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Sears Optical offers eyewear retail and optometric services within Sears department stores. The company provides prescription glasses, contact lenses and eye exams. Combining convenience with a broad range of products, Sears Optical meets various vision care needs while leveraging its established retail presence to serve customers.

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  • Professional and efficient delivery
Cons
  • Poor customer service responsiveness
  • Frequent delays in repair appointments

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 2, 2017

    My hot water heater went out for the third time that I purchased from Sears in Oklahoma City. I contacted home repair. They sent a person out which took three days. This is after having no hot water and flooded my home. Took pictures, told me that yes it was broke and that they would ship me one in 7 to 10 days. That's 7 to 10 days without hot water within a home with a three-year-old. Contacted customer service in which I was told by employee and I have the employee's name, employee ID number that I had $749 that I could spend to replace the hot water heater and that I just needed to send in a receipt which I did. Still no refund.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & Setup

    Reviewed May 2, 2017

    This has been the worst experience ever as a consumer. They delivered my grill this morning - only to be informed THEN that they could not install the grill nor did they haul away the old grill (both services which I paid for). I have spent the entire day trying to resolve this situation AND still no resolution. I have officially spoken and been re-directed by: Odie **, Linda **, Shari **, Kelly **, Jacqueline **, Adam **, Tesa **, Chamae **, and Ellie, Manager **. At this time, over 4 hours later, no one has been able to refund me the fees I've paid for without the services being rendered. I have spent SO much of my day being sent on a customer service hunt. Absolutely terribly service and STILL no resolution!!!

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    Reviewed May 1, 2017

    Return of over $500 not being returned to card. Mailed return on March 21, 2017. They received the package April 12, 2017, and we have yet to receive a refund. We have called several times and done the "online chat". After each call or chat, they confirm we will receive the refund in either "48 hours" or "3-5 business days", but this has not happened as of May 1, 2017.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed May 1, 2017

    When I signed with Sears for a Home Warranty Plan, I felt safe because Sears is a large firm. I soon learned they are no different than other scam warranty companies. I was told when I signed that the service is 24/7. I was also told if I called for service on more than one item I would only be charged for one service call. I placed a call on Saturday for plumbing, heating and garage door service. I was told I would need to call three different contractors for service and each would charge a service call fee. My deductible is $100, so that meant $300 in service calls, without anyone ever showing up. When I called the contractors each told me they could not schedule me for service until Monday. So much for 24/7. I was also advised that when I call Monday, I should expect to be scheduled for mid week.

    I was told by one contractor the order was written incorrectly and I would need call Sears again and place another request. I was so displeased I called customer service to complain and to cancel my warranty. I was transferred multiple times and hung up on each time. Some of the reps were very rude. I have asked the credit card company to refuse any charge attempts from Sears. Do not purchase a warranty from Sears.

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    Reviewed April 30, 2017

    Sales lady body shamed my daughter when shopping for bras. Brought my tween daughter shopping at Sears on Grand Canyon Dr. for her first bra. The lady 'helping' us said verbatim to me daughter: "Wow you are a very big girl. We should get you some padded bras if we have any large enough to fit you." Who says that to a young girl?!? Shame on you Sears for employing people like that!

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    Reviewed April 29, 2017

    In a nutshell, Shed was not available for free shipping as stated on website. I was told I could pick it up at my Sears store. When I tried to order it, I was told it's not available. Then they proceeded to tell me, "I could have it delivered for $70." Wait just a second. It's not available unless I pay an extra $70? RIP OFF!!!! They attempted to explain how it works differently with BLA, BLA, BLA. I see why Sears is getting killed by Amazon. I've never had trouble with them. I order butt loads (thousands) of dollars worth of items from Amazon every year. Saw something online with Sears and thought, what the hell, they used to be good. Goodbye Sears.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed April 28, 2017

    We replaced our 14-year old HVAC equipment in 2013 with a Sears one that cost us $7000.00. We were advised to buy the repair service. Sears knows that not only did they sell us a lemon, they also sold us horrible service. Every time the weather changes the equipment breaks down. This summer it has broken down. The piece that was needed to repair it had to be shipped ground and to go over a week to get here. The technician came two days ago and he claims that he stayed here for three hours make sure that everything was working. When we got home, the HVAC was not working. Called Sears again and now we won't get a technician for the next 10 days and the temperature is in the upper 80's. The technician drives 1.5 hours to come to fix our HVAC. Sears doesn't care about their customers and will never purchase a product from them.

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    Reviewed April 28, 2017

    If you are trying to give Sears a try on jewelry, DON'T! Please go to a fine jewelry store or you'll end up spending more than what you are wanting to save. Their product suck, will break in 1 or 2 weeks with no reason just fall off. If you try to take it back you better save, 1) the receipt 2) the tag that comes attach to any product, in my case a little tag as big as the tip of my thumb, which if I'm not wrong most people would throw away. Why would you save the price for something you are giving as a gift? And bring a good reason why and how it broke and why you didn't buy a care plan from them.

    Also a lot of patience as employees tell you that if you don't have both things the receipt and the tag, there is nothing they can do, not even an exchange "that is their policy." And one last thing, ask them about a care plan because they will not offer it to you and if you ask about a warranty or some type of plan they tell you only 30 days, but will never tell you that you have to save the tag and the receipt in case anything happens. SUSPICIOUS, is it not? Oh but they offer to fix it for you. Manager's words: "We can send it to California for an estimate of how much it will cost you to fix it, but they will charge you."

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    Price

    Reviewed April 28, 2017

    I ordered a outdoor dining set from Sears.com. Paid for it only for it to arrive by 2 delivery drivers who are an outside contracting company from Sears per my order and I paid for delivery and set up. They preceded to tell me that they will not set up and had to take my merchandise to their warehouse. They do not set up they just deliver. Now I was expecting my item that was paid for in advance to delivered and set up. Now Sears reschedule my delivery 3 days from now to redeliver my items. The problem I'm mad about is the blatant disconcert and huge inconvenience this has for me.

    I was schedule to be out of town for a week now. I lose money because they have to reschedule which in return is costing more than I paid for the item. If this is how they do business then it's no wonder they are losing a lot of business. I was forewarned about doing business with Sears but I judged wrong this time. Lesson learned. I pray there is nothing wrong with the merchandise when it arrives in 3 days which I should have just said cancel my order and get my money back and seek elsewhere.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 28, 2017

    I called in for my broken washer on January 26, 2017. The tech came out and ordered wrong parts, then another tech came out and attempted to fix it, ordered more wrong parts, then again and again. Today is April 28, 2017 my washer is still not fixed. They tell me tech needs to complete 4 repairs before I can qualify for the new one. How can this happen if they keep ordering wrong parts??? I feel like I am beating my head against a brick wall... Even wrote to BBB, but still did not hear from them yet. My basement looks like a Sears warehouse.

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    Coverage

    Reviewed April 28, 2017

    I called to get my microwave range fix because the smoke detector was going off and they said I can pay $150 for someone to come out or buy the warranty and pay $75 for a service fee and get all my appliances fixed if I needed it and it includes labor and parts. On 3/13/17 I purchased the policy and they charged me $49.99 and came out to look at my range. They charged me $65 determined it was just a weak fan, but nothing was wrong. 4/7/17 my washer was acting up and called to put in a claim. They said, "Wait until 4/8/17 that's when your policy fully activates."

    I was thinking I bought it in March why does it activate in April. Either way they come out today because I didn't have a day off until now and mind you they charged another $49.99 on 4/11/17 and so they charged me $75 for today's service to tell me repair estimate for the washer was $2K but that the policy didn't cover it because it was a pre-existing damage because I called 4/8 and the policy activated 4/8. I bought it 3/13! So after $250 down the drain with nothing fixed, I cancelled the policy. Worse policy ever. They accused me of lying.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 27, 2017

    I purchased a Sears Garden Tractor last year. This year after the first use, it wouldn't start. I called Sears Home repair at the end of March and explained the situation. I was told it would be almost a month before a technician could make it. Reluctantly, I agreed since I was under warranty. My appointment was scheduled for April 27th between 8 am and 5 pm. I received a text message on the 26th stating that my appointment was confirmed and I received a text on the 27th reminding me that someone would need to be home when the technician arrived.

    After taking off work and waiting all day, I finally called Sears at 4:58 pm and was initially told that I was probably the technicians last job and he would be there shortly. Then the service operator began apologizing. There was no technician coming. There were no technicians in my area and wouldn't be until the end of May. Firstly, I'm upset that my tractor lasted one year before problems. Secondly, I missed an entire day at work sitting at home waiting on a technician, who I had two text concerning, wasn't even coming.

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    Customer ServiceStaffReliability

    Reviewed April 27, 2017

    Purchased Kenmore 70219 20.5 cu ft - delivered 4/13/2017 - product had a sharp edge in the freezer area and slight insulation coming out on seal. Delivery team... noticed this first when connecting the water line. Called for service... many many days of headaches. They claimed I did not call in within 72 hours... even though the delivery was noted as defective.

    Philippines customer service wore me out. Nice people but there is a disconnect with the customer service staff. Finally spoke to delivery in Miami and a gentleman Jay ** spent an hour on the phone and finally got approval to have the refrigerator serviced. Tri State Service Center - Wall NJ came on 4/24/2017 and said: "Sharp edge in corner of center - non replaceable part - covered with tape." WELL HE CUT THE TAPE WITH HIS TEETH AND PLACED IT OVER THE SHARP PIECE OF METAL. And then gave me a copy of a warranty bill for $234.06. I questioned him on the charge of $120 for the non serve part. I said... "Is that for the piece of tape!!!"

    Called for My Home and advised them of the situation. Part not fixable/replaceable. They scheduled another replace and pick up for today. Same delivery guys came to house as two weeks ago (very very nice delivery team). The delivery team opened the box this morning and this refrigerator - seal around freezer was worse than the one delivered two weeks ago. Many Many hours wasted... Spent the morning on the phone while driver called himself and took pictures also to ensure I called and delivery team called - Sears policy... Must hear from both parties.

    What the heck has happened to Sears. This has been and still is the most horrific experience I ever had with Sears or any appliance issue. Shame on them! I filled out surveys but no one gets back to you. I guess I will be playing this game trying to get a new refrigerator until someone ensures I get the product I EXPECTED AND PAID FOR.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 27, 2017

    DO NOT USE THEM! Two technicians were very rude and told me they could not come back to fix the problem because it was not worth their time. When I filed a complaint, Sears asked, "What do you want me to do about it." The phone got disconnected and I tried to call back and the number that appeared on my caller ID was out of service. Never got the problem resolved. Terrible customer service.

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    Reviewed April 27, 2017

    They used to have a return policy of 90 days, then 60 days & most recently 30 days which I was unaware of. I bought some pants as a gift for someone that didn't fit properly. I bought them back with the receipt after 34 days. I did not want my money back. I did not want a gift card. I did not want a different item. I just wanted the same exact pants in the same exact color in a different size. The store had a huge display of these pants so it wasn't as if it was an old item. BTW, the pants were Sears brand. The cashiers refused. When I asked to speak to a manager, I was told that there were none in the store??? I came home & called their customer service. Same story - no exchanges.

    I wrote a letter to the President of Sears. I just received a phone call from a man that could barely speak English, saying that he received my letter & you guessed it - store policy - no returns. I said that I wrote the letter to the President, not him & I expected a response from a person in charge. I asked to speak to a supervisor & was told, as usual, none were available???

    Past problems that were not resolved satisfactorily - a very expensive Sealy Posturepedic mattress collapsed after about a month of use - after about 6 months of fighting, they said that model was no longer available & replaced it with a much cheaper version. Sealy didn't help - they said since I bought it from Sears, I had to go through them. Another expensive item - Whirlpool refrigerator broke a few days after the warranty expired - "Too bad," said Sears. Please share & don't shop there anymore.

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed April 26, 2017

    I ordered a new vacuum cleaner from Sears September 2016. I was in therapy at the time and sick most of the time. When the vacuum arrived I didn't check the bag inside to see if it was new or used. I left in November and returned home the middle of April 2017. I wanted to vacuum my room but the vacuum wasn't picking up anything properly. I checked the bag and it was full. I used this vacuum 4 times and the area of carpets is approximately 170 square feet. Impossible! So Sears sold me either a floor model or one that had been returned. All Sears will comply with at this point is to say sorry for the inconvenience but you didn't return the vacuum in accordance with their return policy. I didn't think I was getting a used product to begin so it's imperative that if you do business with this company be sure to check that what they sold you was what they advertised. I won't patronize this jackass company again.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed April 26, 2017

    I ordered a dress for 108.00 from Sears. It ended up coming from the marketplace. It was bad quality so I contacted Sears who had me call marketplace vendor who told me to ship back. Went through all request for return that costed me 40.00. I get my Sears bill and called back and ask about the refund and Was told refund back to my credit card would be taken care of. So I thought ok done. Wrong.

    Over a month later I get my bill and they only refunded me part of it and that the part they didn't refund me now had acquired a 30.00 late fee. So called back 3 more times and get the runaround. Finally get a hold of someone and they tell me there's a restocking fee of 40.00. So I ask Sears customer service rep why I was never notified of it and was told they don't deal with that and I should contact marketplace vendor who doesn't answer their calls. In the end got a lot of runaround and have paid 110.00 for a dress that the vendor will resell and rip off someone else with. Whatever you do don't order from Sears or Sears marketplace. They are a rip-off and do not stand behind their products and will not help you. Their customer service is a joke.

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    Customer ServiceContract & Terms

    Reviewed April 26, 2017

    I bought a protection agreement on my Craftsman snowblower (THANK GOD). It has broke down every time I have used it -- recently I renewed my protection agreement $355.91 (and it overlapped the old one by 2 months) -- now my snowblower has broke down again. This is the fourth time for the same thing -- well instead of getting the snowblower fixed again (HAHA) I said I'm just going to cancel my agreement get my $355.91 back and put the money towards a Toro or some other reliable brand -- it took three days to get someone to answer the phone where you call to cancel -- (only one place to call).

    They informed me my unused agreement that overlapped my old agreement -- would be pro-rated and that I would get back $306.98 -- so they still made money on a useless agreement for a unrepairable snowblower -- I say unrepairable because if you fix the same thing 4 times it's a defect. Not a breakdown. I have looked at the newer snowblowers & you can tell that Craftsman found the design flaw and changed the problem -- but still I get the shaft.

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    Reviewed April 24, 2017

    I made a purchase from Sears March 13, 2017. I attempted to return the items April 15, 2017 two days after getting out of the hospital. I was told that they could not process my return because I was past the 30 day return policy. I asked to speak to a manager and was told the manager was in a meeting. I went back to the store the following week on April 22nd and asked to speak to a manager. The manager also denied my return again stating the return policy. I explained that I had a three week hospital stay and he could care less. I spoke to a manager on Sunday, April 23rd and was told that she would handle my return but could only give me the lowest selling price. I said okay and went back to the store for the third time only to be turned away once again by another "manager."

    Sears DOES NOT care two bits about their customers and for this the store is suffering. We have purchased all of our appliances, lawn equipment, tools, etc. from Sears. I will no longer give Sears another penny. Who treats a loyal customer this way? I feel like I'm dealing with a mom & pop store not a corporation such as Sears. There are too many other places to shop.

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    Reviewed April 22, 2017

    Purchased a new stove & dishwasher. I opened the dishwasher while the two delivery men were still here. I quickly realized the door to the dishwasher was broken. It was completely out of alignment by at least a half inch. It wouldn't close. I ran out & explained it to the driver who oddly wouldn't crack his window down more than a few inches to talk to me. Half ignoring me he said I had to tell the other guy. Eventually he came back in where he proceeded to try to talk me into keeping the dishwasher! I told him I absolutely did not want it. "Take it back to the truck." He then said "I'll be right back and I have to get the other guy to help me lift it." The next thing I know I hear them peeling out in the street and taking off! Are you kidding me??? They didn't even get my 2 old appliances completely to the curb so now I have to figure out how to move these things taking up my driveway space. Worst customer service ever!

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed April 21, 2017

    Ordered a refrigerator on April 2. Confirmation and charge to my credit card for $1300 happened immediately. Delivery set for April 10. 3 email confirmations of delivery. Phone call on April 10 at 7:00 am saying refrigerator would not be delivered. But, after a lot of distraught concern on my part, was told it would be delivered on April 17. 3 email confirmation of delivery. Phone call on April 17 at 7:00 am saying refrigerator would not be delivered. Promised delivery on April 24. But this time, I didn't believe them. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. So I canceled online. Got "confirmation" of April 24 delivery! So I canceled again, on the phone with a real person. Got cancellation confirmation number and was told credit refund 3-5 business days.

    Next day, got "confirmation" of my April 24 delivery AND an email saying "We know you tried to cancel, but the order isn't canceled." I just spend 38 mins on the phone canceling this order for the 4th time! No cancellation number possible. Now it's 7-10 business days for credit refund. I have no refrigerator, and Sears has my $1300, and I (the customer) have spent 21 days working at trying to get the product, then trying to cancel it. Incredible. Very dissatisfied indeed. Poor Sears. I shopped there because I wanted to support the company. They made it impossible. I have ordered now from Pacific Sales. Fingers crossed!

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    Reviewed April 21, 2017

    Non-english speaking customer service employees made signing up and requesting services have long term consequences for me. They signed me up for the wrong plan and, as a result, I was never able to get the services I was requesting. Beyond that, I was repeatedly charged for the monthly fee before my policy's effective date even began. The online advertisement on their official website said that the first month was free. What they meant is that they wouldn't charge me for the 30-day review period prior to the policy going into effect. As soon as that effective date passed, I was charged for the month.

    Additionally, I was only supposed to be charged $69.99/mo. (including tax) and that wasn't the case either. (The including Tax is documented on my Confirmation page that I printed out.) I was charged for state taxes which put it over $74. Every time I called to get some kind of resolution everyone that I spoke to was rude and the woman on the line said that she didn't have to listen to me speak to her like that... I reminded her that I never cussed at her or called her names. I told her that I was an angry customer that felt like I had been cheated and that she had a responsibility to hear me out even if she didn't agree with what I was saying. Ultimately, there weren't any repairs done, I never had my fan installed, and I was charged over $350. Sears Home Warranty is a scam and I advise everyone to stay clear of it.

