Sears

I am writing this complaint to see if going through this route can help me, as I am not receiving any help from the Sears.

I placed an online order as a gift on 8/12/07 which never made it to my sister's place.

I made more than 10 calls to sears, not including many made later by my sister and also e-mailed sears to obtain info with no resolution.

I initially did not cancel the order as it was meant to be a surprise gift for my sister, But when I realized that I was not getting anywhere with the order, after asking sister to also follow up which did not help, I asked for a refund, I was refunded only 10% of the initial purchase price, once again despite a number of phone calls I have not received my full refund.

When I call the customer service there is no one who takes responsibility or takes steps to rectify the problems, every time after talking to the initial representative explaining your story for nth time you wait for a long time to be connected to a supervisor (if you are lucky or the phone disconnects) only to be given false promises of the matter being dealt within 24 hours.

I have spent more than 7 hours on the phone and e-mail to get this matter closed but with no luck.

I do not know where to turn to, as I see nobody at sears.com or at their national customer relations wanting to solve my problem, which in my opinion should take them no more than a minute.

I am truly appalled at sears.coms's unreliable service, complete disregard for the customer and no accountability or responsibility on their part.

I purchased a fridge and a stove with its Gas Range Connector. I also agreed to pay 21.59 $ for hooking the stove up to gas pipe. On the night before the delivery day, I got a call from SEARS specifying a morning time for delivery, from 9:30 - 11:30, which was not suitable for me. I tried for minutes to speak with customer representative, which was in vanish! Instead of trying to work on finding another suitable date/time of delivery, I was transferred to INDIAN call-center where I suffered from the the representative accent and low voice. She was not able to help me and when I asked to speak to someone else for help, she left me waiting and waiting on line...This was absurd, childish act exhibiting non-professionalism. Next day, they delivered my stuff, where I was NOT present physically - but my contractor working on house fixation was. They didn't call me to let me know stuff had been delivered. They did NOT hook up the stove to the gas pipe...When I contacted SEARS-card company to ask for refund for that 21.59 $ they charged me for the service they didn't do, they did the same childish acts, putting me on hold on line, waiting and waiting ...
I totally do NOT recommend purchasing your home appliances through SEARS...

I have rental property located at 925 5th St. SE Wash. DC 20003. Service was scheduled for July 10 between 8 AM and 12 noon. At about 11:50 a service rep called Mrs. Green who has the key and told her that the technican had a meeting and she didnot know when he would get there. Mrs. Green put the rep. on hold and called me and I told Mrs. Green to give her my cell # and I was on my way to the property. Mrs. Green had an appointment at 1:30 Pm and had to leave. Before Mrs. Green got back to the phone the service rep. had hang up the phone. Mrs. Green immediately called me and I called the service # at 12:15 PM and talked to a Ricardo and gave him the cell #. I waited until 2:10 and called back and talked to a Diana. Diana said that the customer was not at home and I had to reschedule. She had no record of a call to Ricardo at 12:15. No did she have a record of my cell #. When I ask to speak to a supervisor, she hung up. I went home and called Customer relations and talked to Mark at 3:45 PM. Mark informed me that Sears did not have a tech to send to the address. This is not the first time this has happened to me when I have tried to schedule an appointment for repair. I live about 30 miles from the property. It was a waste of my time and gas today. Had I been informed that there was no tech available, I would have been upset but my time and gas would not have been wasted.

June 16th, 2008 I took friends to a family-owned cabin for a week of fun. Upon arriving, we found the 11 month old Sears refrigerator had gone out and the food inside severely molded and smelly. I called the Ruidoso Sears who told me to call E. B. Repairs. Eddie at E.B. Repairs said I had to call the Sears 1-800 number or he wouldn't get paid. He came the following day, after we had cleaned it out, and said it smelled so bad that the smell wouldn't come out and said he would try to get Sears to replace it. They said no, to repair it. He told us it would take 5-10 working days to get the parts. I called Sears to ask about a "loaner." They said I would have to rent one at $75 to deliver, $100 to rent per week, and $75 to come get it. So, we ate out all week. The part did not come in for 3 weeks, the excuse was Sears wouldn't send the parts truck until it was full due to gas prices. So, when my uncle and aunt followed us a week later, they too, had to eat out. I have called Sears each week since this has happened and each time given a different song and dance. Finally, Monday, July 7th I called and asked to speak the to highest person available regarding the problem. I was given to "Sami" in the "Rapid Resolution Dept." and after explaining EVERYTHING I've been through with this problem--from no loaner, to no parts, to being in Arizona and the refrigerator being in New Mexico, she said Sears would replace it, and gave me a case number--244782. She said to wait until Wednesday morning to get the "Authorization number from the repairman who stated the refrigerator needed to be replaced, not repaired." I called Wednesday morning and was told that "Tracy" was on another line, but would call me back. It never happened, so I called back Thursday, July 10th and spoke to "Constance" in the "Escalations Dept." who told me she didn't know who Sami was but that they would not replace the refrigerator just because it is "smelly." She even told me I was negligent for having food in the fridge in the first place. The compressor went out and now E.B. Repairs has the part and will replace it tomorrow, but if it still stinks, we are out of luck. Why have I had to talk to so many different departments and why has each department told me something different? Sears has been known for their service and we have several Sears appliances in our home. NEVER AGAIN! When I asked to speak to the top person, why is that person no longer able to be found? How do I reach the top? How do I get satisfaction for a broken 11 month old refrigerator? I will take ANY and ALL suggestions!

