American Home Shield Reviews

2nd attempt was for a washing machine. Clearly not as dire as an AC repair, so I was more lenient. Waited a couple of days, technician showed up later in the day, assessed the situations, told us that he will check with AHS for repair or replace. Week later, they called the said repair, and they had to order a part. Another week goes by. I called the repair company and they said that they dont work past 5 pm and dont work on the weekends. They told me that I would have to take off from work for them to service my washer. Strike 2. I bought a new washer that night.

The last straw was today. I received an email stating I still owed them a service call. I called and explained that I dont feel that I should still have to pay for something that was never completed. The customer service rep was yelling at me and berating me, as if this was my fault... She never agreed to waive the service call charge, I hung up. Is this how these companies make their money? Dont they want to keep me as a customer? It's really sad that this is how they treat people. Talking with them does no good, they only care about themselves. ATTENTION PEOPLE! DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! I QUESTION THE VALIDITY OF THE POSITIVE REVIEWS OF THIS COMPANY.

AHS never gave me a call to tell me what I had to call them to hear. That took another week for that co. to come only to say the same thing the first tech said "It needs a compressor." However, neither tech checked the front panel to see if it needed to be replaced. I continued calling AHS to get a status and each time I called, I had to tell my story again and again until I asked for a supervisor.

Now 1 month has passed and he offers me a dorm size refrigerator but I have to purchase and then get reimbursed. It is summer and therefore I have to buy ice daily trying to keep basics stuff like water, juices, tea, mayo, margarine, etc. cold (you get my point). So at this point, I find a web page and state my complaint and within an hour Ms. **, supposed to be from corporate office calls me to say they have found the compressor and it will be delivered on July 4th (WTH). No business is going to deliver on that day and I check with the co. it is to be delivered to and it did not come.

I contact Ms. ** again to tell her that at this point AHS should have had the part delivered EXPRESS. She tells me it will be delivered BUT I am going on vacation until July 13th. Anyway, the tech comes w/ compressor (with attitude) and when asked if he was having a bad day, he tells me "I don't like working on LGs!" Bottom line, he cannot fix the refrigerator.

So now after 1 month and 25 days, AHS offers me a replacement that will not fit into my home, they want me to buy one (with what $$) and they will reimburse me. WTH, with the customer service I have received, I doubt getting my money back in a reasonable amount of time. So I shop to find one that will fit into my home with an allowance of $2280.57. Bam, I find one on sale for $1800, and they tell me they only buy from Sears and to get the one at Sears. I will have to cough up $600. Damn, for the inconvenience of waiting this long for some resolution, they would either waive the $600 or just send me the check for the $2280.57 and I can buy it myself.

So needless to say since May 24, 2017, I am still waiting (2 months, 2 days) for AHS to resolve this issue - a company that can go into my bank acct every month and get its money faithfully but cannot trust me enough to purchase an item for MY home. I am about to get sick from not eating properly during the hot days of summer and I cannot continue to keep buying prepared food (high in sodium). And let's not forget the cost of 20-40 lbs of ice daily because it is so hot (I do not have central air). CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME RESOLVE THIS ISSUE!

After confirming with the worker the overall ordeal, he stated to the AC evaporator coil needed to be replaced with a new one. We asked if the work could be done on the AC evaporator coil only, he stated no. We had to have the entire job done or he wasn't able to fix it at all. My husband asking him for something in writing and for a receipt for the $100 service fee, he stated, "An email receipt will be sent to you" and left upset.

I contacted AHS on 7/19/17. The answering machine stated there will be a 10 hold time instead I waited for 57:32 minutes before the call was disconnected. I called back on 7/20/17 waited on the line for 1:37 minutes before an agent answer. I expressed my concerns about not receiving a phone call ahead of time to inform me about the service agreement with ACS which at that time I could have stated to the agent what my expectations to avoid an angry service man coming out to my home.

I was told they don't call beforehand, the company just comes out to do the job, the Company will send AHS an invoice. Well I'll be! I ask if an invoice was sent to them from the company, I was informed no then was transfer to another department. I spoke with Ashley in Tennessee to inquire about the outcome. OMG that conversation went horribly wrong. I was over talked, she put her phone down 3 time to tell her co-workers she wasn't dealing with me and that she wasn't the one to be played with. Yep, I heard everything she said because again she put her phone down, instead of putting me on hold. I was literally on this call for 2:12 minutes. Requested to speak with a supervisor or Manager. She refused for a few long minutes before transferring me to her Manager voicemail. Tara her Manager did contact me back on 7/21/17, listen to my frustrations without interrupting me and assured me Ashley will be coached.

I contacted ASC, was told by so call Manager an invoice was sent on Wednesday, AHS should have contacted me. I informed her of the employee behavior and requested for him not to return back to my home. I wanted to know what was did his invoice stated. He wrote the AC evaporator coil can be fix instead of replacing the over could. I guess by us not having the entire job done he felt the need to say something totally different once he wrote up his invoice. AHS offer me $210 to have my AC evaporator coil weld base on the worker invoice, ASC wanted me to pay them $1150 for Freon. That's $1360. Come on are they serious? In a couple of months if not weeks we will be right back at square one. Paying someone to come out to fix this problem that could have been fix the right way from the beginning.

I called AHS again today, spoke with another Ashley in Texas, explain to her my concerns. She provided me with information that had nothing to do with my call. I became frustrated again and asked for a Manager because I knew she wasn't able to rectified the phone. She got upset, refused to transfer me to a supervisor, put me on hold without informing me. When question why she stated, "I forgot to tell you." Once I was connected to a Supervisor Karina she basically acted as if she was another representative with any remorse. I ask for a corporate email or address to address my concerns. Karina told me to go to their website to retrieve that information, she wasn't entitle to provide me such information. Really?

I still haven't received an invoice from ACS Absolute as of today for my service fee of $100. My AC is still broken and all I am told is that you have to take the amount that was offer to me for $210 or else stay hot basically. I will address this matter with someone in a higher position at AHS and just maybe my AC will get fix.

Once we finally were able to speak with someone, the rep explained that we could in fact submit another request but there was now a new system in place and for them to dispatch the service provider, we paid the $75 service fee by credit card before they dispatched. The service was performed but again we are reflecting a past due although it posted to our credit card. So now although I have a check that has cleared my bank 60 days ago and a credit card charge that posted a month ago, our account shows $150 past due. American Home Shield has sent me invoices reflecting past due and when I inquired, they said it would take up to 2 billing cycles to correct. That is inefficient and unacceptable.

It's a second home so I wasn't there, but I went back there the next week and find out that it's not cooling. I called on the eleventh and got the tech back out there on the twentieth. He decided that the compressor was out. This was on a Thursday and that Friday, I was told by the tech's boss that he had ordered the compressor. But on the twenty-sixth, I called the boss and he said that he would check on the order but that the compressor had not come in. I called AHS late that afternoon because I had not heard back from the boss and they said he had just ordered the thing that morning.

Then, I got a call from a very nice lady. She said that they had ordered the compressor and that it would be in. She didn't know when it would be in but that it was going to cost me $350 for the new Freon. I said I've already paid for Freon one time and it didn't fix it. She said they're going to have to go back to the contractor and see why they weren't informed of that. It didn't cost AHS and the insurance didn't really help me at all on that. I'm frustrated about it.

It's very recent and it's still not resolved. I tried to go online and find out what was going on because I could not get the contractor's boss or the contractor on the phone and when I call their service number, generally the wait is very long. I was on the phone four different times and a couple of times were in excess of 30 minutes, one was almost an hour and the second time I got through at 45 minutes after I'd been on hold that long. That's way too long. But it's also really hard to do online because I put in all my information and it keeps on the reset on appointment. I couldn't find a way to get the status and I couldn't talk to anybody. Where it says to chat with a representative, it says that nobody is available and I could leave a message.

Also, when I asked to speak to a supervisor because nobody could tell me anything, I was being very nice but they said they don't know. I asked how do I go about getting to somebody to complain about what has happened because I had been without an air conditioner since the fifth of July. If this is the way this insurance is going to work, it's no good for me. It's almost as if American Home Shield wants to wait me out and I would finally hire somebody else to do it.

Which I did on the garbage disposal on the Memorial Day weekend. I called and they gave me a contractor who was in north Alabama, a plumbing company. I called the plumbing company and they said they'll be down here the following Wednesday. But I can't wait 'til Wednesday. I've got a house full of people and I've got to have a garbage disposal. I can't run the kitchen sink so, I ended up having to go buy the garbage disposal and install it myself. Which I've got no recourse to go back to AHS and say they owe me a garbage disposal.

It's the same thing with this air conditioner. It's going to get to the point where I'm going to have to fix it myself. Then, there's no way to complain. The lady gave me an address I can mail a complaint to. I've been without air condition since the fifth of July and for me to put a letter in the mail today, which might get there tomorrow and get opened on Monday or Tuesday of next week, is not a very good avenue for a quick response. But I've had an ice maker claim that the tech was pretty quick.

If I were running American Home Shield, I would at least make the system to where you could find out what the status is and if you're not happy with the status, you'd be able to file a complaint or try to get an update from somebody who can help you. The second thing is, this contractor who's doing this is a very nice guy and very confident in his technician but he's in Lanett, Alabama. That's five and a half hours away from me. If I don't get this thing resolved quickly, I don't think I'd be a customer of AHS again because I feel like it is a way to wait somebody out and let them fix it for themselves. I guarantee that if the people who are the principals of American Home Shield's air conditioner went out, they would not be near as patient as I have been. I would not recommend them at all but I have recommended them to a bunch of people. I've always had good luck but this hadn't worked out at all.

Whoever took the initial call did not mention the icemaker. When the service guy came out, his invoice said, "The refrigerator was not getting cold." But I said, "It's not staying cold and the icemaker is not working." They didn't look at it because the water had stopped working for a minute. The first guy who came had to pinch the line to turn the water off so he could put a water valve on it. However, he didn't turn the saddle valve long enough. I called back and the lady kept insisting that the service man told her that I needed a plumber because something in the wall was not working. But I was getting water to the refrigerator. When the plumber came out, he got stuck on a job somewhere but he called to say he was running late but he will come. He checked the refrigerator and he said everything was working fine, including the saddle valve. My freezer actually works, but it’s just not making ice.

