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A&E Factory Service Part ordering

Update on 11/20/09
The emergency part is also wrong. NOBODY contacted me after I raised the complaint to A&E Factory and Whirlpool.

Original complaint on 11/18/09
This is a compliant from an angry customer about your parts ordering system. Please take it seriously and give me a reply immediately. Otherwise, I won't purchase and will never recommend my company or my friends to purchase one more gas range from Whirlpool again.
The story started on July 11, 2009 when all the buttons on the control panel of my gas range "Whirlpool Gold" did not respond. After called in your company, I learned that it was out of warranty, and I had to call service company to have it fixed. Actually, my gas range was come with house that I bought two and half years ago. I don't expect the gas range to be out of order in such a short period of time. Then, I called A&E factory and scheduled a technician to come. The technician came and call the office to order the required parts but no one answered. Then, he asked me to direct order the parts from Sears PartsDirect. I placed the order # W992403 for the part # 9756506WH. I was told that it was in backorder. After 1 month, I called in and checked but it was still in back order. I called on 9/30/09 and made a complaint. Then, your factory committed to send the part on 10/25/09. When I logged in Sears Website to check the status, I was surprised to find that the order was canceled on 10/21/09, without a good reason.
I was frustrated and called A&E factory again. The technician came in and ordered the part for me. The first delivery was a wrong part with panel at left side while mine is at right side. Then, he ordered again, The second time, the part delivered is also wrong with wrong shape in the panel opening. The technician could not fit the part to my range. Finally, A&E factory placed an emergency order to your factory today for the part # 9756506WH.

My wife is mad at me about my poor follow up and too weak to raise complaints to Whirlpool. I am not supposed to complain to your company since I do not directly deal with your company. However, I think I have to voice out or my part will be at back order again. Every time, our friends come to my house for party but only to find my gas range is not working. I am really annoyed and my marriage on the edge to break. My wife complains me all the time that Thanksgiving is coming and we are going to have no gas range to cook turkeys .

Please check the ordering status of my part #9756506WH ordered from A&E Factory today 11/18/09. I deserve a response today. Otherwise, I will raise the issue to your TOP Management, even to your CEO and share the whole story about your service and quality with all of my friends in facebook, youtube, twitter, blog...

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A&E Factory Service Poor service lyes

This is a warning to all consumers out there regarding A&E factory service. A&E is one of the least professional companies I have ever had the displeasure of working with. They are a large national company that has no idea what is going on from one call center to the other. They lied to me on multiple occassions about service appointments. They canceled appointments on me at 3 pm after I took work off for the day. There excuse on two seperate occasions was having employees sick and could not make it to the apointments. When asked why they waited until three to let me know this they simply told me that they were too busy to call sooner. If you call in to complain it does no good. No written record of your complaints will exist by the time you call the next day. if you want an earlier apointment they will lye and tell you that they sdechuled one for you then when they fail to show they will simply tell oyu that you never called and made an apointment and they have no record of it. They will not let you talk to anyone locally about problem, they will not compensate for lost wages, and they will not give written appologies. In short, please avoid this company at all costs.

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Valparaiso, IN

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A&E Factory Service Poor poor service

The washing machine I bought 4 weeks ago stopped working. I called in the service support, and they sent a guy (3 days later) to fix the problem. The person who showed up was from A&E Factory Service. First he said I had no coverage, because I bought the washer and dryer 8 years ago, to which I said the models weren't made then, and showed him the receipt (as proof of purchase). After this he spent forever on the phone with the manufacturer. They also walked him through the process of testing the machine. After about an hour and a half, he says the circuit board is busted and needs to be ordered. So he placed the order, and said he would come back on Nov-5th to install it.

So I call up today, as no one shows up, and they tell me that he has scheduled an appointment for Nov-12th! And the best they can do is Nov-1oth! So essentially I have been out of a washer for over two weeks now, and the unresponsive and unhelpful staff (which I could speak to after about 10 minutes of hold) gave me essentially a big screw you...

All I have to say is, that if you're getting into support from these guys, run. They are rude, unprofessional, and don't know what they're doing.

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A&E Factory Service Poor customer service

I scheduled a Saturday appointment to have my dishwasher repaired. A part had to be ordered, so an appointment was set up for the following Saturday. The next late Friday afternoon, I received a very garbled voice mail message on my cell phone. I thought I heard "dishwasher, " but, although the phone line was fine, the caller made not the slightest attempt to be understood. He raced through his phone message as if the immigration officials were hot on his trail. In addition, his phone number was blocked, so I could not return the call at that moment. After returning home from work, I checked my paid-in-full receipt and called A&E Factory Service. [Note: They only list a national call center, so I could not look up a local number, even though they do have an address for their local, uh, experts.] A service man could NOT come the next day after all, I was told, and since I have to work the following Saturday, it will be at least a month a month since my initial call to have my dishwasher repaired. Considering my options, I asked to have my money refunded, and I would of course return the parts, but that would be impossible, I was told. How does A&E Factory Service manage to stay in business?!

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Sep 10, 2007 12:00 am EDT

My wife called Fisher & Paykel for service on a dishwasher. Fisher & Paykel directed her to A&E Factory Service. My wife then called A&E Factory Service to make an appointment, with a 4-hr. window, for a technician to repair the dishwasher. The first time a technician came to repair the dishwasher he determined, after reading a repair manual for about 15 minutes, that the lids on the double-drawer model needed to be replaced. He replaced the parts for $245.25, said he tested the unit and that it was repaired. The next day the dishwasher stopped working. A second appointment, with a 4-hr. window, was scheduled. That technician also lacked any knowledge of the Fisher & Paykel dishwasher as he also read a repair manual for about 10 minutes. He diagnosed a different problem and proceeded to replace a different part. He said he tested the dishwasher and it was repaired. The next day it was not working again.

My wife and I have called A&E Factory Service Customer Service dozens of times over the last 3 weeks to complain about the service and to demand a refund. By the way, the customer service department is in Austin, TX and it cannot/will not make refund decisions on behalf of the "local unit" but can only contact the unit local with the complaint. The local unit that botched the repair on our dishwasher is located in Wharton, NJ and the customer service rep suggested that A&E was having problems with the Wharton, NJ local unit. The rep acknowledged that it made no sense that A&E has $245.25 of my money and I have a malfunctioning dishwasher.

Both my wife and I spoke with a rep of the local unit of A&E and were told on two different occasions two weeks apart that we would receive a response to our refund demand within two days. I also called Fisher & Paykel to complain and requested its intervention. Fisher & Paykel agreed to contact A&E. We are still awaiting responses from Fisher & Paykel and A&E Factory Service. My next step is to file a small claim against A&E.

The service problems reflect very poorly on Fisher & Paykel. I would recommend that purchasers avoid purchasing Fisher & Paykel appliances if repair services are provided by A&E. Before any repair work is initiated on any appliance, I would ask any technician if he or she worked for A&E and, if so, I would ask them to leave immediately. Apparently, A&E subcontracts with Sears for repair services. The A&E customer rep asked if A&E or Sears provided the technicians. So you may want to be aware of that also.

