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Sears assenbled gas grill fell out of my truck on the way home

This is the E-mail I sent to the Complaints board about the grill I bought from Sears and what happened, when I brought it home in the back of by truck. I feel it is unsafe to have this grill assembled to transport it, because of what happened to me transporting it home. The last correspondence I sent to Monica I asked for her Supervisors name so I could write to that person and I never received a reply from Monica. Is this how Sears works if someone doesn't agree with your response you just stop communication say your sorry and that is the end of it. I am looking for a refund on this grill and I will have to keeping trying until I get a better answer.
Maybe I will have to go to the attorney general or the better business burro. Maybe I should just put a sign on the grill and place it outside the Sears Store saying this is what can happen when they assemble you grill. Its junk anyway what do I care at this point, especially when Sears doesn't seam to care.

Ronald Hawkinson
16190 Quality Trail N Scandia, MN
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[protected]@frontiernet.net

Dear Ronald Hawkinson,

Thank you for your recent correspondence. We are always interested in
hearing from our customers. We apologize for any inconvenience you may
have encountered with the grill.

At this time, we must stand behind the store?s decisions in this matter.
We apologize for the inconvenience.

Again, please accept our apology for any inconvenience you may have
encountered. We appreciate your business and value you as a Sears
Holdings customer. We certainly hope you will continue to make Sears
Holdings your choice for quality and value.

Sincerely,
Monica W,
Retail Customer Care
Sears Holdings Corporation

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Name: Ronald Hawkinson | Address: 16190 Quality Trail N | City:
Scandia | State: MN | Zip: 55073 | Country: United State | Day
Phone: [protected] | Evening Phone: [protected] | Email:
[protected]@frontiernet.net | Comments: I purchased a gas grill #2071
16656 at the
Sears store in the Maplewood MN Mall on 4/30/11 Sales Check #
[protected]. I was told there was free assembly and they would put the
grill in the back of my truck when I came to pick it up. I received a
call on Monday May 1st that my grill was ready to pick up. What I wasn't
told was how top heavy these grills are and by having them assembled at
the store there was a good chance that it could blow out of the back of
the truck when transporting it home standing up. I went to Sears on
Tuesday 5/3/11 around 4:30 pm to pick up my assembled grill. When the
warehouse men brought it out to my truck they asked if I wanted it
standing up or laying down. I said standing up thinking that way it
would not get scratched. They put the grill in my truck and they took
all the loose parts out and owners manual out of the grill gave them to
me and left. I put double bungee cords around the grill to the hold
downs on my truck box thinking this would hold the grill in place and it
was not enough. I did not realize the grill was so top heavy the cords
would slip down the grill would tip over and fly out of my truck on to
highway 36. I was lucky no one hit the grill and I wasn't hit by a car
when retrieving the grill off the highway. A nice young man stopped to
help me lift it back into the truck. When I got home I called the store
and told the department manager what happened and that I was very upset
and I wanted to return the grill and he told me once they put the grill
in my truck it is up to me to properly tie it down and bring it home,
they are no longer responsible for what happens after that point. I
said you should tell customers what can happen with these grills and how
unstable they are. I could have been hit by a car trying to retrieve the
grill off the highway of someone could have hit the grill. If I would
have realized how unstable these grills are and what could happened I
would have left it in the box and put it together when I got it home. I
also asked to talk to the store general manager and he said he would not
be back until Thursday. On my Bill it says Satisfaction Guaranteed or
your money back. I am not Satisfied and I do what my money back.

Ronald Hawkinson

I still have the grill and am willing to bring it back anytime. That should be enough proof.

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Jul 06, 2013 8:58 pm EDT

You can't honestly expect them to give you a refund. What if you sent in a grill to be repaired and they dropped it off their truck and they said you're responsible for the damages because you didn't warn them it was top heavy? That would seem outrageous right? Right. It goes both ways. Sears isn't responsible for your stupidity in transporting your brand new, expensive merchandise.

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May 19, 2011 2:09 pm EDT
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It is up to you to properly tie it down and bring it home, not Sears.

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Sears poor customer service!!!

