We purchased a 50" Insignia TV from Best Buy on January 31, 2009, and it just stopped working in March 2010. I called Geek Squad for repair. We purchased a service plan when we got the TV, when we were supposed to get it free with the purchase of a 30" TV or larger, at that time. We were charged for the plan anyway, and still did not get the coverage so, when our TV broke, because the guy who sold us the TV messed up from the start and never printed it on our receipt, we did not have coverage, but we still had warranty coverage. The TV came with 1 year warranty, and shortly after buying the TV we were sent new warranty info from Insignia, stating that the TV had a limited 2 year warranty, that replaced the 1 year that came with the TV, which worked out well, since they had messed up on the service plan that we purchased, and never got.
From the time the technician came out, there was a problem. It took a week for him to get to our house, and when he made it, he looked at the TV and said the main board has gone out, and that he would order the part for it. We asked about a loaner TV, since our paperwork stated that if repairs could not be made on first visit, we could get a loaner. The technician, Brian, told us that we could not get one. So, he ordered the part on 3/22/10, and one of the IT guys called, stating that the part was on back order until 4/2/10, and that it would be in again. I asked why we could not have a loaner until that time. He questioned me again about the warranty paperwork, and if it stated we could have one. I told him yes. He said he would put in the order, and have a tech call to schedule a time to drop it off that day. We never heard from this tech, and they did not deliver a loaner TV.
My husband called them, after I waited all day for this call that never came, and the guy told him they would take care of it. Two days have passed, and still no call or loaner TV. On the third day, we got a message from Jennifer of the Geek Squad, saying they looked at our information, and we could not have a loaner. We let it go, since the 2nd of April was just days away, and our part would be in, so we were told. Well, the 2nd came and went, and we got no call or time scheduled to deliver the part from Best Buy. I called them on Sunday, and spoke with a supervisor named Dawn, and she forward an email to the technicians and managers, because I was mad, and she promised they would call me at 10 AM on Monday. The call never came
I called them at 1:21 pm and asked what the problem was. I spoke with another supervisor named Kim, who advised me that the parts that was ordered had been canceled, because it was the wrong part, and another part had been ordered, which we had no idea we even needed, and that it would not be in until the 13th of April. I was so angry that no one had notified us of anything. I asked her to email the techs and managers for the lack of customer service we had being getting, and promised phone calls. She did that, and within minutes, the lead tech, Katti, calls back, and I went over the same stuff with her, except she lies about not getting the emails from Sunday, and then she finds it, and lies again about how she is behind on checking emails, and have not gotten to Sunday's emails, then she starts questioning me about our warranty and getting a loaner TV all over again, and states she will call back in an hour.
When she called back again, she is questioning me about my paperwork, and asked if I could fax the papers to her. I said the tech can pick them up when he comes out, and bring our loaner TV. She said she would call her boss and see if he would approve the loaner without the papers. She hangs up after I gave her a few choice words. She calls back not even 10 minutes later, asking more questions about the paperwork. She stated that everything she was pulling up on my TV states it had a one year warranty, and again, we go round and round about how the paperwork I have, clearly states the 2 year warranty replaces the 1 year warranty that came with the product. She hangs up and calls back again, and states Brian would be calling me the next morning between 8-10 AM, to schedule a time to bring the loaner, but to make sure to have a copy of the paperwork to give to him. I said I will. Brian called the next day and stated they would be here about 12 or 12:45.
When they arrived, the first thing Brain did was asked me questions again about the warranty. I pulled the copies I made and gave them to him. He and the other tech, Robert, started going over it, then he grabs my owner manual that came with the TV, and started looking at it again, asking questions. I am very mad by now, because he left the TV in the truck, and came in interrogating me about this paperwork. I told him either he was going to leave the TV or not, but that he was not going to keep questioning me about this paperwork, when I had showed him my proof. He asked me where I got the paperwork. I said it was mailed to me by Insignia. He asked when, and I said I don't have the exact date and time. He asked what else came with it, and I asked what he meant. He then asked me if I printed this online. I said no. I told him how I got it. He continued to question me, and then the other tech said to just call the manager, since it states the 2 year replaces the one year.
He stepped out to call his manager, and we waited for this guy to come back into my house, being rude, asking me fifty questions again, and I told him how angry I was with the way we had been treated. He didn't care what I was saying. He just continued to be rude and unprofessional. He said since it's been 15 days. He would see if they would just replace it, which is what my husband told him he wanted, anyway. I asked when he talked to my husband. He stated it was back on the 22nd. I let him know that if they had called us back when they where supposed to, and let us know what was really going on, we would not be going through all of this now. He told me that my husband was cool about it, and I told him how angry my husband was also, and he was like whatever.
So, we waited on his manager to call back, and when he did call, he wanted to talk to me I got on the phone with the manager, and again the questions started. He asked me if I have proof of my warranty info. I said yes and I have given Brian a copy. He still asked me to fax it to him, and I said I am not paying money to fax paperwork, when I have already given the tech a copy of it. He then tells me that they will leave the loaner, and be sure to send the copies with the tech. He also told me that the computer states my warrenty expired on 1/15/10, and I said that's funny since we did not purchase the TV until 1/31/09, and that would not be even a whole year.
The manager never said a word about replacing the TV, which is what Brian claims he was waiting on the call back for him, for Brian again states, with the questioning about the purchase date, and where my receipt was. I gave the other tech the receipt, and he stated I was right, that it was 1/31/09, and even he says that their computer has something different, and agrees with me that this whole thing was messed up badly. Brian had gone outside on the phone, still with the manager, walks back into my house with the loaner, after all of that, leaves my front door standing open, and started hooking up the TV making smart comments the whole time he's on the phone, and never once stopped to close my front door. I guess the bugs can just come on in. It took the other tech to say I will close your door.
When I asked what they were doing about getting it replaced, he says they declined it, because they still feel like we're out of warranty. I have never felt so disrespected in my own home before, or questioned the way I have been by them in my life, and not only that, we have only had this TV for a year, and it is already broken. I think they sold us a lemon from the start. and now they are trying to get out of fixing this defective product. I will never buy anything from them again. They are selling bad products to people, and selling fake service plans. They need a class action suit filed against them for selling defective products to people. We have a $1,300 1 year old defective product, and mental and physical distress, which caused my blood pressure to shoot up, and my headaches to worsen, with all the stress and drama.