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Pat Harvey
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Nov 11, 2010 5:53 pm EST

I have a Maytag washer that motor had locked up, called Maytag and they set me up with a service call with A&E in Dallas. I waited all day long and they were a NO SHOW, they called at 6:00 pm and said I would have to schedule another appointment FOUR DAYS later was the soonest one that they had to service my washer. I DO NOT KNOW HOW A COMPANY CAN STAYS IN BUSINESS AND TREAT THEIR CUSTOMERS LIKE THIS WAY. CALL SOMEONE ELSE AND SEE HOW LONG THEY STAY IN BUSINESS.

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Nov 27, 2007 5:26 pm EST

Send letters to Sears, they own A&E but don't want to admit it. So many people are so dissatisfied with Sears that they won't let them in their house, so the Sears guy drives his truck back to the shop, changes shirts and gets in the A&E truck. Same idiot different truck.

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Kathleen Lewis
Sep 19, 2007 9:41 am EDT

I am in the midst of a similar nightmare with my Fisher & Paykel clothes dryer in Atlanta. I can't even bear to rehash ALL the details but, in a nutshell, Fisher & Paykel customer service told me to call A&E. A&E came, said they didn't have the parts in stock to fix it, but that the boss would call me. And,unbeknownst to me, he took my owner's manual with him. Three days went by and I heard nothing. So I called Fisher & Paykel again and they said, "Oh, don't use A&E, they won't buy the parts from us and it takes them two weeks to get a part in stock." They gave me the name of another repair person. I called him and he said he would call me back. I then cancelled A & E and then the other guy never called me back. The A&E repairman said I only have a one-year warranty, but F&P says I have a two-year warranty. Which incidentally, runs out in less than two weeks. So now I am going to call F&P back and try for a third repairperson. How I wish I had bought another Whirlpool! I had my last set from them for over 19 years and it never broke down - just sort of wore out at the end. But I let the salesman at Lowe's talk me into the Fisher & Paykel. And that's another story. Don't buy Fisher & Paykel. They sell their customer service as a franchise, I just saw on the internet. And their products cost a fortune.

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A&E Factory Service Terrible customer service

I was directed to a&e by my home protection policy when my built-in Whirlpool oven ceased to work. Two weeks later I still don't have a working oven (and I DO have 4 children), I have two incorrect parts from Whirlpool and I have been told that I will not be able to use the self-clean function ever again. From the first visit the technician was telling me that it would be repaired faster if my husband could install the part once it arrived (after I had paid my $100 deductible). When the second incorrect part arrived on a Friday, a&e's call center person was rude, told me there was nothing she could do except to ask me to call back tomorrow, and offered to give me Whirlpool's number so that I could order a part myself! All this for $100! It was, quite simply one of the worst customer service experiences I have had (trumped only by AT&T-worst service of all time). Whatever you do: do not call a&e factory service. If you have a home protection policy and they direct you there ask for another vendor and refuse to use this "service."

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Andrea Leslie
Jul 25, 2007 12:00 am EDT

After purchasing a Whirlpool washing machine and dryer at Sears Roebuck, I needed to have service performed w/in one year of usage. I was instructed that Sears Roebuck outsourced all repairs to A&E Factory Service. I contact A&E Factory Service to schedule an appointment and was informed a service technician would come to my house between 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM on Saturday. At 11:45 AM, I called A&E Factory Service for a status update only to find out that I was service # 16 and that a technician may show up between 1:00 - 5:00 PM or may need to reschedule. Rather than sit around and waste the entire day, I called A&E every hour for status updates. At 4:45 PM, the technician arrived, diagnosed the problem, submitted an order for the replacement part, printed the receipt, and informed me how to install it once it arrived.

Three weeks later, I still didn't have the part. I called A&E Factory Service only to be told that the part was shipped was sent to an unknown address and returned to the manufacture. In order to have the part re-sent, I would need to schedule another appointment and have the technician verify I didn't have the part.

So the saga continues... I make another appointment between the hours of 8:00 - 12:00 PM on a Saturday as I work full-time during the week. At 8:30 AM, I called A&E on the day of the scheduled service to ask for an update. The rep stated I was service # 5 and the technician was currently at service # 3 so to expect him at 11:00 AM. Again, I called at 12, 1, 2 & 3 only to have him appear at 4:00 PM. After further review, the technician stated the previous technician ordered the wrong part for a completely different model of the washing machine. So, we tried again.

After two weeks, the part finally arrived; however, I was not able to install it myself. Therefore, it qualified for yet ANOTHER visit. After 2 months, my washing machine was finally operating.

Not even a month later, my dryer stopped working. FURIOUS at the thought of having to work w/ A&E Factory Service again, I contemplated buying another dryer from a different vendor, however, I couldn't justify the expense given my dryer was only 1 year and 3 months old. So, I called A&E, scheduled an appointment between the hours of 1:00 - 5:00 PM on a Wednesday since I was going out of town on the weekend. I come home from work early only to receive a call from the technician at 3:00 PM stating I was service # 12 and he was currently at service # 5 so there's no way he could make the appointment and advised that I reschedule for Friday afternoon. I informed him that I couldn't as I have to work and his response "I'm sorry miss, you better call the dispatcher and schedule a time that works for you." Fueled by anger, I dialled the #, asked to speak w/ the manager (not on site and would have to call me) and had no other option but to make an appointment for the following Saturday. I don't have much hope that A&E Factory Service will improve their customer service, so I fully intend to be housebound on yet another Saturday as I wait for a technician to appear.

Following this complaint, I've also filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau as this type of customer service is totally unacceptable.

Future buyers: BEWARE of buying appliances which require A&E Factory Service to repair them. It's not worth the headache or nuisance!

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Tanis Stewart
Aug 08, 2008 2:44 pm EDT

On Aug 8, 2008, I was scheduled to have my refrigerator repaired by A& E Factory Service. I was given a 4 hour window. I explained that I was out of state and needed to arrange to have someone at my house and would appreciate them adhering to the time window. On the morning of the scheduled service I called to make sure I was scheduled. Later I received a call from the technician saying he would arrive between approximately between 10:30 & 10:45. When no one had arrived by 12:30 I called customer service. I was told that unfortunately they didn't get to me today and I could schedule another 4 hr window. I asked to speak to a supervisory. The supervisor said that was incorrect and that I was still on the list. I later received a call from a different technician saying that I had been added to his list, but that he didn't know when he would be able to get to my house. What awful customer service. I have registered a formal complaint with Kitchen Aid (they made the referral to A&E) and A&E. I am looking for another replair company.

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Nov 30, 2007 5:45 pm EST

Funny that Sears says that they "outsource" their service to A&E, sears OWNS A&E.

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A&E Factory Service Scam company

We own a maytag washer purchased from home depot in november, 2005. We purchased the extended service plan at the time of purchase. This plan is underwritten by ge appliances and the horrible service is contracted out to a god-awful company called a&e appliance repair. A&e sucks!

The washer stopped working on a tuesday, it's a front loader and the door is locked and the clothes are sitting in water.