I bought a 50 inch TV 3 months ago. The TV was a reconditioned TV. The sales person assured me that it would be as good as new due to the fact that it has new parts. about a month after we broght the TV home we started to notice little lines on the screen, now there are more lines and VERY noticable. We took the TV back to Sears. The return department took the TV and gave me a slip, stating that I had to take the slip to electronics and I could either get a return or a replacement.
I gave the salesperson who sold us the TV the slip. He kind of looked at it and told us that we could NOT have a replacement or refund. I explained that the return department accepted the TV and gave me the slip and that I did not want my money back just a TV that worked right. I was told that the return department did not know what they were doing, and there was nothing that could be done to help me. I asked to speak to his supervisor.He walked away to get her.

The salesperson and Store director stood talking to each other in plain view for about 10 min. before she walked over to me.
Zandra was VERY RUDE! She did not even want to listen to ANYTHING I had to say. She told me that there was nothing they could do at the store to help me. Then threatened to have mall security escort me out. I asked for her supervisors phone number, which she did not give me but an 800 number.
I had to go back to returns and get the TV .I drove an hour for this!
If I had wanted to buy junk I would have gone to the swap meet! I thought SEARS would have a little better quality merchendise.
I work in a grocery store and that is one of the MOST important duties that I have. Providing good Customer Service is NOT an option! but a MUST. If it weren't for the customers I would not have a job. Even if there was nothing that ZANDRA could have done, she could have offered to help me by setting up an appointment time to fix the TV.
I think SEARS need to retrain there store directors and maybe teach them some manners to. I for one will NEVER buy any high dollar items there again, to bad for SEARS because I am remodeling and am in need of a refridgerator, more TV's, stove, and washer and dryer. :p

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Sears order #e960004

Order battery Order #960004 Part # 424010 on 5/11/2010. Wanted to cancel 30 minutes later and was told I could not cancel. the computer wouldn't not allow. I was told to call back after receiving the package to obtain and
Return Authoriation. Called 5/16/2010 to obtain Return authorization and we were given the address
for returning but no authorization number. Called again the same day and we were told a Return authorization would be emailed to us within 30 minutes. DID NOT RECEIVE! Called again on 5/17/2010 and we were told it would take, at least, 24 hours to receive a Return Authorization by email. STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED. We were also told it would cost us $5.93 for return postage BECAUSE YOU COULD NOT CANCEL 30 MINUTES AFTER PLACING THE ORDER.
This is 5/18/2010 and we still do not have a RETURN AUTHORIZATION. We spoke to Maddi, Lanita, Kelsey, then Colandra except when we tried to call the same person, no one knew them. We just purchased today a new Garage Door Opener and would have purchsed again from Sears but after this CUSTOMER SERVICE. I DO NOT INTEND TO PURCHASE FROM THEM AGAIN. ADDITIONAL INFO. ON PKG. [protected] 12 DEPT. 98 DIV. 098 SUB DIV. 071 STORE NO. 7701 ORDER NUMBER E960004 CUST ORDER. CAUDI

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my name is Milos Trtilek and Im customer of Sears for last 30 years.At the Sears stores I always got very good service. Since last year I started delivering Whirlpool products to Sears outlet center 701 Osage st Denver Co. Again I have to say very good service very nice people. What is this complaint about is the leader of the security she is older woman...

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Sears quit working

I bought a hammer drill for aprox. $70 on aug. 28.2010. The variable speed in the trigger is not working, It's all on forward, or all on reverse. No in between.
When I tried to exchange it they told me my 90 days were up. Well if Sears only has 90 days on tools, ...good bye Sears. I may as well shop else where.
I know I won't be back unless they do right by me. I only used that drill maybe 6 times. To drill a wood hole... not concrete or as a hammer drill as yet. Geeesh
Already it's junk. As an electrician, if i did my job as many "service" people do theirs...I'd have killed someone. This sure is a sorry state of affairs for a Viet Nam vet and a retired fortune 500 company employee to have to endure in America. I'm pissed.

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Since I HAD to give ALL MY info just to have my voice heard, ...YOU better not harass me or you don't know who your dealing with!
Just send me a NEW drill !