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    Reviewed April 21, 2017

    I purchased an appliance repair warranty from Sears repairmen who came to fix an oven that was not working. They "fixed" it, but the next day it was again not working, so I called the warranty number and got another repair person. He said that the problem was mouse damage and that was not covered under the warranty - although he admitted that he could not find the wire where the damage supposedly was. So I called a non-Sears repair person who came and found that the stainless steel plate on the underside of the oven liner had melted through and that was what was causing the problem. He found no animal damage and fixed the problem. After such poor service, I cancelled the Sears warranty, even though it cost me money to do so. In the future not only would I not purchase a Sears warranty, I will buy no more appliances from them, either.

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    Reviewed April 20, 2017

    I called for an F35 error, I spent the next 30 minutes listening to a sales speech on Sears Home Warranty from some girl I could barely understand. She was in the newly opened call center outside the US. We decided that the $49 per month was a bit steep and I was not getting the answers I was looking for about other fees. A few days later the technician came out, looked at the machine. I don't think he touched a thing. He then asked me if I had a Sears Home Warranty and I told him I declined it a day earlier. He then told me that they did not do RFR and I was a collect customer and they don't do that for them. He then promptly went into his rant of how no one at Sears knows what repairmen have to deal with when it comes to the unsatisfied customer. Then he asked for his $79 service fee and left. I was shocked and disappointed for sure.

    I spent the next several hours in a call center going through person after person. They are not allowed to transfer you to the US, but cannot help you either. At one point someone must have broken protocol because I ended up in the US, Texas call center. Alicia was kind and gracious and stated that I should have been taken care of. She called California and spoke to someone who rescheduled me again 2 days later.

    Now here is the kicker... The same repairman calls, Peter is his name, he states that I declined the estimate - NEVER HAPPENED and he says he cannot repair the board without a warranty and there is no reason for him to come out. I ask to speak to his Manager and he says he is in meetings. UNREAL. I have now been on the phone for the last 2 hours trying to get someone to speak to me about this. I am filing a complaint with consumer affairs in California. SEARS should be disgusted that a customer is treated like this. Problem is the only people that know are in a call center in the Philippines. Disappointed does not describe.

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    Reviewed April 18, 2017

    When we signed up we were to receive a program packet in the mail, NEVER DID. After 6 months we tried to cancel the program, several times. We don't even know our policy number, as it was to come in the mail. WE GOT THE COMPLETE RUNAROUND! These guys have no problem setting up an automatic debit but when you attempt to close or cancel the policy you get a complete runaround. We were on one call, forwarded to the "cancellation department" for over an hour only to have the line go to a busy signal. NO ONE EVER ANSWERED! I would classify this program as a SCAM! Finally had the bank "stop payment" on the debit transaction as we NEVER did get through to the "cancellation department".

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    Reviewed April 18, 2017

    Had a Sears subcontracted company install my hot water heater. The company Victory Heating told me the city needed to inspect it. I asked twice over a three month period if I was supposed to set up an appointment with the city. Twice I was told, "No", the city would contact me. Victory Heating called yesterday 04/17/17 & said I'd better call the city to get the hot water heater inspected or 'they & myself' would be in trouble if I didn't get it done. The city said they've never received any paperwork for an inspection. Sears seems to deal with subcontractors that fall short.

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    Reviewed April 17, 2017

    I have spoken with multiple representatives and supervisors who have been very rude and hung up on me twice. Our Kenmore refrigerator that we had bought back in April 2016 from the Sears Outlet in Allen has again stopped working. We had a service repairman out in January 2017 to "repair" a leaking line in the freezer which caused our freezer and fridge to stop cooling, thus losing all of our groceries. I say "repair" because he DID NOT repair the line, rather overcharge our refrigerator to get us past our warranty. Luckily that did not happen. My husband works with appliances everyday at his job, and a leaking refrigerant line cannot be permanently fixed, only temporarily.

    I am writing to you because on Friday April 14th, we experienced the same issue without refrigerator and freezer not cooling and again lost all of our groceries. I spoke with a representative on Friday in regards to the issue to only hear that they cannot get a repairman out until April 26th. I would think this would be an emergency, so our request would be on high priority, but I guess not. Apparently, Sears thinks that a family of 3 can eat out everyday for every meal until April 26th, but we cannot afford to do so. I was also told that an appliance cannot be replaced until a serviceman has been called out three times for the same issue, which ours clearly will. I am highly disappointed in the lack of urgency that we are getting from every representative that we have spoken with.

    The best they can do is give us an $80.00 gift card to any sears store and extend our warranty for three months, which is useless for the fact that this cannot buy us groceries/food and we will NEVER buy a single item from any sears store ever again. I will also be telling every family member and friend warning them of the customer service that we had experienced and that they will likely experience from the Sears representatives. I would like to WARN everyone, DO NOT buy a single thing from a Sears store or outlet, because you will not get any kind of compensation or help from a single person that works there when it comes to repairs or probably any other issue.

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    Reviewed April 16, 2017

    I purchased Kenmore washer and dryer in the store in Vernon Hills. Product was delivered in time. The installer said that the hose for the connection was not long enough (only 4 ft instead of 6 ft). I offered my help in purchasing immediately the proper hose in the nearest Home Depot store and said that it is located in 5 min to drive. Installation guy said "I can wait 5 minutes then, otherwise I will leave." I said that it will take 10-12 min, and the guy agreed to wait. When they finished the installation (the installer did not tell me this, it is my guess), they said when machines stop (presumably after their checking) I can began to use them. The installation guy did not give any other comments/information, left my house and even left (forgotten) his tool in my house. When I began the first trial on washing machine, I found that it does not work (did not supply water).

    I called to the service and the guy (Tony) who answered told me that I have to go back to the store. I insisted to connect me with somebody by phone. Finally he did and after 3 connections I was answered by technical dept, and they promised to send the technician in the nearest 4 days. (N.B. I needed the laundry now, and at purchasing I have even asked for the next day delivery; however it cost $30 and the delivery was performed on 1 day later). I rejected the offer for the visit of technician and went to the store, as it was advised by phone. As far HA manager was not in the store, I have contacted the store manager. She tried to resolve the problem offering me other machines, however they did not fit my requirements.

    Finally I canceled the order and the store was not able to pick up the machines from my house on the next day (in spite of my offer to pay them $30 to do so). After my next visit to the store they finally found the possibility to pick-up the machines from my home asap. It was very unpleasant experience because (1) the installation was not made properly, (2) installation team was rude and unfriendly, (3) I was not able to resolve the problem by phone, (4) I visited the store 2 times after delivery to arrange the pick-up of the canceled order. (N.B. I purchased the better quality washer and dryer with the same price at Abt with the next day delivery, friendly and professional installation people). Never again in Sears!

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    Reviewed April 14, 2017

    I bought a washer and dryer today. I waited until the Sears Mastercard had their 15% off appliances special (which they have every couple of months). I went to buy it with the card, but the 15% off did not show up. I started with chat online, but they said I needed to call. The person I got on the phone not only had a very thick accent, but I could barely hear them. It was a very bad connection. They could not help me, but they would look into it.

    I got a callback from someone else, also with a bad connection. They took 15 minutes telling me the discounts I already got like free shipping. I said, "I know what I got, but that has nothing to do with the 15% off from the credit card." They said there was no 15% off. I actually had to tell her where on the Sears site this information was located, so she could look it up.

    I am waiting for another call or email. I thought Sears was a highly reputable company, but clearly they are not putting much money or training into their customer support service! I guess I have just been lucky that everything I have bought in the past I didn't need to contact Customer Support about. Their products have been good, but now I am hesitant to buy anything major from them because of the abysmal customer service.

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    Reviewed April 14, 2017

    I bought me a lawn mower offline and it was a defective. When I call customer service they told me to return it to Sears. I had my son-in-law return it and they put the money on his card not my credit card that I paid for it on and when I tried to dispute it the manager Darla told me that wasn't her problem and that I can call whoever I want to. Harold the manager refuse to do anything about it and was short with me. I told both managers I was going contact VP they said so. Is it Sears policy to refund money to someone else's credit card that they did not pay for it on. I have information stating the wrongdoing and also the return bar where says refund will be credited back to my credit card not my son-in-law.

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    Reviewed April 14, 2017

    Sears came to fix my washer and they could not. He said to call Samsung but it is Sears is the one I have extended warranty through. I've called back, they won't do anything. I've gone 2 months now without a working washer. Frustrating. Will never buy another thing at Sears. What good is a $259 warranty. It's caused me nothing but stress.

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    Reviewed April 12, 2017

    I ordered a freezer, but when the repairman came out he was able to repair the old one. I cancelled the order the very same day, however over 15 days later I still have not received my refund on my credit card. I was told by Sears that I would receive the credit in 10 days. But after 3 phone calls still no refund. It should not take this long to get a refund.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2017

    Sears Newport News, VA home repair is a debacle. I scheduled service for my refrigerator a week out. I have a home warranty, therefore I will use it. Sears called me within 24 hours to confirm the appointment. Appointment was confirmed. The estimated arrival time was 10-2. At no point was I contacted by Sears, technician, or anyone. I had to contact Sears after my window to get an update of when they would arrive. I was told after my window they had to reschedule.

    This has not been my first bad experience with Sears Home Repair. The company could care less if you had to take a day off work, not get paid, or have food in your refrigerator to feed your family. At no point did they even consider calling to let me know until I contacted them. I would never recommend purchasing a product or having them service a product due to the lack of customer appreciation. From start to finish it was disorganized chaos. I will do whatever I can in my future to take all my business from this retailer.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2017

    Purchased a bed and mattress from Sears - Glendale Ave. - St. Catharines, August 2016. The bed on display that we purchased has 12 drawers, and the mattress was 7". We were delighted that we finally found the bed we wanted with a mattress that we could get into (most on display are WAY too HIGH). We purchased the SAME model and mattress on the floor.

    We received a 12" mattress and asked for it to be exchanged, explaining AGAIN, that we wanted the 7" mattress (on display), not 12". They quickly exchanged the mattress... and delivered a 11" mattress!!! We have had several contacts with the store, but because they have already exchanged it, they refuse to help us (even though this is a STORE ERROR). We did NOT get what we wanted.

    This store has provided many responses, however no action has been given. We are over 60 and I "climb" into my bed each night. It is WAY TOO HIGH!!! DO NOT BUY A MATTRESS FROM SEARS!!! EVEN IF IT'S A STORE ERROR, THEY WILL NOT CORRECT!!! I paid an extra $100.00 for the second mattress, to get the one that I wanted??? RIDICULOUS!!!

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    Reviewed April 11, 2017

    I purchased a Samsung washer in 2010. After moving houses I lost the receipt. I'm dealing with Samsung on a recall issue and they require me to provide a receipt. I've been calling Sears for the last month trying to get a copy of the receipt, they were able to find the transaction but no one seems to be qualified/motivated enough to mail me a copy of the receipt. I have asked if they could email it to me which they promptly negated. Sears claims to have a secure method of communicating with its customers via email which is how we get electronic statements but, per their own words, they don't think is secure. The most frustrating part is that every time I call the rep I'm speaking with blames the previous rep for providing false information. I'm so frustrated that I will NEVER shop at Sears again.

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    Reviewed April 10, 2017

    I ordered a new dishwasher in the store a week and a half ago. I was told I would be called to setup a delivery and install date the next Wednesday. I started getting spam calls from multiple places the following day which just continue. The Friday after I was supposed to get the call to schedule the appointment, I started trying contact Sears about the delivery through the chat online since that's where you check on your order.

    First off, when I checked on the order status it says that delivery has been scheduled. News to me! So I try to get on chat to only get messages for about 4-5 hours saying that the service people are busy and to try again later. Finally I manage to get into a queue where I'm number 2 for over an hour and get kicked off. I get back in and I'm number 1 in queue... for an hour and a half until they close for the day! There is no way, even with a single person working the chat, that it takes an hour and a half to help a single person. I had to stay up all night to be able to try again first thing when they opened Saturday morning.

    I finally got someone only to find out that they don't deal with store orders and can't even pull up any information about my order even though I was looking at it right then... but they couldn't even access what I was looking at online. So they give me a phone number to call because they don't deal with anything with the stores. So I call the number after getting some sleep and waiting until they opened... get a partial recording with no prompts, then a ring, then nothing. Try again later to get the same thing. Figure they're having problems so I wait until today (Monday) when they're open again.

    I call, get the same partial recording, then Charlie Brown's teacher comes up really faint in the background and otherwise no one answers. I try again after a few minutes. Different recording saying that my number is not in the system with any kind of order and then I get another teacher of Charlie Brown. I tried 5 more times before giving up for the day, getting the same results all the time.

    It should not be this difficult to get a purchase delivered! If it were up to me I'd cancel the order and shop elsewhere because Sears clearly does not care and does not want to be in business. My last encounter wasn't much better. I had paid for a new die hard battery in my truck and I went and ran errands with family then went back when they called to say it was done, only to get home later to realize they never gave me a receipt AND never installed a new battery. So I was out the money for the battery, had no way to prove anything and still had the old battery that's been on its last legs. If Sears wants to save itself they need to actually care about the customers, hold to their obligations and have some actual customer service that accomplishes something. I don't think I'm ever going to be able to get my dishwasher and I'm afraid that the install won't be right either IF it ever arrives.

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    Reviewed April 8, 2017

    I recently purchased a refrigerator online. After speaking with a customer service rep to add a haul away fee to haul away my old refrigerator and to request a weekend delivery since the window SEARS gives you is pretty much all day... 3 weeks go by and I'm checking on my delivery since the date the rep gave me is getting close. Turns out the rep I spoke to typed in my email wrong (reason why I couldn't locate my purchase) and didn't add the haul away fee, and now the truck is full and there is no guarantee my old refrigerator will be hauled away... I was on the phone for almost one hour, transferred twice, was hung up by one of the reps, but they said it was a lost connection.

    I'm so done with companies and bad customer service, I honestly will pay more for customer service. So after speaking to the customer service rep where I lose connection, I called back and spoke to the 4th rep to have my order cancelled and the reason why I'm cancelling. Rep I could tell was young and no customer service experience in my mind. He was not trying to see how he could change my mind and to keep my as a customer but right to I will TRY to see if I can cancel the order, TRY??? That just added more fuel to the fire and at that point I'm done with Sears. I’ve been a Sears Customer forever and I was sad to hear the company closing stores… but I understand why if these things happen.

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    Reviewed April 7, 2017

    I am not satisfied with the service I received from Sears. I remodeled my kitchen with great expense! I also bought Sears appliances for my kitchen! My wife accidentally broke the fridge glass when she removed it for cleaning! On the first two deliveries the glass was shattered into a thousand pieces. I was told I would get a new glass shipped for the third time. My complaint is if their shipping dept. can't seem to pack glass for shipping on the first two tries, what makes them think a third order will get here! I've asked them for a repair center I could drive to and pick up the glass I need. As long as it's not half a world away, I'll drive to get it!

    I get the impression that Sears is saying I'm to blame for the problem. On the first order, I did not even touch the box. The UPS man was standing on my front porch shaking the box. It sounded like a mariachi! Now the Sears team has to contact me so I can give them more info! Here's some info. Teach your people how to pack properly! I used to swear by Sears with their Craftsman line, But I have noticed a sharp decline in this product line, And I'm afraid it's spreading to your appliances also! I'm not going to buy Sears products anymore. The quality is just not there! What comes next, do you close your stores!

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    Reviewed April 6, 2017

    I was so disappointed when I received the Bosch dryer I ordered 3 weeks ago from Sears. It came with a 4 pronged cord which CANNOT be changed. When I called Customer Service the only options I was given were: get an electrician and replace your 3 pronged outlet (at my own cost of course), exchange for another dryer. (It took me days and days to do the research and opt for this particular dryer - so exchanging it for another one forces me to start all over.) Customers should be warned by sales associates when a cord only comes in one format and does not allow for substitution, shouldn't they? That's my last purchase at Sears.

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    Reviewed April 5, 2017

    Most places have a 90 day return policy. When purchasing an item the clerk did not mention how Sears no longer will give a refund or even allow a customer to return an item for a different size after 30 days. I received a gift. I tried to return for a different size. I was told Sears cannot do that because it was past 30 days. The item was never worn. It did not fit. From the time the item was purchased till the time I received the item to try on it was past 30 days. Sears got some money to keep themselves from going under. I have an item I can't use. Thanks Sears. I will remember this the next time I might be thinking of shopping for something from you.

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    Reviewed April 4, 2017

    We called Sears Service nearest to Harpers Ferry, WV, and had a terrible experience. The repairman charged $90 for a half hour session where he told us he couldn't fix the indication light for the lint trap on the dryer without spending $550 on repairing the electronics inside. What's more, he blocked myself in when asked nicely to move because I needed to get my young daughter to story time, and when forced to move after being talked sternly to, blocked the neighbor's car in when asked to move.

    This is an incredibly low level of service; extremely rude, reeking of smoke, and not at all helpful. I recommend avoiding Sears Service if at all possible - apparently the people they contract out to are of the lowest quality possible to save a buck. Oh, did I mention this work was done for my nearly 90-year old grandmother? Great job taking advantage of the elderly, Sears.

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    Reviewed April 3, 2017

    Sears warranty is the worse scam ever. The initial repair was wonderful, thereafter; you go through hell to get a technician to your home. The customer service reps need to be retrained, as they are rude. I called in November 2016 to cancel my account, and it was never cancelled. I ended up calling several times thereafter, till I finally had it cancelled in April 3, 2017. I spent more money into the plan than I got worth of repairs. I could've bought myself a new refrigerator. I'm very saddened that such a well known company that has been around forever can stoop so low into scamming people.

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    Reviewed March 31, 2017

    Buying this home warranty was one of the worst decisions I've ever made. It was sold to me as a one time purchase, but they charged me monthly, wanted me to pay multiple deductibles for the same types of services (plumbing) and charged me fees and interest to cancel. It was a horrible experience.

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    Reviewed March 31, 2017

    After the 1 year nightmare that was "Sears home warranty", it was finally able to get out of the one year contract! I called customer service and was transferred to 3 different operators... I was on hold a total of 1 hour and 53 minutes... I am not exaggerating at all. The only reason the clock stopped then, is because I refused to be transferred again. I am now waiting 24 - 48 hours ("Business hours" is what they said. I wonder how many days 48 business hours is?) for a supervisor to call me back.