The earliest appointment we could get with a service contract from a&e was 4 days later, on a friday. They said they'd arrive between 11 am and 5pm. They actually showed up at 5:54 pm, stayed 17 minutes, had no parts on hand to fix the broken pump and proceeded to tell us that they could not return to fix the washer for another eleven days!

Most local indepednet service companies said they could come out the next business day and said whatever parts they needed could be sourced locally and that the washer would be repaired the day of the call.

Apparently ge contracts with this sears owned company because they are cheap, incompetent, poorly managed. They never arrive with any parts and all parts need to be shipped direct to the customer from some distant warehouse at cheap-o ups ground shipping. Then yet another service call muct be scheduled to install the parts.

A&e sucks. Never do business with them. Never buy a service contract from a&e or any of their partners like maytag or ge. They are a low cost, low customer service organization and they really don't give a darn about doing repairs quickly, competently and on-time.

Far better to just pick someone randomly out of the phone book; before I remembered that I had a contract, I contacted three independent service companies, all of whom knew right away it was the pump and told me they could have the washer back up and running the very next day.

Dell computer gives great next day on site service. Most companies that service printers come out next business day. When I buy a service contract on a home appliance, I expect next day service, I expect the technician to have a truck that is "kitted" nightly with the most likely set of parts. If the tech doesn't have the part, I expect it to be sent next day air first am and for the tech to return the very next day to install the part.

It'll be two entire week before this stinking dung heap of a company can repair my washer.

They charge a premium price for a less than adequate service, which to me makes them a scam company and a total rip off. Far better to skip the lousy service contract and if the appliance breaks, call a local, independent service tech who probably owns his own company and to keep the customers coming, will do a better job than sears and a & e. Sears ran lousy department stores and they run a lousy service company. Avoid a & e factory service.

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May 24, 2011 8:22 pm EDT
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A and E Factory Service is horrible! I will never, ever call them again. They charged me $190.00 an hour for labor to unclog a freezer drain line. Took them 20 minutes. This company is definitely a scam!

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A&E Factory Service Horrible customer service

I had a 4-hour window for AE to come out and fix my fridge. As the 4th hour approached, I call their customer service to find out when they would come. They told me they'd have dispatch call me within minutes for an update. Well, over an hour passed and no call. I called customer service back demanding to know when they were coming (it's now 1 hour passed the window). They had me on hold for twenty minutes only to tell me they didn't know and that I could reschedule if would like. I then asked them if they would credit me for the cost of the next visit since it was an obvious mistake on their part and they said they don't offer that kind of compensation. I hung up on them. And they didn't even seem sorry or concerned that I had taken a half day off from work.

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osia12
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Dec 28, 2012 11:14 am EST

I am in NC, and this is the first occasion I have had to use any service tech. Window was between 8-12, he called at 8:35, was in driveway by 8:40, was professional, yet friendly and immediately went to work. Fortunately it was just a motor mount clip bracket that had popped off most likely during shipping, but he went and performed a diagnostic anyways. He was packed up and gone within 30 minutes. I have noticed a lot of states where complaints are coming from are heavy union states, maybe that might be part of the problem.

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Amcst81
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Sep 11, 2012 6:12 pm EDT

Wow don't even bother buying the warranty for. Repairs 4 times the guy ae has been at my house 4 times and still broken washer, 3 weeks without a working washer and a fault who works full time 2 jobs and small children, what's the point in having a cysteine service number if you can't get any supervisor or any competent person to actually tell you what is going on
In this company!

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TMisner
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Aug 26, 2009 6:18 pm EDT

I work at an appliance company in WA State, here I have the same complaints from customers who have chosen A&E. They end up calling me to schedule appointments after A&E don't show up to their scheduled appointment. This happens on a regular basis, and the customer service for A&E isn't even in the state your calling from, so their not much help either. Sorry for troubles, just thought you might want to hear that your not the only one out there having issues with A&E. Good Luck, Tonya

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A&E Factory Service No show/no fix

I have a brand new Whirlpool washer.It started leaking water 2 weeks after I bought it. So I called service.A&E Factory Service, 1st appointment was a no show, 2nd appointment no part, overnighted the part, it arrived as promised but no show from technician on 3rd appointment.Finally on the 4th appointment the techian looked at me as I was walking to the door to meet him, then left. Still no repair.I called A&E, and was told that I would have to make a 5th appointment.A&E rep was rude and useless.They actually dared me to file a complaint with Whirlpool.So I did.Whirlpool asked me to try another service provider.So I did.Let's see what happens now. A&E Factory Service is horrible.Be advised to call the manufacturer first and get another company to service your appliances!

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Under-counter ice maker needed repair ~ they came out to diagnose and said we had to order the part. Okay, did that. Rescheduled and they didn't show on the day ('8-5') that I took off to be home. Complained and they set up the following week. DIDN'T SHOW and I had to call them to see where they were. "Oh, didn't they call you? He was too busy and can't...

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A&E Factory Service Lack customer service and professionalism

I been working with A&E for over a month to try to get my refrigerator fixed. The techs that have come out to my home have not been able to fix and are full of excuses. I spoke to Carlos from their escalation team and he was not courteous or professional. In fact, he was the worst person any company could have on a service or escalation department.

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Marlin826
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Aug 26, 2009 3:51 pm EDT

We had A&E come out to fix our ice maker on our Kitchenaide built in refrigerator on Tuesday 8/25/09. The technician had to replace the ice maker with a new unit. All seemed well until after the tech left and I decided to open the freezer drawer. It was stuck and I could not open it completely. I made sure nothing inside was jamming it. It was not on the door track properly! I called A&E immediately and they said they would contact the tech and have him call me back. This was at 11:45 AM. Well hours later and 3 more calls to A&E there was no tech coming to fix his screw up! I could not even schedule an appointment for the next day since the system wasn't updated or some crap! I then called first thing in the AM to only get a continued run around. "Oh call back in an hour because our routing department isn't in yet. Called them back an hour later and they told me no one could come out today to fix it they were booked. I had then talked to a "person" in the Escalation department. Although she could feel my pain they could not come out until Thursday sometime between 8:00 AM and my death! I told her that was unacceptable it was a error on the tech's part and I could not access my freezer. I still got yes dear but too bad too sad. When I threatened to cancel the payment on my Amex she said that would be ridiculous and I should not do it, they had provided the service. Yes half a#@ service. I had to even beg her for an early morning appointment. Shameful, terrible, disgusting customer service. I probably was over charged as well! Seems this is their typical MO from what I read here! This place should be indicted by the attorney general.