Then I called in and spoke with a customer service rep who seemed to know what she was talking about. But then she told me she would call the serviceman that came out and tell him what the problem was. She also mentioned that she would tell him to call me. However, my icemaker is still not making ice and I've not heard from anyone. I've been buying ice and I'm fed up with that.

We haven't had any problems with the contractors AHS sends but there's one time they had someone from Sears come in for the dishwasher. They give you the four-hour window and for whatever reason, the first time they set up the guy got hung up on other jobs so they couldn’t get to us that day. Instead of working us in the next day which is what I think they should have done, they gave us the next available appointment which was five days later. I also had to take half a day off to wait for them.

When the repairman came out, I was told that AHS doesn’t pay for Freon and paid around $10, but that’s about $80 for each pound of Freon. My experience with AHS was fine but their coverage wasn’t in this case because I wasn’t willing to put Freon in to have it leak out again in two weeks, and then put Freon in again. The repairman would have to come back and see where the AC was leaking, so that would be another service call. The guy said my furnace was so old that if it was the condenser on top of the furnace leaking, it would have to be replaced, and that was the only thing that AHS would cover. So, I just paid the $75 to have the gentleman check my AC out and decided not to go further with AHS on this claim, and instead I went ahead and fixed the AC on my own.

This claim wasn’t a good one for me, but we’ve had other issues where I made a claim and AHS sent someone out and everything went fine. They offered very good service, did everything they said they’d do, and followed through with what they offered. They were also very good at explaining what I had to pay. I canceled the services of AHS though because I now have new items of everything they cover, such as a brand new stove and refrigerator, so, I don’t need to use them.

Every year, I had to have it serviced and put more Freon plus there were leaks and he fixed it. It was amazing because it's now working great. It's old but I like it. What’s funny is, I’ve got another company calling me. It’s not American Home Shield but it’s the other one that’s on TV. He went on and on about how there’s a lot of complaints with AHS and I said, “Well, I’m okay. I haven’t had one.” I'm very satisfied with them and I recommend AHS all the time to people.

I also called the contractor on Friday and told them that there is something wrong and that AHS is not showing any information. I asked them to help me out to contact AHS and make sure they are ordering the part but I did not hear back from him. Additionally, I was posting on Facebook about the fact that I was on hold for a long time and there's no information and AHS asked me to email them my contract number and the information. I did that on Friday as well and I have yet to hear back from them either.

I'm a week without air conditioning in Northern Arkansas and in the 90's all week, this week too. We ended up having to go out and purchase a $300 window unit that we didn't need. There are fans everywhere and my electricity bill is running 24/7 so I'm sure that this is going to affect me a lot more financially. My previous claims that have happened went a lot better. It was on my oven and it took them a week to get the part. There was also communication. They'd call and schedule when they came. I don't know if this was just a one-off but their reliability has been inconsistent.

We submitted the said recommendation to AHS and they wanted a second opinion. All of this happened when Chicago was going through very hot and humid weather, like in upper 80s and 90s. My tenants have two little kids, one five and one two and a half, and an elderly mother. They were not happy about it. The second opinion guy came out and when I asked him what does he think, he told me that he would recommend replacing the unit and that it's too old. I thought that’s what AHS is going to do, replace the air conditioner, but then they came back to our surprise and recommended a convoluted repair where we had to pay $480 out of pocket on top of paying the deductible of $100. That was completely unacceptable to us because by now, it has been almost a week into the whole thing and my tenants were very restless.

They were saying they're going to move their family to a hotel, and it was unacceptable. It was a nightmare situation. I was contemplating getting temporary wall units to keep but it's a big house, 3200 square feet house. Finally, they just wouldn't replace the unit. They said they will leave the condenser as it is and only change the compressor inside, and that they will flush out the refrigerant and replace it with a substitute. That would be six pounds. They also told us that according to our contract, they will only pay $10 per pound, and that we have to pay for the $480 then they will replace a coil inside the house by the furnace. We told them that that is unacceptable. First of all, they're trying to do patchwork on a 23-year-old unit, and they want us to pay for $580 including the deductible for that. They told us that we could take it or leave it.

Ultimately, they did a buyout and they put in a new air conditioner. We paid $3,825 out of pocket after a lot of negotiation with Air Blue Heating and Cooling. Then AHS sent us a check for $1,572. They paid less than half the cost of the unit, which they should have replaced. They shouldn’t use loopholes like the refrigerant. They were trying to force us to replace it at our cost and making us pay for it. Going forward, they would've spent too much, but we bought the new air conditioner where they wouldn't have. Although it's on coverage, they would never have to do anything for at least two years.

They made it sound like they are doing their best and all that, but they put a big price tag. They knew, for such an old unit, we wouldn't want to spend $580 and rather replace it. So they forced us to replace it but made us pay for it. If it was our house, we would somehow manage with something, but we don’t want the tenants suing us, saying that their elderly mother fainted or something happened to their kids. We were really worried about the situation so we canceled the policy after we got the check.

The final straw was in September of 2016 when we had a toilet quit on us. They sent out a contractor who erroneously stated that the malfunction was due to "improper installation" notwithstanding the fact that this toilet had worked fine for 10-15 years. It defies logic that a toilet can operate just fine for that long in spite of "improper installation". Had to pay out of my own pocket to have it replaced. AHS said they would refund the service fee. They never did, of course. Terrible company with awful service.

Upon looking up reviews of the a/c company they have a 2.8 rating with the BBB, which is really hard to be that bad, and most of the poor reviews were in relation to the AHS home warranty. AHS said they had to wait to receive the diagnosis from repair company. We pleaded with them that regardless of the diagnosis the original leak was still happening. We were told that they had to get the diagnosis and then that would go to some other department and then a new a/c company could be dispatched. Each step would take 24-48 hrs, so another 3-6 days before a new repair company would come.

At this point we paid for our own a/c company to come out on an emergency diagnostic, he found the leak immediately upon opening the front panel of the unit. At which point he found the main coolant line was touching the front panel and not over hanging the drip pan. He pushed it back some and it reduced the dripping tremendously. He did not do a full repair because we were determined to get AHS to remedy the problem. Upon speaking to 2 different representatives of AHS we were told a new company could come out to check but if the diagnosis was DIFFERENT we would have to pay another service fee.

At this point I demand a supervisor who called us 24 hrs later, and explained that both reps were wrong, if the diagnosis was the same we would be charged. A new a/c company was dispatched, found the exact same issue as our private company, main coolant line over hanging drip pan. He fixed the problem in 15 minutes. I asked him about the levelness of the unit and he checked and said it was perfectly fine and no chance that was the issue.

AHS should be ashamed to use a company with such poor ratings, (the 2nd company had a 4.4 rating). AHS should also be ashamed that when the customer tells them that the original problem was not resolved their response was we need to wait 3-6 days to get someone else out. They stood by and backed their repair company vs hearing the customer who is paying for the service. This is why we will be switching home warranties.

Once fixed he sent me a text (I have the text) and he lied and said that my condenser outside needed service, needed cleaning and needed refrigerant and that he would charge me $250 for that maintenance service that American Home Shield didn't cover. My husband had just had the A/C unit serviced (annual cleaning service) and the condenser was checked including the refrigerant, therefore he LIED, and when I told him that we had just serviced the outside unit he said, "Well, I just looked from above and seemed like it needed service." Please do not ever send that company again to my house.

I am still waiting for a manager to call me. If I could receive a dollar for every minute on hold with AHS or wasted by the inefficient service provider by now I would have been able to purchase a new state of the art 3 ton AC unit. There is better service provided by companies in the poor third world than what I have experienced. If you are ever assigned the service provider AAA All brands appliance LLC out of South Florida Office: +19548660665. Email:** (operator: Alice). I suggest you tell AHS to assign Another servicer. The aforementioned servicer is also notorious for scheduling and confirming appointments and not showing up. I have left work (without pay) waiting on their "confirmed" tech several times to find out I wasted my time and lost money because I left work. What a failure.

However, I had an issue with AHS back in February. My warranty was coming due in March. They called me and wanted me to do it over the phone and I will get a lower rate. We took off something and added my garage door opener. Then when it came due, they took $85 more than what they told me. It was supposed to be a $100 discount. I've been frustrated with that. I've called numerous times and I have not heard back from them. They kept saying they see it and they’re investigating. It had been months ago and I get emails to give me quotes about more warranties, but that’s all I've ever received from them. I have recommended AHS, but at this point, I'm not sure if I'll continue with them or not.

I called many times at different dates and talked to many different ladies. They were all very nice and professional. They would listen, call options or another department that would say they would get back with me within a day or two. We were waiting with a broken dishwasher since April 21st. By June 6, we felt we needed a dishwasher, so we bought one and had it delivered on the 9th. On the 12th, the contractor called to say that AHS found an available part elsewhere and I told them that since I didn’t hear back since April after I reached out to try to get options, we went out and bought a dishwasher. Then we were waiting again to hear what would happen from American Home Shield.

On June 17th, we called customer service to tell them that we still didn’t hear back and that we were having an awful experience. The lady eventually got to someone in Authorization and asked us to send my invoice in with my dispatch number and contract number, so I did, but I neglected to include that the lady who spoke to Authorization said this was not done in the proper order but to just submit them. By this time, I was taking so many notes and we were so thankful it was coming to an end until it went to the reimbursement center.

On the 22nd, I got a letter back saying they denied the reimbursement request but I should contact them if I had additional information that I would like to have reviewed to support my request and I’ve been trying to do this letter for hours and days, telling them of the things that happened. It’s been very stressful and it’s taking so much time out of our lives.