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Jul 14, 2011 4:16 pm EDT

I also have a Sears Hammer Drill that I bought maybe 6 years ago, and I have drilled exactly 3 holes in cement, with the first one requiring me to purchase a real long masonry bit, and an extension from Sears. The 90 day warranty is absurd, the drill looks like it's brand new, has about a total of 20 minutes use, and it just quit working. I mean, I could understand if it was being constantly used every day, nothing lasts forever. I'm going to go plead my case to Sears, and hopefully they'll look at the condition, and give me a price discount on a new one, if not, bye bye Sears.

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May 17, 2011 8:22 pm EDT
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Sears power tools only have a 90 day warranty. You can buy a replacement speed trigger assembly from Sears parts and replace it yourself or pay Sears service to repair it for you.

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Sears unsatisfied and used employee

I am a employee at sears who recently got hired ... Let me tell you a little bit about this unorganized store!
I was scheduled to work in the childrens department as a MCA what ever that is? Well anyways they had me working in all departments for days just starting not knowing where anything is. I finished my computer training and everything ended up not likeing the kids department because of it not being organized! Well anyway currently the store has no head manager and the store is a mess they exspected me to cover one whole department alone! just starting it hasnt been a month yet im not even comfortable yet. This was the mens department by the way... anyways i applied to be a cashier endeed up a mca out of nowwhere... THIS STORE IS HORRIBLE PROOMISED 20 HOURS AND DONT EVEN HAVE HALF OF IT! SEARS DANBURY IS CRAP AND I WANNA QUIT BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE TRYING TO MAKE ME QUIT WANTING ME TO WORK EXTRA FOR NO MONEY AGAINST THE LAW FIRST OFF TRYING TO SAY I DONT TAKE A BREAK WHEN I DO AGAINST THE LAW! THEY NEED MANAGEMENT BECUASE WHO EVER IS TEMPORARY IS DOING A POOR JOB!
THEY ARE TRYING TO USE BE AND ABUSE ME IVE GOT CUT ON THERE CHEAP EQUIPMENT OVER THREE TIME THE STOOR IS HOT IT HAS NO AIR CONDITIONER ALL U HEAR IS CUSTOMERS COMPLAING ABOUT THE HEAT ALL DAY LONG THEY HAVE NO MONEY TO PAY PEOPLE TO WORK BUT YET THEY KEEP HIRING WHERE THEY DO THAT AT?

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I had purchaced a pair of earrings for my mom for mothers day. And after I gave them to her she noticed the claps was bad on one of them and asked if I could exchange them for a knew pair so I took them in a few days later when I arrived at the store the on 5/11/11 @5:15pm there was two sales clerks in the jewelry dept. A man an women the lady (Jennifer...

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Sears chat associate lied in placing order

I was ordering 4 mattresses online from sears when a chat associate popped up and asked if I needed assistance. I proceeded to ask questions and place my order through him. He gave me the price with tax and delivery. I asked if that was the final price. He said yes, it was the total charge and I gave my credit card info to him (Stan) through the chat window. I had never done this before and will never again. When my confirmation email came, the price was $30 higher than he told me. I called to ask why and what happened and was told that he has misinformed me. How is this possible? Can a company just decide to charge a different price after you have agreed and given out your credit card info? I would advise people to stay away from SEARS. I know I will.

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Sears Glass Range Top Exploded

Having a nice quiet evening cooking dinner on this 5 burner Kenmore Gas-Glass Top stove and then bam the glass top exploded into thousands of pieces with glass shards flying as much as 8 feet away! What a shock! The stove works but the glass deck is gone... never heard of anything like this. A visit to the nearby Sears left me with no answers... or help. What to do?

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Jul 20, 2011 2:04 am EDT

I am so mad at Sears right now I should not be typing this. I have Sears Gas Range Model #790.[protected]. We had to wait approximately 10 days to get a repairman out to replace the oven ignitor. The visit and parts - labor came to $254.95. I used the oven for the first time 3 days later. Set the oven to preheat at 375. It seemed to take longer than usual to preheat. I had just turned away from the stove when I heard a loud pop. When I turned around the LEDs on the stove top were all blank and the oven had quit. I called Sears and was told it would be another eight days before someone could come out and check it out. Also, if it proves not to be the ignitor I would have to pay the $129 service call again. What are the odds that this problem is not related to what they did to repair the stove. If it is not fixed on the old repair ticket I am done with Sears. I will not repair it again at my cost and I will shop elsewhere for a replacement.