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A&E Factory Service Rip off

Wish I would have read all of these compliants before I sat around all day waiting for A&E Factory Service to come out and fix my washer. We have a1 year and 2 week old Whirlpool Cabrio Washer. Last week when my wife was doing a load of laundry she noticed that the underwire from one of her bra's was missing. After calling Whirlpool Customer Service they told me it was inadvisable to use the machine, and no there was no way that I could get the agitator off, but because my warranty expired less that 2 weeks ago she would send out a technican to remove the agitator and if there would be no charge except for any parts needed. I thought great, a technican from A&E was to be at my house the next day between 1-5. Well at 4:00 PM on Friday afternoon, the tech called to say he was 30 minutes away, and there would be a $65 consulation fee for him to look at my DRYER ?, a $125 charge to remove the agitator and then any additional costs for parts that might be needed. When informed that 1.--it is a washer and 2. Whirl pool said there would be no charge since my warranty had just expired . The tech was very rude, and insisted that his work order said DRYER and that was what he was coming to fix. After he insisted that the charges could not be elimintaed no matter what Whirpool said, and since he came to remove the agitator from a DRYER, I told him forget it.
I was going to call Whirpool and complain, but after reading all of these comments I fiqured why waste my time with Whirlrpool, but instead hopefully warn any future customers that if they are recommended as the tech's for any appliance, RUN Run as fast as you can away and find someone else, someone who respects you and wants to help. Not someone who has a very lucrative contract with a national company that is obviously not concerned about maintaiing what used to be a very good reputation.
After this experience no more Whirpool products ever ever ever again.
And they wonder why we buy foreign instead of domestic.

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benjaminbb
Providence, US
Apr 29, 2011 11:06 pm EDT

These characters come out to my house to diagnose problems with my oven, cooktop and microwave. They look at my microwave for less than 2 minutes and tell me that it will cost more to fix it than to replace it. Bang: $130 in 2 minutes. Then, next: the oven. 3 minutes later: the keypad is broken and it will cost more to repair it than fix it. same with the cooktop. except it costs an addition $75 dollars to diagnose each. So, in under 15 minutes, they skimmed me for $280!

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Apr 09, 2012 9:01 am EDT

Hello Peter20. My name is Melanie and I am a representative of KitchenAid. We apologize about the frustration you have experienced with your appliances. If you are still in need of assistance, please provide your name, the site you were contacted on, your user ID name, your phone number, your address, the full model and serial number, and email the requested information to KitchenAid.Digital@kitchenaid.com. We would be happy to review your concerns further. Sincerely, Melanie.

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Peter20
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Feb 05, 2012 4:17 pm EST

I bought Kitchenaid Appliances at Lowes in Parker, CO. I also bought an extended warranty contract. A & E factory service is used to maintain the warranty. First my oven broke it took them over a month to get the parts and fix it. only came on time 1 out of 3 times. Next my microwave stopped working. I waited all day long then a robocall came saying they weren't coming and I needed to reschedule. Another 2 weeks before I could get an appointment, now it will be a month before they can even look at it and of course it will take another couple of weeks to get a part. Stay away from extended warranty's especially if A & E is involved I cannot believe how poorly they treat you.

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A&E Factory Service Appliance repair

A&E sucks. Suck a big lemon. I was forwarded on to A&E by Frigidaire. I never thought I would ever encounter an appliance repair service that is worse than Sears but I found it. The appliance repair man showed up on June 30, 2009. He said I needed a suction line and a compressor. I received the parts on July 6, 2009. I called to schedule service. So far so good. On the day of the scheduled appointment I called twice in the morning to schedule service. I called again in the afternoon to confirm. By 5:30 pm the technician had not showed. I called and was told by the customer service reps that the technician had been to my house and had scheduled an emergency part? Go figure. The managers lied thru their teeth and told me the technician had been at my house. A & E then told me they were going to express ship the part yesterday, overnight delivery July 10, 2009 to arrive on July 11, 2009. But the part did not arrive and while the technician told me he was going to repair the fridge today July 11, 2009 he has not arrived yet.

I did record most of the phone calls I made to A & E. When I told them that it was like exposing vampires to light although they claim they record calls for “coaching” purposes. I even had a customer service rep “yo mama” me which was hilarious. It is amazing what this lying pack of thieves will do. I have been without a refrigerator since before Memorial Day. Today is July 20, 2009; this has been the hottest summer on record. This is cruel and inhumane treatment. Did I mention that this refrigerator is under warranty? No wonder this country is going to the dogs. I have not talked to such a lying pack of thieves since I talked to Countrywide.

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Palm City, US
Oct 21, 2011 11:33 pm EDT

A&E had called me with an option because they were running late and asked me if i wanted to still have them come or reschedule..
I called back and had them come..
They came in 15 minutes..
Once they got here I thought they were highly Professional..
I didn't have any problems what so ever..
I am very Pleased with the Service and A&E's performance..

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Winter Haven, US
Nov 10, 2010 2:45 am EST
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A&E is the very WORST company I have EVER dealt with in my life! They give you a four hour window that you must be home and the THEY NEVER SHOW UP! Not only did I lose my pay for the entire day I also got no where when I called to express my concerns! I spoke to their manager in Texas, Mark, who told me that I was rescheduled without my knowledge or a phone call! I called them at 4:20 PM and at 7:00 that evening and was informed they were still coming out. NO SHOW AND NO CALL! I spent my entire day being lied to by A&E in Kissimmee Florida! I was referred by Whirlpool as my refrigerator was under warranty. They never have to pay because the company they use will not show up! When I called to get another time they would only give yet another four hour window. They could not even give a definite time to try and make it right. I would NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH A&E APPLIANCE REPAIR! THEY ARE VERY UNETHICAL WITH ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESS INTEGRITY!

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james 2
Banning, US
Aug 09, 2009 7:09 pm EDT

well that what you get when all the factorys got out of service and the rich republicans own it all, ,

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Reno, US
Aug 06, 2009 12:57 pm EDT

Not only is A&E service the worst in keeping their service appointments, but they also make up things on the phone when you call them about not showing up! I had a service scheduled for 08/05, for my Haier fridge that went out completely and no one showed up, or called! I called the idiots 3 times and they confirmed the appt and said a tech would be showing up between 1-5pm. No one showed up or called. I called them again on 08/06 and gave them an earful about not showing or calling. They actually changed the story and said there was no appt on 08/05 but the appt was on 08/06 from 8-5pm instead! I couldn't believe that they made that up and lied. This company HAS TO BE STOPPED from being used for service repairs! Im still waiting on these idiots to get this fridge fixed!

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A&E Factory Service Repair

AE Factory technician came to our home to repair a washer. He was unable to repair and needed to order parts. Our timeframe was from 8-12. We called eight times from 12:00-5:30 before anyone would return our call. When the technicians arrived, they stated that it was the wrong parts before they even opened the boxes. Now we will have to take an additional day off work. When we asked for a manager, no one would give a number. (IT is a 1-888 number). The technical said this happens all the time and he is not allowed to give a number in which we could contact a manager. Now they say they will have to order a part from Korea and it could be a lengthy wait to get the part. HELP!

