This is the worst company I've ever had to deal with and honestly, they seem more like a scam than an actual company. I don't think that they even deserve 1 star. Our air conditioner stopped working a month ago and we filed a claim on May 26th, the day after it stopped working, and we are still without air a month later. I am 8 months pregnant and have been suffering in a sweltering house with no reprieve from the high heat and humidity. In the beginning, they sent out the service provider very quickly and I thought the rest of the process would also be handled in a timely manner. However, that is the only time anything moved quickly throughout the process, which still has not been resolved a month later. The service provider that they sent out filed paperwork with Home Warranty of America on 5/29, stating we needed a whole new AC unit. Over the past month, we've called 17 times to follow up and try and get updates, and 17 times we've been told different stories of what's happening with our claim.
1. 5/29 – the service provider confirmed that they had sent over all the information pertaining to our case file, stating that the evaporator coil and condenser needed to be replaced.
2. 6/2 - Spoke with Raul, who claimed that they had just received the information sent by the service provider, which had really been sent 4 days prior.
3. 6/3 – Spoke with Jocelyn, who told me that they will get all the purchase order information over to the service provider so they would know when it would be delivered.
4. 6/5 – spoke with the service provider who said nothing had been sent by HWA about any material coming for our case.
5. 6/8 – Spoke with service provider who still hadn’t received any paperwork or updates about our material that was supposedly on order.
6. 6/8 – Called HWA and spoke with Amy (the WORST customer service agent I have EVER dealt with), who said nothing had been ordered. They were waiting to get approval to replace the necessary items. Asked to speak to a supervisor and was kept on hold for 30 minutes before being hung up on.
7. 6/8 – Called HWA back and spoke with Raul, who tried to get management to address our case and approve the material needing to be purchased. He informed me that our case needed additional approval, and he wasn’t quite sure why because our case was pretty straight forward and there shouldn’t have been any issues. He told be he would do his best to expedite our case and make sure the approval happened within 48 hours.
8. 6/10 – called the service provider who informed me that they still hadn’t received any information from HWA.
9. 6/10 – we received an email stating that they had approved the replacement of our condenser and evaporator coil, but there would be an additional cost of $895 for sheet metal modifications plus an additional $303 for modified coverage. Not the $100 deductible fee our premier plus plan states.
10. 6/12 – Spoke with Alex, who told us that our claim was submitted to purchasing on 6/10 and it would be 3-5 business days for that process to be completed. He also ASSURED me that they had all the correct information, model and serial numbers of replacement items, and we would be able to get tracking information in 3-5 business days. He said that they would reach out to us and the service provider, once the order had been placed to give us the tracking information.
11. 6/17 – Spoke with Chris who said they were still waiting on the completion from the purchasing department and he would send out a few emails to “escalate” the process. Even though it should have already been done, since it was at the end of the 5th business day.
12. 6/17 – spoke with Antony, who informed us that the reason the purchase order hadn’t been completed was because they were still waiting on confirmation of the model and serial numbers from the service provider (lie), even though we received confirmation on the 12th that they had all the information they required.
13. 6/18 – Spoke with Service provider who said they had already confirmed the model and serial numbers multiple times but was willing to do it again because she felt sorry for me being 8 months pregnant and without any reprieve from the heat. When she called the HWA, she was told that they already had all the confirmation they needed for the model and serial numbers, but she insisted that they confirm one more time, to make sure they have the information to place the purchase order.
14. 6/18 – 2:40 pm talked to Jonathon (could BARELY understand anything he had to say because of his accent), who claimed they STILL needed the confirmation on the model and serial numbers in order for the purchase order to be placed. He then proceeded to placed me on hold for so long I finally gave up and hung up.
15. 6/18 – 3:40 Jonathon called back to let us know that they were now contacting the service provider to get a delivery address for parts. Delivery for the “ordered” parts would be 3-5 days, but I had to be kept in hold, on another line for some reason, for the entire phone call they had with the service provider.
16. 6/19 – Spoke with Amy (could BARELY understand anything because of her accent), she was absolutely useless and said that they were still working on processing everything through.
17. 6/19 – Spoke with Gustavo who claimed they were STILL WAITING ON MODEL AND SERIAL NUMBER CONFIRMATION!!!!!!!!! I demanded to speak to a manager, which he absolutely would not do. He said that they are not “allowed” to send anyone to a manager, and I could talk to a “supervisor” but they wouldn’t be able to do anything more than he could. I decided to take my chances and wait for a supervisor. 35 minutes later I was finally connected with the most infuriating person I have ever dealt with, named Alice. She was rude and refused to help in any way. She claimed that she had no way of contacting the purchasing department, LIE, and when I told her that her own employees had been able to do that, she was just silent. When I asked for her last name to report a complaint, she first told me that “she didn’t have a last name” and then she said she wasn’t allowed to give it out. I then demanded to speak to her supervisor or manager and she just flat out said “no”. She said that if I wanted to speak to someone else, I could redial the customer service number and talk to someone else that way. HOW CAN THIS COMPANY STILL BE IN BUSINESS?!?!?
18. 6/19 – 5:00 pm spoke with Eric who offered to connect me with a manager named Sarah. He said that she was currently on the phone with someone else but that she would call me back within 30 minutes and then also gave me her phone number in case she didn’t. 30 minutes passed, no phone call. After an hour, I called the number he had given me, and it rang once and then went busy. After trying to call this fake number for over an hour, I finally gave up.
I have spent HOURS on the phone trying to get someone to be able to actually help me resolve this ridiculous issue and all I get are rude, impossible to understand, poor examples of human beings that your company consider to be “customer service reps”. I paid to have a home warranty in case I would ever need to have something replaced and all I’m getting is a runaround by a joke of a company. How can a reputable company think that this is a reasonable time frame when I am literally 8 months pregnant, and at risk of suffering heat stroke in my own home.?!?!? I would NEVER recommend doing business with this company and I will make sure everyone I speak to, including the realtor that pushes your brand, knows what a scam your company truly is.