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Sears service scheduling and communications

Very Poor Scheduling and Communications With Customer.
We purchased a washing machine from Sears, Pineville, NC. Also purchased the extended warranty. We recently needed a service technician to come out and troubleshoot a problem. We called, got an appointment, and my wife took 1/2-day of vacation to meet the technician. He showed up, analyzed the problem, ordered parts, the parts were shipped to our house, and then came time to get Sears (A&E Factory Service) back out to complete the repair. Good grief! Everything went bad from that point forward. Short version: they scheduled a return date, my wife took another 1/2-day of vacation to meet the technician, they sent an automated confirmation voicemail to ensure that everything was on schedule, they never showed up, they never called, they rescheduled for another day without any notice, and my wife lost 1/2-day of vacation and production at her job.

We tried calling the Sears customer support number. What a completly worthless exercise in frustraion that was. They were like talking to a parrot. They obviously cannot do anything except read a computer screen. They have no ability to affect any local action. They left me "on hold" until the line went dead.

We finally accepted the fact that we were stuck with the rescheduled appointment. My wife scheduled another 1/2-day of vacation for that date. We checked the automated service and they confirmed the appointment. The very day of the new appointment my wife called the line when she got home and they confirmed that "your technician will be there shortly." But they never did show up and they never called.

But we were a bit more proactive this day. We both started calling every number we had related to Sears. Somehow, by some accident of fate we got a live person at the Sears, Pineville, NC store (Large appliance department)(An appliance sales person). That person was good enough to make some calls for us. That person somehow got in touch with somebody in Raleigh, NC that scheduled a technician for the next day (Saturday). Today is that Saturday and the technician is here as I type.

Sears is seriously ill in this department. My parents filled their houses with Sears appliances all during their lives. I have always purchases Sears appliances since my first home purchased in 1982. However, no more. (That is a real shame)

It seems that now I will have to shop Home Depot, Lowes, HH Gregg, and every other big-box retailer to get my best deal. No matter who I buy from, it will be A&E Factory Service that supports the warranty and extended warranty.

2011 = the death of customer service for large appliances.

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Jul 13, 2011 6:19 pm EDT

I have had the same experience with Sears/A&E Factory Service but PLEASE be aware! DO NOT use the big box companies as an alternative because you WILL get the same experience. We actually purchased the warranty on our washer/dryer from LOWES and it is indeed the same company. Evidently Sears owns the company A&E Factory Service and this is who you purchase the warranty through whether it's from Lowes or Sears! I don't know about Home Depot, etc. However, the time/money/vacation that customers exhaust would be better served by actually just PAYING for the service through a local small-business owner who might actually understand the meaning of CUSTOMER SERVICE. Sadly, as these companies get bigger, we will probably end up with no other options because the small guys will just not survive.

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Jul 06, 2011 5:09 pm EDT
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Save your money, over all products purchased, you will be spending much more money for the extra insurance/maintenance than it's worth with the hassles, lost work time, etc. In Charlotte, you have more choices of authorized repair companies - let them compete for your business when/if you need them. FYI - if you were sucked in to Sears Master Protection agreements, those "free" maintenance calls in years one, two, three, etc are a complete waste of their time and your time - you'll have the same issues with appointments.

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Sears bad roofing job

Sears Home Services, formerly Home Central (botched roofing specialists), is their new name. Don't be fooled by a name change. It's the same crowd who botched up my roofing, with the same lousy attitude. They can change the name but until they improve their performance and make good on the mess they made at my home, I still see them as a bunch of crooks.

