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AMERICAN TECH SUPPORT

Heating and Air Conditioning

About us

HVAC

Business highlights

22 years of trusted experience
Emergency Services Offered

Services we offer

RESIDENTIAL DISCOUNT CENTRAL HVAC REPAIR, REPLACEMENT & SERVICE WORK ON MOST BRANDS OF EQUIPMENT.

Services we don't offer

COMMERCIAL REPAIRS, REPLACEMENTS & SERVICE UNLESS SYSTEMS ARE RESIDENTIAL TYPE.

Amenities

Free Estimates
Yes
Senior Discount

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Emergency Services
Yes


Accepted payment methods

American Express
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Reviews

1.01 Reviews
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Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
2.0
value
4.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
3.0
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David N.
11/2008
1.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
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The owner of this company is, in a word, crazy. He demanded to be paid for the work performed on a rental property before it was fully finished and before he was due the money. He called me repeatedly on the phone demanding a check, then came to the rental property after dark to pound on the door, shout my name, and ask when he was going to get paid. I told him through the locked door that this was private property, no trespassing signs were posted, and he was trespassing. He still refused to leave, so I was forced to call police and swear out a warrant for his arrest. When I got home, I found a note he had left on my front door. I never gave him my home address! Dealing with this man and his company has been a frightening and frustrating experience. As for the quality of the work performed, he cracked drywall and plaster in multiple places throughout the house. His vent openings were so poorly cut that some of the openings extend outside the vent covers. I had to hire another contractor to come in and clean up this company's mess. As for workmanship, the contractor "finished" the job several days after the 10 day deadline specified in our contract; this is even though the property was open to him any hours and all days during the contract period. The owner explained that he worked Monday through Friday 9-5 only and did not work weekends. On the days the crew did show up to work, they got there late, including two different days after 10 AM. This company got my business because they bid the lowest price and were licensed, but I would never, ever hire them again.
Description of Work: I hired American Tech Services to install a heat pump system in a house that previously did not have it.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
2.0
value
4.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
3.0

