Response from Cody’s Appliance Repair
Dear Member, Wow. I got this message over the holiday and got right on it this morning to respond to your critique of our company. This is what I have learned. Luckily for us, we have a scheduling system that records dates and times off all transactions. That initial call to request service was on 8/3. Your son, the tenant, was not available until 8/5, after 11:00. On the initial repair of the fan motor repair, Cody, the owner of our company who was the first technician to your home, found the motor locked up solid, red hot to the touch and 30 degrees in the freezer. It was clear that it had failed and had to be replaced. The condenser coils were also very dirty, packed with lint, which makes the unit work very hard to cool, which puts tremendous strain on all components in the frig. With Cody's more than 33 years of experience, that was a no-brainer as to the cause of failure at that time. Your call of the second failure was reported by phone on 8/23 at 1:43 in the afternoon. Your son was not available that day. We were, however, available that day and tried to come out, so your claim that we could not come out for two days was incorrect. We went out the next day (per your son's request), which was the 25th, after 11:00, as he is a college student and not available early mornings. The technician went to the home and found the unit was working perfectly at that time. Unfortunately, there is nothing to diagnose when all is working just fine. No odd noises, temps were perfect, etc. There was no charge for that return call. The next failure was reported at 2:30 on Friday afternoon, not around noon was you have stated. Your son, Taylor, called our office to report the failure. Stacie explained about the delay for service until Monday. Taylor said okay that he would tell his mom. The Mr. Melink then called. Stacie, our office manager apologized, stating that we were one technician short. We were also one vehicle short, as one of our trucks was out of service. She said that she would put Taylor on standby and if at all possible, get out that day. She stated that she could give the first appointment of the day on Monday. Mr. Melink said that he would not wait the weekend for service. He stated that all the food had been lost. As a business owner, I flat-out cringe at the thought of ANYONE waiting the weekend for service, especially a refrigerator, but we are simply not a 7-day a week business. Our guys work a long-hard week Monday to Friday from 7:30 am to sometimes 6:00 or 7:00 each day. We do not work weekends because we want our guys to have a family life and home time. And they need that. They need the opportunity to have a life. I would love to work them 24-hours a day, but it is just not possible. However, this morning, I did talk to my techs and tell them that from now on when a refrigerator failure arises, that is a "callback" as we call it, I will ask if they will do a Saturday emergency service, but I will not force them to do it. I know you are in another state and needed to take care of things long distance. I certainly get that. And I do sincerely and humbly apologize for the delay in service we were proposing. I do, however, stand behind the initial fan motor failure, as the diagnosis was spot on. It does seem that another component was intermittently failing after the initial service, as we do have over 20 days that elapsed until it was reported to us. And an intermittent failure is tough to catch, as it was working when we came out the second time. I hate the idea that you felt compelled to call another company to do the second repair, as we want to complete all of our work, but I just do not know how I could have done it differently. Please accept my sincere apologies and hope that all is working as it should. I hope that the other service company did good work for you and that you might give us another chance in the future to earn your A rating. Sincerely, Patty H, Owner.