We purchased a Kenmore refrigerator on 11/18/2007.

The sales person told us that we could get rebate for deliverly fee of $65. He kindly showed us how to submit the rebate online, too.

However, the response from Sears rebate center was our purchase was not eligible because the payment plan we chose.

So I looked at the fine print of the receipt.

Okay, rebate offer cannot be combined with deffered interest. Our payment for the purchase should starts in May 2008. The sales person did not know or just did not tell us?

I kept searching their website looking for official description about Appliance Promiton on 11/18-22/2007. Funny thing, I found they have *no payments until January 2009*, not until May 2008.

So I wrote a letter to Rebate center and CEO about my experience and of course, no reply from them.

I am so confused about the rebate program and promotional offers they say.

What I know is that we are not going to buy anything from Sears again!

In September 2007 I purchased a large Mitsubishi HD TV from the "Great Indoors" in Scottsdale, Az. for about $2500. Based upon the recommendation of the sales person I also purchased a service agreement for several hundred dollars which would cover service and parts for a long period.

Four months later I attempted to turn on the TV and got no picture. I then contacted the Sears Service Center (parent of Great Indoors) and was told the earliest they could service the complaint was 15 days from now, which I told them was unacceptable. I am now forced to contact a local TV service company to repair (probably for several hundred dollars) a TV that is already covered by a service contract. I could easily do without TV for 2 weeks if it were not for the fact that I have a large group of friends attending parties both of the nest 2 weeks to watch the football playoffs.

I think it is disgraceful that a big company like Sears can't hire enough technicians to fix problems within a reasonable amount of time.

The service I have received from Sears has been appalling.

My complaint goes back 2 weeks. On November 24, 2007 I visited the Sears outlet at Cross county Mall, Yonkers, NY. The service rep was not at all proficient in the product I was intending to purchase (46 inch SONY LCD V3000). Late that day I met with the store manager to discuss the price match policy since Circuit City was offering it for a lower price. The Store Manager said that only if the product is in stock will they offer the price (This is not mentioned in Sears Price Match Policy). My family and I walked out of the store.

I continued to research the prices online and on December 5, I saw an online offer for KDL46V300 Sony and a Sony home theater Free with the purchase. I also read online that if I use my sears card I will get a mail in rebate of 10%. So I call the sears store at Cross County. The next 30mins of the call was the most awful experience I ever I had with a company that claims to be a Fortune 500.

My first call was to the service line [protected] where I spoke with Aaron (no last name since they are not authorized to do so), employee ID 14703. He explained to me that the offer was online and that he could help me place the order. Unfortunate it was middle of a work day and had to request him to assist me alter when I call. That�¢?s exactly what I did. At appx 2pm I called Aaron once again but this time the service rep (SR) informed me that there is no such person. The SR transfers the call to the electronics section at Cross county Sears. There I spoke with Mr. Tapley (no last name again). I will say with much confidence that he was the RUDEST person I have come across at Sears. He first informs me that when I called [protected] I was talking with a call service agent and that they are not Sears employees. Next he tells me that the offer is in-store only and after that he tell me that I cannot avail of the 10% Cash back mail in rebate since I am opting for the Home theater system. There was not an ounce of politeness in his conversation. I felt I had called a store manager at a Dollar-Store. After all of this I decided I needed more respect.

I called the sears 1-800 # and spoke with a complaint agent Stephanie (no last name) at 3:39pm on 12/5/07. After a 15 min conversation, she transfers the call to Ms. Tina (no last name and no department location). I spoke with Tina for another 15 mins and she explained that Juan (no last name, ID/Extension # 63753) at sears.com will assist me with the order. Juan informed me that I could purchase the TV online and that I was eligible for the Home Theater and the 10% CB mail in rebate. I informed him that I will place the order later that evening since I was at work.