    We had the privilege of paying the $65 service fee 6 times to fix a refrigerator seal. Then finally a serviceman said, "The only way to fix this, because of the damage caused by prior servicemen, is to order a whole new door. This is an old door though, if we can't get another door Sears will have to replace the fridge." Sears' response: "The seal is not covered under your policy". They didn't say that the first six times repairmen were sent out to fix it, but now we were completely cut off.

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    Reviewed March 30, 2017

    After purchasing a Hot water Tank and paying for it to be installed the next day which the total was 880 dollars it was 4 days before it was put in, and when it was delivered to my house the casing the tank sat in was damaged. The manager of the store said he would give me a discount for both mistakes but when my bill came guess what. No discount. When I got in touch with Sears they started wanting all kinds of documents faxed to them. This was my first experience with Sears and will be my last. I had them cancel a new Sears credit card I had just opened and opened up a account with Home Depot. I would suggest everyone do the same.

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    Reviewed March 29, 2017

    We are furiously waiting in hold for over an hour for assistance. My wife and I purchased a top of the line Frigidaire range from Sears 16 years ago. We purchased a warranty for the product and recently renewed the contract as the range is for our rental property. Unfortunately, the range burners stopped working and the oven door locked and would not open. We called for service and the technician sent out the motherboard for repair. It returned and was reinstalled only to find that the problem was not fixed. The process has taken over a month.

    At this point our tenant is taking the cost of meals out of the rent. We ask Sears to replace the range only to find they have to attempt to fix it 3 times before they will replace. We are very disappointed. At this point we could have bought a new appliance. We have spent over $2,200 on a warranty for this appliance. Our advice to all consumers. Do not buy from Sears and if you do, do not buy a warranty plan. They are a terrible company. They do not stand behind their products and their customer service is deplorable. By the way, we are still on hold with customer service. 1 hour and 15 minutes to be exact.

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    Reviewed March 27, 2017

    Hello. So this will be the fourth time I am having to either call or email Sears customer service in regards to my order # **. This is absolutely ridiculous. That as a customer I am having to have to contact the company so many times to find out where the item is that I purchased, especially since you have already taken my money.

    I have been told now three times that my order was going to be delivered on three separate times. First was March 8 which is the date that I was ABLE to pick when originally purchasing the item, then after not hearing from anyone to let me know that my item haven't even shipped I get a call two days later to say that my item has shipped and will be delivered March 15. Your online system did not inform me of anything further. Once again, March 15 came and went with no delivery not getting a call the evening prior which I was informed I would also get to inform of a scheduled time of my delivery.

    I contacted Sears now by email to inquire as I was put on hold for 20 minutes when attempting to call customer service. I get an email back within two days to say that the item was no received in time and would not be delivered March 27. It is now almost 5 o'clock on March 27, 2017 and I still don't have the item I paid for. On all occasions I have either had someone come to my house and wait for the delivery because I was never told it WASN'T coming and now today I ended up staying home.

    I will never order online or attend a Sears store for the rest of my life after this horrible experience of service. I could have ordered from another store, the same item and had the item a few days after I made the purchase. Not to mention I have also been charged a $75 delivery fee. For what? I have always been a avid shopper of Sears, but this experience has upset me so much that I will be sure to not step foot in another Sears store. I don't think I have ever been treated with such bad respect or provided such bad customer service. I am wanting a full refund of the FULL price paid for the item I ordered. There is no point attempting to delivery it now or saying that it is going to happen. I want a full refund of the item I purchased, the delivery fee which should be a given since the item was never delivered. Absolutely the worst service!!!

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    Reviewed March 27, 2017

    My Kenmore water heater stopped working after just 7 years. I called to make a service appointment and was told that they couldn't come to the house for 2 weeks. I then called a local plumber who discovered that the tank was leaking. Even though the tank had a 12 year warranty, I decided that I didn't want to wait for Sears to send someone and then wait for them to replace the tank. Instead I purchased a commercial A.O. Smith water heater that had better ratings and was less costly than the Kenmore. The plumber also showed me where shortcuts were taken on the previous installation. I will never buy another Sears product.

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    Reviewed March 26, 2017

    Sears got me to sign up for their whole home warranty by making it sound so good. The companies they use for service once they find out the service is thru Sears whole home warranty they do not take the job seriously. Companies that great reviews do NOT do the same quality service for Sears warranty plan clients. Also, if anything does need to be replaced in the home, ex. AC central air unit, you will expect to pay at least the cost of the unit. Plus, I had to get my lawyer to talk to company that handles the insurance for Sears. They refused my claim. I was without AC the whole hot summer then finally after my lawyer got involved it was finally replaced at the end of August and I paid over $1500. So what is the $64.99 (NJ people pay tax so its a little more) you pay for nothing.

    When a company came out to do my annual service for my furnace, they just looked at it and said it was fine and left. I am new to being a home owner so I didn't know. I am finding out along the way. Do NOT bother with the Sears Whole Home Warranty plan or ANY plan they offer. You would be better off putting the money you pay for the plan into an account for home repairs.

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    Reviewed March 25, 2017

    Almost 4 months of deep headache, this is the worst experience. Bought a sofa on Jan/2017 and since then they have been reschedule a delivery date and always with a excuse. Escalation team call (Yvette) trying to clean the bad experience and leaving the direct phone number, no response afterwards. Just a shame!!! Sears you should find real CEO that can make this business run properly. Last advice, don't ever buy at Sears.

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    Reviewed March 25, 2017

    I ordered and paid for a refrigerator. I was told delivery would be between 4-6 today. I waited out front of the building. We called 3 times wondering if they were going to come. Each time the customer service representative told us the driver would call 30 minutes before arrival. No phone call. No delivery. We called again at 7 pm, still waiting out front and I was told the drivers came and left because nobody was home and nobody answered the phone, so the delivery drivers went home. All lies, no phone call, no truck pulled up. What a joke. No wonder they are closing 150 stores. I cancelled my order. I'll buy somewhere else. I suggest you do as well.

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    Reviewed March 23, 2017

    We returned from vacation on February 18th, while we were gone our refrigerator quit working. On the 19th I started calling to get repair done. On the 21st the repair man came, a part had to be ordered. He would return on March 7th for repair. He came, put in new compressor, left and refrigerator still does not work. On March 14th repairman came back, work on refrigerator and it still does not work. He will be back on the 28th. So far 30+ days without a refrigerator.

    All of this has been very maddening but not nearly as bad as all the uncaring, disrespectful people I have talked to on the phone taking care of this repair. I have called every number I can find spending two to three hours at a time on the phone. I have been hung up on by half of the people I've called and all but two of the rest have acted like they didn't care. I even had two people tell me it wasn't their problem.

    We have always used Sears and bought the Kenmore elite thinking it would be the best. The first one we got home never did work and it took a month to get it replaced. We purchased the Master Protection Agreement and would like some satisfaction or all our money back and we will find somewhere that cares about their customers.

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    Reviewed March 23, 2017

    CHEATING!! CHEATING!! CHEATING!! On 3/13/2017, I ordered Sears duct cleaning online and a professional came to my house. He said he has to count the ducts and review and made my bill from $400 to $7500 (approx). When I said I'm not ready for that he cut down to $1154 (approx). I signed the credit card authorization. Later within minutes decided not to get the work done and asked to do dryer vent cleaning for $189 + 15 service charges. He accepted and created another invoice and made me sign. I asked him to cancel the first one. He said I would get a call in 10 min with credit card cancellation confirmation number.

    He didn't give canceled invoice or the invoice for the dryer vent cleaning. I realized it after they left. I immediately called the number 703-339-5888 and informed. The customer service people said, they contacted the dispatcher and he would come to give me the invoices. Nobody ever came and gave me the invoice. My credit card was charged two times for a total of $1354 (approx). I have been calling Sears quality control (703-687-1872) and Customer service at (703-339-5888) for last one week multiple times a day. So far my issue is not resolved.

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    Reviewed March 23, 2017

    If I could give less than 1 star I would. Today I had an appointment to get my washing machine repaired. The appointment window was from 8am to noon. I arranged my work schedule to accommodate. After 6 reminder phone calls and emails about when my appointment window was, I look today on their real time tracking and my window has been moved to noon to 2pm, with no phone call letting me know this.

    This is the 2nd time the repair technician is coming out to look at the same problem - which obviously wasn't fixed the first time. So after talking to their customer representative about my choices. We're to take more time off work and wait today or wait 2 weeks for the next appointment they could give me. I will never buy anything from Sears again. I will call my local repair shops and see what brands they service, then buy that brand. Only buy Sears appliances if you want to wait a month for repairs and have them have to make multiple trips out to make the repair.

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    Reviewed March 22, 2017

    Called Sears Service to fix my leaking water heater. They sent out an amateur from A&E. I thought I was getting Sears Service. I guess there is no longer a Sears Service (they didn't tell me that). He wanted almost $400 for gaskets! More than a new dishwasher. They knew that ahead of time and didn't tell me that either. They just wanted the service fee $59.00. If you just want to throw away $59 like I just did, call Sears Service. Better to save your money and go elsewhere.

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    Reviewed March 22, 2017

    My dad was sold the insurance policy where the salesperson assured them all appliances were covered. In having the AC unit fixed, the claim was denied due to pre-existing conditions. Any salesperson should have the knowledge to inform buyers of the key points, especially if you're selling a policy to an elderly. I tried reasoning with Sears, as I truly believe they mislead my dad, but I was faced with poor customer service.

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    Reviewed March 20, 2017

    If you buy electrical appliances from Sears you might be at the mercy of the poor service of the Sears Repair Services. I bought a washing machine from them less than a year ago and have been trying unsuccessfully to have their technician repair it. I have been waiting 8 weeks for my machine to be repaired. Twice during this time the Sears technician did not show up to do the repair, nor did he call to make alternative arrangements. It is also impossible to call him because he does not answer his phone. You cannot leave a message for him to call you back because his mailbox is full (and has been full the entire 8 weeks). 8 Weeks later and my washing machine is still not repaired.

    What is worse is that after the technician did not turn up - I have to start from scratch by making an appointment for a service all over again and wait a week and a half before the technician is supposed to arrive - if he arrives at all! Well, after today... I'm ready never ever to do business with Middle GA Sales & Service nor with Sears who makes use of them to do the repair work. Stay away from them and Sears - and Sears Master Service Plan as well!

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    Reviewed March 20, 2017

    I went into Sears with my daughter into Braintree store and wait for 2 hours and my daughter and I open up a credit card shop around. Customer service really was awful couldn't find anyone to help us. Tried to find someone to Help us and every time asked someone to help they turn around and walk away. That is bad. No one knows what they are doing. I will never walk into that store again. Couldn't buy anything. Store sucks.

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    Reviewed March 20, 2017

    I would rate this company Zero stars if I could! My AC does not work and I called them on Saturday. I was told that they would have a technician call me within 24 hours to schedule and appointment to service it. Keep in mind that this is their product and is under their warranty. Every year I have to call them to repair the system, ie, failed circuit boards, etc. This is the third such repair issue in less than a year. They were here last August for a repair.

    I contacted the company again today as I had not heard anything from a technician to schedule an appointment, and I was told that they have no techs in the area, and they are "trying to find someone to do the work, and it may be at least a week or more to find someone", that if I try to find a HVAC tech on my own to repair the system, that I void the warranty. So, I have something under warranty that I can't their own people here to fix, and if I find someone to fix the issue and pay out of pocket, no warranty. This is totally unacceptable!! I will NEVER use SEARS for anything EVER again!

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    Reviewed March 20, 2017

    I have a Sears home warranty (SHW) covering my appliances. When I was first sold on it I specifically asked if this covered existing appliances since I bought a home with existing appliances. They said yes they are covered and if they couldn't repair it they would replace it with a new, comparable unit. They never sent me my service contract. My refrigerator went out 4 weeks ago. The freezer was working but the refrigerator part wasn't. The first tech they sent out spent all of 2 minutes there, didn't check anything and said he couldn't fix it. The second one that came out spent a considerable amount of time on it. After they were done the freezer stopped working.

    Then SHW sent out a 3rd company. They looked it over and suggested a few things to replace and said they'd be in touch. The following day SHW called and said they'd be replacing my fridge. They then offered to replace my unit with a $1000 unit that does not come close to fitting in the dimensions that I had given them. A comparable unit would be at least $6000. They have been giving me conflicting talking points and have flat out lied. I've been hung up on 3 times. I spoke to the 3rd tech and he said that he tried to give them the diagnosis and SHW told him that it wasn't necessary. SHW then told me that due to the 3 reports from the different service companies they couldn't do anything further. I have yet to read a positive review for this company. It seems like their methodology is to frustrate the customer to the point where they just give up. The only was that these companies learn is unfortunately through the courts.

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    Reviewed March 20, 2017

    I ordered a gas range online with Sears. The online process was smooth. I selected the installation kit for 27.99, delivery and basic hook up for 69.99, and no additional warranty. Everything seemed fine in the receipt and confirmation email. The delivery was to arrive a week later. On delivery day, I received a call saying the gas range will arrive at my house with no basic hook up. The haul away only exists when the stove is unplugged and unattached to the gas line. This is shocking considering I paid 25.00 for haul away. Where was this detail online? When I questioned installation, the men said, "That is between you and Sears." My previous bad experiences with my refrigerator from Home Depot made me tell the deliverymen, "I don't want the gas range." They passed my house. I stopped a possible nightmare in delivery, but my customer service experience was no better.

    The customer service department tried to help, but the outcome I received didn't solve the problem. Through endless runarounds calling and chatting with various customer service departments, I found out that installation is separate from delivery. The 69.99 was for delivery ONLY. I called the installation department at Sears to find out the price of installation. Installation is $129.99 EXTRA plus parts. If the parts needed to install the gas range doesn't come with the installation kit, I would have to pay ADDITIONAL MONEY for those parts ON TOP OF INSTALLATION. I already paid 500.00 to purchase the gas range and I have to pay extra? The whole experience was depressing. I feel deceived because this fine print is unavailable online. I ended up canceling my order from Sears. In closing, this speaks volumes about the kind of store Sears is.

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    Reviewed March 20, 2017

    It has been over a year that I've been calling for services for my washer. They have came out a few times and yet still I am having the same issue. I was aware that if a tech comes out for the first I am suppose to pay a $60 fee, and if they have to come out for the same issue there is no service fee. Today I had to call to schedule a service for the same product and now I was told that after 90 days then I have to pay a $60 fee, which I wasn't aware of from the beginning of me signing up. I am very dissatisfied with their service. Customer service is the worst.

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    Reviewed March 18, 2017

    On 3-12-17 I ordered 5 sets of dishes each on sale for 62.99 x5. When my order came through and I got an email receipt it said I was charged 69.99. I called Sears and said it's on sale for 62$. She said "that's what you were charged". I argued for an hour explaining that I got charged 69$ each. It says it on my receipt... she couldn't help. I went and talked to another rep. He found the mistake and fixed it for 62$ each. My total for these dishes was 319$. I found the same thing on Kohl's for total of 260$ With tax included! Plus 40$ Kohl's cash! I called and cancelled my order at Sears right away the same day. 2 hours after I made the order.

    Called a couple days later to see why my money isn't back in the account. They said I have to wait till the 20th and come to the store and cancel when the product comes in because it's in transit! I said no. The product should never been sent out. It was sent out Monday!!! I cancelled Sunday! I don't have to go visit this product. I don't have time for this. So they said they would fix it. And I will get my money back by Friday. So I called a couple days later to check. Nobody cancelled my order! So it was "cancelled" again. And I received an email it was cancelled AND I would have to go to The store after this product comes in to cancel.

    Called again and I requested to get my money back... I was told I would get it by Friday. Then told I will receive an email about request to get my money back before this order even arrives. I'll get an email? I did not! This is speaking to corporate Monica **. She promised that I will get this email. I never did. Called again! And was told my best option is to wait till product arrives to the store and then it would take 3-5 days after that to REQUEST my money back!!! So 2 weeks after I cancel a purchase I might get my money back?!! I will never ever go to Sears in my life!!! Worst company ever!!! Corporate is same idiots as the representatives! They say things and nothing gets done!

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    Reviewed March 16, 2017

    My husband and I were in the process of buying a new house. We decided to get our fridge, washer, & dryer from Sears because they had layaway and our house wasn't going to be built for another 2 months. We finally moved in and paid the layaway off. We had a date set and the day before we got the call saying our delivery would be between 4:30-6:30. We waited and the time came and passed. Finally, at 7:30, delivery showed up with only the hookups for the washer and dryer. We asked if there was more in the truck to which they laughed and said no and left. We called customer service who was of no help. They told us that the order was cancelled then when we asked for a manager they told us that the order was delayed. We then ended up going to the actual store and they called and emailed. They found out the following day that the whole order was deleted from their system.

    Being upset and in a new house with no fridge, washer, and dryer for a week was taking a toll on us. They then said they would reorder the items and set up a new delivery. The original delivery was suppose to be on a Friday and the earliest they could set it up was the following Tuesday. We decided that since we got them on sale we would wait for Tuesday. I got the call the night before saying my window was from 12-2. I took a long lunch from work and sat at home and waited and waited and waited. Finally, at 3pm I had given up. I called customer service again and said this is the second time and my items aren't here. They once again said the order was delayed. I then called the store again saying my items aren't here again for the second time. I stopped by the store and asked again "Where are my items? This is the second time."

    They then called and emailed again and said they items were on a truck that never arrived and someone should have called me to cancel. They apologized for that and said they would set up a new delivery. I did not want to trust them again with another delivery because I have been waiting. They set up a new delivery for Friday and said they would take money off once the items were delivered. The items were finally delivered a week later than they were supposed to with 2 other failed attempts.

    The people who installed the items did not want to be there because they placed our items in the house and didn't install anything with care. We ended up moving the dryer and saw they just shoved the vent tube into the wall splitting the tube down the middle. I also never got any money back from Sears. After the biggest headache of my life, I will never show at Sears again if I want home delivery. The system is so disconnected that information gets lost in the process.