See what they did to me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wawPUUCukfc

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Sears you take day off - they don't show up

You'll get a brief diagnosis of the problem, they order parts, charge you in full — and cancel each appointment after they should have arrived. We had bob, technician #2055 come on april 15th to fix our craftsman riding mower. He ordered parts, charged us $370.79 and promised to return on april 22 between 8 am-5 pm to replace the carburator. My husband, who is a bank executive, took the day off. He received an automated call that the service had been rescheduled for the following thursday, april 28 between 8 am-12 pm. He took the morning off. No one came. He left at 1:00 pm and called customer service. Who told him it was cancelled because they are waiting on parts. The parts were mailed to our house and received on monday april 18th. He informed them, explained the inconvenience they have caused and the expense of taking time off to be here. They were apathetic and said they could come may 2nd. "do we have to be here?" we queried, "absolutely" was the reply. May 2nd was impossible for one of us to be home, so we agreed on may 5th between 1pm-5 pm. I took today off work, I do not have personal time and the cost of this day off is $210. So here I sit. I called customer service to confirm the appointment since no one showed, again. It has been moved to tomorrow morning between 8am-12 pm.

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Sears lawn mower warranty/repair

I have an extended, 3 year warranty on my Craftsman riding lawn mower by Sears. I have had a Sears repairman out 5 times to repair problems on the mower. Right now, I have several problems again: 1) sometimes will not turn over or start for several times before it finally starts 2) mower blade sometimes will not engage when the lever is engaged 3) sometimes the mower dies when the blade is engaged 4) the cutting deck will not stay level 5) right now, the mower will not go forward or backwards at all. I have talked with the Sears area manager twice. The last time was Wednesday, April 27. He promised to get back with me ASAP concerning replacing the mower and also paying for the times I have had to hire someone to mow my lawn. I am a patient man; however, this is not the way to do business. I am convinced the mower is a bad product and I would like my money back or a new mower.

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We have an extended warranty on our lawnmower. It broke in June, they said someone would come out. The guy called us that day and we told him the engine was locked up. Said he would order a new one and it would take about 3 days for it to come in and he should be out 2 to 3 days after that to put it on. We never heard another word from him, wouldn't answer his phone and wouldn't return the calls. Called Sears back, said they saw the engine was ordered but got another appointment date, would be there from 8-5. At 3:30 I told a friend that the tech would call at 4:45 and say he wasn't going to make it. He called my husband's number at 4:20, he had been given my alternate number because we knew there was a chance he would be in a dead zone on his phone, but he never called me. When his phone finally got the notice, he let me know and I called the tech's number, no answer, left a message. Called him again the next morning, same thing no answer no return call. Called sears again, got another date, it was yesterday. Stayed here all day and he never came and he never called. We now have another date for next week, that will be two months since the lawnmower broke. My 70 year old husband has been having to borrow a lawnmower. He has to go load it up on a trailer bring it home, unload it use it and load it back up and take it back then unload it back into their shed. I called and got a case number from the main headquarters, today I called them to see what they were doing and they say they can't find us in the system anywhere!

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Jul 30, 2015 9:30 pm EDT

I just brought my lawnmower in because it won't stay running, found out the repairs used to be done in ma 40miles from plymouth now I find out they send them out to maryland, I wont get my lawnmower for 6 weeks that is Insane not worth the money for warranty t or he mowers break way to easy and now they don't fix them in reasonable time. Im going to call and complain to someone ripping people off not fair .

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Sears replacement of schwinn exercise bike

I purchased a Schwinn exercise bike three years ago. Also purchased the extended warranty. When the
warranty came up for renewal this year, I renewed it. Had a need for a service call in March, 2011. They ordered replacement parts which as of May 3, 2011 were still on backorder. Was told they would replace bike if repair could not be made. Discovered today when I took my authorization number for the replacement to Sears, they only will replace $300 toward an exercise bike. I paid almost $500 for the bike plus purchasing the warranty for a total of almost $700 at time of purchase. There was no manager there to speak with, and I waited for more than an hour while I thought a manager was out to lunch. Sat in the department while employees were all around, none of whom seemed the least bit interested in assisting me in solving my problem. I will never ever do business with Sears again, nor will I ever purchase a warranty contract which is totally worthless in my opinion. Interestingly, while I was waiting, I was approached by a salesperson wanting to sell something for my home. SERIOUSLY?

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But that is not "replacing" my bike with a comparable product, is it? And that is what you pay for in the warranty contract.