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A&E Factory Service Fraud

Whirlpool set up a repair apt for me with A &E to have my refrigerator repaired. They told me I have a service fee which was $98 which would be applied to repairs and deducted if I decided to do them. The man came and said I was NOT under warranty gave me a huge estimate and said he didn't have the part anyway it would have to be ordered. To make a long story short, I WAS covered for parts under my warranty, my cost of repair should have been about 1/2 of what he quoted. When I asked A&E to give me a new quote they said I'd have to have him come back to do so. The service charge that was supposed to be applied for repairs would go towards him coming back to give me the new quote. I sent them 4 emails on their site which they send me a reply that I'd hear from them in 48 hrs I never did. Whirlpool assured me a representative from A & E would call me in 3 business days, they never did. Having the man come back to give me a new estimate was ridiculous since he already broke down the estimate into labor and parts. NOT having fee applied towards repairs as promised was FRAUD. Whirlpool seems to be pushing them on their customers so I'd recommend you ask them for someone else locally. A&E headquarters are in Illinois but they have branches all over. A company that will not respond to a complaints, tells you one thing then walks away Is NOT a company I want to fix anything. So I went and bought a new refrigerator and didn't have it repaired. Maybe they are happy to collect a $98 service fee for 3 min and not come back.

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A&E Factory Service No show/poor customer service

My washer was supposed to be fixed by A & E Factory service on sat between 1 and 5pm. My husband and I were both all day. At 2:00 I went out to check our mail and there was a post it on our door saying "sorry we missed you, we were here at 1:52" Well I think the service man must have had weekend plans and trying to get home early b/c our kids were napping, quite house and we have two dogs that bark. So there was no way we would have not heard a knock on the door or the doorbell. I immediately called the company and explained what happened. They told me he should have called before he came anyways (which he did not). They assured me that he would still come that day. At 4:45 I called the company back to see why we still had not received a call and no one had shown up yet. They told me the service guy was finishing up his job and ours was next and that I should get a call from him soon. No call, no one showed up. I called back at 6:30 and was told that they could not get a hold of him and that they dont know why he did not come, that they could see he closed his previous job and that he was supposed to have gone to my place after that. The worst part is that they would not send someone out the next business day. I have to wait until Wednesday. When I asked to speak with the manager, he also could not help me and told me that it is just my work against his technician's word. Needless to say, I have a different company coming out to fix it. I would never use this company, never recommend them to anyone.

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Monterey, US
Jun 03, 2016 8:36 am EDT

simple touch screen repair on bosch wall oven scheduled service repair Dec 17th, wait all day and get cancellation at end of day with reschedule for Dec 21st (Saturday). Repair man shows well late after time block. Tries to order part, but needs authorization. Tells me he will order on Monday. New appointment for January 2nd to install ordered part. Repair man shows late outside of appointment time with no parts. Says notes say other guy didn't order part and refuses to give me number to call warranty company.
He orders part, which I tell him is different than what previous guy tried to order, but orders anyway. I call local A & E office to talk to supervisor, who lies about his name and that he will call me back after interviewing his technician. Never called back.
Next repair man comes by on January 15th to see wrong part ordered and orders correct part for, now Jan 23rd appointment to install. Tells me to keep the wrong part on hand (Stainless trim piece costing $304 to insurance company) in case I want to replace after scratch down the road. (Fraud)
I report issues to A & E national and they don't care. I get the number of extended warranty company and report all, including parts fraud and switch service to another company. I call A & E on Jan 21 to cancel the Jan 23 appointment and he tells me OK we are canceling your Jan 20th appointment. I tell him the 20th was yesterday and no one came by the 20th. He sounds confused and says maybe appointment was for next January 20th. Wow
summary: 1) No show 2) Late show with no part ordered 3) Late show with no repair 4) Late show with wrong part and no repair and hide wrong part

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Fayetteville, US
Jun 03, 2016 8:35 am EDT
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I wanted to share my experience with A& E Factory Service.
I bought a Maytag front loading washer and dryer set from Lowes along with the service contract. About 3 weeks ago the dryer started making a loud screeching noise while it was running. I called the Lowes product protection plan department and they set up an appointment right away for the dryer to be looked at/repaired. The appointment was made with A&E Factory Service on a Saturday between 1-5pm. I had an appointment earlier that day so I asked that the technician put our appointment closer to the end time (5pm) if at all possible. The technician called on Saturday (the 16th I believe) to let us know he was on the way, we met him at the house and he fixed the dryer (he said that one of the bearings or pulleys was low on grease, he re-greased it and it worked fine). About 7 or 8 days later we had the same problem again. I called Lowes, they apologized for the dryer not being fixed and set up another appointment, again with A&E Factory Service, for 11/27/13 between 1-5pm. I once again asked that there be a note put in asking the tech to make our appointment as late as possible. On the 27th, I received a phone call at 1:45pm from the dispatch center saying that the tech was on his way. Once I realized what time it was I called A&E back to say that someone was on their way to the house and asked that if the tech got there first could he wait for a moment or two. The dispatch lady said the tech would not wait and we would have to reschedule if no one was there when the tech arrived. I told the lady that this was the 2nd time a tech was coming out to the house because the problem wasn’t fixed correctly the first time they sent a tech out and that they needed to wait to make it right. Again, the woman said that the tech wouldn’t wait. I asked to speak to a supervisor and the lady stated that she didn’t have a supervisor, knowing that this was BS I then demanded to speak to a supervisor. The woman then restated that she didn’t have a supervisor, said have a nice day and hung up on me. I called the service center back and immediately asked for a supervisor. Instead, I was on hold for well over 10 minutes without ever getting to speak to a supervisor.
Luckily the technician showed up a few minutes after my wife got home. He proceeded to inspect the dryer and said that he knew what the problem was and this time he would use a heavy duty grease to grease all the bearings and pulleys in an effort to fix the problem. Apparently the first tech used a common 2nd rate grease and only greased 1 of the 3 possible things that was making the noise. After he had completed his task he ran the dryer and it seemed to run without a hitch. My wife told him about the rude woman on the phone and he apologized many times and said he would pass the complaint up the chain of command. I was satisfied, the dryer seemed to be fixed and the technician put my mind at ease about the rude customer service agent. All seemed to be well until 2hrs later my son was taking clothes from the washer and putting them into the dryer when he called me in to show me some wiring that was not hooked up and hanging down inside the drum. I couldn’t believe that once again my dryer still wasn’t fixed properly. I called A&E once again and explained the situation and the customer service agent said that he would schedule an appointment for them to come back out, but it wouldn’t be for another two days. I told him that this was unacceptable and he needed to have the tech come back out, same day, and fix his mistake. The CSR chuckled and said “that’s not going to happen.” So once again, I demanded to speak with a supervisor and after 5 minutes of being on hold I was connected. I explained the situation again, the supervisor called the local dispatch office in an attempt to get a tech to come back out but all of the techs were gone for the day. The supervisor stated that it would; in fact, be another two days before someone could come back out to service the dryer. I accepted another appointment, but by the time the tech called me two days later to say he was on his way (it was the same tech that left the wires out) I had already taken the dryer apart and reconnected the wiring and put the dryer back together myself. I guess I should have just fixed my own dryer in the first place.
If I EVER need service again, I WILL NOT LET AN A&E TECH IN MY HOUSE. I am amazed this company is allowed to have the word service in their names, this is one of the worst companies that I have ever had the non pleasure of dealing with. BUYER BEWARE!

