To (member name removed), As you are aware I have a made multiple attempts to contact you, I am still hoping you will call me to discuss. I believe I understand your frustration and anger, and in your position I too would be furious. However I also believe you have been somewhat misguided in your research and would love the opportunity to discuss. I will meet you in person, by phone, personally come to your home(if that would help explain), I'd even meet you for lunch, my treat. You pick the time and place and will do everything I can to make it work. I want you to know that I believe in my company, my products, my staff, and truly believe we are the best option and value in garage door service. In case this is the only means I get to address your complaints I will try my best. · The loose connection on your safety sensor was a problem, this can be inconsistent. Mike said you did speak of an intermittent problem and the lights blinking when he arrived, in many cases the sensors are just misaligned but in your case replacement was the only option. This however has nothing to do with the problem you called us out for, your door had come off track, and thrown a cable. This usually happens for one of two reasons, 1)You closed the door on something and/or the door became jammed in the track for some reason. 2)Your springs that lift the door were either incorrectly sized or had weakened to a point they weren't keeping the cables taught at the very top of travel. Option 2 is what Mike determined to be the cause of your door failure. I encourage to ask your friend what he thinks causes the door to come off track, and throw a cable. · You referenced our $140 Minimum Purchase for Emergency, and the fact it Mike said it would negate it, Mike was correct on both. Our $140 Minimum Purchase is just what it is, it is only a requirement that you spend a minimum amount. We also waive our service fee of $65 with the replacement of the spring(s). Please as these other companies what they charge for emergency service, through my research most charge a rather large fee for coming to your home, all parts and repairs are in addition to that. I'm not implying there charge is "wrong", It just seems you are so focused on our prices, you might miss some of these details. · Typically how a service call would go for us is to determine what the immediate problem is and offer our best solution. While doing repairs my technicians are all trained extensively to inspect all components of the door, and required to address any problems they find. Mike was required to show you the problems he found, explain them, and offer whatever our best option was to repair any problems you may have had. He did that. · In most cases the torsion bar across the top of the door can be used even with minor wear from bad/worn bearings. Your shaft was damaged significantly enough Mike felt it needed to be replaced also. Mike would have been required to explain to you and show you this damage. Did he? · The other company you contacted stated that it would be "Highly Unlikely" your springs would need replaced at 8 years old. The Industry Standard for torsion springs is 10,000 cycles. That means you should be able to open close the door approximately 10,000 times before failure(spring break). Like any other moving part the spring also weakens overtime leading up to the breaking point. The average Garage Door is opened and closed approximately 6 times per day, this can vary a lot depending on you use your garage. Operating 6 times a day(2,190 times per year) would cause a standard spring to fail in less than 5 years. Hence why companies(including the one you used for reference) likely warranties that spring for no more than 3 years. The springs we installed on your door last week were rated at approximately 50,000 cycles, and we give them a lifetime warranty on the part and labor, along with the rest of your parts we installed with exception to your sensors. Please ask these other companies how long their warranties are on their springs, hardware, and labor. And then ask them why? · I'd love to hear more about the Investigation by the Attorney General, because that would be news to me. Like I said before, I believe in my company, my staff, my products, and my warranty, and will happily defend them. I feel I can easily explain to anyone with an open mind. · Our review system is done a few different ways. Comment Cards, and Online Submissions are the most common. When we complete a job our computer system auto-generates an email to every customer with a review request and thank you. You however declined to give your email at the time you scheduled. I promise you every review on my website is real, and every single review is on the website as they were received by us with the exception of 2 separate 2 star reviews that were updated by the customer after we made right on some mistakes we made. As you have seen we have 94.8% 5 star reviews, and 98.7% are 4 star or higher. I am very proud of this, and very proud of my staff because this isn't possible without them. · On a side note, Mike that came to your home happens to be my highest rated technician, he has won our tech of the month award 6 out of the last 9 months. This award is based strictly on customer reviews. He takes unbelievable pride in this. Mike is a former Marine, Married, and the Father a beautiful 4 year old girl, and has another on the way. He is a great employee and I'm proud to have him. It hurt him to hear of this complaint, and hurt me to have to discuss it with him. He asked me if he could call and apologize to you directly. I had to tell him no, mainly because I feared how you'd react, and secondly I don't what Mike could have done differently. · The garage door is industry is built on repeat business, there is a huge need for garage door repair because of the poor quality products that are so widespread throughout. Why don't all companies install 50,000 cycle springs? Precision gets approx $300 for 1 pair of our High Cycle Springs. If you use a company that installs standard springs or even a little better than standard how much will you have spent to get to that same 50,000? all of our hardware is designed for maximum life. Do you see no value in this at all? (Member name removed), I want nothing more than for you to be glad you chose Precision Door, and to truly believe our service was a good value. I acknowledge that will be tough to accomplish but I'm happy to try. If you won't speak to me I am not sure how to accomplish this. Please give me a call on my cell(317)690-6984, or email me at joel@precisionindy.com. Sincerely, Joel E Belyew