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I go into sears tonight with my fiance and my 2 year old son to get a tool set (199.99) and some toys for my sons birthday this coming weekend. I was at the check out island/counter having the associate look up an item number when loss prevention employee Tim approaches me with 2 security guard's and says "get the ### out of my store" I just look at him...

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Sears broken tv with extended warranty

We bought a flat screen tv in late November 2010 and took out the extended warranty. Our tv broke on April 16, 2011, and here it is 2 weeks later and our tv is still not repaired or replaced. Twice we have been lied to and told the part we needed was shipped to us and twice we have had repair appointments set up which were cancelled and now we are told the part is on back order with no anticipated ship date. We cannot get a replacement tv until the tv has been broke a month with the part not being available. After a month we can call back and ask for an authorization number to get a replacement tv. Really, does anyone want to go without a tv for a month when they paid good money for the tv, plus good money for a warranty? I will never again buy any product from Sears or their affiliate Kmart...I thought companies had the motto that the customer is always right and every attempt should be make to keep a customer satisfied, but I guess I was wrong about that with Sears. Next time I want a product, I am going to Best Buy or American as I have never had a problem with them!

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May 30, 2011 6:13 pm EDT
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A few brands of TVs still have 90 day warranties. Most are 1 year. If 1 year, your TV is still under mfr warranty and you "extended" plan, or "master protection plan" is meaningless. Call the Mfr's customer support to expedite.

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Sears employees

I would like to say that Sears employees need to be trained better on the products and information they give to customers. I had bought a samsung television and the employee specifically stated that I should get a master protection plan because of the many benefits that it has. Not knowing anything about such a plan, he specifically stated that I should attain one because of burned images or imagery retention he called it that plasmas sometimes get, so I did. It was not a cheap plan and I suppose if I would of read it myself maybe I would of refused such expensive plan, however, I thought employees were trained to know what they were talking about and not provide false advertisement. I could continue with the phone calls I made to sears about fixing my problem but felt like being a loyal customer did not benefit me at all because I continued to get the run around from a varitey of personal that kept transfering me to some else.

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May 03, 2011 1:49 am EDT
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Sears employees are only trained to sell you master protection plan extended warranties. Extended warranties are the biggest profit maker for Sears and any other big store. Extended warranties are useless to the buyer as they do not cover anything the sales people say is covered. Sales people are told to lie to customers to get them to buy those extended warranties. Sales people make big commissions and bonuses for every extended warrantee they sell.
Look at all the complaints on this site about extended warranties from Sears, Best Buy and even car dealers. You think you are covered for any problem but you are not. DO NOT BUY EXTENDED WARRANTIES!

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Sears terrible customer service

Our appointment was for 1pm and we signed in and no one even acknowledged us. We were there from 12:45 until 3:45 p.m. The gentleman that took our pictures was absolutely great, it was just the fact that there was only 2 people running the entire show. If we would've gotten the woman then we would've either left or not got any pictures at all. On the day of pick-up, stood in line for 30 minutes without anyone acknowledging us. After 5-10 minutes there was about 5 other customer's behind me waiting also. No one could even say we'll be with you in a few minutes we're with a customer right now. The gentleman finished with his customer and set them up with the viewing of their pictures and came right over to us and was very nice and quick. The lady sat with her customer the entire time while she was looking at her photos. All she had to do is show the customer how to use the keyboard to look at the pictures and tell her that she would be right back, that she was going to assist other customers that have been waiting FOREVER! The other people that were getting their pictures done when we were there, said that the woman was the manager filling in and she didn't know what she was doing. They ended up not getting any of their pictures because they were so bad. Basically comes down to, the store needs more customer service reps(one to greet customer and 2 or 3 people to take pictures since there is 3 rooms). Get rid of the woman and maybe things would be a little better. Will never come back there again or any other Sears Portraits along with many others that I was talking to that feel the same way. Good luck!

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I have tried unsuccessfully to use an offer on the Sears Portraits web site for one week. I have sent three unanswered emails asking for help, and remained on hold several times in excess of 30 minutes with customer service to ask for help. When I did reach a customer service representative she gave me instructions that did not work, and ended the call before I could try her suggestion.