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Chicago, US
Feb 13, 2013 12:33 pm EST
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tahaney
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. Please accept our sincerest apologies for the manner in which your repair has been handled. This is certainly something to be concerned about. We know you’ve been let down, but we would like to help get this straightened out. Please send us an email to AEservice@aefactoryservice.com containing your contact information (preferably a phone number).
Thank you,
Liz R.
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Tuttle, US
Feb 06, 2013 10:32 am EST

We had A&E here on 7 different occassions last summer trying to get them to fix my refrigerator. Once a technicial actually used a part for another brand refrigerator and then couldnt understand why it didnt work. We finally bought another one. During one of these visits the technician busted some molding in my living room which costs a couple hundred dollars to fix. He tried to use cheap wood which busted within a couple weeks and when I started calling 6 months ago I was assured it would be fixed properly. Here we are 6 moths later and all I get to do is leave voicemails and send emails with no return call or time they will come. This company is awful and does not do anything they advertise they will. I am surprised sears has their name tied to theirs, I guess they dont care about how this makes them look.

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A&E Factory Service Broke my fridge & damaged my floor

I know this is a long story but please read it if you don't wanna get burnt!

1 month ago I received a letter in the mail from maytag stating there was a recall for the relay switch for the compressor on my side by side refrigerator/freezer. They said there was a possibility that the relay switch could overheat and cause a fire so I immediately called the maytag recall line and they scheduled an appointment for the following week for a&e factory service to come out and replace the compressor’s relay switch. The repairman came saturday afternoon may 30th and replaced the recalled relay switch. He then plugged the fridge back into the wall outlet and he pushed the fridge back into it’s enclosure. The next morning [sunday-05/31] there was a puddle of water in the front of the fridge. So, the first thing I thought was maybe when he pushed the fridge back against the wall the water line that connects to the ice maker may have come loose and was leaking? I pulled the fridge out from it’s enclosure but I didn't see any water leaking from the water line. So, being I had to work that morning and was in a rush to get to work I really didn't have time to do any further investigating so I just mopped up the water and as a precaution. I then went in the basement and turned off the valve to the fridge's water line as a precautionary measure. When I got home from work that afternoon there was another small puddle of water in front of my fridge and this time I could see it was coming from the opening on the front of the freezer door where the ice gets dispersed and also from the bottom of the freezer door. When I opened the freezer door almost everything in the freezer was completely defrosted and more water came out. Most of the water that I was seeing on my floor was from all the ice that had melted in the ice bin and from the frozen food that thawed out. Then I opened the fridge door and right away it smelled and it was warm inside. Then I noticed the compressor was constantly clicking off and on. This is when I knew something went wrong with the recall replacement so I unplugged the fridge from the wall outlet and called the maytag recall hotline but was told there was nothing they could do for me at that time being it was sunday and their service department didn’t open until monday morning. So that sunday evening I went to wal-mart to purchase a small chest freezer being I still had a lot of meat [thick roasts etc] that didn't fully defrost and were still salvageable. In the meantime I grabbed 2 beach coolers from the garage and filled them with ice to keep my other food [milk, eggs etc] cool. Anyway, monday morning [06/01] came around and I called maytag and they said they would send a&e back out to my house on thursday 06/04. The a&e tech arrived on 06/04 and he removed the new relay switch and advised that the tech who came out before him to replace the recalled relay switch hooked up the wires backwards. He then reversed the wires on the relay switch and plugged the fridge into the wall outlet but the compressor was still clicking off and on. Then he hooked up an amp meter and the compressor was drawing 10.8 amps. He said a normal working compressor draws between 1.9 & 2.0 amps. However, he said the compressor may be in shock due to the amount of times it was going off and on so he let the fridge run for a about 30 minutes to see if the compressor would stabilize but it didn’t. Then he put his fingers on the compressor and it was so hot that he jumped 3 feet in the air and wound up burning his index and middle fingers so he immediately unplugged the fridge. Once again he admitted that the prior a&e tech that replaced the recalled relay switch on 05/30 had put the wires on backwards and that in turn fried the compressor. Then he tells me that he hopes that it didn’t leak oil into the system and clog the entire system because if that happened I might as well throw away the fridge and buy a new one because it’s a totally sealed system and there’s no way for them to repair that. I told him I hope that’s not the case. He said he hoped not either. Anyway, he then told me that most likely that’s not the case and that the compressor is probably bad but they don't stock my compressor so it would have to be special ordered and it was going to be a few days before I received it. In the meantime now I went out and purchased a small hotel type fridge because the 2 beach coolers with ice wasn’t working very well because it just wasn’t keeping the food cool enough plus it was costing me $6 a day for ice and it was becoming a real pain to have to remove the food, drain the coolers, replace the ice & food on a nightly basis. Anyway, the newly ordered compressor arrived on monday 06/08 so a&e scheduled an appointment for friday 06/12 to install the new compressor. On 06/12 a different a&e tech arrived that friday morning. He uninstalled the old compressor and installed the new one. Just as he was getting ready to solder the copper lines to the new compressor he realized that it wasn't the right compressor and he said he will have to order the correct compressor. Now i’m starting to get annoyed because it’s been roughly 2 weeks and they still haven’t fixed my fridge so that friday evening I called a&e and escalated the issue to their 3rd party solutions team. I spoke with someone named eloy and he tells me that a supervisor will call me back either monday or tuesday. Well, monday & tuesday came and went with no calls from a&e so I called them back that wednesday and spoke with valerie and was basically told there was nothing she could do for me and that all she could do was email her supervisor telling them to call me. I told her I already did that 5 days ago and I never received any call. She said this was the best she could do for me at this time. Now i’m starting to get frustrated and feel like i’m being stalled so I called up maytag and spoke with someone named jason and once again I had to explain the entire story to him. He tells me that he’s fully documented what i’ve told him and he has opened up a service request ticket and that he is going to escalate the issue and he would like me to call maytag back after a&e installs the new compressor. Anyway, the new compressor arrived on monday 06/15 however one of the legs on it was bent indicating that it may have been possibly dropped so I called a&e and they said they would order me another one just in case it was in fact damaged. The other new compressor arrived on wednesday 06/17 and it was visibly in good shape. Now I had 2 new compressors sitting in my kitchen. I called a&e to and they setup another appointment for friday 06/19. The same a&e tech that was at my house on 06/12 was back again. He installed the new compressor and filled it with refrigerant/freon but this one was also clicking off and on. He also had pressure gauges hooked up and he said that the pressure in the compressor wasn’t stabilizing. He told me that he thinks they sent a bad compressor so he vacuumed out all the refrigerant/freon and then uninstalled the compressor. Then he took the other new compressor that had the bent leg and he straightens out the leg and he installed it but this time before he soldered all the copper connectors/tubing and filled it with freon he hooked up the relay switch to the compressor and pluggd the fridge into the wall outlet and this time it sounded like it was gonna work so he proceeded to solder all the copper connections and fill it with refrigerant/freon but the same thing was happening. The compressor was clicking off and on and the pressure in the compressor wasn’t stabilizing. He said that there’s no way all these new compressors are bad and now he’s 99.9% sure that oil has gotten into the system and clogged it up. He said the oil probably leaked into the system the day the recalled relay switch was replaced incorrectly on 05/30 and the fridge was left to run overnight with the fried compressor in it. So, basically what he was telling me was that my fridge was ruined. Up until this point I was extremely nice and courteous but now i’m really pissed off because this was something that was caused by their negligence. Anyway, the a&e tech packs up all his stuff, apologizes to me and then leaves. But to make this nightmare even worse after I pushed the fridge back into it’s enclosure I noticed that there were burn marks all over my linoleum floor where the a&e tech was soldering the copper tubing to the compressor. The hot solder had dripped and put burn marks in my linoleum floor. So, not only did they damage and ruin my refrigerator but they also damaged my floor. So now I call up a&e’s 3rd party solution team again and once again I get the lovely and supportive valerie and once again I have to explain the entire situation to her. She turns around and tells me that they’re not at fault because this was maytag’s recall not theirs so I will have to call maytag on this issue. I told her how could she say this wasn’t their fault when one of her tech’s was negligent. She turns around and tells me that it sounds like i’m looking for some monetary compensation and if that’s the case then i’m not gonna get anything from them because they aren’t responsible. By now smoke is starting to rise from the top of my head. I asked her what about the damage that was done to my floor? She tells me she will have someone come out to my house next friday 06/27 to take pictures of the damage so they can file a claim. Now I call maytag and they’re basically telling me the same thing a&e was telling me. I spoke with someone named david and he was of no help so I asked him if I could speak to his manager and at first he refused telling me that there was nothing a manager can tell me that he hasn’t already told me. He said they are not responsible for the fridge being it was a&e who broke it and that I should be contacting them. Can you believe this? Neither company wants to take any responsibility. This is insane. So now i’m starting to lose it so he puts me on hold for like 15 minutes and finally his manager evelyn comes on the phone and once again I have to explain the entire situation to her and she said there’s only 2 things she can do. Either send a&e back out to reevaluate the situation or give me a pro-rated discount towards another model that’s equal to my model. She said the model that was equal to mine costs $1400 but they would give it to me for $1, 000. I told her why should I have to spend a thousand dollars of my money when this was caused by a combination of their recall and a&e’s negligence. I told her that a&e has already been to my house 3-4 times and now they are telling me that they are 99.9% sure the fridge is ruined so why bother sending them out again? She said these were my only 2 options take it or leave it! Can you believe this crap? Here it is they put the recall out and they contracted a&e for the recall and a&e winds up ruining my refrigerator and now after all this aggravation maytag wants me to spend a thousand dollars of my hard earned money on another maytag refrigerator? Are they insane? I told her that if these are my only options then send a&e back out to reevaluate the situation because I am not going to ever buy another maytag, whirlpool or any other appliances that they’re affiliated with. I told her i’d rather spend more money and buy a different brand rather than give them $1, 000. I’ll have to see what happens by next friday but if a&e can’t fix it then i’m going to have to buy a new fridge. To be honest, what they did almost sounds like it’s illegal?