$5,000

Response from AMERICAN TECH SUPPORT
First off I would like to say please look up my business at the Department of Professional and Occupation Regulation website www.dpor.virginia.gov or the Better Business Bureau although I'm not a member they will give you true feedback on my company which is in good standing. CON MAN TRICK #1 Please Google his fake address he gave and you will find that this is the address to the UPS Store off of Battlefield Rd Chesapeake Va. This is the address he gave me that is illegal for him to use because he is incorporated an it's against the rules. Now let's address what he has to say in his letter, he gave me a (B) for pricing. Now if I have the lowest price when other was giving quotes of $9,000.00 to $10,000.00 why wouldn't I get an (A) for pricing...hmm.... Now let look at the first half of his statement, he claims that I demanded money before it was due.then he says that he calls the police on me for trespassing because he was frighten of me, then he says I "finished" several days after the 10 day deadline we set...hmm....in a word, liar... CON MAN TRICK #2 This is how everything really happen we met a the house in question to sign the contract. I gave him my contract and to my surprise he produce a contract. This was the first that I heard of a customer with a contract with all kinds of legal loopholes that will let him out of paying for my job, then on top of that he had a lien waiver that he wanted me to sign stating that I could not put a lien on the house if the job is finished and he will not had to pay the balance. Plus he didn't want me to pull a mechanical permit. I should have walk away at that point but I thought that I could trust him being that he was a very likable former news anchor on WAVY T.V. 10 (which at the time I didn't know he had a frivolous law suit against the station which he say his back was hurt from him setter at the news desk chair, but he was carrying in sheet rock, toilets and cabinet without any help by himself, GOOGLE it). Needless to say I pull the permit and would not sign his lien wavier. I did sign his contract because I new I was going to do his install like it was suppose to be done, so no problem. CON MAN TRICK #3 We finished the job on schedule in the 10 business days as stated in the contract, we did come after 10:00am on 2 different days, because we had to pick up supplies from different locations, plus we promise to get his work done in 10 business days which we did not for him to micro manage our time. He ask me on the the 8th day would we be finished in the next 2 days. I told him yes maybe a day earlier. Now get this he was always working with us on a daily basis but these last 2 days he disappeared. On the 10th day I got my final mechanical inspection and called him to let him know, guess what no answer. OK maybe he can't get to the phone, but he always answer before. OK now 2 days goes past still no answer. So at this point am a little concerned because I also talked to the plumber he used and he tell me that he has not paid him. So I decide to do a web search for him, his business address comes up as the UPS Store, not a P.O. Box. So also find where he is living at and he wasn't home so I left a card on his door asking him to call me. Later that evening about 6:30 I go past the the house and guess what, he's there. CON MAN TRICK #4 OK I go up to the house knock on the the door and to my surprise again the guy start screaming at the top of his lungs "WHAT DO YOU WANT, WHY ARE YOU HERE, YOU ARE TRESPASSING, I HAVE A NO TRESPASSING SIGN IN THE WINDOW AND I AM GOING TO CALL THE POLICE". I was like where in the world did this come from, I'm asking very calmly what is wrong, again he yell "THAT I AM TRESPASSING. I didn't see the sign until he pointed it out to me that night, because it was not in the window the entire time we worked there. So I left because it dawn on me what he was trying to do and he did it, took out a warrant for trespassing on me. This turn my world upside down because I never been arrested or in trouble with the law. So the trick here is to have me arrested so he would have to pay...wow.. Now as far as the workmanship this house is over 100 years old, Park Place house with crumbling walls which we address on the day of the contract signing he said that he would repair any plaster that fell out from holes being cut because the plaster was so weak and as far as the giant fault line crack that he speaks of, he had a group of crackheads working in the attic removing all of the trash...bed, dressers, etc....that covered the entire attic. They was breaking windows, putting holes in the walls and didn't care how that got those things out of the attic, because he probably wasn't paying them of anything. Well this is how everything turned out, we went to court for the trespassing, I won that case because it was baseless. He knew he owed the debt and the house is where we conducted business from the beginning. On that same court day I had him served a lawsuit in court against his bogus company because he never had a real address and still owed a $2500.00 balance. We went to court for that and I won but he didn't tell any of this in his comments. I still didn't collect, but had to put a lien on the house. OK almost a year later a big time lawyer from Va Beach call me one day and said he wanted to pay off the debt. So i agreed to meet him. He told me about this guy's entire scheme, this is how it goes. He find contractors on Craigslist and hire them to do work on the house that this lawyer owns. The lawyer gives him money for the down payment for the contractors, but he find contractors to do the work less then he told the lawyer and keeps the extra money. Then when the work is completed he disappears for a while then kept the balance of money that is due. The only thing about this time is that I pull a permit and it through off everything, because the normal contractor he get's don't pull permits and don't have no legs to stand on for legal recourse. O.K. that's really how this story begins and ends. We unfortunately became a victim of a scam, but a contractor don't have anyone to stand up for them like Angieslist. Lastly I would like for anyone that reads this to please check him out and check us out also before you form a opinion about my company because we do no deserve a (F) rating. thank you for reading

    Contact information

    1810 LYONTINE LN, Portsmouth, VA 23701

    www.atsheatingandcooling.com

    Service hours

    Monday:
    8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Tuesday:
    8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Wednesday:
    8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Thursday:
    8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Friday:
    8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Saturday:
    8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Licensing

    Bonded

    Insured

    Eco-friendly Accreditations

    LEED Accredited Professional
    No
    Energy Star Partner
    No
    EPA Lead-Safe Certified
    No
    Use Green Products or Work Practices
    Yes
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    Service Categories

    Heating and Air Conditioning

    FAQ

    AMERICAN TECH SUPPORT is currently rated 1 overall out of 5.

    Monday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

    Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

    Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

    Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

    Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

    Saturday: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    AMERICAN TECH SUPPORT accepts the following forms of payment: American Express,Check,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
    Yes, AMERICAN TECH SUPPORT offers free project estimates.
    Yes, AMERICAN TECH SUPPORT offers eco-friendly accreditations.
    No, AMERICAN TECH SUPPORT does not offer a senior discount.
    Yes, AMERICAN TECH SUPPORT offers emergency services.
    No, AMERICAN TECH SUPPORT does not offer warranties.
    AMERICAN TECH SUPPORT offers the following services: RESIDENTIAL DISCOUNT CENTRAL HVAC REPAIR, REPLACEMENT & SERVICE WORK ON MOST BRANDS OF EQUIPMENT.
    COMMERCIAL REPAIRS, REPLACEMENTS & SERVICE UNLESS SYSTEMS ARE RESIDENTIAL TYPE.

    Contact information

    1810 LYONTINE LN, Portsmouth, VA 23701

    www.atsheatingandcooling.com

    Service hours

    Monday:
    8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Tuesday:
    8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Wednesday:
    8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Thursday:
    8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Friday:
    8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Saturday:
    8:00 AM - 12:00 PM