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Sears customer service is horrible

To Whom it May Concern:
My refrigerator of 10 years suddenly quit, rather than getting a repairman I chose to research and purchase a new refrigerator from Sears. The service I received was the most awful experience I have ever had with any company.
I have always been pleased with Sears, all purchases from TV’s, Small or Large Appliances, shoes, clothing, pictures even glasses came from Sears. I expected this time to be no different.
On April 17th I went to the Sears store number 4044 with measurements, searched and found a side by side refrigerator similar to my existing one. I located the Salesman, Dan and prior to paying I asked 3 questions, 1~I wanted a new not refurbished or damaged product, 2~I needed it delivered as quickly as possible due to not having a refrigerator and an upcoming wedding and Easter Holiday and 3~I wanted them to take the old refrigerator. Dan assured me that the product was new and it could be delivered on Wednesday, April 20th, I was to receive an automated call, if I didn’t receive delivery confirmation I could call 1.800.341.2517. Apparently, the storm in Delaware the previous night knocked out the stores computer system and I found myself calming Dan down as the checkout process was lengthy. I smiled and laughed explaining, all that mattered was I got my refrigerator. Again, I have never been dissatisfied with Sears and truly did not expect what happened next.
Tuesday, April 19th I called 1.800.341.2517 and spoke to Barbara. I explained my situation and the urgency of receiving my refrigerator, she was respectful and told me I would receive an automated call and if I did not I should call back after 6 p.m. At 6:48 p.m., I received an automated call stating my delivery would arrive between 3:45-5:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Anna provided a courtesy call to explain the installation process and confirm the delivery. I was relieved.
Wednesday, April 20th I took off work, ran some errands and went to the grocery store as I had lost all of my refrigerated and frozen food. I arrived home at 3:00 p.m. put my food in a cooler of ice, unhooked the waterline, moved out the refrigerator cleaned behind it, anticipating my new product. At 3:25 p.m. my nightmare began. I received a voicemail from Debra stating the refrigerator would not be delivered, it was not picked up from the store and directed me to call the store for any additional information. At 3:26 p.m. I began calling Sears store #04044 and have concluded that this store has the rudest untrained representatives I have ever encountered. The 1st call started with the representative laughing at the fact “they lost my refrigerator” and someone would get back to me, unfortunately she could not provide me a time. When asked to speak to a manager she informed me there were no managers in the store, they would be back at 4:30 p.m. but had a meeting at that time. I asked what she would do in the event of an emergency, she provided me with 1.800.469.4663. At 3:37 p.m. I called 1.800.4MY-Home, the representative pulled up my information and informed me that she would contact the store and have someone call me back; she explained that the refrigerator must be in the store, they do not grow legs and walk out. At 6:30 p.m. I had not gotten any response and realized that more coolers of food was to be lost, I again contacted the store in hopes that if a refrigerator could get delivered on Thursday, I could salvage some items. I remained on hold from 6:30 p.m. I was told everything from the managers were with customers (was I not a customer?) to the managers had left for the evening. At 8:06 p.m. I called from my cell phone and proceeded to go to the store, still being placed on hold. Judy a store associate did pick up the line and ask if she could help, I was please that when I walked in the store still on hold, Judy was indeed walking the floor in search of the “Lost Refrigerator”. Ram, the associate at the front desk asked if he could help, when I asked to speak to a manager (which remember they had all left for the evening), he immediately paged one over the intercom, I would come to meet Katie, Assistant Store Manager. I extended my hand, introduced myself as Holly Dorio and one of the few things Katie ever said to me in this whole experience, “Did someone call you”. My response no, I informed her I was still on hold and had been for hours now, she left to go check with Judy and did not return until after the refrigerator was located to tell me they could get the refrigerator delivered on Friday. She then told me that she spoke to the store manager, Justin and after the refrigerator was installed and I was pleased we would discuss compensation. I left the store that evening extremely upset, I knew at this point I would lose additional money for the groceries purchased and the frustration of the lack of respect from your management team is totally unacceptable. Sears has been a place as a child we went shopping; I worked for the company and am aware that this is not what is expected. I was sure that Justin, the store manager would contact me on Thursday to apologize, that never happened!
On Thursday, April 21st I received a call from the delivery service informing me that delivery would take place between 8:30 – 10:30 on Friday, April 22nd. At 9:31 a.m. on Friday, the refrigerator arrived. By 9:49 a.m. that morning I was already on the phone with Sears store number 04044 because the refrigerator was damaged. At this point I spoke to Mike Brooks, Store Manager who after I explained my situation and expressed the concern that yet again I was unhappy with Sears, he communicated to keep the refrigerator to get through the wedding and the Easter Holiday come in afterwards and Sears would reimburse me for the food and we can discuss compensation for the product.
Wednesday, April 27th I visited the store. I was greeted by sales associate Ram, whom I will say continued to treat me respectfully and help as he could. He directed me to Judy, whom previously located the “Lost Refrigerator”, Judy informed me that Justin, the store manager was not answering the page and Katie was out of the store for 2-3 hours. She would discuss this with Katie and call me back that evening. I didn’t receive a call until Friday, April 29th from Judy offering me $75 Gift Card for the inconvenience. After explaining I thought that was unacceptable, she said, “Katie is right here let me place you on hold to discuss this”, yet again Katie would not get on the line to discuss this with me. The end of the story is the store is gracious enough to refund me the delivery fee of $69.99 which I believe I was entitled to and a $75 gift card. As for the damaged refrigerator I am told there is a one year warranty if anything goes wrong with it. I have filed a complaint with Miranda 800.762.3048 and she again has communicated that Justin, the Store Manager would contact me. Let me repeat again, I have yet to hear an apology from a Store Manager. This will be the last purchase I make from Sears.
According to the Chairman Letter, Appliance sales are 50% greater than your competitors. This may be true, however I intend to share my experience with every social networking site, friends, family and any other individual I come in contact with. Customer Service is not just ending a conversation with “Thank you for choosing Sears”.