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Jun 24, 2009 7:06 pm EDT

I think I may have jumped the gun on this because the day after I wrote this complaint I received a call from the A&E senior tech manager stating they were going to take full responsibility for my fridge and damaged floor. They sent a senior repairman out to my house that same day and he was able to fix my fridge and he also took pictures of my damaged floor and the A&E Senior Tech Manager assured me that my floor was going to be taken care of as well. They also advised they would reimburse me for the freezer I had to purchase in order to save most of my meat and frozen food. I'm still waiting to be compensated for the freezer and my floor but I have to say that this is a very pleasant response from A&E. For them to take full responsibility tells me that they're on the up and up. More updates will follow after I get compensated for my freezer and damaged floor. Stay Tuned!

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Aug 23, 2009 9:22 am EDT

You say the Sr. Repairman fixed your fridge. How? I thought the 2nd guy who came out and tested the 2 new compressors was telling you that oil got in your system and it was unrepairable because that part of the unit is sealed off and cannot be serviced.
How's your fridge running now? Do you think this may have been a temp fix or just a bandaid to tide you over a couple of months and then when your fridge goes out again, it won't be their fault?
Just curious. You went thru so much and so many inexperienced servicemen. How is it that you finally got someone who knew what he was doing and what did he have to do to get your fridge back in working order? By the way, any idea how much a new compressor costs? Ballpark is fine...

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A&E Factory Service Whirlpool duet washer

Do not hire A&E Factory Service for your Appliance Repair;

I had the worst time with having there employes come to try to fix my Whirlpool
washing Mach front loader duet, which is just one year old we started having
problems with it after We started getting temps down in the 30's and lower in
mid Jan-Feb,
I called Whirlpool who informed me that I have to cover the washing mach it can
not handle anything colder, so I did but after that we started having the the
washer not come on unless it was up to at least 70 degrees and after that the
power button not at all and only when it wants to, it seems.

I started to wonder if we had gotten a lemon.

I finely got to calling Whirlpool a week before our warntany ended, and they
told me that A&E Factory Service would send out someone after I called and made
a apointment, so I called them .. at this point I'm down with a head cold and
chest cold, I asked when they would send someone out they told me it would be
from 8am to 5pm I told them I was sick and I needed to beable to sleep in the
afternoon after not getting much sleep the night before there Custmer service
person I talked to would not give me a time. just that the man would be out
between 8am and 5pm so I put Dog the Bounty Hunter on real low .. and naped
sitting up in my husbands winged back chair and woke up every half-hour untill
my husband got home one hour before the guy showed up, wouldn't you know it he
showed up at 5pm ...

Anyhow I stayed up and watched what he did the first guy that they sent out ..
was a nice person but then he bent the washers hing and put in the wrong part
than whirlpool told him too, he went with what he felt was the right part, and
after he left the power button refused to come on, so Called A&E back .. they
made another apointment for me two days later not the next day and I was not
going to get the same person as had been here.

Okay so then another 8am to 12 noon time this time,
I can handle that but with a chest cold nothings good, anyhow this second guy
seemed to know a lot more than the first did and ordered a new hing that the
first guy had messed up and a power core, then I had to call to make another
appointment with another guy to put the parts in once I receved them, I got them
that next day and they told me they could not get anyone that evening being it
was just after 4pm so I said fine so again 8am to 12 noon, and I call this last
guy "The Kid" he felt that the first guy had put in a part that had been sitting
around in the truck for a while and was not making connection with the other
part as well as he was ordering the first part as well as the one right next to
it he did put in the power pak but refused to put on the new door hing and left
the ring around the door and the diel area lose as well as did not put the
screws back in the top .. I can tell you I was not happy about that we get a lot
of dust from the main street we are near in the house... and he told me he would
make sure that he was the one that would come back because I told him I was
tired of different people coming all the time he told me he would take care of
it .. but a day later on the way home from shopping I got a automated call from
"A&E Factory Service" for me to make a new appointment for a service call ..
that was enough this had been going on now for about 2 weeks so I called
whirlpool Service and they transfered me to someone a bit higher up I told them
the whole story and... they did get a better company to come out and they did
end up ordering the same two parts that the last guy had but I have not ever had
so much problems with a company to be so uncaring about people for service I was
told that A&E Factory Service is really Sears.. I do not know if this is true
but whatever you do .. don't Hire them ... all I can say is .. "Thank God that
we were still under waranty.. or this would have cost us a lot of money .. all I
can see this company doing is keep finding falt with things so they can get paid
by Whirlpool ... all I want is to be able to wash my familys clothes .. and
being sick at the sametime this has been going on has not been fun at all ...
all I can tell you is do not hire them ... P.S. Please forgive any misspelled
words.