The first claims rep seemed like a normal customer rep that would try to answer all the questions and see what she could do. It wasn’t until I talked with the second person that I felt like she really cares. She was really interested in trying her best to get us help and get somebody out. She even went and got her supervisor and they both worked on trying to get somebody to us together. And when they said they would come on Monday, they came an hour before they were supposed to come and they were apologetic. She even called back to see that everything worked out and if they showed up on time and if we got the problem solved.

We eventually got the air conditioner fixed. It turned out we needed some Freon in our air conditioning system. The contractor was awesome. He figured that problem out so fast and fixed it so fast. He had the air on before we even knew that the air was on. We’ve had American Home Shield for a long time, so I was baffled that they did not give us a good experience. But that was the only time I’ve had that issue with them. All the time we’ve had them, they normally come out when they say they are and do what they say they’re going to do.

When I saw it, I called American Home Shield and I got a voicemail. I left a message and then somebody from A&S called me back and made an appointment for today between 12:00 and 5:00 -- they haven’t made it, it’s 10:00. But the first time I called, they came on out and did the job. When American Home Shield came out for the air conditioner, my son was here. It was okay. He didn’t have any complaint. The air conditioner is working now. I’m satisfied.

When I called AHS on Monday morning, they set up an appointment with Myers but I have never heard from Myers to set up the appointment. I ended up calling AHS that afternoon and again, waited 45 minutes on the phone waiting for them to answer. When finally someone came on the phone, they looked it up and they had canceled the appointment. I asked why and they said that it was not an emergency. It’s not an emergency because no one’s home but my AC still has to be fixed and they scheduled it again. They scheduled it for that Thursday and I said no because I had to come home that day because I've got some business to take care of and it had to be fixed before Thursday.

AHS ended up calling the second one on the list, Trinity Heating and Air, and was scheduled for Tuesday or Wednesday. I told AHS my next-door neighbor would help them get in the house. They came and got it fixed. They had to replace the capacitor and the AC has been fine since then. The service from Trinity was really good and they were very nice over the phone. Then, I had to call AHS again because the pilot light of my hot water heater will not stay lit. I just had work done on it two or three weeks before. I called the gas company and they replaced something before I even had the warranty. It worked for several weeks and now, a week and a half before I’m closing on the house, it’s not working again. AHS was better in responding to that call. But I would definitely not recommend them right now

Twice, I have had problems that could have potentially caused great damage to my home, but the contractors with whom AHS set me up could not schedule me for several days. One was an electrical problem that had a high probability of causing a home fire. The soonest I could get an appointment was 5 days later. Obviously, I called an electrician on my own, who happened to come out the SAME DAY (and on a holiday, at that) to fix the problem. This latest issue was a plumbing problem. I have water seeping up through my bathroom tiles. The soonest a plumber could get to me was three days later. Again, to avoid serious damage to my home, I had to secure and pay for a different plumber, who has given me an appointment for tomorrow (one day after the service request).

When I called to complain, I was on hold for 58 minutes. When the representative finally answered, I informed her that I would like to cancel my active service request and cancel my account. I was placed on hold for an additional 10 minutes. I cannot believe the terrible customer service. For the cost of the warranty (over $50 per month) the service and response time should be much, much better. I will save that monthly fee and use it to pay for quality service from providers who are actually responsive to their customers. If you speak to reputable contractors, they will tell you that they refuse to deal with AHS for the same reason... Poor customer relations and sub-standard service.

I asked when. She stated it would take up to 48 hrs to get claim handled. I asked to speak to supervisor. I was then transferred to no one. This call lasted for 1 hour and 16 minutes. I finally hung up as there was no one picking up. Nothing. It is now 7-24-2017 and still no call back from AHS. The original service tech called me on 7-22-2017 and asked if I wanted to pay for claim in full, if so he would come out and install heater. I explained AHS had stated it was a covered loss. He said he would contact AHS and get back to me.

As of this date (7-24-2017) still no call back from anyone. It has been 8 days since claim was filed. This company only cares about getting their premiums paid and apparently doesn't care about actually covering a claim. The person I spoke with last Friday reprimanded me for being upset in my tone of voice. (Her condescending tone apparently didn't make any difference).

I explained I was quite upset and would like to have some service instead of a reprimand. That's when I was transferred to nothing. Dead air. I would not recommend this company to anyone. If this is the service they provide, it is obviously quite poor to say the least. I am at this moment on hold on the phone for 32 minutes and counting, still waiting for a person to answer.

It took several days for them to do the repair (more than the 48 hours promised by AHS). They came out and did the repair, but caused more issue after repairing. The dishwasher subsequently began leaking water, after CPR did their work on it. CPR Appliance claimed the appliance was installed incorrectly, but here's the rub... The dishwasher never leaked in the 4 years we've lived here until CPR came out. Now American Home Shield refused to replace the appliance based on CPR's call notes. I even asked to speak with a supervisor at American Home Shield and they have failed to reach out to me and help resolve the issue. I hope this helps someone make an educated on their next home warranty company they choose.

Cote's calls me back and says the parts will be in Thursday or Friday. I didn't receive a call back from Cote's so, giving the benefit of the doubt, I called and left 3 messages as to when we could expect them out on Friday. My calls was not returned. So again I call AHS and spent over an hour on hold to find out that Cote's had not received the parts and that they would be out Saturday. I never received a call Saturday so I called late Saturday evening, spent close to an hour on hold and was told they hadn't received the parts and to call back Monday morning. As I type this, I called this morning at 7 am when they opened only to find out they have not gotten a hold of Cote's but would call me back in two hours. It has now been 4 hours and I still have not received a phone call. This has been going on for 9 days. At what point is AHS in breach of contract?

In May I decided to try one more time and submitted a new request for the same service. This time my condenser and blower were replaced. I was told by the service reps that for someone to say I needed anything else was ridiculous. The contractor that finally fixed my problem was wonderful. However, AHS caused me great hardship and I would NEVER recommend their service.

Since the time of original complaint- First week of July, the problem was resolved July 25th.

First Goal Heating and Cooling- they were excellent. HIGHLY recommend.

Original Review: July 24, 2017

As a new customer, my first experience with AHS has disappointed. AHS promises delivery of quick and expedited service, both in locating a contractor and having quality control around the contractor showing up and work order completion. AHS failed on both aspects. Re: My HVAC, I was assigned a contractor immediately through their online system. The contractor has been completely unresponsive to scheduling (JMC Quality Air in New Jersey). Repeated calls (in the middle of a heat wave) to JMC, I took up the issue with AHS. The AHS response has been dissatisfactory - I asked to be reassigned to a new contractor. They are now asking for me to find my own contractor and follow procedures for authorization. Violation of promises of what AHS promises it delivers its customers. Anyone have similar issues with AHS?

I would like to let people know if they are thinking about a contract with you please don't do it. It's only throwing your money away. Get rid of those no good contractor and give the people what they deserve. By the way we had to pay $100 just to get them out here, do you really think that's RIGHT!!!! Still no air and it's Sunday again and nothing. Alpha Mechanical Service INC Located 28 Brassie Ct. Montgomery Village, MD 20886. This company is not worth a damn.

I called our regional home inspector from our government and he sent me regulations to show that there was no need for this item and we were forced to pay. And I talked to a supervisor from American Home Shield and I explained that we have well water and the pressure is not so high. And so, if we would need it, inspectors would tell us when we build the home. And when they installed the first water heater, they did not say anything. Then when they installed the second, suddenly, they said we have to have it. So, that was very odd. But we've been recommending them to our friends here.

I had two visits from the first company and five from the second company that American Home Shield sent out. The first tech told me the reason we're having problems was because we had our bedroom doors closed. We have a bedroom that we’re remodeling and we close the door and shut off the vent. I said that the door was closed for about two years and we didn’t have the problem last year. So he went and said my condenser was dirty. He cleaned it then he left but nothing changed. I called American Home Shield back and told them that the tech didn’t fix anything. The next guy they sent came from the same company and told me that the filters that I was using were preventing the air flow. He also told me to change the filters which I did. We even opened all the doors and made sure all the vents were open but nothing changed.

On the third visit, the tech put refrigerant into the AC unit downstairs which cost $165. He said that the AC unit upstairs was fine so I asked why was it not cooling. Also, part of the problem that I encountered was that I live North of Little Rock and at the beginning of the summer it was relatively cool. We had storms most of the days when these techs showed up so the temperatures were around 80 and it wasn’t as hot in the house as the techs deemed sufficient to do any fixing. They would come in, point their little gun at my vent and say that it’s blowing cold air. I took pictures of the thermostat and I had a spreadsheet which I showed to them to let them know the temperature inside and outside, but they didn’t care and didn’t want to see them. They said that as long as the AC were running there’s nothing they can do.

On the fourth visit, the tech adjusted the pressure of the flow and my system that had been limping along now didn’t work at all. He left at about 3:00 in the afternoon and by 5:00, the temperature had risen seven degrees downstairs. I called his company and asked the tech to come back and undo what he did but he did not return my call. I called American Home Shield and it has been frustrating with them because I can open a new service request online but I can’t recall an existing one. I had to call them and I consistently had wait time of an hour or more before I get a person. I also had one person who was extremely rude to me because they were sick of hearing from me but it was because nothing was happening.

The tech who did the adjustment and made things worse was the owner of that company. He came back the next day, stood on my front porch and said that I've been flagged by American Home Shield and that his company was not giving me a new system. I said that I didn't say anything about a new system and I just wanted this one fixed. I asked him if he can undo whatever he did but he said that I was so disrespectful and his people didn’t want to work with me. But I never swore at anybody, called anybody names or slammed the door. He said that I pointed my finger at him but I told him that it was my eighth service call and I was frustrated because my AC units were not doing anything at all.

He wouldn’t even come in and look at anything. He said that what he did was by the book and he's calling American Home Shield to report me. It’s taken everything I had not to get on social media and blast him. He said that I can't threaten him then he got in his truck and left. We went the whole weekend with no AC. I have a good friend who lived here in town for a long time and she’s got a really good AC tech who doesn’t work with American Home Shield. We had him come out and diagnose the system. He told us what was needed to be done and we paid him $140 to do that. He was so much better and so much nicer.