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Sears horrible customer service

Their customer service was appalling, both for the quality of their eye exams and their complete lack of customer service. I learned the hard way that "you get what you pay for" when you opt for a discount eye exam. To start with the optometrist incorrectly diagnosed my vision leading me to end up having to pay for another exam with a different (absolutely wonderful!) optometrist at an independent eye doctor. Yes, I could have chosen to go back to Sears and have it done for free but after the completely horrible customer service I had to deal with there was absolutely no way that I was going back there and preferred to pay for it out of pocket.

The optometrist and his staff didn't give me the customary wear the contacts for a week and call back to order them that all other companies have always given me and made me order them on the spot. Since I was wearing my last pair I didn't have another choice but to order them and also ordered a new pair of glasses at the same time. They told me a week to ten days for the contacts and my glasses to get in and they would call me when they were. After two weeks I never received a call and decided to go into the store while I was at the mall just to check. The office staff went in the back to "check" and found my contacts, but not my glasses. After another week of no call to let me know that my glasses were in, I called them and SURPRISE my glasses had been there for two weeks! They claim they called me and told me, but they never did and I asked why they didn't give me the glasses when I picked up my contacts the week before and they told me that I must not have asked about them. Why in the heck would I have made a trip to the mall to pick up part of my order and just leave the other part there? I mean seriously are the normal people they deal with that dumb? My mother was with me at the time and remembers them saying that my glasses were not there and it would be another week before they were in. So I made yet another trip to the mall to pick up the glasses and after a long painful fitting process where the sales associate seemed to have no clue how to fit a pair of glasses I gave up and just left with my crooked glasses (the other wonderful optometrist happily fitted them correctly for me in seconds so I don't know what was so difficult).

After weeks of constant headaches and blurred vision I began to suspect it was my contacts causing them and decided to make an appointment with someone different and pay out of pocket to have my vision rechecked and again surprise the prescription I was given was very wrong. I called Sears and was told that all I had to do was bring in my unopened boxes and they would credit me back for them. I brought them in and was told that they would not return anything without the original register receipt (and why was that NEVER mentioned when I called them). So I went home, searched for the receipts and once again returned to this horrible store. I finally got the credit for the contacts and my new contacts will be MUCH less expensive, which is about the only positive I can say about this experience.

I have tried contacting their corporate offices and specifically the worst regional manager ever - Sabrina Pride and have yet to receive any type of response. Needless to say I will never be going back there, nor will I recommend them to anyone.

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