day (a Friday) but came on the next Monday. The technician was professional and knowledgeable, and the job was done in within an hour.

Otto's is a responsible and reliable company that communicates well.

They were good. They came and saw the problem quickly and they got the part and they installed it and it works fine, and we have not had any problems with it since.