Then American Home Shield sent out a new contractor and I showed the ACs to them. They were very good about getting in there, looking at things and taking all the information that I gave them about what was happening. They have busted their butts not only on the work that they’ve been doing but in terms of being my advocate to American Home Shield about getting the system fixed. They could have band-aided it but they said that for the age of the system, something else is going to break so they got the new system. They replaced my downstairs unit this past Monday and they are planning to replace the upstairs unit this coming Monday. I had to pay $190 because when they took out the old system, they had to pull out all that old coolant and dispose of it.

But if I want to sell my house in a year or two and people want to know the age of the ACs, I don’t have any kind of paperwork that says their brand, year and tonnage. The techs just assured me that it was all the same with others and it’s not that I don’t trust them, but somebody might not take my word for it a year or two down the road so I’m a little nervous about that.

While I am happy that I’ve got a new system, the length of time and how much aggravation I had to go through were very stressful. I’m on disability because of health issues and stress really impacts me and this has been really horrible. We had to put down my vat last week, and it was added stress, plus the fact that I really felt like I was trapped at home because I had to call American Home Shield and wait for them to tell me who they’re going to send out. Then whoever they’re going to send out had to call me and make an appointment, so I was always home waiting for either a phone call or a technician. This went on for about six weeks and I’ve got it all documented.

When I called the next day, I was informed again of the 2nd opinion, but no other information, including the reason for the initial denial, was available. The entire process took a couple of weeks, before our AC was repaired. My biggest frustration is the lack of proactive communication on behalf of AHS... I spent entirely too much time following up when AHS should have been informing me of the situation. The hold times were unacceptable.

The techs from the 3 separate companies only argued with each other, and began a bashing AHS party in my side yard. They talked about delayed payments, no payments and a warehouse where they get can get parts but takes 7-10 days, and they don't like working for AHS!! We were forced to pay for the visits, without reimbursement and when we called in, the manager never called us back! We were told they would call within 24-48 hours and it's been 3 weeks!! We called to cancel and they didn't even care. Didn't ask about why, or if they could help, just said, "We figured that's why you are calling"!

The company is a huge rip off and if customers wanted to pay out of pocket, they would not have had a warranty!!! This company is by far the worst in customer service! Never give them your money, keep it and keep your sanity! They expect you to pay for it out of pocket, and hope you stop calling as the wait times are intentionally set to at least 1 hour holds at a time!!!

The process getting through all of that took a little bit longer. It was coming out of Dayton, Ohio, but the contractor didn't know where it was. So we had to be calling and tracking it to work it out, which took over a week. Then the paperwork had to come from the installer and then American Home Shield must have some place where they get a cut rate in the unit and that had to be shipped in. Then, in the end, there was an additional co-pay with the new unit that was around $560. But, overall, it turned out good. The installers were out here in short order and they did it in less than three hours. I've had that company before on different things and they're one of the better ones that I've had to do service.

I've been down the road with AHS on a number of different things. But there was another company that I switched out two that had lower monthly things, but they were horrible. They didn't live up to what it was so after five or six months, I went back to American Home Shield even though their rates had gone up. But for the most part, the AHS reps were knowledgeable, friendly and were able to hook us up with a contractor.

I had also filed a claim for my stove before. The man who came out told me that he fixed the stove but he didn't since it's not working. When I called AHS, they told me that it was too late. The repair was in April and I called them in June. They told me that I should have called back in 30 days and that I have to pay another $25. I told them that I'm not doing that. It’s just I got a little upset about the stove but I didn’t know the 30-day guarantee. Other than that, I never had any problems with them. Every time I call, they fix everything okay. They're great about their service. They sent me a text, e-mail, called me, and let me know if they’re coming or not. I would recommend them.

We had a high-end GE Profile refrigerator and for about a year and a half, they’ve been sending guys out for repairs. And to me, that was AHS’ fault because they should have at a certain point assisted and said, “Do we need to replace it?” But they’ve sent about nine different vendors out to try to fix that one refrigerator and I feel we're being penalized for it. It was for an ice maker, which is something fairly simple, but nobody could get it right. And I think that was the utilization because the other thing the rep argued was we had to do the washer and a refrigerator downstairs. AHS wouldn’t pay for the ref and would rather pay a vendor. We have been customers for a while and I'm really disappointed. In the end, I'm a duplicate customer because my mom died, so I still maintain her condo. I have services at another property too. It's horrible. I will not do business with them again and I'm going to be looking for something different.

I left my vacation early to come and be here on Saturday but no one showed up. I called Sears and they said someone rescheduled me for Monday. I told them they can’t reschedule me without asking me if I was available on that day. I was not happy with the situation and they were really unprofessional. Everyone I spoke to gave me the runaround. But we rolled with Sears and I took off work Monday morning because the stove has not been working for a while and I wanted to get it fixed. The tech who came out said that sometimes they get really busy on Saturdays, they only have so many people and the technicians just reschedule people without asking. I said it would have been nice if they called me on Friday, said they’re overbooked and asked if they could do it Monday or Tuesday. But I didn’t even get a phone call.

Also, Sears kept confirming if I was with American Home Shield and I asked them if it had something to do with them not showing up. I even asked them if they treated the customers of American Home Shield differently than customers that come directly to them. For them not to show up was really frustrating and it really irked me. But the panel where I push the oven on is working really well after the repair.

The first guy that came out who diagnosed the problem was the owner of the business. Then he sent the worker out once the parts got in. I had one issue. Once the parts came in for the refrigerator, they didn’t have to order parts for the dishwasher. They fixed that but they told me that they were waiting on the parts for the washer and it should come in anytime. And I had to call back because it was a week and a half later and I still hadn’t heard anything from the contractor. He said that he saw in their notes that the person had already taken the parts for the washer elsewhere. He thought everything went at one time and it actually didn’t.

The contractor called to let us know in advance that he's on the way. He always called to double check and make sure that I got it. He was really good, he explained everything and came on time. He also did the dishwasher and there was something that was off-track on it. I was mad about that because I have been going a month without it, but he fixed that in two seconds. He also came out for the washer. What I liked is that it was the same guy that they send out who was really knowledgeable of what was going on with those, because sometimes they send somebody then they send somebody else and I have to start all over about explaining for the other. The performance had been going really well since the appliances had been repaired.

The only thing that happened in the past that at one point I was going to actually switch was the fact that I had a stove that was messed up. And what happened was they kept ordering the same part over and over and it kept going out. They did that for over a year and a half and nobody ever did the research. They kept putting all this money to the same part and kept replacing until they almost replaced every part on the stove. And then we still have problems.

I would have to go months and months without a stove. I would think they would have counted. Why would I pay this kind of money? They could have bought a stove three times. I got it for my mother. She's disabled and so she has to have her meals so that's the part they would frustrate me like I had to have somebody come out every week, and then they’ll say, “It would be three weeks when your part gets in.” Then finally, they replaced the stove and that’s the part I didn’t understand.

But whoever I talked to the last time with American Home Shield was so on top of it. They couldn’t believe that these people kept ordering this part either. They did what they did and I haven’t had any problems at all. I really like American Home Shield if I talk to the right people. Whoever their contractors were, I thought they’re different people and were really good. Overall they’re great and I would recommend them to someone.

Fast forward six months, the same faucet started leaking again and now it needs to be replaced again. They don't want to take any responsibility for that and asking me to pay for the visit again. Every single time I call them, I have to wait for at least an hour on the call to speak to a representative. Their representative will promise to call back but would never call back. There is no concept of customer service at all. I am not sure how are they still in business. I am very very dissatisfied with their service and would never recommend anyone to use American Home Shield again.

Then I talked to the contractor who told me they could not help me until after August 1 - I placed the service request on 7/17. I called AHS again, waited for over 1 hour. Nice rep, he said I could use an outside contractor but that contractor would have to call in the AHS for the repair to be authorized. I don't have time to find a contractor, which is why I used AHS, and I really don't want a contractor to have to deal with these hold times, etc. The rep did give me a special #, so the contractor wouldn't have to wait so long, but I don't know if that's true.

Anyway, called back today, 7/22, waited over 50 minutes and the call got disconnected. Called back, waited about 40 more minutes, I think I still am maybe going to get service from the original contractor at some point. VERY frustrating. Can't even get a simple question answered without waiting over 40 minutes. No other contact info is available that I could find, not even a number or email address to call to cancel. You have them ranked as #1, I think you should revisit this. Used to be good, not anymore.

Given that the other company sent by AHS did not report missing components and had in fact provided an entirely different report (that the A/C was in a state of permanent failure due to lack of maintenance and would need to be replaced) we arrived at the conclusion that the company sent by AHS had in fact (1) attempted to scam us, (2) stolen components and (3) provided a false report. The replacement of the stolen components and repair cost me $555.40. The A/C has been functioning well since being repaired.

Upon calling AHS to register the complaint they expressed that it was not their issue, they could not refund the service fee, and that it was between me and the company. They had the audacity to impugn the veracity of my claim since my property manager had been unable to follow up–which is unsurprising given the lengthy (1 hour plus) wait times to reach a customer service agent. I simply requested that they refund the $75.00 service fee and they refused. When I asked to speak with a manager I was told none would be available.

We learned a week later from AHS this service would not be covered, as it was categorized as "pest damage." We paid for a private technician to look our unit. He completed a thorough evaluation of the unit, and noted the compressor was 100% intact. The possible rat damage was superficial and unrelated to the malfunction of the AC unit. Instead, it is normal wear-and-tear damage, requiring further leak search/repair and Freon recharging. AHS is fighting us to the bone, as they dragged their feet long enough to allow our policy to expire before we could have an AHS-sponsored technician reevaluate our unit. I cannot recommend against this company more strongly. They are extremely difficult to work with given their universal phone wait times >1 hour (no matter day of week or time of day). In addition, they seek out loopholes whenever possible to avoid paying for required repairs.