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    Reviewed March 16, 2017

    I bought a 50 gallon water heater from Sears, I'm thrilled that I bought the full warranty. It was installed by plumber, worked for year & couple month. Then Sears had to put in thermopile, then it started putting itself out. Had Sears come again in Nov. But they couldn't find anything wrong with it. It kept going out. In March 14,'17 they came again. Nothing wrong, it did it again on 3-15-17. AGAIN NOTHING WRONG!! So once again called Sears, after 1 & 1/2 on the phone after the serviceman refused to come back, they ordered everything that could be replaced. So it's Thursday so maybe I will have water heater in a week or so. Very soon I will have the money to get a tankless heater. Then I'm going to take this PIECE OF ** to the local store & give it back to them.

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    Reviewed March 16, 2017

    I purchased a washer and dryer from Kenmore, thinking that they would at least be the same height. When I wanted to exchange the dryer I got transferred to customers services that did not speak clearly. Very hard to understand. They wanted me to give them my credit card, for the difference but could not give me an online receipt which I thought was strange. I then purchased a prepaid credit card which they claim they cannot accept. I was transferred to 5 customer service, they all didn't speak clear. At the end, I just decided to keep the stupid dryer. And Sears will never see me again in their store...

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    Reviewed March 15, 2017

    The first time I called Sears today to ask about the cost of shutters as between their products I was transferred, told I had been transferred to the wrong department, by the person who then picked up the phone and then told I would be transferred on further and then I was hung up on without further contact from Sears. I directly called back and got Serge in Montreal, the same person who transferred me incorrectly. He was going to direct me back to exactly the people who had just hung up on me. I told him that I just wanted to ask the shutter people about a pricing q. He said that I could not be in contact with the shutter people directly, unless I provided a home address. I said, "you don't need to know that as I just gave you my name and my contact phone number and the subject of my call." He said that I was not allowed to talk to his manager and that he could not pass along my message to the shutter people.

    I did remind him that this was all on tape as promised by Sears when I called in. So there it is Sears, you are broken. Your customer service has an overall rating of 1. Given that I obtained exactly zero service I would give you a negative number review. If that was possible. Honestly, get your act together. I am finishing this review and am calling your competition. You know, people who will talk to me on the phone and have a clue about customer service.

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    Reviewed March 14, 2017

    I only gave one star because there was no way to give less. We have been waiting a month to get repair tech to repair leaking washer and dryer that won't heat. Now I am told I have to wait another two weeks for services. No wonder Sears is failing. DO NOT BUY APPLIANCES FROM SEARS unless you want to do without service.

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    After a positive interaction with Sears, Graham increased their star rating on April 23, 2017.

    Updated review: April 23, 2017

    Excellent response from Sears. Very pleased. And the repair we asked for was done in a professional and timely manner. Thanks.

    Original Review: March 14, 2017

    So tax time and I look over the air conditioning system we had installed a year ago. The system was $10,600 and that includes service and parts for 5 years. We have been paying this off on a monthly basis and the interest on the Citi Sears card they issued is about 14%. My wife was led to believe this would be interest-free for a set period but it certainly does not seem that way.

    When I ask them for a copy of the contract they say that it is online and sent us a password to access it. The password gives us access to the cost of the unit. And details about the specifications etc. I am under the impression that the guy who came with his speech that went on forever was not forthright in all the details relating to the sale. I have tried to contact the various individuals like the District Production Manager Todd **. Sales Managers Charles ** and Al ** and the District General Manager Ronnie **.

    For some strange reason they all share the same phone number which is just the number you would call Sears for any kind of inquiry. This is very annoying. Terrible service and by the way when the sales guy came out to give his tedious pitch he went into my loft and put his foot through the ceiling. And when the guy came to install the a/c he put his foot through the ceiling. I think if you want an air conditioning system and you contact these characters you really do need your head examined.

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    Reviewed March 14, 2017

    Purchased an elliptical on the Feb. 16th was to be delivered on the 24th. Took the day off work to receive, no one showed up. Sears calls again on the following Tuesday to say "your order will be out this Friday." So my wife took a day off to receive but nobody showed up. Call Sears.ca to ask for some sort of compensation, no commitment was provided and one month later still no delivery and Sears is asking me if I received my elliptical yet, because they have no idea where my shipment is. Long and short of it is my family took two days off work to be home when Sears.ca said they were coming, they did not deliver and we are out $400. I'll not shop at Sears for a very long time and even longer until I try their online department again. Brutal service and I spoke with 5 or more employees/managers over a period of 27 days, and no elliptical.

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    Reviewed March 14, 2017

    I cancelled an order. I was told it was cancelled and not to worry. When I asked for a verification number I was told an email would be sent to me with all info. I never got email and now I see the order was processed and could not speak with anyone. I will never deal with Sears again if they do not make this right. This is so aggravating.

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    Reviewed March 13, 2017

    I have spoken with the customer service people multiple times. They tell me the technicians will help me, and, I am under the 90 day warranty. I have a recall on my machine. The first technician came out and put the wrong part in my machine. He was outrageously disrespectful to me. Of course, he refused to wait to see if the machine worked because he knew it was the wrong part. Then, I rescheduled to have the correct work done.

    Today, the technician called me and yelled at me, demanding proof of the recall and insisted that I would have to pay for service, even though 4 people in customer service told me I would not be charged for parts or labor today. Roger should be fired. The technicians come out and they are belligerent and disrespectful to me, refusing to do the repair work, not showing up, cancelling the appointment without my permission. How many technicians am I supposed to go thru before I get my washing machine fixed? Why is Sears putting up with these belligerent technicians abusing their customers?

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    Reviewed March 13, 2017

    I have had a Sears maintenance contract for 10 years paying $600 per year for my appliance. I had an issue with an electric Dryer. I called Sears in January to have it fixed. It took them until March 9, 2017 before they discovered the issue. It took 3 appointments. In the time being I had to rent a dryer at my personal experience and paid over $200 in laundromat expenses. I was so displease with their service that I'm cancelling my contract.

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    Reviewed March 13, 2017

    I live in a small town in North Carolina. It took me 3 weeks to get an appointment to repair my washing machine. Half an hour after they were due, they called to cancel and then so graciously rescheduled me more than 2 weeks from today. It shouldn't take 5 weeks to get a technician to you. At 61 I think I learned another valuable lesson. SHOP LOCAL.

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    Reviewed March 13, 2017

    It's been a frustrating three months. The first dishwasher was broken, the second one leaks! Every call into Sears is a maddening experience, and now total they have been to my home four times. Now they say they can't refund my money as it's taken too long, even though scheduling each installation or repair visit takes a couple weeks, and they didn't show up one time on the scheduled date. Please, please take my advice and don't use Sears for anything. I know they are close to going out of business, which is another reason not to use them for anything.

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    Reviewed March 11, 2017

    We noticed our 2 1/2 year old Kenmore Elite refrigerator was not cooling and called for a repair on February 28th. Sears sent out a technician that same day because they said our repair was an "emergency". The technician said it was the compressor and said he would need to order a new one. The next available time for Sears to send someone to install it would be Friday, March 10!!! Seriously?!? The part was delivered on Monday, March 6th! March 10th rolled around and the service technician shows up around 1 pm and come to find out he didn't have any gas for his welder to install the new compressor! Really?!? One would have thought if you're going to be welding a compressor you'd need to check to make sure you had gas before you showed up at the customer's house.

    The technician left to get gas for his welder and almost two hours later he was back to repair our fridge. While he was working on the fridge he told us the model we have is a piece of crap and would could expect more problems in the future!!! OMG!!! After 2 hours of installing the new compressor he left around 6 pm. It has been 12 hrs and our fridge is still not cooling! I called the home repair line earlier today where they told me this was consider another "emergency" but it would be March 21st before someone would be able to come out to look at the fridge!!! Are you kidding me!?! We are going on day 11 with no fridge and looking at another 10 for them to just come look at it! We have several people in our town that work on small appliances but they can't touch it because it's a Sears product!!! I'm at my wits end with Sears! I will never purchase another appliance from them. Their customer service is terrible!

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    Reviewed March 11, 2017

    Was given a time the tech would arrive between 1:00-5:00 pm. After tech did not show at 5:00, I called Sears and was told he was running late and the new window was 5:00-700 pm. Still no tech then, call again and told I have been rescheduled in 14 days for the "service" call. Never received a call from Sears about delay let alone the ridiculous 2 week wait for repair. Cannot imagine how this company stays in business. This is in the top five of all time worst business dealings ever. There will never be anything Sears in this house again.

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    Reviewed March 10, 2017

    I bought a refrigerator 5 months ago and they never gave me a manual. Now the refrigerator is saying I need to change the air and water filter. I called the store but after trying for 3 hours and never getting a person, I asked for management. Never got them either. So I called customer service. They told me, "The air filter was in the back of the refrigerator." I should pull out the huge thing and replace the filter. I said, "I couldn't do that" so they made an appointment.

    When no one came, I called customer service again. They told me I had no appointment. I could replace the filters myself. They were inside the refrigerator. But since I don't have a manual, I don't know how to do this. I am a 75-year-old widow. I have always bought Sears appliances. I just hope I live long enough to need something else, so I cannot buy a Sears product. Sears is not the company they used to be. It is sad to see a company go downhill. I'm sure the product is good, but if the customer service is bad, it's no good to me.

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    Reviewed March 8, 2017

    After 2 horrible experiences will never use them again. Called a week ago to schedule repair for my dishwasher. Had to wait a full week for the first appointment. Had a window of 1-5 p.m. Technician called at 2:30 to say he would not be able to make it today because he had too many other appointments. He could not reschedule and told me to call main scheduling number. Rather than correct their mistake by offering to send someone out first thing in the morning, the best they could do was offer me their next available appointment, which was over a week away. The best they would do is offer to send someone sooner if there was a cancellation. Told them to forget. Called local repair shop instead and they are sending someone tomorrow. The last time I called Sears the technician just never showed up. Gave them a second chance this time, but never again.

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    After a positive interaction with Sears, Melba increased their star rating on March 20, 2017.

    Updated review: March 20, 2017

    Last Wednesday March 8, 2017, when I wrote about the ongoing repairs of our refrigerator. Sears benefits department was contacted and they submitted request about replacement of our refrigerator. The water dispenser had stopped working in November 2016 and the ice maker stopped working on March 3, 2017. Had various parts replaced but still didn't work. Even on March 9, 2017, it started leaking water. Called again to see if technician was still since he was scheduled to return on the 9th. They informed me that I had been approved for replacement but they didn't know amount of value. Later on the 9th, did get email and automated phone call. Yesterday we picked a new refrigerator and will be delivered tomorrow. Sears will be removing old and installing new refrigerator. Thank you Sears. Grateful this experience is over.

    Original Review: March 8, 2017

    Water dispenser stopped working late November 2016, called for repair appointment. First available appointment December 16, 2016. Technician stated he would order new pump for door. Returned January 3, 2017 unfortunately it was the wrong pump. Technician reordered door pump and returned January 13, 2017. New pump installed in door but unfortunately water dispenser did not work. Technician then ordered pump for rear of refrigerator. Returned and replaced rear pump on January 25, 2017 and again water dispenser did not work. Technician stated perhaps water line from faucet blocked, my response "why is ice maker still making ice?"

    Senior tech came and stated that we needed to change water line and see if that works. We changed water line from faucet to refrigerator. Water dispenser still did not work. We have called, we have chatted online about our ongoing frustration. They have claimed that they would send gift cards to compensate for all the cases of water we've had to purchased even plus a filtered water pitcher. Never received any thing; have also requested several times copy of service agreement. Each time I've called I have requested copy email and hard copy mailed.

    Technician returned on February 15, 2017, stated he would order computer board for refrigerator. Technician returned February 27, 2017 but claimed board shipped was no good. Technician stated he would order new board and scheduled to return on March 9, 2017. Last week we received another pump for rear of refrigerator and no board. Plus now our ice maker no longer working as well. Called Sears repair to report ice maker not working and that no board shipped only a 2nd pump for rear of refrigerator. The representative verified no board was order only pump. Have called everyday since Monday and the representatives state the parts department would contact us within 24-48 hrs.

    72 hours later I called again Sears repair and again they messaged the parts department. Asked to be transferred again to benefits department to request copy again of service agreement. Told representative also no gift card "whatever they promised" has been received. Benefits representative I spoke with today March 8, 2017, finally was able to provide email of service agreement. This representative stated he would submit a request for replacement of refrigerator.

    We purchased refrigerator new online December 2014, with service agreement for 3 years. I've been more than patient but even during these past 4 months; had solicitations of renewal of my service agreement. I told representative that I have grave reservations of renewing the service contract. Now I have to wait to see if they'll approve a replacement. Giving them until this Friday to let me know about replacement of the refrigerator.

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    Reviewed March 7, 2017

    I called and spoke with a representative and explained that I am in Iraq and would like to return a pair of work boots that are causing a rash to my legs but won't be able to meet the deadline because of my location and would be returning on leave in May of 2017. He told me to hold on and he was gong to speak with a manager. I held on for 8 minutes and the call hung up on me. This is not the description of customer service.

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    Reviewed March 7, 2017

    I purchased a Samsung refrigerator and the ice maker freezes up and it isn't under warranty so I called Sears. The initial tech that came out attempted to repair and I was not charged anything since there was a manufacturer bulletin for this situation. However the freezing issue continued. I called Sears back and was told that since I was calling within the 90 day warranty period that they would send out another tech at no charge. Eventually, another tech was sent out who immediately disputed that the work should be done under warranty. He went out to his van and came back in telling me that it would be $279 to repair. I immediately declined because I didn't have confidence that my spending $279 would actually resolve the issue.

    To this day, I have not been presented with any documentation stating that I agreed to pay any monies for anything yet I have now received 2 harassment letters demanding that I pay $279. I have formally disputed their claim in writing as instructed yet the harassment continues. After this experience, I will never call Sears for any type of in home repair and I have no intention of paying their claim because I was never told that I owed any money when the tech was onsite until I received the 1st letter. No phone call for a discussion to occur just a form letter that contained no paperwork with my signature indicating I agreed to pay, only demanding payment. I will never do business with Sears again as they are trying to bully me into paying something that I don't owe. They are acting as the judge, jury and executioner.

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    Reviewed March 7, 2017

    Call Sears to check out my range because it was not working. They came out, could not tell me what the problem was. They was not knowledgeable at all with the range which was a Kenmore Elite range. They asked if I had the manual to the stove. If this is your job and you are charging $89.00 you should know this equipment and be able to tell me what the problem is. They could not figure what was wrong and told me they think it might be the thermostat. They never tested the thermostat just gave me an estimate for over $400.00 to fix something they think is wrong. I feel this is such a ripoff. Call Sears to complain they said "you can't get your money back." I should have read the reviews on the repair service then I would have never used them. They should not be allowed to do business in GA. I call an independent repair company they told me the touchpad was bad and the motherboard was bad.

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    Reviewed March 6, 2017

    I've had a switch on my cooking range broken and I just want Sears to replace a switch. The technicians aren't well trained. They worked when the power is on, short out and broke 2 other parts that used to be good. Thanks God they don't light up my house. Then they lied to me, asking me to pay for their errors. Finally the second technician told me Sears can replace my range for 500 voucher. My range is worth more than 1000 and they only offer 500, and don't give back 130 repair fee. I argued and they just keep telling me it takes a century for their manager to look into my case. Never ever found Sears technicians to fix your appliance. They are third party people and aren't trained how to operate safely, how to diagnose problem properly. I even wonder they have certificate or not! And Sears, is the most unfriendly company I ever see.

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    Reviewed March 6, 2017

    For the last 40 years have purchased home appliances from Sears. October 2012 purchased heavy duty GE Washer and Maintenance from Sears. March 2015 service performed as washer continually off balance and water remained when cycle completed. Told by service tech problem due to washing heavy blankets and rugs. For three years never had a problem. Informed heavy duty washer not designed to wash these object and that too much soap was their other issue. Also informed that is just the way it is with equipment these days. Followed instructions and found could only wash small loads of laundry and nothing heavy. Still surviving on a worthless washer.

    January 2011 purchased electric range with top burners and Maintenance. Followed instructions for self cleaning and found it warped the burner pans. June 2014 Requested maintenance tech to review problem. Told that is just the way it is and not to use self-clean cycle. Tech replaced burner pans. Also told him the top of the stove gets extremely hot using the front burners. He said that is just the way it is with these newer models. August 2015 Son had a baby boy. Grandson is now 18 months and extremely hot top of range is a major concern. Purchased self-sticking stove guard and appeared to work great until I decided to cook on front burners at level 6 heat. Heat melted the contacts and guard fell off.

    Last week of February 19, 2017 discussed issue with Metro Center Sales Manager. He turned in the issue to Sears Corporate Office and said I would hear from them in a few days. To this date, March 5, 2017 I have heard nothing from the corporate office. If my grandson should touch the front top of the stove he would very likely get a third degree burn. I cannot even touch the front top of the stove without getting burned. I am going to call Metro Sears Manager once again today to find out why I have not heard back. Due to poor service provided and poor quality of equipment I will no longer purchase anymore products from Sears and highly recommend to friends and family to review equipment rating on the internet before considering model of product they intend to buy. Furthermore Service Maintenance Contract is a scam.

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    Reviewed March 6, 2017

    We have a side by side and it has been out of service for over 2 weeks. We have had 3 service calls and now we find out that the part we need is no longer available. I called Sears this morning and they told me to call back in another week to see if they have been able to find the part. We have lost food and of course it is not working out well with the service. This is unacceptable.

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    Reviewed March 4, 2017

    I purchased a warranty on my Kitchen Aid Dishwasher from Sears in June 2016 two week after the original warranty ran out. This is a vacation rental property. My rental agent had already had their technician look at the machine and they wanted me to purchase a new machine. I had them get a second opinion. That technician said it needed a drain pump and motor. I google the part and found out it cost $130. That's when I called Sears and they offered me the contract. They called to set up an appointment and I told them to call the house as a tenant was in and schedule with them. We arrived in November to discover that the dishwasher was broken and precious long standing tenants has left me a note saying that people had been out, but no one fixed the machine.

