Overall story presented above. Please note that the subcontractors, Art and Debora, who installed the product, did an excellent job and are NOT part of my complaint.Because they were the exception I feel a responsibility to protect their contract with Sears or other companies.
Description of Work: Salesman, JAMES DEANE, came to my home 1/11/13, at my request for an estimate. He brought no samples of siding color, but verbalized understanding of need to match older guttering to new soffits and siding for front entry porch. He verbalized "antique white" or "parchment white." I trusted Sears and accepted the salesman's statements of understanding regarding what he was ordering for this 1950 brick ranch belonging to my mother (in nursing home, myself as POA). Cold weather pushed intallation off until 1/29/13. I HAVE NO COMPLAINT RELATED TO DEBORA AND ART, THE INSTALLERS. When the material was unloaded I noted it didn't appear to be the color I had anticipated. The installers checked the order and the product matched the order. I know I am not good a anticipating color (paint, siding), and decided to allow the installation, believing it would be appropriate based on the apparent understanding verbalized by Mr. James Deane. Because of the necessary weather-induced delay in installation, in-home renovations were taking place at the same time. This resulted in my paying little attention to the materials being installed...the installers worked well, were professional, and I let that go. The final day of installation, 1/31/13, it was raining hard. The porch was the final site and I signed off on the project without realizing the actual effect of ADOBE (which actually appears yellow) on the home. Shortly after the installers left, I had reason to go across the street and looked back at the home--realizing how much the new material clashed with the home. I contacted Sears District Sales Manager, Ronnie Boucelle (800-275-9918), who spoke over me, raised his voice, and definitely indicated the error was mine because I had been otherwise focused. "You signed off on it; you signed authorization for the project." He denied any reponsibility. I insisted he send a represetative to view the incongruence and error in color. A Sears Home Improvement salesman from Abington VA (Roger) came by, took a picture, verbally agreed it was a mistake, and offered a group of color chips which allowed me to see that "parchment white" (as verbalized initially by Mr. Deane) would indeed be appropriate for the home. Note that Mr Deane ordered Adobe White, not parcment white. I learned that Mr James Deane had been relieved of his position with Sears Home Improvement due to "multiple complaints from customers." I had difficulty getting Mr. Deane to leave my home...he kept talking about non-essential aspects of Sears products. I finally stood up from the kitchen table, stating I had to visit my mother in the nursing home, and that he needed to leave. His total time in the home was approximately 3 hours. Many calls to Mr. Bouchelle, District Sales Manager, have not been accepted nor returned since the initial call (see above). An e-mail complaint resulted in a response from Sears stating that I had "failed to make comments on social media." This is not a familiar media for me, but I have tried since then to post complaint on facebook, my3cents and now Angies List. At 71yo social media is not familiar to me. The house is an eyesore. I stopped payment on the completion. I don't know where to go with this. I am afraid of what Sears will do or will not do. I need advice and direction. The error was from their salesman, it is their responsbility.