Then my heater went out at my own house a few months later, again had a very pleasant experience. In April my both my AC units at my house stopped working. I immediately called American Home Shield. I was on hold for over an hour before I got to speak to a rep. It was over 96° in the house and both my son and I are asthmatic. They immediately sent me a text with the contracting company's name (United Home Temp), a phone number and told me they'd call me to set up an appointment which they did. On the phone both AHS and United Home Temp asked for the location of both AC units. I told them the heat pump was up in the attic, the other unit was in the utility room in the basement and outside systems were both in the back yard. The man came early in the morning the next day.

Upon arrival, he wanted to see the indoor units. I showed him and went on about my business. I gave him full access to the house. After about 20 minutes he was ready to talk about cost. He never made it up into the attic to check out the system because he said I did not provide a way to access it. I was confused. I showed you where it was and assumed just as the previous tech had done you'd use a ladder and get up there. He then told me it was my job to provide him with a ladder. So since I didn't he couldn't go up there but he knew what was wrong with the system. He told me that my downstairs unit needed about 2lbs of freon and the system upstairs needed 12-13lbs which would cost about $1300. RIDICULOUS!!!

How does one run diagnostic tests on a system without even seeing it? And how does one expect a person to write them a check for 1300 without a diagnostic test? I allowed him to repair the downstairs unit while I went digging for a ladder in my garage. When he came around and saw the ladder all of a sudden he changed and he refused to go up there unless I first paid him $1300 for the freon. I refused. I said I'd call AHS first because he refused to go properly test out the system and wanted to double check on the price per lb.

He then said that the downstairs unit is now working but not at its full capacity unless I pay him directly another $250 for a chemical clean. When I asked why I was paying for that and not the AHS he said because the system doesn't need it. Puzzled... I asked well if the system isn't running at 100% without the chemical wash doesn't that mean that it does need it and AHS should know this was part of the problem and should pay for it. He said no. He cleaned it with water and that should have it work at about 80%. He then told me that when I do call them about the freon price I shouldn't tell them what we talked about. I should let him speak to them first.

I think the real problem was that this man was thief and a scammer. He was too large and could not fit in the attic opening. I called AHS and explained all this to them and they said that he said the work order was completed and closed out. But I told them he never even looked at the other unit. They said he reported that I refused service to that unit. This was a lie! I refused to pay for 13lbs of freon without his diagnostic test. Another thing the unit he did fix never even worked properly. I needed them to return and fix it and look at the upstairs unit. I also wanted a certified tech to return instead of that lazy man they sent to my house.

The next day I called about it and I was told to deal with the AC company directly because they probably won't be able to come out on a weekend. I called the company and left them a message. That Monday I got a call from United Air Temp. I explained all that had been going on. They said they'd send the same guy out. I told them I didn't want that guy back at my house and to send another tech out.

Finally after going back and forth they agreed but only had a very large window on a weekday morning. I asked that they send someone out in the evening or a weekend. Because I didn't have any more leave to take and they had already wasted the one day I had taken leave. The lady said they'd call me back when they had a better schedule.

I then called AHS and asked for another contractor. They said the only way they'd do that was for me to pay another service fee. They said the tech did his job. How is that possible? He flat out refused to go into the attic. I requested to speak to a supervisor and of course no one was available. They now claim that 2 supervisors called me and left me a voice mail... That's another lie. No one has ever called me back. I've been waiting over 5 weeks to have this problem resolved. I've tried to call a dozen times and each time I've had to wait anywhere from 1-3 hrs to get hung up on.

Yesterday I reached my wits end. I called... waited for over an hour to speak to a rep who told me I refused the 60 day warranty and that I owe a service fee that somehow never processed. I asked when they would have someone come to repair the AC and they told me I had to start all over again because too much time had passed.

I requested a supervisor and after a 30, minute wait, I spoke to some lady who refused to give me her name or ID and also refused to transfer me to her supervisor and eventually hung up on me. She was rude and basically called me a liar. She said they have to take the word of the technicians over those of the homeowner. She went on again about me refusing to pay for the AC inspection. I tried to explain what happened and she just would not listen. She clearly had her mind made up on me being stupid and a liar. I once again asked her for her name and told her I would report her company and their affiliates and she hung up on me. I called back and was on hold for 2hrs!!! I spoke to another gentleman who basically gave me the same runaround and said that he'd have his manager call me and patched me to his voice mail.

This is the worst company on this planet. They lie about the service they provide and they send untrained people to people's homes and never own up to their crap. What planet do we live on that a person expects payment in hand for a made-up diag. If there was a leak and as a result the freon has leaked out... shouldn't he fix the leak first? When I questioned him about this and expressed my concern he said that I'm refusing his service. When I provided the ladder he refused to go up to the attic claiming that was a waste of his time. The real problem is that he knew he was too large and couldn't fit in the attic opening and counted on me not having a ladder.

Today, we received a second opinion who said the problem could be the gas control. We will now call Rheem to speak with their technician to determine a solution. Even when we called AHS to complain, we got nowhere. Completing their survey and asking for a call to try and resolve the problem brought NOTHING! Our experience with AHS is that they are most willing to accept our money but are not willing to pay out. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY OR YOUR TIME WITH THIS COMPANY. If a claim is approved, I guarantee you will have fought a long, hard battle and will have spent a lot of time in the fight.

I was a little bit disappointed with one service call. I wanted to downgrade my plan and I ended up doing it, which was fine, but I didn’t realize that when I downgraded it, it didn’t include plumbing. I wasn’t looking for the major systems in the house to be covered, but when I downgraded it, it only included the appliances and not any plumbing issues. Since then, I had a little bit of a plumbing issue. Then when I called to put in that service call, I was told that it didn’t cover it, which was disappointing to me because I’ve had to hire someone on my own when I’m paying for this plan. I’ve had the toilets serviced before and AHS said I won’t able to add back on that service until the anniversary date. Other than that, my experience has been average overall.

I told AHS that since the gentleman that was supposed to come out originally was back on vacation, it’s fine with me if he’ll fix the A/C. And that’s what took place. The gentleman came out, diagnosed the problem, and contacted American Home Shield. He said that the piece would be ordered and when he gets it, he will bring it out and replace it. I like AHS but they’re unorganized and everybody's not on the same page. It's like going to a doctor and getting different answers from different people. It may save money having AHS in the long run but it's not going to save time.

When we purchased the home, we had to have a plumber out because there was a problem with the sink. I have not had a problem since the repair. We've never had to have a callback. Just last year, the air conditioning guy that they sent out wanted me to hire him on his off-time to install new air conditioning unit. He wanted us to replace the air conditioning unit and said he could give us a good discount if we would allow him to do it. He did side jobs and we thought that drew up a red flag for us.

So when I had to have the air conditioning people come out this year, I asked AHS if I could request the person who was here initially on the very first time I had to have someone out. Their rep told me that I could request a specific person. So AHS sent the company that was here the very first time and it happened to be the young man that was here the initial call. He remembered coming and told me that there was no need for me to have a new unit. It was perfectly fine and just needed a little dose of Freon and there was a bad switch which he had to replace. We've always had excellent service and we'd never had to call them for anything other than the air conditioning and this pipe burst. I always recommend American Home Shield to our neighbors that are new homeowners. I really believe in what they have to offer.

We, however, had issue after issue with the well company. The most frustrating part was when I filed a claim and the person who I spoke to in the beginning from American Home Shield who said, “No problem. We’ll take care of everything”, didn’t put in an authorization code into the computer and that caused another issue down the road for the well company to get paid for the pump part that was covered. They needed the authorization code and he didn’t leave it in the computer system for anybody to see what’s going on. It’s been a while and two weeks ago, I talked to the gal at the well company and she said she was still dealing with the authorization codes.

Most of them at American Home Shield that I spoke to were helpful though. There was one that I spoke to and she said, “Well, you don’t have the authorization codes, you don’t have a chance pretty much to get reimbursed for that.” She was one out of several that wasn't helpful but everyone else tried their best to help us get what we needed.

The well company dealt with them more than I needed to and I think that she was so frustrated. She was ready to drop them as a company altogether because she said she doesn’t know if she can deal with them again, and that that was probably the second time that she dealt with them and she can never get them to pay what they need to pay.

The contractor dug a second well. We’ve dealt with them a lot before we even had American Home Shield and they’ve been the best that we’ve ever worked with. Good family company and really nice people. We now have our water back. We did have a little hiccup and the company came back out to make sure everything was good. I also had a good experience with American Home Shield when our refrigerator went out the same time and they replaced it and paid us within a couple of weeks.

In almost 20 years that I’ve been with American Home Shield, it was the first time that I called Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. I was on hold for about 45 minutes at a time. We never could get through. But, ironically, I got through to sales. So if I wanted to buy an American Home Shield warranty or if I was a real estate agent trying to buy warranty for my client, I can get through. But of course, the sales department can't do anything. I found the phone number of corporate on the internet on Sunday. I called and left a message about my situation, that I've been calling for five days, and that I was being on hold forever. On Tuesday, I got a callback.

I didn't want to call back the electrician company when they already knew that the technician had broken my ceramic top without seeing what American Home Shield had done on this week. The rep from corporate told me that she had called the electric company already and that they never called her back. The corporate lady was nice. I told her to wait for another two days. However, I didn’t get a callback. I tried to call American Home Shield again and I got on hold. I didn’t talk to a live person. American Home Shield has just one phone number to call. They do not have email so you cannot send a message. All you can do is request service.

Finally, the rep called me back and told me that the electric company claimed that they have never been to my home. I said that’s ridiculous. So, I resolved my issue with the electric company. They sent what they call an expert because they were trying to blame the American Home Shield installer that it was his fault. He installed my stove wrong. So, I do not have my stove yet. I have heard from the expert who came here that the electric company will pay for my stove top. But I got an email that my issue was resolved. I could not reply and say, "No, it was not" because it's a no-reply email. Also today, I was trying to locate the phone number of the expert. I can't call American Home Shield.