    I called Sears and had to wait 3 weeks for a technician to arrive. I explained the situation. He informed me he was the only technician in this area for Sears and that the pump and motor were replaced. So he ordered a control panel. I had to wait another 3 weeks for him to return and put it in. It still didn't work. So he ordered another part. Now it's January. And It still doesn't work. He ordered another part. Cancelled his appointment. Rescheduled. Cancelled. I went to a local Sears Home Store and the Regional Mgr. was there and went online to send an email. Said I would hear immediately. I didn't. I went online to Sears and sent an email... The 48 hr. window is up. Another added to Sears Home store phone line is constantly busy for 3 days now. I will never buy anything from Sears...

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    Reviewed March 4, 2017

    I purchased a dryer online on Feb 7th with a delivery of Feb 21st. I took the day off to receive my dryer and no delivery. I started calling customer service on Feb 22nd and they would have to check warehouse and get back to me... NOTHING... I called day after day and received the same "warehouse/backroom" line. They will always say they will get back to you. NEVER... to date I have spoken to 3 managers and after the third one I still have no dryer. I was told on Feb 28th from the second manager that dryer has been sitting in the Vaughan warehouse since Feb 15th and oh they don't deliver to my postal code. Are you kidding me.

    So today is March 3rd and still have no idea where the dryer is nor has anyone returned my phone call with answers... It's the same old line each time I call... VERY FRUSTRATING!!! I'M AFRAID IF I CANCEL I WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING MY MONEY BACK!!! I will never buy from Sears again and I will be sure to share my story with all.

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    Reviewed March 3, 2017

    On March 26th 2015, I purchased a complete set of kitchen appliances from Sears Kenmore ELITE at more than $8,000. On March 2017 (2 years later) I called SEARS for support as the Microwave C970-41953 has intermittent working problem. I was willing to pay for the repair, but I was told to find myself support on the Market as SEARS no longer provide support for their Microwave. If you think to buy from SEARS for their ''quality support'' FORGET IT they don't stand to their product. I will NEVER buy from SEARS anymore.

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    Reviewed March 3, 2017

    Never again will I purchase something from Sears, nor would I recommend them for any item! I have had the worst experience the last couple months after I purchased a treadmill online. Please note I ordered it Jan 16th and still do not have an operable treadmill for my use! Online order Jan 16, 2017. Feb 1, 2017 delivery was schedule. Feb 1, 2017, I called to confirm timing of delivery. Discovered someone on Sears end canceled my order - still have no idea why this was done.

    Treadmill was reordered with a new delivery date of Feb 7, 2017. Treadmill was delivered Feb 7 and assembly schedule for Feb 11. During delivery the crew was rude, dropped my item from the truck and slid it down my stairs - covered in snow and salt. It was discovered Feb 11 while the assembly crew was at my house that the treadmill box had missing pieces and could not be assembled.

    Finally after hours and hours of speaking with different managers and customer service representatives, a new treadmill was ordered Feb 14 with delivery scheduled for Feb 18. Feb 18 rolls around, I wake up early to accept my delivery. Sears delivers to the wrong address 2 hours away. Finally Feb 21, I get a hold of someone to reschedule delivery because of ANOTHER error on their behalf. Delivery is scheduled for March 3 and assembly March 4. Today is March 3. I receive the two hour delivery call last night. I receive my one hour window call this morning, leave work only to receive a phone call from Sears delivery service stating they are missing my order and cannot find it, therefore no delivery. I then have to cancel assembly as I have no clue when this treadmill will actually arrive.

    I am almost 2 months in and still no treadmill, have missed 4 partial days from work to accept this equipment, spend numerous hours on the phone and hold with Sears. I am very unhappy, livid about the lack of rectification Sears is taking and honestly think this company is a joke. I doubt there is anything they can do to make this situation slightly get better.

    I am now on the hunt for another model and company to order from. Any suggestions? Anyone who I can actually place an order with and receive my item fully functional without missing work and spending hours on the phone with representatives that do not know what they are talking about? A simple "sorry ma'am" is just not cutting it! I wonder if Sears Corporate will take this complaint seriously, no one else has from this company. Simply embarrassing and unprofessional. My one star rating was forced. It would not let me proceed with a zero rating.

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    Reviewed March 3, 2017

    I ordered online over President's Day but the cart didn't process my order for some reason and by the time I had reloaded it, it was 12:10 am so I lost my President's Day sale prices and had to pay $150 more. Ok so delivery was supposed to be 2 days later. They called at 7 am the morning of to confirm and I had taken off work to be home so I confirmed and waited and waited and waited. Finally at 9 pm they told me their truck broke down. I tried calling the main customer service line and they said they could have everything (washer, dryer, fridge) out in 2 more days but I asked about the sale prices I lost and they said ok they would apply a discount of $80 but I would have to cancel the original order and place a new one but for sure I could still have delivery in 2 days.

    I accepted so now my credit card has the same large charge twice (well one is $80 less) and I am home taking off from work and the delivery guy only has the dryer. I called customer service and they say the fridge and washer are back ordered and will be another 2 weeks! I cancelled the whole order. 1 week, 2 days off from work and double charged on my credit card with 7-10 days for credit to come back from Sears for the cancelled orders and nothing to show for it. No one at the overseas customer care Department could help. They know nothing. Local delivery people are outsourced and just don't care. Don't answer when you call back and are laughing and giggling when they speak with you about possible alternate times. #NEVERSEARS!

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    Reviewed March 1, 2017

    I put a washing machine on layaway at Sears.com and paid it in full. At the end of the layaway process, I waited for an email telling me when the item was ready for pick-up. After waiting three weeks, I called the local store and no answer, chatted with the on-line Sears consumer complaint staff, who called the store, apologized because the store is experiencing shortage of staff and told me the washing machine was in bin and still ready for pick-up. I went to the store - no item, the store associate told me it was either returned to stock or someone else picked it up (identity theft?). Further, he said he hates Sears.com and people should just come into the store for layaways, and the store is not affiliated with Sears.com so he cannot help me because he cannot view Sears.com transactions.

    I asked for a refund, which is a condition of the contract, and he told me it was past the 30 return policy. He went to the holding area and was on his cell phone - he said he checked and can have it delivered for a delivery fee. Then two weeks later, a delivery service, calling on behalf of Sears, tried to deliver a used washing machine, not once but twice and without any consultation of delivery time and date. Oddly, the status of my layaway kept changing throughout the visit to the store and the delivery. File complaints with the BBB and your state consumer complaint dept. DO NOT accept a Sears gift card for you misery. You paid with cash and you should be refunded cash with interest. There were senior aged and broken-English speaking patrons in the store during my visit, are they being taken advantage of also?

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    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2017

    I would tell you for many years I have been totally satisfied with Sears but alas that has come to a screeching halt. First of all they tell me that they couldn't get to my area on Long Island for a week but of course could sent one of their affiliates. Well to say their affiliate is a very sketchy company called Harp Home Service who is in Babylon, NY is an understatement, rated 1 star in customer satisfaction!! Bloody wonderful for me. I advised them that we had an infant in the house & if they could expedite the parts that would be so appreciated. Well here I am 14 days later and still no part has arrived to the company. Sears please stop outsourcing your customer service representatives to another country. They talk in circles and although they try to be somewhat accommodating they lack any knowledge of business know how. Sears if you cannot handle your customers, hire more qualified people. I will never recommend Sears again.

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    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2017

    I bought a townhouse and figured a good idea to clean the ducts and dryer vent. The first time they came they damaged my wall which was never repaired. After they left I pulled out my filter to find dust balls in the unit and on the filter. I checked my vent registers and found evidence of dust. This service which starts and 150 plus 100 for the dryer turned out to be over 500 dollars. So I called and complained and was told they will redo the whole service. So next the guy shows up and says what's the problem. I show him and he takes a little vacuum and sucks up the dust. They also tried to sell me an evaporator cleaning for 300 extra which I declined and found out later didn't need. I will never use any Sears service again.

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    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2017

    Very, very bad experience. I had an appointment for carpet cleaning the day before my new tenant moved in. The service people never showed up. Didn't call. Didn't answer any of the number for services. I had to ask the tenant to change the moving date which caused problems for her with U-Haul and her plans around it. Had to pay double to another company to get the job for me last minute. And when I finally found someone at Sears two days later, they said there is nothing they could do at this point and the phone was down!!! I do NOT recommend Sears services at all. Would pay more, but be respected.

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    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2017

    I purchased a Sears home warranty for appliances and used it for the first time for a washer repair. This will be the last time it's used because I will cancel once this issue is resolved - if it is ever resolved. Under the warranty, I pay $60 for a service call to repair an appliance. If the cost of repairing is too high, then Sears is supposed to replace the appliance with a comparable appliance. The repair person showed up a week after calling and spent five hours tearing apart my very basic five-year-old washer (which I could replace for under $500). After five hours, the machine still didn't work. He set up another repair appointment (without asking if it was convenient for me) because he needed to call in another person to complete the repair.

    This appointment is nearly two weeks from the date of the first repair appointment. No one at Sears cares the washer isn't fixed, or that I'll be out of a washer for three weeks (if it happens to get fixed the second time around), or that I'll have lost two days of work waiting on techs to actually show up and attempt to fix something. So far, the repair bill is at $260. By the time the techs come back, it will be very close to the replacement cost of the washer. Apparently that doesn't matter to Sears either. I will never use this service again nor would I ever recommend it under any circumstances. Very poor customer service.

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    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2017

    Did you know...YOU, the consumer, are supposed to KNOW that Sears Home appliance stores aren't a part of Sears. Did you also know, they don't honor prices between the stores. Did you also know, they won't help you locate an appliance, if you happen to be screwed over by a home store, after spending $2500 in the previous month, at said home store. Don't expect customer service, and you won't be disappointed. My advice, in hindsight, would be to just go to Home Depot, or ANYWHERE else. Steer clear of this dilapidated brick and mortar of yesteryear. Way past its prime.

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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2017

    I decided maybe I can order myself a nice GSHOCK watch from Sears. Well, straight to the point, this watch was broken and not working properly and not refundable. They send me an email asking me to contact Casio GSHOCK for warranty. Lmao. Another letdown??? Sinking boat.

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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2017

    I ordered a washing machine online to be picked up in the store. The ordering process said it was available for pick up today. When I received the confirmation email it then said "available for pick up 5 days later", so I called and cancelled the order and elected to repurchase the washing machine with free home delivery in two days while on the same phone call. Great, easy, OH NO!!!

    My bank then sends me text messages and email stating my accounts have been locked and my credit cards and debit cards have been deactivated from fraudulent activity. I rush to check my accounts online and notice not only had my first order not been cancelled but there is four more identical charges on my account. My 664.00 dollar washing machine is showing up on my bank charges 4 times totaling over 2600.00 dollars. So this should be interesting. I called back the customer service number and asked to speak with someone who could help me and of course all I got in return for my troubles was a generic response from someone I could barely understand.

    I understand they may have thought I was trying to pull something as their system is only showing one cancellation and one return, but I took a screen shot of the charges, as shown on my account, and offered to send them to her as proof along with the texts messages and emails from the bank. Guess what I was told "Sears doesn't have email address to send them to". Imagine that 2017 and Sears doesn't have email to send correspondence to. I asked the nice young customer service rep for over 15 minutes if there was someone else I could speak with in regards to this problem and she just kept telling me my order status. I then asked if she had a manager I could speak with to resolve this situation. She said yes and then hung up on me.

    Now here's the better news, I have a charity hockey game to attend with my son today. No credit card, no debit card and my bank account frozen, not to mention it's Sunday. Thank you Sears for your great customer service and attention to detail, oh and screwing my son out of what should have been a day of great memories for him. Well done!!! It sad that a company that used to be the pinnacle of department stores in our area do tragically diminished to this type of service. Please be very careful when completing online business with Sears Holdings and their affiliates.

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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2017

    Sears never honored 90-day service guarantee (and more). Last year, Sears Home Services came to service my washing machine and installed $198.24 in parts and charged me $158.36 in labor. Immediately after the service person left, the washing machine broke down again. I contacted the service person and was told if I purchased a new machine, Sears would credit the cost of the parts and partial installation (he wasn’t sure about the portion of the labor credit). I was also advised by the service person not to dispose of the machine as they might want to come back and remove the parts. I called Sears that same day, explained the problem and ordered a new machine for $1074.74.

    Over the course of the next month, I contacted Sears Customer Service several times and talked to different agents to have my credit applied. Eventually one agent promised that I would be receiving credit and told me to expect an e-mail confirmation. When I never heard back, I called again and was told by another agent they could not help me. Now if the Sears Home Service repair person was mistaken or not authorized to promise that my service credit would be applied to a new purchase, then Sears Home Service still had an obligation in accordance with their 90 Day Service Guarantee to have repaired my old washer – this was NOT done – even after a year of my contacting them.

    I also sought the help of MasterCard and they were not successful either because Sears told us over a 3-way call that according to "their" records, I refused a service call to fix the old washer (untrue). While that was a slippery way on Sears part to weasel out of breach of contract, it didn't change the fact that they were still not willing to come by and repair my old washer. [But Sears, if you want to make this right – just contact me – Service Order # **]

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    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2017

    First issue: My hot water tank went out, & we had to wait 7 days for the first tech to come out. The technician came out took forever cleaning it out. He ran my card 47 times, because his computer wasn't reading my card correctly, I asked him, “why do you keep running my card etc?” He said, "something wrong with your card". I said “no nothing is wrong with my card. I left work, got gas, and came here to meet you, same card no issue”. My bank calls during this conversation to alert me that there is a temporary block on my card for fraudulent activity, from Sears merchant. I offered to pay in cash that I had to return to work. He had already been at my home 2 hours at that time, he said, "no cash, sorry". I say “you have to figure this out”! Tech calls his boss after he's been at my home now for 3 hours, to tell his boss a lie, that something is wrong with my card.

    While I'm on the phone with my bank I'm listening to him lie, so I had my bank rep tell him he's the reason they put a block on my account to stop running my card that his card reader is down, or his laptop computer not fully charged. His boss told him to take a check. He took a check and left. 5 hours later I get home to shower, start laundry no hot water! I called Sears back, I was told at the earliest is 8 days later, I was furious... I then called my neighbor and he replaced a thermocouple, that's it, done I had hot water. This all took place in January 2017 mind you.

    Next issue: Two weeks ago. Heat & Air won't blow but units are working. Called the Sears home warranty department again where the lady was rude. I asked why in the world they contract out to someone not affiliated with Sears directly? She said "we just don't service a furnace, we contract that out, so you need to call this service contractor and set it up". “What?” I said, “this is why I went with Sears so I had a trusted individual employed straight through Sears”. She gave me 2 technicians to call, not one return call back until 3 days later on a Saturday afternoon. A guy says, "I can come now". I said “I'm 2 hours away, no way I can do that”. He says "well I'll get back with you when I look at my schedule". Are you kidding me!

    Called Sears back and I explained to her every issue I've had, the total disappointed with the service and the fact that I pay monthly for a service I cannot even get! I'm having to call other companies while you're still deducting my bank account monthly, and nothing is fixed in my home that I've called you about! Here it is Feb. 26, 2017 no heat no AC. Going to have to call another company. If anyone out there knows how to get out of this Sears contract or hold them accountable please say... Or email at **. Thank you.

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    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2017

    Sears has truly gone to the DOGS. Services is horrible! I purchased exercise equipment online (Proform 230) on Feb 11, 2016. After the purchase, I received notification that delivery would be on March 3, 2016. Can you believe I got a delivery date for THREE WHOLE WEEKS AFTER MY PURCHASE. Ironically, you can pick this item up in the store today. I called customer service 3 times and was routed to Sears staff overseas. After informing me there was nothing they could do about this, I was conveniently disconnected. Buyers should make a conscious decision to not spend money in places service is less than standard. I will not be making another purchase in any SEARS store.

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    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2017

    Not only are employees rude, but the manager, Suzy, is unprofessional and curt, top that off with a very bad attitude. I saw a 63" flat screen TV online for $1,500.00. I called the store for more information. Suzy answered the phone. I told her about the TV that I saw and she said that Sears hasn't sold TVs for years! I said that I saw it online. She said, "You can believe me or believe what's online; it's your choice." Then added that the website has not been changed or updated... well, maybe someone should do that instead of misleading the public! Then, I called customer service to complain. A rep from the good, old Philippines answers the phone. She puts me on hold then returns saying to call back later due to high call volume. This company is a joke!

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    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2017

    The delivery fee is $70 and that's fine but when you pay $70 you normally get delivery & setup. I was honestly told that other items get set up. My permanent disability husband can not carry this and his wife with two knee replacements and several back surgeries obviously cannot handle it either. It will be delivered to room needed in but that it. I'm just curious why setting up this simple futon cannot be assembled. They say it so easy but it's not for us. Scheduled delivery is Monday. (2-27) We really need help with this. Please check your policy for disabled Vietnam Veterans.

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    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2017

    I would have give Sears zero stars if I were able. I paid $400 to replace a part on my Kenmore washer. A technician that Sears sent out told me this part would fix my washer. It did not. A second technician was sent out the next day (only after complaining and staying on the phone almost an hour because they kept telling me it would be another week before someone could get to us). The second tech quoted us just over $1100 to fix. No refund or credit on part we had just purchased less than 20 hours earlier. No apologies, no kind of resolution. I will NEVER deal with Sears again. I would rather spend twice as much money at another store than have to deal with horrible customer service. Lesson learned.

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    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2017

    Do not join Sears Home Warranty Service! I could go through a long detailed explanation as to my experience, but will not bore you with the details. If you want to: Wait home all day (lose a day's pay) and then have servicemen not show up... then join. If you want to have to book multiple appointments because repairmen are not trained, do not carry basic parts or come prepared with help to move an appliance... then join. If you want to call for repair only to find out after they leave that they have caused other problems with your appliance... then join. If you want to sit on hold for hours... then join. If you want to be treated rudely by servicemen, then join. If you want to believe that they will replace appliance... then join.

    If you call them and say you had to turn the gas off to your house because repairmen caused more problems and you're afraid it will blow up, and expect them to care that you have no gas in your home in February... then join. If you want to be told there is no supervisor EVER in the office if you have a problem... join. If you want to be treated badly, not get your issues resolved, spend hours on hold, get aggravated and have to go hire your own serviceman to safely fix your appliance... then go ahead... JOIN.