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A&E Factory Service Inexperienced technician

Our new refridgerator stopped going into the defrost mode. Like others, we had to wait for the part. Finally the tech arrived to install the part. A few days later we noticed things weren't keeping cold in the fridge, the freezer was working fine. Today when I poured a glass of sour milk I decided to take a look myself. I know how to use a nutdriver ;^) I took off the cover in the back of the freezer and just as I suspected, the vent tube that lets cold air to the lower part of the fridge was blocked. The tech replaced the foam insert incorrectly and it blocked the flow. Now if that's their way of getting another service call charge from Whirlpool or just plain inexperienced stupidity, I don't know for sure. A&E owes me for a gallon of milk. And they can also pay ME for the service call.

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A&E Factory Service Failure to keep scheduled appointment

I had a scheduled appointment for a check of refrigerator which is subject to recall for 8-12 noon, 5/22/09; at 10:05 a.m., I received a call reporting the service man would be unable to make it, and would not be able to get here until 3 P.m. on the date, 5/22/09. He has not shown up or called and it is now 3:30 p.m. I have spent my entire day now waiting on someone, to no avail.

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A&E Factory Service Dis not show up for 2 appts. For maytag recall

I have a Maytag refrigerator which is a subject for a recall because of a faulty part which can cause a fire. I made two appointments this past week for a time frame of 1:00 to 5:00. They did not show up for either one despite calls from me. Today, Friday, April 10, they gave the appointment to a serviceperson who did not do refrigerators. He did not come here but called to say he was not qualified to do the repair. Sears called me and said they were not coming and said they were affiliated with A & E. I called again to A & E, and they said they were not coming today 4/10. So I made another appointment for next week, and hope they will come. I am not hopeful that they will keep this appointment either. My name is Mary Ann Del Guercio, and I live in Manalapan, NJ. My phone number is [protected]

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Aug 03, 2010 1:05 pm EDT
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This is by far the WORST company to deal with and considering Maytag authorizes them its even more of a joke. I have been dealing with them for 4 weeks now on a top loading PIECE OF CRAP MAYTAG washer which I will never EVER own again. The keep bringing broken parts or the wrong part. They have now ordered a new motor and clutch, basically everything will be replaced when we are done.
THEY NEVER COME WHEN PROMISED THEIR SERVICE IS TERRIBLE! They are the most incompetent people you can deal with, I hope there is a good attorney out there who would love to file a class action lawsuit you'd have millions of complaints. THE WORST COMPANY! DO NOT EVER BUY A WARRANTY FROM THIS COMPANY YOU WILL BE SORRY!
And MAYTAG YOU ARE A JOKE FOR EVEN ALLOWING THESE PEOPLE TO REPRESENT YOU!

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San Clemente, US
May 19, 2009 4:52 pm EDT

THERE SHOULD BE A CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED AGAINST A & E FACTORY SERVICES!

We purchased a Fisher & Paykel washer and dryer from Lowes. Along with that, we purchased the Extended Protection Program IN GOOD FAITH, that should we ever need repairs they would be done and done in a timely manner. NO SUCH LUCK!

Our initial call was to Lowe's on April 30, 2009. We were given A & E's number and told to contact them as they were the contracted repair company. We called and got an appointment for May 5, 2009 between the hours of 12pm and 5pm.

After rearranging my schedule so that I could be home for the repairman, I received a call around 3pm saying that his paperwork showed that we DID NOT have the EPP and that if he came out, he would have to charge us. Of course, I told him we would not be paying for services that were already covered and so the appt. was canceled. I called Lowe's (Service Advantage) to find out what the deal was and they reassured me that it was a mistake and that they would call me back. Well...I did not get a call back until the next day after 6pm. Their message to me was, "that for for some reason YOU canceled the service call and now we won't be able to get someone out to you for THREE WEEKS!"

I finally reached someone on the 7th and explained exactly what transpired and that it was A & E' who dropped the ball. They gave me an appointment for May 12, 2009 (between 8am-12pm). At this point it has been 12 days without a washing machine. Having a family of 5, we do laundry a lot. So now I was left with no choice but to go to the laundrymat.

May 12th arrives and the repairman actually shows up at 11am. I explain the problem. He tells me it's the pump and a fuse is out on the control board. (Note: my husband had spoken with A & E and told them they'd need to replace the pump!) I think, great! He'll go to the truck, get the pump and fuse, fix the machine and be done. WRONG!

Now I'm told the pump needs to be ordered and he doesn't have a fuse. (thought: It's probably the smallest part there is and you don't carry one in your truck? What a joke!) So, of course this means another appt. The A & E repairman explains to me that he's ordered the pump and it will come directly to the house. HE asks ME when I want to set up the appt. He also says the pump should be at my home w/in a week. I set the appt. for a week later, May 20, 2009. (which is tomorrow) GUESS WHAT HAPPENS?

YUP! I get a message last night saying I have to call A & E to reschedule my appt! WOW! What a shocker! I call back this morning (Tuesday May 19, 2009) and am notified that the part is in fact on back order and they have no idea when it's coming in. (thought: how did the repair guy not know this last Tuesday when he said he ordered the part?)

I spoke to a customer service rep from A & E who said she would contact their parts dept and see if there was anyway to get the part. She was also going to have the technician, who misinformed me, call me. From there I spoke with a supervisor (Perry) and was told basically the same thing. I reiterated the situation and was told by Perry that if their parts dept didn't have the part, he'd have his people check outside vendors in an effort to get the part. Why wasn't that done when they knew the part was back ordered in the first place? I also asked who was going to pay my laundry bill that's over $100 now, since it's going on 3 1/2 weeks now without a washer? Of course the standard response was they do not compensate for that. NICE. A & E puts US out and refuses to take any responsibility. Shameful! Perry told me I'd get a call.

GUESS WHAT? I DID! An hour after my conversation with Perry, I DID get a call. It was a customer service rep telling me that the part has been "emergency ordered" and "will ship our SHORTLY!" Uh Huh. I asked what does "shortly" mean? Of course, I got no clear answer. More of, well, as soon as possible...please call us when you receive it so we can set up your appointment. You've got to be kidding me! I guess we consumers have "SUCKER" written all over our foreheads. I'm certainly not holding my breath. I think it's disgusting that a company does business the way A & E does. The way they treat customers is criminal. A & E should not be allowed to be in business, and Lowe's and Sear's and any other major retailer, would be smart to kick them to the curb. These retailers should be embarrassed that they are associated with a company like A & E.

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A&E Factory Service provides repair and maintenance for a variety of home appliances. They offer in-home service from trained technicians for products like washers, dryers, refrigerators, and ranges. The company schedules appointments and services various brands, aiming to address both warranty and non-warranty repairs.
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