Seems a shame to ruin a straight A report card with an F, especially when everyone else seemed to be working so hard for those A's - but he IS the Owner..A
Description of Work: This is the second time I've used ASI; but this time they didn't repair a thing - and saved me from wasting hundreds of dollars! I first called them four years ago, about a malfunctioning washing machine. My research revealed they had been in business for around 276 years (or something like that) and were A+ rated by the BBB. When I called to check them out, I discovered many of their employees have been there for almost as long as the company has been around so, as you might imagine, most of them are quite old. Seriously, everybody I've ever spoken to there has been respectfully professional and done their job well. Their technicians diligently go about their work, while trying to remain as unobtrusive as possible. The first time out they fixed and did some routine maintenance on my old washing machine for a very reasonable price, including parts. This time I had called them to fix the dryer and check-out two refrigerators. The next day Mike, one of their Senior Techs, called to let me know he was running ahead of schedule. He tactfully asked if I would prefer to wait until later, as planned. I told him to come over ASAP and he and his helper arrived within 30 minutes. It took some time to tear-apart and diagnose the dryer. The prognosis was that it would cost more to fix than what it was worth. The same was true of the first refrigerator they checked. The second refrigerator had been making some strange and rather loud sounds, from time-to-time (I think its' possessed), but otherwise seemed to be behaving fine. However, since it was silent while they were here, Mike suggested that we wait to see if a problem developed - and his assistant referred me to a good exorcist, just in case. So, they were able to come early, called first, prevented me from throwing hundreds of dollars (perhaps over a thousand) down a black hole and did a great job of cleaning up their mess. And I was totally blown away when Stanley Steamer showed up shortly after they left. Seems ASI had sent them to do the carpets, 'just in case.' Makes you wish you had appliances to repair every week! I hope you will all forgive the somewhat facetious nature of this review. You see, I was born and raised on a farm in Iowa before moving to South Carolina in 1978. As a result, I seem genetically predisposed to have a very corny sense of humor. That said, my attempts to make you smile (or better yet, laugh) should not in any way detract from ASI's quality, honesty and overall value. In fact, there has been only one sour note in my entire experience with them. Their President/Owner never returned my call. And nobody else called in his stead, or to ask if they could help or to explain why he wouldn't be calling. That's not good. When the head of a local, family-owned business will not return a repeat customer's phone call (it's been over two weeks), he earns his business an F rating for responsiveness.