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    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2017

    Bought items and earned "Shop your Way points." Long story short, account hacked and someone in New Jersey ordered item and used all of my points. Called several weeks back and stated they needed a two days and would refund my points. Called several more times since and keep getting same answer... two more days. Their customer service is horrible. Twice I am unable to understand the person answering the phone and their automated system is hard to get past to talk to a person. Never will I buy a single thing at a Sears again, and this comes from someone who has a woodshop and almost every tool is Craftsman. Boo to Sears...

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    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2017

    Sears put a new garage door in today and I have to say I am impressed with the service. Everything was on time and went smoothly. I have also used them for carpet cleaning and again very happy with their service and products. I will continue to use them in the future!

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    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2017

    Nothing provides more irritation than going to a business's website to make a purchase, attempting to add an item you LOVE to your cart, and then being told that you can't. Why? Oh, well, because the item either isn't available at your local Sears store for pickup, or it isn't available anywhere in their shipping network. Really?!?! So why is it even on the website, I ask myself... Well, actually I'm trying to ask Sears telepathically, but have yet to receive any vibes in response. All jokes aside, as a customer I'm annoyed by this. Sears, you should know that I am a loyal Amazon customer, and your obsolete website and fulfillment practices are a serious turn-off.

    Here is my point of view on the matter in a nutshell. The point behind a store even having a website is to generate more business over a greater distance, and to reach a wider customer base through the convenience of shopping from home. Amazon, as an applicable example, does this beautifully, every minute of every day across the U.S. and around the world. So, why hasn't Sears gotten that clue-bird even on a domestic level? It seems to me to be nothing short of laziness, or the refusal to update an antiquated system.

    In all seriousness, Amazon is one among many of your (Sears.com) competitors, and they aren't telling their customers that they can't have an item if it isn't in a nearby sorting facility for pickup, or that they can't send it to their customer because it's nowhere on planet Earth for which to send out. No, they have these wonderful things called "a streamlined and efficient fulfillment process" and... dun, dun, duuun... "warehouses," and it is within these warehouses that the magic of Amazon takes place. Businesses like Sears have to understand that Amazon is competitive in their pricing, availability of a vast selection of products, and even offers 2-day shipping... for free.

    Now, I'm a Sears "Shop Your Way" member, and the only perk I get is a ton of emails telling me that I got a secret amount of points added to my account, but that they'll disappear in 15 minutes, so I'd better use them. There is no real perk to being a Shop Your Way customer. I can't even shop my way on Sears.com. It's impossible, because almost everything I wanted to purchase either didn't exist in their network, or was in a complete other state for pickup. This is not how you become competitive. This is exactly how to become antiquated and obsolete.

    So, why does Sears have a website at all? Surely they could keep at least 12 of the now defunct Kmart stores they recently closed if they just... oh, I don't know... shut the stupid website down!! It's useless in my opinion! If I have to physically go to a store to pick something up that I want to buy from the website, or worse, drive to a whole other city -- which is an option they offer btw (rrrright, because I love the idea of flying out to California for a stupid blouse, or driving to Michigan for a dog bed... that makes ALL kind of sense... on MARS) -- then I would have gone to the store to begin with, and bypassed the annoyance factor that comes with attempting to shop online at Sears.com. Seriously.

    So, I guess if I really want that blouse, then it's California or bust... which is annoying, because Sears can't get it into its thick skull that you just need to thrown the thing into a box, in the California store where it's located, and send it to Wisconsin. It isn't rocket science, it's good customer service, it's building trust with your online client base, and it's a way to prove that your website is more than an empty husk of lovely merch photos with no substance behind them.

    Sears may consider updating their computer systems, mitigating and streamlining their order fulfillment practices, and feature only what is available for purchase on the website, not just in local stores. If the purpose of the website is simply to notify customers of what is available at their local store, then remove the Cart feature... It's unnecessary. We can drive to the store, we don't need the redundancy of a website that is merely an automated customer service system telling us what is and isn't available on a local basis.

    Sears must consider doing SOMETHING... or Amazon will ghost Sears. Montgomery Ward, Circuit City, Leewards, Woolworths... You see where I'm going with this? Progress killed them. If Sears.com lacks the ability to provide merchandise, based upon the merchandise you are offering on your website, then someone seriously needs to go into your website and snake the sewer... of pointless, nonexistent offerings. Thank you, but I will never "shop" your website... again, I'll just be a good little automaton and drive the 30 miles to shop in the physical store in the next city over. P.S.: I don't have an order number... because the merch I want is in ten different states, and because I'm not that eager for a road trip right now, I can't buy it. That's life.

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    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2017

    I purchased a washer and dryer in the store and opted for the home delivery option. My scheduled delivery was 2/16 between 8 and 10 am. I asked them to make a notation for the delivery driver stating to contact me 30 minutes prior to arriving, so I could ensure that my pets were put up. I explained to them that I have a 60 hour per week work schedule, so the delivery time needed to be accurate. I received a call from the corporate office around 10:30 am stating that the delivery driver had driven by my apartment, concluded there were no available parking spaces, and left.

    I called my home store to ask them what was going on and they said the driver had requested a smaller truck and would not be there that day. I informed them that there was street parking in front of my complex and to have the driver call me as I had previously requested. My home store did not offer to reschedule my delivery, but instead told me to call the home delivery office to reschedule.

    I called them and was told that my delivery would be rescheduled for 2/18 and that they would mark it as a priority since I had been inconvenienced. That delivery was scheduled from 8-10 am. I had reiterated that I needed the driver to contact me prior to arrival so I could put my pets up. I waited for them to contact me until 10, when I decided the only option was to contact them. I called my home store, but was put on hold for 30 minutes, so I tried calling the home delivery line again. They informed me that the driver would be there at 10:30, which was not accurate since I was on the phone with them at that time. I then decided to try my home store again and after finally getting ahold of someone was told that the driver had again driven by my apartment complex and concluded that there was no place to park.

    I again told them that there was plenty of street parking available and asked why the driver had not contacted me. She did not have an answer and stated that he would be calling me within 2 hours. I explained to her that I had to work and did not have 2 hours to wait for them to call me. She offered zero solutions and hung up on me. Had I read any of these reviews before purchasing my appliances, I would have spent extra money elsewhere. Sears has the worst customer service I have ever dealt with and I would not recommend them to anyone. They certainly don't care if they put you out and waste your time. I am considering getting a refund and going somewhere that puts their customers first. Don't waste your time or your money buying anything from this wretched place.

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    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2017

    Do NOT buy this home warranty. I purchased my "home warranty" on December 29, 2016. The first payment was charged to my credit card by Sears on January 30, 2017. On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 I used the dryer without incident. My dryer (which is only 16 months old) quit working on Thursday, February 2, 2017. The repairman came out and told me I needed a new motor and blower. I was told by him that he would order the part and return to replace it. The people at Sears Home Warranty claimed it was a pre-existing condition. They made numerous misstatements about what they claimed the repairman told them. I called with the repair company on the phone and they informed Sears Home Warranty that their so called "facts" were incorrect. The person on the phone from Sears just kept saying that it was denied. This is ridiculous! I would never recommend this company to anyone. They are a rip off.

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    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2017

    I ordered a refrigerator for a rental property online and paid extra for next day delivery. The tenant stayed home from work to accommodate the 8-5 window for this delivery. No one ever called him and no one showed up to deliver this refrigerator. I called Sears.com to figure out what was going on, they said the driver went to deliver, but no one was home. This was completely untrue. I spoke to the driver and he described the location with a "long driveway", I explained that he must've gone to the wrong place. He argued with me and said the refrigerator would be delivered the next day.

    I called the delivery department and they said it would actually be delivered in TWO MORE DAYS because the truck for the next day was full. They refused to return the money I paid for expedited delivery. But In an attempt to calm me down, I was told that the refrigerator would be delivered at a GUARANTEED TIME. The tenant was taking more time off from work, so this was at least a little bit helpful. Well it was also a lie. That guaranteed time came and went. The tenant called to ask about the delivery and were again given a window of time. Which was several hours past the GUARANTEED delivery time I was told.

    When calling Sears, you get an agent who refuses to transfer the call to a manager. They are rude and are obviously located in a call center in another country. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANYTHING FROM SEARS AGAIN AND WILL SPREAD THE WORD TO EVERYONE POSSIBLE. This company is running itself into the ground by having horrific customer service.

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    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2017

    I was sold a service agreement on my Sears dishwasher. Technician told me that the racks are covered as I have had problems in the past with racks breaking and that was the whole reason I purchased the agreement. When I called because my rack broke, after being on hold for a lengthy period of time, I was told racks are not covered. I complained that I was sold the service agreement under a lie. They then put me on hold so I could speak to someone about getting a "pro-rated" refund on said agreement. They never returned to the line.

    I will never purchase another thing from Sears. I have all Sears appliances and they have all broken several times and the cost for a service call and repair is always no less than $250. Sears does not care that I have been a loyal customer and have purchased over $10,000 worth of appliances from them most of which are Kenmore brand. This is the most awful customer service I have ever experienced. DO NOT BUY SEARS PRODUCTS OR THEIR SERVICE AGREEMENTS. THEY ARE A RACKET.

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    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2017

    I called Sears to have a repairman come to the house to repair: 1. Sears GE stove burner. 2. Bosch dishwasher. 3. LG stacked Washer Dryer drip. The person showed up, looked around & told me where to go to get the repairs. He had no apparent repair skills nor the tools needed. I now have an $89.00 bill that is accruing at 1.5 % per month... since last Dec. I called the collection agency and Sears customer service to dispute the $89.00 which went nowhere. I will never use them again or future purchases. This review does not even rate one star!

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    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2017

    The worse warranty you could buy is Sears appliance repair warranty. They have been to my home at least 6 times and patch up the machine and refuse to provide a new one as promised because what they don't tell you is that they have to change parts at least 4 times before they will consider changing your machine. That is after you have to take days off of work to accommodate their schedule because they don't work on the weekends and you have to sit and wait around all day and hope they actually show up. I've been trying to get them to come back to my home to put in the parts they ordered weeks ago and they still can't make. I believe they are actually waiting for my warranty to expire next month to tell me that I have to pay for the repair or renew my warranty. That will never happen. This is the worse service I've ever experienced, no wonder they are going out of business!

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    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2017

    We pay annually for a Sears Home Service Agreement. Recently our dryer stopped working (not heating at all). We called for service. They scheduled someone to come out two days from that day within a 2 to 6 window. My wife took the afternoon off from work to be home for the service. At around 4:30, when no one was here yet, my wife went to the scheduling website to check the status of the service. They had apparently changed the window to 6:15 to 8, without telling us. At 5 my wife received a call from the tech who said he was about 45 minutes away.

    15 minutes later he called again saying he was an hour and a half away and was not going to make it here. In fact, he then said he would not be able to get here for another week. My wife called the 1-800 number to get someone out here and they pushed back saying they were overbooked and could not get someone here. She had to get to a supervisor to step in and re-check with scheduling to try to get someone out here the next day. That window is not 10 to 2 tomorrow. THEY HAD BETTER SHOW!!! This company is the worst company to deal with... I have no idea how they stay in business. And the customer service people do not care at all!

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    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2017

    About a year ago I had a problem with my washing machine. I called a Sears repairman to fix it. He was able to fix it but then mentioned purchasing a home warranty plan that would cover issues like this in the future as well as my other appliances in my home. I was given a discount on the repair for joining the program. I have been paying the monthly installment on the plan for 7 months now and my washing machine has new problem - water leaking! I filed a claim and the repairman showed up promptly. He found the cause of the leak but then advised me that the repair was not covered by the warranty. (The warranty only covers MECHANICAL problems - I had a hole in my soap dispenser - not mechanical). It would cost me $619 to repair the leak - I might as well buy a new washer.

    I called to cancel the policy (after reading the fine print on the other exclusions and realized it would be very unlikely that they would ever pay for a typical repair) and was told that I was under a year long contract and would have to pay the remaining months installments to cancel. What a racket! I will never buy a Sears appliance again! They have lost a customer for life!

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    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2017

    I will NEVER do business again with SEARS. We ordered a glass table for mom for Christmas on the Sears website, which states "Our Marketplace Guarantee: We want you to shop the Sears Marketplace with complete confidence. If you're not satisfied with your Marketplace experience, Sears will work to fix the issue. If we can't, we'll refund the cost of your order and shipping - up to a $2500 total." The table arrived broken. When I called Sears, they said it actually came from one of their vendors - Unbeatable Sale, so I had to call them. After a huge runaround and weeks of stalling, they finally refunded the price of the table, but not the $43 shipping!

    When I repeatedly asked Sears to stand behind their "marketplace promise" and refund the $43, they said I had to deal with Unbeatable Sale myself - they won't stand behind their online promise. Since Unbeatable Sale won't refund the $43, and Sears acts like they don't have anything to do with their marketplace guarantee, I am out $43 THEIR sloppy packaging that caused the table to break in the first place. What a ripoff!!!

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    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2017

    I must have been nuts, but I contracted for Home Warranty a la Sears! I have a recurring fridge problem, like it doesn't get cold! Duh!! This seems to me not to be a particularly challenging problem for a technician that might actually be competent. But again, this is Sears, a company in a death spiral. A company that will not make it thru 2017 without filing a BK. So, we wait for a third visit from the apparently one refrigerator tech Sears keeps sending me. I am not expecting a resolution because Sears excels at failing.

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    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2017

    Wonder why Sears is failing? The way it treats customers just might be why. I received a Christmas gift, a month beyond when it was purchased. Sears has the most stringent return policy (30 days) known to man. They, out of some gracious courtesy, for Christmastime purchases extended their return policy, to Jan 31st. As I don't frequent Sears I had no knowledge of this exception to their policy. I tried to return the item today for a credit to use in store, only to be told that the 30 day return window as stated on the receipt has expired. When I stated that the gift was purchased 30 days before I even received the gift, I was told that for Christmastime purchases it had been extended to Jan 31st.

    I explained how ever could I know to what magical date to which Sears would graciously allow me to use my own money within their store. Further, when I complained today, I was told about how stringent Sears is on their 30 day return policy yet they admitted granting exception to their own policy, but flatly refused to grant me any exception. Beware of Sears, they do not value their customers, rather they discourage you from spending money in their stores.

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    Reviewed Feb. 15, 2017

    The delivery guy refused to lift appliances over banister. He claimed he has back trouble. In 70 years of owning this multi-dwelling the banister has never been an issue with any other company. I have had appliances larger and heavier brought up to apartments with absolutely no issues. Upon ordering, the charge was put on my credit card immediately but Sears says they cannot credit for 7-10 days. I need to order appliances from P.C. Richards on the card and have to wait for the credit. I am also losing a half month rent on apartment. I will never shop Sears or Kmart again. This issue is very upsetting and costly to me.

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    Reviewed Feb. 15, 2017

    We always have great performance from Kenmore appliances. We have bought multiple appliances over 25 years from Sears. On our last purchase of a new dishwasher we visited our local Sears store and found a eager young employee that was polite but not very knowledgeable about appliances. We as a family answered our own questions later by investigating online. We then found by ordering online extra discounts not told to us at the store. We ordered our product online and that went somewhat OK. The person on the phone had a heavy accent and hard to understand.

    We got a free delivery scheduled and was explained how and when. This is where things tanked. I got a email, no phone call prior and a delivery window. Of course we like most had to adjust and get off early from our jobs for the delivery. That evening we finally got a call a hour and a half after the latest hour given. The delivery guy was running late and dropped off our new dishwasher and left and headed to his next delivery. It was after 7:00 pm. Scheduled window was 4:00-6:00. On inspection of the dishwasher it was the wrong one! OK now this happens sometime. But maybe someone should have checked the order to the box? Crazy thought. I then spent over a hour on the phone with 4 different people in a phone tree that I couldn't understand.

    Finally a "supervisor" speaking poor English got a new order and a delivery date a week later. I asked what I was to do with the dishwasher that was delivered and was taking up a huge area in our kitchen. No logical response and a very scripted apology. Due to a language barrier I was told that someone would be calling me back that night. It was now 8:45 in the PM. No call and no followup for 24 hours. On the end of my work day I re-called Sears customer service and started the long process to find a call taker that I could understand and would hear our complaint. I was offered 20,000 points! Really. We pay cash. Finally we were given $19.00 credit for our troubles. Now we are waiting a total of two weeks since our purchase and have a dishwasher as a table in our kitchen. Very very dissatisfied with Sears customer service and the lack of. Oh they did want me to purchase a upgraded warranty coverage. Yeah right.

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    Reviewed Feb. 15, 2017

    Service technician came out to repair our washer and repaired the dryer vent hose that was crushed do the washer jumping around during fierce agitation. He ordered the necessary part for the washer and provided us with two receipts. One was for the washer, and the other was for repairing the vent hose. Both were covered under our service protection agreement.

    That evening we used the dryer and discovered the vent hose had popped off, filling our laundry room with steam. The next morning I contacted Sears to have someone come out and fix the problem. The first customer service representative told me the technician should not have touched the vent hose, and that only installation technicians can do this. Well, the technician should know what he can do, it's not up the customer to analyze his job description. The point is, I have a receipt that shows he repaired the vent hose when in fact, he didn't. I contacted their consumer support department, and the representative apologized and said that customer service was wrong. He assured me he would have someone come out first thing Monday morning.

    On Monday, the technician contacted me before coming out to our house. He asked what the problem was, and I proceeded to explain. He became extremely irate and told me he didn't appreciate me blaming one of their technicians for the problem. Excuse me, when a service technician comes out to repair a problem and doesn't do the job properly, who am I supposed to blame? He told me he was going to come out, because it wasn't covered under warranty, and hung up on me. I immediately contacted customer service, and they told me the technician noted the job was completed when in fact he hadn't even come out. I wrote an email to Headquarters and they didn't as much as try to resolve the problem. Sears is useless, no wonder they're going out of business. I'm taking my business to Lowe's for appliances.

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    Reviewed Feb. 14, 2017

    Called last week and was told service repairman would be at my home from 1-5 p.m. The guy called at 3:30 to say he couldn't make it and had no rescheduled time. I would have to call AGAIN to schedule another time. Then he couldn't understand why I was upset after reworking my appointments to accommodate Sears' schedule.

    No wonder this company is in financial trouble. They've never embraced 21st Century customer service. I just needed to replace a broken part on my refrigerator which the woman at Sears' parts department couldn't identify. Anywhere else, I could have taken a picture of the broken part and sent it as an attachment either to an email or a text and never needed a service call. THEY'RE PATHETIC. THEY STILL HAVEN'T CALLED TO RESCHEDULE. In case you're wondering, Best Buy offers 2-hour windows for service calls!