Later that evening my wife and I logged into the site and placed an order for the TV and the home theater sys. We were quiet excited with the prospect of owning a 46" Sony LCD as is evident from the fact that we have been researching for a good deal since late November, 2007. Only if Sears could stop disappointing us.

Today in the morning my wife receives an email from sears.com (mail attached below) that one or more of the item(s) in our order were not in stock. They cancelled the order.

How is it that a firm known for it service integrity is unable to service customers and seems to do it's best to keep disappointing them every step of the way. My family has been making a lot of purchases from sears as is evident from the reward points. I must also state that your firm employs Service reps untrained to provide service. Some of my colleagues are now aware of the "service I have received" and this is definitely not helping the firm�¢?s reputation.

In the last 2 days I have seem to have analyzed the strategy Sears uses for its "grant a wish" offers. Here goes- Sears�¢?s offers a Sony TV and a Home theater sys (FREE) along with a 10% CB or no interest until 2010. However to get this offer you have to fight you way through rude and obnoxious sales reps. Then you are told that the Sony home theater sys is replaced by a Samsung sys (worth half of what is being advertised, 399 v/s 699). Nonetheless you place an order. The next day sears email informs you that the TV is out of stock (it was in-stock when you placed the order the previous evening). Finally, the winner: SEARS

Let me conclude by saying that I am glad I could use this email as a source of resounding my frustration but if sears has a heart (so it claims) I will hear from some senior representative at the earliest and help resolve this issue. After all Sears does "GRANT A WISH THIS HOLDAY SEASON."

Yesterday I bought a 1000 watt surround sound system.

I pluged it in to my computer, turned it up and it was far from 1000 watts. My 10 year old 175 watt stereo was way louder. Today I tried to return it and was told that there was a 20% restocking fee. I was not told that there was a restocking fee when I bought it. I had forgotten to put in the manual when i brought it back so my dad had to go get it, when he was doing that me and my friend wandered around the store ### about the service. After about 10 - 15 mins of ### they said if we come back in an hour they would take off the restocking fee so i got the full amount back. So the lesson today is Sears sucks and if you want your money back get a bunch of people to walk around the store and ### ALOT.

I went through a series of pre-recorded messages to finally get a live person. Much to my surprise, the woman on the other end of the phone, spoke in a heavy accent, most likely India. She was rude, and insisted that that I get my manual (which I didn't have), and if I didn't get it, she wouldn't be able to schedule my in-home service call. There was about 1 minute of dead air when she finally spoke. "Ma'am?" Yes? I asked. Did you find that manual? I gave her serial numbers...any number I could find on the unit. That wasn't enough! At this point, I was angry, so I demanded to speak to a manager. She promptly hung up the phone.

After voicing my complaint to someone locally in the US, I was given a phone number to call "Corporate Offices" in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Speaking with someone there named Tina, I felt like I was being patronized...almost like her reply was "canned". "I'm sorry you had a bad experience, is there anything we can do to rectify this situation?" I said, yes, bring your call centers BACK to the United States.

So, Sears has finally irritated me for the FINAL TIME! I've decided to let everyone I know how bad Sears is. Their merchandise is shoddy, and their customer service is horrible. Whenever I have had trouble with them in the past year, their response has been, "Your product is out of warrenty", "We have no record of that purchase", and "Buy a new one."

"Your product is out of warrenty": My microwave hood stopped heating last October. This appliance was purchased with the rest of the new kitchen in 2003. I don't know how long a micro hood is supposed to last, but I would imagine it is over 4 years. Sears said that my warrenty had just expired the previous month and there was nothing they could do about it. I should buy a new one. (I did, but not at Sears.)

"We have no record of that purchase": So this July my refridgerator comrpessor quits. My refridgerator is the same age as the everything else that was purchased at Sears for the kitchen in 2003. This time Sears said that they had no record of the purchase. I gave them receipt numbers and date of purchase and they still said that they couldn't help me because they didn't have a record of the purchase. I would need to buy a new one. (I did, but not from Sears.)

"Buy a new one": And the final straw was the lawn mower drive shaft locking up, AGAIN! The lawn mower was also purchased in 2003. Every year for the past 5 years the drive shaft has locked up and needed replacing. Every year I go rounds with Sears service and repair that I should not have to have this work done yearly. I don't mow my lawn more than 5 times per year, why should I have to have the drive shaft mechanism replaced yearly. This repair is $200 each time I need to have it done. And again, Sears gives me the same song and dance they have always given me: "It's not under warrenty", "We have no record of previous repairs", and "Buy a new one". I have worked my way up through their customer service lines and into the national customer relations department only to be told the same thing at each level. There is nothing they can do, buy a new mower.