I'll call tomorrow again during business hours to ask the electric company when are they going to pay for the stove. They have to come replace my ceramic top. Next Friday, it's already a month. My barbecue grill is charcoal only and I can't eat Chinese food anymore. I am not happy with American Home Shield because they were incompetent in a sense that the lack of answers to their customers is bad business. Especially if sales answers but customer service doesn't. I strongly suggest that they should have a send a message or an email feature.

Original Review: July 21, 2017

So far my experience has been a nightmare, I had my contract with AHS for a full year without any repair needed but on 08/06/17 I reported that my standalone ice maker had stopped working. On 6/12/17 a team of Appliance Repair Experts came and collected their $75 service fee but told me that they were missing a part and would come back the following week to fix my ice maker. They never came back. I called the company and they told me that the part was ordered, then that the part was delivered but not checked in, then that they needed an authorization to send the repair people to my house, etc..

Every time a new excuse, we are now 7/21/17 and still nothing. I tried to call AHS but here too the only answer I had was that they were not responsible if a part had to be ordered and it could take time. The issue is not the part to be ordered but all the excuses the repair company has been giving me for not repairing my unit. I even now wonder if they have the intention of repairing it and have even ordered the part or are just a scam to collect the $75 service fee. When I asked what part number it was they refused to give it to me.

Oh I also forgot to say that to get them or get AHS on the phone is very challenging. I am placed on hold or even disconnected before someone answers the phone. Yes I can say that I am very dissatisfied with the experience and if I have to hire my own repair company to repair my ice maker, I will spread the word that AHS is not to be trusted with your appliances.

My husband and I have tried to work with them 3 different times over the last couple months (we had a problem with our AC and now problems with our plumbing) and we have ended up just paying out of pocket for a local company to make our needed repairs because we cannot get AHS to respond to us. I would not recommend AHS to anyone!

After five minutes I was getting angry and said I just wanted to cancel. Then it got really weird as I was told that I had "one incident" of bad language and if I said it 2 more times I would be cut off. That the system is programmed that way. At that time I asked to speak to a supervisor and was told they didn't have supervisors there. And it would be 45.11 to cancel the contract and I said **. And then she cut me off. There is way more to this strange story. So, if anyone knows how reach into American Home Shield and talk to someone who has some authority. Please tell me.

Everything’s working fine so far. However, there's a part that’s sticking out of the top. Maybe it's the way they had to do it, but it doesn’t look like it did before. So I have to call 'cause I don’t go back there very often. Other than that, it's been a great experience and the setup is easy. I didn’t want to get a new unit and my sister recommended it and so that’s why I started doing it a couple of years ago.

The contractor went step-by-step and told us everything. They told us what they would request from American Home Shield, then got the approval from American Home Shield to order our units. American Home Shield had to do the ordering, and within four days, it was all completely fixed. The contractor cleaned everything up too. We have had American Home Shield for four years, from when we bought our house, and we've been pleased with everyone that they've sent for anything. The policy that my husband and I pay for is worth the money, and we would recommend them to anyone. In fact, we’ve suggested it to our next door neighbors ‘cause they have an older home.

The people from the companies that AHS sent over were very nice. One contractor they sent said that we needed Freon. I keep hearing the same thing I've heard for the past three years but we're still having issues. Our top unit is still not cooling like it should. I called the contractor back and I told them that I had paid $200 but it didn't seem like the repair helped any.

Thereafter, I had to pay extra money for someone else to come. The next contractor told me that the problem was a leak and that the unit should probably be replaced. The other contractor didn't tell me that. We have had no resolution and so I feel stuck. While the air conditioner is slightly better since the service, the heat still interrupts my sleep. And my experience with AHS has been disappointing but they could do better. My unit is becoming obsolete and that's probably why I'm having these issues which should be addressed.

I thought it was Air-Rite's fault so I called them. They would not answer the phone and when they did, I spoke to their receptionist who said that the owner's out in the field. I never got the chance to talk to him. She said they'll call me back and that they're waiting to hear back from what American Home Shield wants them to do. But I did not receive any call from them. She also said to wait for the summer or the winter to be over before I get service. But they told me it's going to be 7 to 10 days and I'm going to take them at their words. I don't want to have to call them every single day and be on hold for 30 minutes or an hour. Last Friday, I was on hold for 40 minutes and the call just cut off.

I also called American Home Shield and was on hold for over an hour. I would call everyday and be on hold. If I did get through with somebody, they would say that they would call me back but they didn't. They also said that Air-Rite came by and tried to get the numbers off the unit but it was painted over. So I've been waiting ever since and it's been over a month. It's been a nightmare and a waste of time. If there's something that I have to pay on my end, that's cool. But I want my air conditioner fixed. I have friends and family that I want to come and visit but it's embarrassing. My daughter's supposed to be here next week with her friends from college and I was telling them to hang out in the basement.

Once I get this air conditioner fixed, I don't ever want to be affiliated with AHS again. This is the worst experience of my life because I feel helpless. There's nothing I can do because I've already been paying premiums. I've also paid a deductible to Air-Rite so AHS owes me. If I cancel the claim, then I'm letting them off the hook. They'd get my money and I got to pay somebody else. I have money and I could've gotten the air conditioner fixed through somebody else. I know too many people and there are too many other avenues. I also got to spend a little bit more money. But I got the warranty with AHS because it was something I figured would be a pretty good deal.

I have pictures, testimony, witnesses. Plumbers that you sent out to my home, even US technician, he found the pan when he saw that he wasn't connected two in a line. I was up there with him at the time that he pulled the pan from underneath. My unit is just horrible service and they say they not responsible but if it's the last thing I do I will get to the bottom of this. So some of y'all contractors don't stand behind a word where they guarantee the work and if they do damage to the customers home they don't want to fix it. They are passing the buck. Nobody knows nothing but I have pictures and they say pictures is worth 1000 words. We shall see but I just always had a bad experience with American Home Shield so thank you for listening.

Original Review: July 20, 2017

I initially contacted AHS on 7/6/17 because our air was not working when we came back home from an out of town trip. I never heard from anyone so I called again on 7/10/17. I was finally contacted on 7/11/17. I was told someone would be out on 7.13.17 (Total Air Care). They came out and said our unit was frozen and they would be back the same day. We paid 100.00 but they didn't do any work. I never heard from anyone so we called back and was hung up on. I called again on 7.14.17 and was told someone would be out on 7.15.17 between 11a-3pm. They didn't show up until after 4 pm. They charged us 150.00 more and said we needed 2 pounds of Freon. I asked why are we needing Freon and if there is a leak. We were told they didn't know.

We asked them to check, they went into the attic and came back down and said nothing was wrong. On 7.18.17 we came home and our home was hot again. I called on 7.19.17 and was told someone would call me the same day. I never got a call so I called again, was told it would take 24-48 hours to receive a call. I called again on today (7.20.17) and spoke with Trellis after holding for 1 hr. Keeping in mind my son is now in the hospital because he is ill due to the heat and it is 107 inside of my home. I was told she looked online and see the weather shows 95 degrees so my issues is not considered an emergency. Additionally, I went to my vehicle to confirm the temperature and my vehicle showed 106. I asked if she needed me to snap a picture of it and I was no.

I was told my issue is not an emergency, there is nothing she could do to help, and I will need to wait until Monday. They are not willing to expedite my order. I'm an extremely upset and no matter how hard I try, EVERY representative that I have spoken with at AHS to date has been EXTREMELY rude, irate, and unhelpful. Trellis told me she is in Texas and she looked at the weather and see it's 95 so I cannot have a tech come sooner, I cannot pay for service and be reimbursed, I must wait.

We ended up calling an independent air conditioning repair company who came out in 45 minutes and was able to fix our issue in 15 minutes. We ended up paying for a repair that should have been at no cost if AHS would have treated this issue with some urgency. Waiting over two days to get the air conditioning fixed is terrible customer service.

Anyway, we called to request service. Come to find out, this is one of those items that they moved to the 'A la-carte' section (dollar more per month) part of the updated contract. Which with the assumption that everything was covered, I did not read the updated fine print of the contract, the washer/dryer are not covered. However since I have purchased the extra for the second refrigerator, it appeared, in the contract that these too were covered. But, again, I was wrong. So, under the impression these were covered and they are not, I had to purchase a new washer.

Now the kicker... Since I was very upset about the washer, and that I was NOT covered, I read over the revised contract and it appears or looks as though the washer/dryer should be covered, since I pay extra for the outside refrigerator. I explained to the AHS representative on the phone that I feel as though I was misled, and she read over it as well and agreed that it was misleading. So with that I wanted to fire AHS as my home warranty, and she obliged and informed me someone would call (retention) the following day.

A couple of weeks later, no call, I then received a letter that, from what I understood is a letter that they will refund me the amount I have paid for the year, minus the amount for administration fee, which I felt was/is fair enough. Today, 13 days after the date of the letter, I see that there is no refund money in the account(s) or check in the mail. I called and asked about it. I was told that the letter was sent to me by mistake. I then began to ask about why would I be sent this and what is the mistake.

Response was, "If you buy car insurance do you get your money back, if you don't use it?" Honestly, depends on the insurance company, and, "You will receive discounts in the future." Since I have this paper and I can take action based on the paper... "Well Mr. I have informed you that you got it in mistake and that you will not be getting any money back." I asked... "Well since I have the evidence here, and you did not inform me that you are recording the call, you have no proof that you have informed me." The representative wished me a good day and then hung up.

AUGH... which brings me to this post. Over the years' experience with AHS and service request, one should take note: If you live in the country, like I do, and you have to make a claim/request for service, you typically have to pay for the actual service, the person that comes to the house in full (after you mess with the request for outside authorization). Pay the contractor and then wait for reimbursement, minus your agreed service fee charges. Not too fun. **Another fine print item: Freon they will reimburse you for. Please look that over, it could get very costly, out of pocket.

If you have expensive items sub-zero refrigerators, please be advise that if they cannot fix it, they will send you a very small portion of the replacement cost for it. For example, if the replacement of the refrigerator is like $12,000.00 they will send you $1500.00, ouch.. Having insurance for items around the house is a good idea, just before you pick AHS, please shop your options.