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    Reviewed Feb. 14, 2017

    I am very disappointed with Sears. I bought a stroller 3 months ago online. The stroller was delivery at my house. After 5 days that I bought it, Sears returned the money that I paid without my consent. So I called to cancel the order, and on this call I was informed that it had been canceled. After 10 more days, the stroller arrived at my house I was charged again. I called many times trying to take it back and finally 15 days later, they came to pick it up.

    Now it's been 1 month that the stroller left my house and I have not got my money back. The amount is not $10,00, but $653,00. My account went negative when Sears charged me back for something that was not my mistake. I am in need of this money for almost 2 months. Every time I call Sears people are very nice but I am still without my money. Even though I try to understand that it is not their fault, I feel very disrespected. I will never recommend Sears online to anyone and I will never buy anything from Sears online again.

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    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2017

    Around the holidays I purchased 2 packages of men's boxer shorts. I opened one pack and wore them a few times but after the fact I realized that I did not like them. Just yesterday I decided to take the unopened package back to Sears so I could exchange them for a different brand. Not only was I only wanting an exchange for the one pack but I was also wanting to buy a second pack of the other brand. So just to be clear I was only asking for store credit for 1 sealed pack of unopened boxers out of 2 I purchased so I could use that credit to put to spending more money on 2 new packs of a different brand. The guy at the register looked up my phone number and seen the purchase, he then proceeded to tell me that he could not return them due to it being 33 days after the purchase.

    Now I understand having policies in place being as I work in a retail/wholesale environment, however, if a client of ours is standing in my place of business with a sealed item in new condition and they want to spend more money with our company in no way shape or form would we deny them customer service. Especially when they were able to see my purchase based on my phone number so they know I bought them there. Just to sum it up I am losing out a total of about 52 dollars or so plus tax, but due to horrible customer service Sears is losing out of mine and my entire families business forever. Over a simple exchange of one of the smallest purchases I have made there. Now tools, TV's, appliances, and anything else we have bought will now go elsewhere that appreciates their customers.

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    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2017

    Went in to VAN NUYS, CA SEARS store. Feb 11th around 7pm. Needed a microwave - the TWO salesmen on the floor barely noticed me, they were talking to each other. ONE was USING the exercise machine!! And the other was sitting!! When they finally noticed me, it was like they were doing me a favor. After a terribly rude interaction with the taller one, he walked away! Dismissive.

    I asked the other to send the manager, and after about 5 min of waiting, the manager (MANNY) finally showed up and treated me like I was an inconvenience. SOOO RUDE and not interested in saving me as customer. In fact, He was personally successful in permanently losing me as one! He literally said to me "I don't know what you want me to do." What management training programming did he learn THAT from?! We had all intentions of buying a $200 microwave and these 3 people, managed to do such a horrible job, that, not only will I no longer be a SEARS customer, but I felt compelled to write this.

    I certainly hope CORPORATE monitors this site and chooses to take appropriate action against the people who care SO little about their jobs that they take no pride or even COMMON Decency in how they treat other people... Customers none the less!!! SEARS used to be iconic but with people like this, I can only hope that AMAZON kills them eventually. I will also be posting this on all social media as a warning to save my community from having to go through this and eventually walk out to go somewhere else. SHAME on you SEARS.

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    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2017

    I was told that the $99.00 diagnostic fee would be applied to the cost of the repair when I scheduled the repair visit. Part cost $170.61 and I was charged $219.00 for 20 minutes worth of labor to install. That is no exaggeration! 20 minutes, I timed him. When I asked about the $99.00 that was supposed to be used towards the total cost I was told that the $99.00 was "embedded" in the labor cost. If I wanted him to thaw out the drain line, it would have cost $481.00. If that isn't an example of an out and out lie and price gouging, I don't know what is. I will never do business with Sears again!!

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    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2017

    Last year I had warranty work performed on my Kenmore Washer. They first shipped all the parts that would have to be replaced. The volume and size of the boxes that arrived would equal to that of a Volkswagen. Three service men arrived a few days later and spent hours and hours in my home tearing down my machine until there was nothing left but the shell. They re-assembled using the new parts that had been shipped. During the course of this procedure, one of the service people walked into my home office and announced they weren't really a washer repair tech, that they were a dishwasher specialist, but the "other guy couldn't make it." Great, just get it done, I thought. Afterwards when I used the washer, I noticed some noises that had not been there before. Not too concerned since there were all new parts, I thought adjustments had to be made.

    Later, however, the washer sounds were much louder and the agitation that followed shook the machine violently. Soon afterwards, right around the holidays, the sound and the shaking were to the extent it felt as though an airplane was landing in my house. I began the calling process to the number I was provided for Sears Warranty. They sent a tech to the house who then diagnosed the machine was not adequately put back together originally and over the course of the weeks and months had damaged additional parts. "It could be fixed", he said, "but the payment had to be approved." Following weeks of calls to warranty, then to claims and something called "Paid Call", then back to warranty and claims again, I'm still not getting any help.

    During the course of these calls, I have learned the original replacement of parts cost Sears somewhere in the neighborhood of $1200.00! I couldn't believe my ears - the original machine was only $500.00. Why would Sears do that? Why would anyone with any sense pay over double what the machine was worth to repair it? Still searching for answers and still getting the run around, my washer is getting worse and worse. To the point where I am concerned what else in my home that might be getting jarred loose in the process. I am going to have to notify my homeowner insurance holder, State Farm, very soon for an analysis if something isn't done. Where else can I turn?

    To add insult to injury, they keep sending e-mails wanting to know about the experience. I always respond in the negative, but nothing is done about it. I am absolutely sick. I pay a premium every month to maintain this warranty on my Kenmore appliances, pay $60.00 out of pocket whenever they send a tech to diagnose a problem. Then refuse to authorize the repair. Thanks for listening. I hope something can be done soon. I am not in a position where I can afford a new machine.

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    Reviewed Feb. 12, 2017

    My name is Victor ** and I live in ** and my phone number is **. In past days ask a technician to review the washing machine LG Model # WM2016CW, Serial # 908KWYP00488. Effectively as I visit a person on Feb 01, 17 at 08:44 that technician did not have anything. I think that in their place they sent an anti-technician which opened the lid of the machine and conceptuo that had to change the wiring system, and Motor and gave a quote whose value amounted to $ 555.34, ie almost the value of a new washing machine. How did an individual who took 16 minutes to do the repair quote without actually checking the appliance, say that the wiring should be changed without making any proof of it, say that the engine was burned when the engine was seen to work? Technic ridiculous, is the appreciation that I have of it.

    At night when I get home, I opened the machine and checked it and found that the motor sensor was the one that was really bad and I bought it and it cost me ridiculous $13.00 dollars and I replaced it myself and the machine works perfectly and does not need All that that bad employee that you have, ridicules them and shows that SEARS HOME SERVICES does not offer a service to their height.

    With this letter I am requesting that I return the $79.00 paid to you since for the above I consider that a fraud was committed with that bad service, and I also suggest you to place qualified personnel to avoid such complaints, because other clients may trust That kind of anti-technicians and end up discarding their devices when they really should discard is the service of SEARS HOME SERVICES. Waiting for the return of my money.

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    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2017

    Sears home warranty has been out to service our Sears Kenmore Elite refrigerator nine times in the past 12 months and it is still not running perfectly. One of three things is evident: they are instructed to do the least expensive adjustment or the technicians have no idea of what they are doing or the appliance is extremely poor quality. I no longer recommend anything with the Sears name including the warranty service.

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    Reviewed Feb. 10, 2017

    Zero rating is more like it. Called Sears Warranty because I have a whole house warranty and pay $60 a month for it. My heat went out and it was about 15 out, and I have two children in the house. This is my only form of heat. I placed a call at 6 PM on a week night and was passed from a woman in India to a man with a Southern accent who took my information and was very nice trying help find someone to come out. I was on hold for 55 minutes and told by the rep that he was trying to get someone to come out but couldn't guarantee it. What? Why do I pay for this service if you don't have employees who are available to make repairs? He said they use third party vendors. He finally said he found someone to come and do the repair but that person would take at least two hours to get to me, ok fine. Didn't have much of a choice.

    We turned on the oven and tried to stay warm. We waited 2 1/2 hours, no one showed. I called the repairman which the Sears rep had given me the number for and asked him how much longer he would be. He said to me that although Sears had called and requested service from him, they were supposed to call him back with my address and phone number, and they never did so. He called them back and the rep he spoke with said she couldn't find any request for someone in my town at all, and since it was past the two hour time, he drove home and was now more than two hours away from me and couldn't come back to do the repair!! This is now after 11 PM.

    I called back Sears, gave them the claim number I was given by the first rep, and was told there was no such claim number, oh wait it gets better... She said that number I was given was used months ago for a client in Maryland (I'm in New Jersey), clearly the rep just gave me some random number which by the way I repeated back to him when he gave it to me to make sure I had written it down correctly. So the new rep Tara said she looked me up by my account phone number and told me she had no record that I had ever called and that no service request had been put in for my account at all. By this point I'm so disgusted but she was nice and trying to help so I agreed to wait for yet another repairman to call me, she said no more than a half hour, because she put it in as emergency. You guessed it, again, no show, no call. So I try Sears back and now everyone is gone for the night, so much for 24/7 service.

    So I take my two frozen children and go to a hotel for the night. At eight in the morning I get a call from the serviceman saying he'll be to me by 9:30 am, well gee, so glad we didn't wait for him. We would have frozen to death! He comes, looks at the unit, and says he thinks it's the thermostat, that it's covered by my warranty... good news... but I tell him the thermostat is new. I just got a new one from Home Depot a few months ago because my whole house was painted and I wanted a newer one for looks not because there was anything wrong with it. I also had no idea it was covered by warranty but thought it was strange it had a problem already. He says, "Well it's thermostat," and he was just going to call Sears to get approval to replace it. I said ok and went upstairs.

    A few minutes later my phone rings. It's Sears rep. Says he just talked to my repair guy and sadly the problem is not covered by the warranty. I said, "Wait. He just told me thermostats are covered." "He says no. Your problem is from the unit being dirty. That is a maintenance issue and not covered." I said, "That's not what the repairman just told me was the problem, hold on," and I walk downstairs with the phone in hand. I said to the repairman, "You just told me it was the thermostat. Now Sears is saying it's a dirty unit?" The repairman says, "Yeah it's really dusty. If you don't believe me get down here and look how dusty it is, that is something that is a maintenance issue." I asked, "Why did you just tell me it was the thermostat?" He said he thought that was it until he saw all the dust on the unit. But cleaning it is not covered, so not only will I have to pay the $100 service call, but also a $250 cleaning fee. What a scam.

    Sears covers nothing and if the repairman happens to find something wrong that's not covered, it's great for them because they can charge the customer even more! Don't shop with Sears and what a shame for them because I used to love them when they were a good American company. STAY CLEAR or you'll lose your shirt like I did. I'm adding claim number requested below but note this is a claim number for someone in MD. Hopefully their issue was taken care of without the raping I received.

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    Reviewed Feb. 10, 2017

    Wow what lousy customer service! Let me tell you the service technician is lucky that I am a better person than the company he works for!!! I live about an hour and a half from where the technician was traveling from. Let me tell you, I wanted to leave and let him drive all the way to my house and not be there so he would have wasted valuable time like I did! I waited from 8-5:50 for him... my entire day! I called customer service and what little customer service did I receive... I was appalled at how lousy Sears customer service really is! The guy on the phone offered me a $10 gift card, I laughed. Are you kidding me. I don't want your gift card. I want you to improve your service for all customers!!!

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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2017

    Our washer broke down Jan 25, 2017 and we called Sears customer service since we purchased extended protection plan. First tech came replaced the part called HUB. After the tech left, I immediately try to load to check if the issue is resolved and still having problem. I called back so they send another tech the next day. This time 3 parts were needed, the sub rotor, bearing and Basket ASM. The tech issued a ticket and schedule next appointment Feb 8, 2017 from 8-12nn.

    Feb 1st, there's 2 boxes that arrived. I called to let them know if any more parts coming or is that all so maybe we can schedule an earlier repair date. The customer service could not confirm so I agreed to just wait for the schedule service date. Feb 8 is here, no additional package came so I just waited for a tech. It's already 10 AM and nobody calls to confirm. So I called customer service. They said the appointment time they have was for Feb 10 and also just now telling me about that one parts it WON'T arrived until March 10. I'm like why am I just finding this now? You change my schedule repair date without coordinating this with my schedule. Then now they're telling me I have to wait for 1 month.

    So with my frustration I asked for a manager and talked to Gina. She told me to talked to their protection team to give me instructions and more info about rental reimbursement or laundry care reimbursement. Spoke to another guy from Sears protection team. Put me on hold for several times. After being on the phone for almost an hour, the guy said that everything is scheduled for Feb 10 @ 8 am. So to my surprised but I still verified that I will no longer need to go the process of renting a washer on a center because a technician will still be coming on Friday, Feb 10 at 8 AM and that it resolves everything. The next day my husband received an email that the appointment is now moved to March 15. So I called back to verify where all this confusion coming from. Protection Team Derek and Kaya telling me they didn't find any schedule appointment for me at all until March 15 and just hanged up on me. This is just UNACCEPTABLE.

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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2017

    Sears service is garbage. First and last time we will ever purchase an appliance from Sears. After purchasing a Kenmore wall oven from Sears in mid-November and numerous tries to get the oven fixed we are still here in Mid-February with no working oven and two small kids. The first time we used the self cleaning feature the oven locked and would not open. The first appointment we had was a no show. The second outside repair person came after a week and a half and was unable to fix the oven and said a Sears tech needed to come. We had to wait another few weeks for an appointment.

    Sears tech comes and determines that the door needs to be ordered. The part comes in and an appointment is scheduled for the following week and once again a no show with no phone call. Totally unacceptable. The next appointment is not for two weeks out and now someone needs to miss work to get this fixed. Incredibly frustrating and unacceptable. I should have went to Home Depot like I was planning to. I've been with a non working brand new stove for the past 6 weeks. Totally unacceptable.

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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2017

    It was my husband who got suckered into their master agreement service for appliances we already own. The dishwasher broke, took weeks to repair because they never have the parts and it takes them 10 days to order the parts, even though I can magically find them available immediately online and have them express mailed. The same with the washing machine. Three weeks to repair a washing machine. This is a waste of money, unless you can wait weeks for anything to be fixed.

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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2017

    Bought all home appliances through them dishwasher, snow blower, refrigerator, vacuum cleaner, gas stove with protection plan. When snow blower broke and it has protection plan on it, they make me run through the loops from one tech to another and nobody is there to solve the problem. Their protection plan is scam and I need to go ahead and pay somebody to fix my snow blower at this point. Bought appliances worth of at least 6k last year. Will not do any business with them ever and tell my friends and family, not to do so ever. Good luck to you scammers, who earned my hard earned money.

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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2017

    Worst Company to deal with. Purchased a refrigerator at the store in Waldorf MD. The plan was for free delivery and remove old one and replace with new one. The delivery people showed up, looked at my current refrigerator and said, "We cannot install your new one because you don't have a valve right behind the refrigerator." Really, if it needed a valve, why didn't Sears tell me that the last time they installed a refrigerator here since my current one is also Kenmore. They were going to just leave it and go. They got customer service on the phone and said that this was the best they can do. Really? Best? Well that wasn't going to work for me. After further conversation getting absolutely nowhere.

    The pre-delivery instructions do not state that there has to be a special valve behind the refrigerator and the delivery people did not spend any time really checking to see if there was one back there. I think it is actually behind the metal plate that is on the refrigerator. They refused to do anything further. I told them to take the refrigerator and I will be canceling my order and order from another company that will install it. Lowe's will install it without this "valve". They will get my business. Sears... no more business from me. 20 years of loyalty and poor customer service doesn't work. They should have prepared the customer for what they require before just thinking they can dump a refrigerator off and leave. All of my Kenmore appliances will be replaced with another store!

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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2017

    I purchased a Kenmore silver French door fridge in Sept. 2015. In Jan. 2017 it stopped cooling. I contacted Sears and they explained that my options were to either find a repairman myself, enroll in their warranty program or pay for repair out of pocket with their vendor. I chose the warranty. I regret this decision. They subcontract with a company that sent a worker who appeared to barely have a working knowledge of the appliance he's trained to fix. After the repairman fiddled around for 3 hours he stated the repair would exceed my warranty by $300 and that the part would have to be back ordered with a wait time of over a week. So essentially I'm paying $600 a year for a useless warranty and paying out of pocket for a repair that I later found out cost less than $50 to repair had I used a private source. Buyer BEWARE. I recommend not purchasing this warranty. It is not customer friendly. It feels like customer fraud. Lesson Learned.

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    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2017

    We purchased a Cabrio Whirlpool washing machine 1 and 1/2 year ago and purchased the extended warranty through Sears. What a NIGHTMARE it has been. Washing machine has been broke since November. Sears has sent A + E factory service out to home 5 times. Still not fixed. Bearings relaxed twice, tech damaged washer drum during the repair without proper tools. We've had to go buy new washer and we are still waiting for the Tech to come again. We are extremely frustrated with Sears and Whirlpool. We've contacted Whirlpool with no reply. We've talked to so many service members of Sears and get the "runaround". We will not recommend Sears or Whirlpool to anybody. Very Very disappointed. Paid $1,100 bucks including the warranty for Nothing but a Major headache and a piece of JUNK.

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    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2017

    Like many of the Sears complaints on this forum, mine too mainly deals with their poor Customer Service. I'm posting this complaint to share my experience and shed any additional awareness as to how poorly Sears can handle their customers when problems do arise. On 10/21/16 I had a scheduled visit by a Sears Home Services AC technician at my residence to check my 22 year old non-working residential R22 central air system. The advertised charge was $69.00 for the visit & diagnosis. I was with the technician during his entire short stay.

    Upon conclusion of his visit, he had tested a no charge in the system then visually came to the conclusion that there was a leak in the evaporator coils & recommended a new R410 system due to the age of my system & the phasing out of R22. The technician ask if I would be interested in considering Sears for my new AC install. I said yes because I had used Sears Home Services AC some 10 years ago to replace just the evaporator coil in my other zoned R22 AC unit & was happy with their pricing & work.

