
Robert of La Verne, CA on Dec. 29, 2009
On November 11, 2009 I purchased a GE oven and microwave set for $2,144.45. The oven and microwave did not arrive until December 11. A few days later the installer looked over what we had in our kitchen and said the stove that was sitting in our garrage was not the correct type to fit into our wall. I was upset because the salesman ordered the stove based on a series of photos of our present oven so he should have known better.
Since the stove took so long to get delivered, missing Thanksgiving, I did not want to order another and miss Christmas. I wish I had stuck to my original store visit at Sears because they were ready to deliver a stove to us in 4 days. Well, that aside, I contacted the Pacific Sales agent we dealt with, Jay, and told him we wanted to cancel our current product order and get a refund. He accepted our request with no questions asked. Pacific Sales arranged for the incorrectly delivered stove in our garage to be picked up on December 16.
By December 23 we had not received our refund check so I called and a lady by the name of Claudia said that our check had been mailed out on December 18, which was 2 days after the stove had been picked up. I waited until December 28 and still no check so I decided to go in person to the Pacific Sales store in San Dimas, CA, where I had originally purchased the oven and stove and ask what was going on.
I spoke with a customer service man there by the name of Allen and explained all that had happened. He called their main office and talked to a person there named Maria S.. While waiting to hear what Allen would be told, I asked him where the main office was that the check was supposed to have been sent from on December 18th. He said the office was in Torrance, California. I was shocked to hear this. I thought their main office was back east in the U.S. and that was why my check was taking so long (11 days at this point) to get to me. Torrance, California is only about an hour's drive from where I am so this whole situation really was beginning to make no sense at all. I brought this fact to Allen's attention.
Allen then said that the main office informed him that the check had not been sent yet. He further explained that Pacific Sales only sends out refund checks on Saturdays. This was totally crazy so I asked him, "then why is it that two Saturdays have already passed (Dec 19, and 26) and still the main office had not sent out my refund check. He paused for a while and said something on the phone and then told me that the main office would put a rush on my check so I could get it before Jan 1 but to understand that the rush is not normal because normal procedures dictate to only send out refunds on Saturdays. Well, today it is Monday Dec 28 so I don't know if they will really do this. I'm going to go to their store again tomorrow and ask if they really sent it and if so what is the check number or any other proof they can provide that the check has been sent.
This whole thing about taking so long to get my refund check at this time of year is very upsetting because I need that money now to buy a stove and microwave. There are several good appliance sales taking place right now but the slow processing of Pacific Sales is making me lose opportunity in taking advantage of some sales taking place now. I wish they could return my money as fast as they were able to cash my check when they took it on the first sale event that led to all this.
Big lesson learned here is to not buy with cash. I wish I had bought the appliances on credit so I could make the credit card company press Pacific Sales for the return. Since I bought with cash they appear to be dragging their feet. I don't know how they can get away with this because if you buy something cash in most places that take a return you get your money back that same day. If its credit you get it credited back to your account.
So why is Pacific Sales any different? So different that they can hold onto your money like mine and take weeks to return it? I'm beginning to think I may need some legal assistance to get back my money or file some kind of complain for all the trouble I've been put through just to get what is rightfully mine.
This whole thing about taking so long to get my refund check at this time of year is very upsetting because I need that money now to buy a stove and microwave. There are several good appliance sales taking place right now but the slow processing of Pacific Sales is making me lose opportunity in taking advantage of some sales taking place now. I wish they could return my money as fast as they were able to cash my check when they took it on the first sale event that led to all this.
I've already had to leave work once early to get to their office and ask questions because they close at 6:00 p.m. Now I'm going to have to leave work early again tomorrow and do it again. I tried calling before but no one seems to answer. Whe I go in person it's more effective to get their attention and face my questions.