2 weeks later no refund... I call back and you know what the person I talked to then said!? "Oh I'm sorry. It looks like the previous person you talked to didn't submit for the refund but it was wrote down in the notes. I will submit it for you and it should be there in 7 - 14 days." After many many many phone calls I am STILL waiting on my refund. It has been 2 MONTHS!!! I would never recommend this company to anyone. I am switching to a new company.

Beginning on 7/10 after waiting 30 minutes spoke with a rep who confirmed my phone before proceeding to "help" me but did not call me back when we were "disconnected". Called back but grew weary after 40 minutes of holding. Third call was made on 7/11. After waiting 40 minutes to speak with a rep, I told my story to Arnicia who apologized profusely and promised to look into the matter and call me back... No call back. Fourth Call was to Kanece on 7/12. She promised to look into the matter and call me back on 7/14... No call back. Fifth call to Amber on 7/14. Asked to speak with a supervisor (forgot her name). Apologized and told me that the part would be in between 7/17 and 7/18... It’s 7/20 and no part and no phone call.

I am now of the opinion that American Home Shield and their contractors don't care how long it takes, no one is going to escalate anything, they are going to collect my money premium and get to fixing my refrigerator whenever it suits them, not me. I'm going to start looking for another company. This is crazy, NO PRIDE, NO INTEGRITY.

I also have another claim with American Home Shield that's still pending and I don't know if it's been resolved or not. The company that did it didn't complete the work and I've had to call in another company. I discovered that if the company reports to AHS that it's completed the work, there's nowhere on the AHS website for the consumer to tell them otherwise. I still have to call back into AHS to tell them that. I also discovered that if I had a real complaint, I would have to put it in writing. I couldn't put it on the AHS website. But the experience has been very good so far and I have been very pleased with AHS. Even though I'm pretty computer savvy, I found that it's much better to talk to people directly when I filed my claims with them because I don't get things right sometimes if I don't talk to people directly. The reps I talked to were very courteous and very nice.

I said, “That’s strange. I was told that he’ll let you know what the problem was and what they're basing on it.” She said, “Yes.” So, it took AHS a few days to get what they were supposed to do. Then the gentleman said that he couldn’t touch my unit because of a problem from the previous people that were here. I had to pay him $100 and that money was wasted since he couldn’t do anything.

AHS finally got the alert to get back with Butler, the previous contractor. Butler told AHS that they didn’t do anything. But evidently, Butler did something wrong because no one else has been out here and touched my unit. So AHS told me they're not gonna cover the furnace and it's gonna cost me about $1,000 to get the unit, and I really don’t have that money, so we're just hot. I guess they just took the word of Butler. Then the ARS guy came. He said there’s no place for the filter. It's been totally eliminated and I didn’t know how as I've always had a place to put the filter there and evidently we can't even find that, which was very bizarre.

I was upset because I felt like the AHS should back up the contractor they sent. I canceled my membership and went to another company because I felt like AHS didn’t treat me right. Also, I was on the phone with them for hours waiting on someone to come, and it was three times. That’s ridiculous. Most of my family had AHS, and once I had this incident they started to cancel their contract. AHS is horrible and it's been terrible with them.

The last time we had the Fast Track Appliance. The man may have been having health issues. But I didn't get a phone call within the 24 hours that they've said. And I called, left messages and he didn't return my call. And when I finally did get him on the fifth time that I tried to call, he said, "I talked to you yesterday." And I'm like, "No, you didn't." He said he had to order a part. And I said, "How can you order a part when you've not even been to my house. And he just said somebody will come out tomorrow. He didn’t even ask if that was convenient. It was a horrible experience. Now, the guy that came out was very nice. But his boss was totally ridiculous.

With the actual repair, dishwasher guy came out, said it's the plumbing. The plumbing guy came out, said it's the dishwasher. He can't do anything 'cause the dishwasher is being done. They did one of the water repairs because after the dishwasher guy came and said, "Now, it's leaking from the pipe. Not me, so you have to replace the pipe." They couldn't replace one of the pipes because it was going to do something to the dishwasher. So the appliance guy had to come back out and do that. And they told me, "You have call the plumber back out because you know I can't do plumbing work," Which if I had just called a person that could have done everything. But American Home Shield makes everybody have their own little job. It's been since mid-May that we've been waiting for this to be complete and we still haven't.

My daughter and her seven children were living with us. We wash dishes for nine people by hand for four weeks because it was all back and forth. When the appliance guy came out and said that it was plumbing, my daughter tried to pay him the service fee. He said he can't collect because he doesn't know what we owe. We had him on the phone and again tried to pay but he refused. Our account got put on hold which delayed this repair a whole week. They told me that I have failed to pay my service call. And that they can't send the plumbing guy out because we’re delinquent. “How can I be delinquent when you've not even told me I owed something?" I'm in credit and collections. You can't tell somebody they're delinquent if you haven't even sent them an invoice. That's horrible. And I told our service rep that the saleslady for this area, that if this has happened before our renewal, we wouldn't have renewed.

When the appliance guy left, I have to call them to send the plumber guy out. That's another 24 to 48 hours before the plumber guy comes out. Then the appliance guy had to come back out. I am not at all happy. And now that we have this plumber thing again, I'm going to have to take off two hours of work to go meet him. I feel like they owe me money. I'm now looking to be self-insured. This has been a horrendous experience.

The technician that came out was excellent though compared to Evans Mechanical. The technician this time was very professional, informative, and courteous. I wasn’t expecting to hear from him until the midweek but it was within some hours when he called. He also explained to me everything that he did. The water that was leaking in my vent has stopped so, it seems like he fixed it. The speedy service that I get from AHS is good. My premium or the amount that I pay a month is good for what could happen at any given moment. Every time I call, they’ve taken care of my problems. I’ve had a good experience, thus far, except for the rude young lady.

It was a complete nightmare from the first phone call to the end of the process. I eventually said, “You know what, I’m just going to get my own people.” I had to pay over $2,000 from my pocket just because I cannot wait any longer and got my own contractor because the people almost died in that house. Not to mention the phone calls every day and an hour and ten minutes spent every time I call them.

I called one representative and they just brushed it off and moved on. They need to be well-coordinated and they need to know who they’re working with because the third company they used were either too busy or too expensive or both. When you have kids in the house and the AC is out, this is the first thing you got to address. I’m not even living in that house and I get so frustrated. I could imagine how they felt.

I have had them out here three times this summer because, even now, my air conditioning runs for 12 hours straight before it stops. On the first time, they said it was low on Freon and they added some. The next time they came, they said it was leaking Freon. They added something that was supposed to stop the Freon from leaking but it's still doing the same thing.

On top of that, American Home Shield doubled my premium a few weeks ago. I'm a widow, on a fixed income and I cannot afford $110 a month for American Home Shield. I'm so angry about it because I bought the insurance so that if something breaks down I would have coverage, but then they penalize me for it. I asked them why they doubled my premium and the lady said that it was doubled because I called so much. But if the air conditioning had been fixed in the first place, I wouldn't have to keep calling. I think, there's something that needs to be done that's expensive and American Home Shield won't authorize the company to fix it. Therefore, I'm calling back and forth and every time I call, it costs me $75 to pay for the service call of $83. That's on top of my premiums that have gone up now and I am very dismayed about that.

I want to know what I'm supposed to do now so I called the company assigned to my air conditioning unit. They were not available so I left a message for them to call me. American Home Shield should send them back out here to find out what's going on with my air conditioner but I shouldn't have to pay another $75 after every $83. Somebody at AHS should take responsibility for repairing my air conditioner and getting it done right. I want my air conditioner fixed and my contract redone.

I was going to call American Home Shield to come because my oven is not regulated and not heating right. They've put in a new regulator and a new heating coil. So something is either overlooked or nothing's done right. It's better than it was, but it's still not right. The guy said, "We'll see what happens." If I tell you that you should stay and make sure that it's working right, then open the door and see that the heating elements are not right, don't walk away and say, "Well, let it seep in. Let it this, let it that."

Home Shield is a very good product and very good quality. The subcontractors are worth the money but integrity has to be number one. Not that I'm looking to make the fastest buck and to get the fastest job done and let me just go for it and goodbye. That's the truth and it's not everybody. But it's the last two calls. Richard's Appliance came to me, did the job and then when I called them back and told them it was not done right, I have to call back AHS and do it with them again. So when I called AHS I told them not to send me Richard's Appliance because I don't want to see them again. I asked for Burke’s.

Burke was an amazing person but the truth with the dishwasher was, the wheel was stuck under the edge of where the water comes in and out, so the water sensor wasn't sensing that it needs a water. And that's why he couldn't get to go because the wheel extending from the basket that pushes in and out the dishwasher broke off, and it fell under the tab that goes up when it runs the water. So it never came back down, because the wheel got stuck in between the floor of it and the tab, so it hit only the tab. He saw it right away. And he said it was the easiest job he has ever done. It was ten seconds. But if you look in the report, he wrote something different and it bothered me. He spent more time in trying to write a report than trying to fix the other part. Because he saw the easy dollar he could make with that.

I had a big problem with the igniters of the top stove. They weren't working, and then he took a part of the whole stove and putting all the igniters did it. I watched him and he did an amazing job on the igniters. On the other hand, on the oven job, he didn't do the right thing, because he put on the elements that he thought he needed. The door is working better but the heating element was not fixed.

When Home Shield sends someone out, they need to do more research and look at reports and ask the people they sent what the real story was because we keep on being charged the $75 continuously when they have to come back with the same exact thing because that wasn't done right. I know they can't stand and babysit everybody. They’re calling me and I'm not afraid to say my part. As a businessman, I subcontract people to different things and I've learned the hard way. There are a lot of people who are misguided when it comes to claiming their rewards. So they should be aware that they need to do more research, look at the report precisely and then ask the consumer if they watched or have seen what went on. As for American Home Shield, I've had no problem with them. They have never denied me their service and have come through for me. I'd recommend them.

I got an email this weekend saying that the appointment time was canceled. It was a weekend. Integrity was not gonna be open, so then I didn't call. Then, I got another email saying that there's another company coming out. American Home Shield cancelled the other one. I called this morning and stayed on the line for 40 minutes and someone told me that they are sending somebody else out because the first person didn't repair the ice maker or find the problem. I'm waiting for the phone call from the second company to make arrangements to come out. I recommended AHS to several people even in the last year. I gave my sister a membership or a service with them and they've been good.

At the same time this started, the very same day I used the disposal. I knew how disposals sound and they're loud in the boxes but they're not grating. It sounds like you got a spoon in it but there's nothing in it. My husband and I and the people that have come out checked it and it had never done that before. They swore there's no problem with it making that noise. I've had garbage disposals forever and I've never had a normal one makes that noise. Every time they’ve come out, they say it was something different, but it's all connected to the original call that we made and right now it's not doing it to the degree that I can say, “We need a plumber.” But the disposal definitely has something wrong with it. It needs to be replaced but they're not going to do it.

Afterwards, I was told by several people that all American Home Shield does is pay for the person to come out. But actually they don’t ‘cause every time I had called them, I’ve had to pay $70. And then they’ll pay for the workmanship but they won’t pay for parts. Or, they’ll pay for the parts and then they won’t pay for the work. It’s one or the other. I replaced the air conditioner and I’m paying $6000 for a new air conditioner now. American Home Shield is not worth the money. I would’ve paid $70 to have somebody come out and check stuff out anyhow so they saved me maybe $50 if I had called but I paid $400 for it so that's not a very good rate of return. I wouldn’t purchase them again.

I could not be home for the service but the communication was really good. A guy talked to me and he explained everything nicely. They were able to take care of what needed to be taken care of. Since then, it's been working fine so far. Also, because we just bought the house, I wanted to make sure that the air conditioning and the furnace were working well too and he did look at them and took care of all of that. It was a great experience.

The dishwasher is 20 yrs old. Repair denied. The shower drain pipe started leaking at a joint. The plumber came, opened up the ceiling below, said there was a strap missing. They do not cover for missing parts. Claim denied. The complex of town houses where I reside were built in the 1960's, different building codes. How could I possibly know there was a strap missing BEHIND the drywall ceiling? I have been a customer for 15-20 years, but now I will cancel my coverage as it is non coverage.

My claim was denied by AHS. AHS said the water pressure was 90-100 lbs in the house which is above the allowed amount to be covered by my contract for damage. The plumber said he believes that the flow control on my water line which regulated the pressure in my house failed and allowed the pressure to climb. The plumber said the pressure may have caused some of the problems but the age of the unit played a role and the unit was bound to fail soon with or without the water pressure issue.

AHS said even though the flow control was covered my policy (though that took about 4 calls and hours on the phone to validate) did not cover secondary damage if that flow control broke. So my $200 flow control was covered. If fails the pressure rises and it causes my $2500 water heater to fail which was not covered (it was a 75-gallon special ventilation unit hence why it cost so much). I was also told there was no way to test if the flow control was working or not (but how would I know if that is true). So the flow control could have been operating properly but the pressure. Just the pressure was just set to 90 lbs (which probably was touched in 10 years).

I spent hours and hours talking to the plumber and AHS about why they are covering the flow control but not the water heater which is really the only thing that can break if the pressure gets too high unless it gets really high then you can have plumbing issues. Plus the manufacturer rates the water heater to like 175 lbs of pressure which I was well below. AHS said it is in my contract about the water pressure and secondary damage but my point was do you think people understand that when you say your water heater is covered there are all these exceptions? It can be in the contract but to a non-plumber, it is not clear what all those exceptions are or mean.

At the end, AHS said to have another plumber come and verify the problem. If they say the pressure did not cause the problem then we will go with that. But I had no hot water now for days, I have kids going to school. The original plumber said a new plumber will just test the line and the pressure and you will be in the same place they have to report the water pressure so unless I could get the water pressure below 90 there were no guarantees the new plumber would give a different response, and I had to pay the $125 service fee to see what happened.

If I had the time I might have done it but I needed to just get it done. So AHS covered about $100 of a $2600 bill. That took days and dozens of calls and hours of being on hold just to be told no. So is it worth it, not for me. TIP: If you have a water heater fail go to Lowe's. Buy a water pressure gauge for $15, test your water and if it is above 90 go to your flow control on your water line and turn it down to where it is below 80 then call. If you do not have a flow control you are probably out of luck if pressure is above 90.

Second company showed up and confirmed the issue only this time AHS said they would no longer cover my system and I would need to pay the entire cost of replacement before they would cover it again. I am cancelling my warranty as I realized they are going to go to whatever means possible to not pay for repairs and I was just throwing money away with AHS. Recommend putting a few $s aside each month to pay for unforeseen repairs. You will be better off than dealing with these BS warranty companies. This home warranty is a scam.

We submitted our claim online for the AC repair and the AHS website was pretty easy to use. Then the contractor came out, checked the air conditioner and I paid our $75 service fee. After they discovered the issue, they contacted me to set up the appointment for the actual repair. When they came back out, I didn't think I'd get another service fee charge if the appointment was related to the first one but I got another $75 service fee charge. Also, AHS automatically charged me instead of letting me pay the service provider when they came and I didn't like that. Then the receipt that AHS sent me had a number to call but I've called that number twice and been on hold for over 45 minutes. It's like if somebody calls to complain, they put them on hold forever. But the contractors who came out were awesome and way quicker than I thought. The AC is also working great since the repair except the shell was replaced.

After a week had gone by, I called AHS back and I asked if I could call someone here local that can come out and fix my air-conditioner for me. I had talked to someone and they could have come out that same day. When I first called AHS, my appointment would be a week before I could get somebody to come out and assess to see what was wrong. I called American Home Shield back and they said they only deal with certain people. They tried to find me somebody, but they were in Birmingham.

I talked to AHS almost every other day trying to see what was happening and why it was taking so long. And every time I would talk to someone, it would be a different person than I talked to prior. They said they would put notes in but it wouldn't be communicated right. And then when I call to say something about it, I would have to go through the same scenario that I did from the beginning and that was horrific. It was so hot and I was telling them I had health problems. Me and my grandkids went and stayed with my daughter for a couple of days and my husband stayed here and dealt with it. They should have something in place for situations like that but they didn't offer anything else.

And then this year, I was still having problems with my air-conditioner. I got brand new systems put in. But when the air went out again this year, we were out of air for about almost three weeks. This time, something happened with the new system that they put in. It wouldn't keep in the coolant in it. So when the coolant leaks out, we were out of air again.

The technician came out and he figured out the problem. Then I called to make sure that they had gotten the okay from American Home Shield to go ahead and purchase the part that was bad on it. But then we called back five days later and they say that they were waiting to get okay from American Home Shield. We were waiting to hear from American Home Shield and now we're already a week and a half into this whole situation.

Also, our refrigerator went out last year. That was quick service because after they gave me the number, I called the contractor myself. And they came on out and he assessed what was going on. Everything now is high tech with these refrigerators and the guy told me that the electronic part of the panel had gone out. He went back to the company and tried to order the part but he couldn't find the part anywhere for the refrigerator and they let AHS know that.

It was over a month before I got my refrigerator and all my food went to waste. It was a nightmare trying to run a home with no refrigerator. I had a cooler but that was rough there. I called American Home Shield and they said they were looking for the part even after the serviceman told them he couldn't find the part that fit the refrigerator.

They finally found it but it was two weeks later. And when they find things, I thought it could be a rush on it on trying to get the part, but sometimes it takes the whole week. With the way things are now with FedEx, UPS, one could get things a whole lot faster. But it was over 14 days before they got the part here to us. The ball was dropped on that one too.

After going through the same thing over and over again and talking to the reps, nobody knew what was going on. But I finally got somebody and she was so sweet. She took care of it and every day, she told me she was going to call me to find what the update was. That helped me a whole lot to know that somebody cared enough to pick it up from where it was three weeks prior and take it to the end.

But even with all the bad experiences that I have had, I recommended AHS to my daughter. But this was before all this started going on. I pay my money like everybody else do and I can understand and tolerate a couple of weeks. But with a huge company like AHS, when it gets to be a month and half on something, that's unsatisfactory to me. But I'm willing to give anybody a chance. With all the companies out there, I could have cancelled my services a long time ago but I haven't. I'm willing to see if there's going to be any changes with the company. But I hope and pray nothing else breaks down.

I had to call my home owner's insurance to get those floors fixed with American Home Shield because they don't do second or third party. They couldn't go after the guy, but I wanted them to at least drop that guy from their contractors that they send out. They acted like that wasn't something they could do. I wanted that company not coming back because they're not responsible. They damaged my house. I'm hoping that my home owners will go after them for the repairs. I'm still working on getting my floors fixed. I told AHS to not send them back, so they send another company. They sent me a bill but I called them back and explained that it's the same issue, so they took the bill back. They were very easy to work with.

But I went through a similar thing again with my dishwasher and it took six months. I kept telling them what the problem was. They had this guy replace the motor twice and replaced the starter twice. He was just wasting money. Then finally, they sent out somebody who knew what he was doing. He diagnosed and fixed the problem right away. So I tried to tell them they got some bad contractors and that can give them a bad reputation. I've been with AHS for so long and I know it's not them.

My husband filed the claim online while I was making the phone call because I wanted a phone number and the names of the companies that would be coming to my home. I wanted to know verbally what to expect. It’s easier to do it over the phone because it’s a human to human contact. You submit something online and they have up to 24 hours to call you back. But if you wait on the telephone for 15 or 20 minutes, I had an immediate response and I was flexible with waiting on the phone.

I checked out the companies myself to know if they were reputable or not because I live in a new area and was given names of people not to use and one of them was that company. I want to make sure I do not have them coming to my home. But I did have a choice which I was grateful for that. AHS representative were professional and courteous for the most part. The air-conditioning has been working fine and running smoothly since the repair. Being a new homeowner, it was great to be able to have them under a contract with us.