    He then scheduled a Sears Home Services Sales Rep to come out to my home later that same day. He indicated that his payment was due, I handed him my CC, and upon presenting me the bill I was quite surprised when there was a line item charge of $161.00 for Leak Detection Locate in addition to the agreed upon $69.00 service/diagnostic charge. I questioned the bill immediately for no proper leak detection test was performed nor an estimate given of any additional charge. He responded that it would not be a problem, if I were to choose Sears to install my new AC system, the total amount would be deducted from my AC install cost. If I did not, the $161.00 portion would be credited back.

    I later learned that I made the mistake of saying OK. The Sears Sales Rep did arrive later that same day, but my wife & I ultimately decided not to go with Sears because the estimate given for a new AC system was on the high side for the product, it was unclear whether or not the earlier service visit charge actually had been deducted & rep indicated that estimate given was good for that day only! The following Monday, on 10/24/16, I opened a dispute for the deceptive Leak Locate Charge with Sears Customer Solutions. On 10/26/16 I received a call from Sears offering a max credit of $65.00 to which I declined and explained that any partial credit did not resolve the entire deceptive Leak Locate charge. Sears offered no other resolution.

    I proceeded to open another dispute with Sears on 11/21/16. Sears response was limited to them sending the area Service Manager an Email to contact me, for only he as I was told was authorized to make such a credit. On 11/22/16 I received a call from the Sears Service Mgr. and he was receptive in hearing my complaint of his Technicians deceptive practice & my credit request for the Leak Locate charge. He indicated that he needed to speak with the Technician & that he would contact me back.

    It has been more than two months and I have not heard back. In the interim I had made a number of calls back to Customer Solutions and tried to contact the service manager directly but to no avail. I recently wrote a letter to Sears Executive Customer Relations in Illinois about this situation. Customer Relations did contact me in response to my letter, but were also powerless to do anything other than directing me to call back to Customer Solutions for resolution! All of the Sears Customer Service Reps I spoke with were both cordial & receptive to my problem, but had no direct power to neither fully resolve any billing issue nor pursue such issue on the customer's behalf. For their ongoing financial woes, looks like Sears is not only being mismanaged at the higher levels, but lower as well. It's a shame that such an American mainstay company as Sears is nearing its end.

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    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2017

    Had an appointment scheduled between 1-5. Took off work, tech called at 2:50 saying he will be there between 4 and 5. At 3:50 he calls back and says that he will not be able to make it. Then he tells me that I have to call the service center to see if someone else can come out. After speaking with three hard to understand customer service reps, they say they cannot get someone out today. Very unhelpful and I will not do business with any Sears affiliated company again.

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    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2017

    About 1 1/2 years ago one of the apartments in our complex caught on fire and destroyed six apartments. The resident was blamed for the fire even though he claimed that the microwave caught on fire. About five months ago my microwave (same oven) turned on by itself. Fortunately a friend and I were sitting in the kitchen and after a few minutes we wondered why the fan on the microwave was running (we had not used it for anything). I opened the microwave and was hit with a blast of heat about 500 degrees. The unit wouldn't shut off. None of the buttons worked. Opening and closing the door didn't do anything. I reached into the cabinet above the microwave and pulled the plug. Half an hour later I plugged it back in and it immediately started to run again. I then unplugged it for two hours and when I plugged it back in it worked. Whenever I leave the apartment, and at night, I unplug the unit. If it did this once it will do it again.

    My neighbor just informed me that her microwave (same model - Sears Kenmore 790 Microwave Oven) just did the same thing. She's currently waiting for parts to fix it, but she doesn't trust it. I believe that the fire 1 1/2 years ago was caused by the microwave and not by the resident. We all have the same units in our apartments. Our apartment manager says there is nothing wrong with the microwaves but they don't start by themselves normally. We have over 100 apartments in our complex. When will the next fire start?

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    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2017

    I bought a dryer a month ago. I know nothing about installing a washer/dryer but when these guys arrived to deliver the products it was clear I had more knowledge about how to install them. And they kept asking for my help. They made a mess and installed the dryer by crushing the dry vent against the wall. I asked them if this was an acceptable way to install the dryer and they informed me it should be fine.

    When I contacted the company and the person who sold me the dryer, they both agreed that was not an appropriate way to install it. So Sears came back and took the dryer saying they would deliver another one as soon as possible. They still haven't delivered it. They keep "scheduling" a delivery but that doesn't mean they plan to bring you an appliance on the scheduled day. It means you should receive an automated phone call with a time window the night before. But if they don't call you then they're not coming. Which means you get to call them (good luck with that) so they can re-schedule. I suggest they look up the definition of the word "schedule" and choose a different term. Such as "We are planning to jerk you around again on Monday." As a side note, I bought the same dryer at Home Depot and they delivered it properly three days later for free. Just go there.

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    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2017

    Final repairs - I see that Sears is disputing our complaint. I am at a loss to understand by. They never contacted me resolve this issue except to reclaim a part that the second service person claimed that they never sent. Actually they contacted me twice by phone and sent me an e-mail to return the part. They sent FedEx to my home for pick-up prior to the calls. I will clarify that I did try to discuss my problem with Sears but only at my initiation.

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    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2017

    As I write this review, I can see from the other reviews, I am not the only one Sears has scammed in 1 way or another. My horrific episode w/ Sears begins when I called them about the issue I was having with my dryer. I could power it up, drum light would come on, but as soon as I chose my heating setting and pressed Start, it would make a humming sound. So, the Repair Solutions dept scheduled an initial appt, which ended up having to be rescheduled because the tech was running so far behind that day.

    When I finally got a tech out to my house, I told him and showed him the issue I was having w/ the dryer. He borrowed my step ladder and opened the top of the dryer, then connected a little device to it. Then he proceeded to explain what he thought the issue was and printed an estimate for the labor and parts required to fix the issue. The estimate said the heating element needed to be replaced and it would cost me $613.11 + $79 to complete the job. I declined the estimate because I figured I could get a brand new dryer for that price (with a warranty). He told me I would still be responsible for the $79 because he did the diagnostic service.

    I paid him and he left. Then I spoke to a neighbor of mine, who recommended another local appliance repair company. Called them and a tech stopped by that evening. I described the same issue to him and showed him the Sears repair estimate and he was unclear why the Sears tech had recommended replacing the heating element. He proceeded to remove the lint filter grid (inside the dryer) and remove tons of lint which had collected underneath the drum. He uncovered 2 safety pins which had been stretched open and suggested these may have gotten hung under the drum causing it not turn. When he tested the dryer, it immediately started working again and has been for days now without any further issues.

    I called Sears to complain that I believe the Sears tech had given me a false estimate and to request a refund of my $79. I was told by multiple departments and reps that it was non-refundable and there was no one who could make an exception at Sears. I was even told by 1 Sears rep that she was the highest ranking person in the department and they were not willing to make an exception.

    I've also been hung up on twice during this whole ordeal. No one... and I mean no one cares about good customer service anymore. Basically, Sears came out to my house and gave me a false estimate for repair and took my $79. I work hard for my money and don't like it when I am ripped off by anyone... especially a company like Sears. The only thing I got in exchange for my $79 was a lie and a ton of stress. Well, I hope Sears is happy with that $79 because they have earned my attention and time to share my terrible experience with every review website and person I know.

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    Customer ServiceInstallation & SetupStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2017

    SEARS WOULD NOT TAKE BACK A NEW UNIT THAT CAN'T BE USED HERE. I purchased a new Kenmore window unit 253.77250 in Oct 16 for my rv window and did not install it till Jan 17. My installer said I could use it even though it's a 220 volt unit. Tried to use it and it won't come on. Reason is requires a 220 line. I called Sears with my Sear service tech today Feb 7, 2017 and got a supervisor on the phone who was getting the information from technician. Then he hung up and I tried calling back but he made it impossible for anyone to forward my call to him. He is using the return rule of 30 days which I was unaware of since they say if anything is wrong in 1 yr they will fix it. I would like to have someone at Sears who is responsible get in touch with me.

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    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2017

    Went to Sears on Jan. 10, 2017 and bought a dryer and side by side refrigerator. Paid some for them. When the dryer was delivered it didn't work so I had to wait for 5 days for them to send me a new one. So the second dryer came and it didn't work. Sent it back. It took over a week to refund me my money. I paid for installation on the side by side refrigerator and it took them two weeks for them to come and do the installation which they charged me twice $109.00 each time. The guy from installation called me and told me that he had to re-schedule for him to come and connect my refrigerator. So I took the refrigerator back to Sears and now it has been 3 weeks and they still have not refunded my money for the refrigerator over $1,500. When I try to go get my money back from Sears in Columbus Ohio Polaris Fashion one of the salesman had the nerve to cuss at me and nothing was done to him.

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    Reviewed Feb. 6, 2017

    I bought the Kenmore Elite refrigerator at a Sears store in June of 2015. By January 2016 I noticed we were losing food easy due to extreme temperatures fluctuation. The temperature would range between 30 and 50 degrees. It took 5 months to get a new refrigerator because the repair people would misdiagnosed the problem order the wrong parts and take weeks to get an appointment. They did give me a new Kenmore Elite although I voiced concerns we would have the same issue. They would not refund my money or give me a different refrigerator. Now here we are 7 months later going through the same thing. Dealing with Sears is like dealing with the Federal government. They have procedures that make no sense. They call one visit however many tries it takes to look like it's fixed. For us that was 4 tries waiting four hours each for their people to come here to try to repair our problem. Lost food, lots of lost time and the same problem.

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    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2017

    No Show Tech - lost day of work & unbelievable response from Sears. We have been without a functioning oven for months and now have to wait an additional 2 weeks. Tech never showed or called. It's our daughter's birthday and we will be reliant on store-bought goods. Our oven went out in December. It took weeks for Sears to send a technician. He assessed the control panel was bad. We paid in full for the part, that day's service and his return visit to install the part. The part arrived weeks before his installment appointment. I waited at home the day of the appointment. Called once, was assured he was coming. Called at 7 PM to be told he was not coming and that they could have someone here in TWO weeks. I have a house full of girls for my daughter's birthday and have to continuously run to the neighbors to prepare food. Keep in mind, to their advantage, the service was paid in advance.

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    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2017

    Ordered gas dryer on 1/31 over the phone from Sears with a delivery date scheduled for 02/03. Never received the promised delivery confirmation call the night before. After repeated calls to Sears this morning (02/03), was finally given the phone number for the "local" contractor providing the delivery and installation. Delivery and installation had never been scheduled with the contractor. The earliest delivery date, when the contractor is in my area, is now 02/08 for which I'm going to have to take another day out of work. As other reviewers have stated in various ways... no wonder Sears is going down the toilet.

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    Reviewed Feb. 2, 2017

    I hope you like a good story. I live in NW Washington State. On Jan. 10, 2017, I purchased a 27" electric wall oven through the Naples, Fl. Sears Outlet Store. I added $250.00 for shipping costs to my purchase. The sales person [Steve] was very helpful and said I could do my purchase directly on the phone, rather than online thru PayPal or another source. I did and received a receipt thru email. Next stop for this item was during the week of Jan. 17, when the oven arrived in a warehouse in Tacoma Wa, approx.125 miles from my home. A warehouse rep. ["Air Van", a moving & storage facility] called to say they had it and were awaiting the "OK" from "Home Express", a middle broker for SearsOutlet shipping, because [and here's the "catch"] my zip code is "remote" and deliveries to my area are infrequent. I do live on a large island, 1 hour ferry ride from the mainland of Wa. state, however freight companies deliver stuff EVERY DAY.

    I even gave the Home Express rep. the name of a shipping co. that delivers to my zip code by ferry and they said, "They don't deal with them." I offered to meet them at a mainland area zip code that was within their delivery area and they gave me such a run-around, eventually referring me to a Sears Customer Service phone number: 1.800.341.2517. The plot thickens... Sears has no record of this being a delivery item, as it was not online, but through the store directly and though they could find it in their records, it was listed as "store pick-up" [hard to do when you live 3,000+ miles away]. So, here I am, between a rock [Sears] and a hard place [my growing anger with Sears] and ready to reach for the phone to my lawyer [Legal Shield] and file a lawsuit against Sears for miscommunicating their delivery system.

    Bottom line: I was told directly by a "Home Express" person that delivery would not occur until they built up other items in my zip code to justify the truck ferry expense" and that "this could take a long time" - no date even mentioned. I was further told by one rude employee of theirs: "Well sir, you did choose to live on an island". Bottom, bottom line for me: if I want the item in a timely manner, I will have to rent a pick-up truck and drive [125 miles (250 RT) to the holding warehouse and get it, which I will probably do. MORAL FOR ANYONE READING: DO NOT PURCHASE THRU SEARS OUTLET. And here's another reason not to: Around the same time I bought the oven, I also purchased a Sears Kenmore Elite Gas Downdraft Cooktop from a local Sears Outlet and picked it up in person. Store was polite and I installed the item.

    When I picked it up, I inspected it [ok] and took a box of parts [the downdraft stuff] and a plastic bag labeled "LP Conversion Kit". We use LP [Liquid Propane] Gas on our island and you need a different pressure in the regulator and 4 different burner "orifices". I've done this before, so I know what I'm talking about. Inspecting the bag when I got home, I noticed that the 4 orifices were not included. I called the store. They said "Sorry sir, you bought this AS IS", telling me to go to Sears Parts Direct, which I did. These 4 items, about the size of your pinkie finger and 3/8" long, cost $135.00!!! Not only that, I ordered them 12 business days ago and they have still not arrived. I've gotten items from China faster.

    If you're reading this and thinking of buying thru Sears Outlet STOP/GO BACK TO START/DO NOT GO FORWARD. If you're reading this and you're a Sear's Co. representative... shame, shame on a company that my father loved and when I was a kid, we used to visit weekly. I'm not done with you yet SEARS... there is a lawsuit somewhere in all of this and when I get together with my Legal Shield counsel soon, we will figure it out.

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    Reviewed Feb. 2, 2017

    Purchased the dryer + the "required" parts for Sears to install - the delivery people left the dryer, NO "required" parts that I paid $70.00 for and advised that I call a handyman... Really? No wonder you are going out of business.

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    Reviewed Feb. 2, 2017

    Sears repair service is unbelievably awful! We bought a new washer and dryer from them a little over a year ago and both had issues from the start that required multiple service appointments. The issue on the washer was the door wouldn't stay shut to start the wash cycle. The technician that came out told me he had done everything he could do and we would just have to wait for the rubber lining to soften with time and it would get better. I asked him how that was going to work because if it didn't get better, by the time I would be calling it would be out of warranty.

    His response was that even if I called within the warranty time there was nothing else that he could do to try to fix it. He said that since it was a documented issue that they hadn't been able to remedy while it was under warranty- actually within the first month, that it would be covered at no charge. Since that time we have been holding the washer door shut every we want to wash clothes and now it stopped working and will not lock in order to start the cycle. Sears Repair Services' response? "We're sorry you're out of warranty and you'll have to pay". No regard for what the service man told us even though it's in the record! Just a warning. If I were you I would not buy from Sears!

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    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2017

    Sears Canada: I purchased a range, microwave, dishwasher and a fridge from Sears. My experience with this company has been absolutely horrible. Originally the reason I chose Sears instead of Lowe's/Home Depot was because I was able to save $300. As a smart shopper and bargainer I thought this was a better deal, but I was very wrong. First of all when the delivery truck came they emptied all the products except my Fridge. When I asked where the fridge was they said they didn't know and for me to call the customer service department. When I called the customer service line the girl told me they didn't know where my fridge was but they knew earlier that it wasn't loaded in the truck because they didn't have it at the warehouse. When I asked why did no one call me and tell me they had no response.

    I paid a carpentry to come to my house that day to frame around the fridge, so when the fridge didn't come I still had to pay $300 (which was my original saving when choosing Sears). I called back and spoke to another representative they told me they didn't know where the fridge was or when I was going to receive it. After talking in circles for 20 minutes with no support, I requested to speak to a manager. Eventually I spoke to a supervisor Tracey who assured me she was going to take care of this and give me a call the next day with a resolution. It's 6:30PM and after 2 phone calls and 2 messages I still have not received a response. I just moved into a new house today with 2 kids and no fridge. How this company is not already bankrupt amazes me. BUYERS BEWARE. Pay a little bit more knowing you will get quality service from a company that cares about their clients.

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    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2017

    I purchased a water heater recently and from the day it was put in the hot water was not working. Been in contact with them trying to find solutions as to how to have this issue resolved, and although the people in the actual store was helpful, the ones they referred me to were not. They continued passing me off to another individual and telling me stuff to kind of get me off their backs. Then need I say that it is still under a year warranty and they wanted me to pay for a heating element that was bad, and for the person coming out to fix the situation. The water heater is not even two weeks old in the house nor was it a day old when it was put in and not working. This experience I have had with these individuals have been the absolute worst. Then they tried making it seem as if it was my fault it wasn't working.

    I did everything I was suppose to, keeping them inform and letting them know detail everything from the time installed. Then they told me that if I got a new one it wouldn't be until March when we would get it from January. Then I'm expected to make payments on something that isn't working like clockwork. What is that!!! My advice is to please make sure you read reviews before making a decision about purchasing something from this company so you won't have to go through this experience. Be warn!!!

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    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2017

    I purchase 2 major appliances gas range and a refrigerator that's has filter water dispenser, crush ice option and other features that interested me in this item. 1st complaint sales guy never told me that I was responsible for disconnect the gas line to my old stove to have it remove from my home upon the delivery of the new stove. The delivery guy tells me to call Sears once the old stove is disconnected and that Sears will send someone out to pick it up. I get someone to disconnect it that night. I phone Sears first thing in the morning and the customer service agent tells me that it will now cost me $25 for pickup. Now I have a stove sitting on my back porch. Ok I got over that!!

    My biggest complaint #2: The refrigerator I purchased this item with no knowledge that in order for the item to work properly in now need to order a water line for a tune of $189.00 plus tax. The salesperson never shared this information with me at the time I was considering such an item which had he shared this information is would have choose a different option that did not require additional parts. This new information is told to over the phone and I'm also told that I can't order the part over the phone and have to go in-store to order this part. After all of that I ask the gentleman I'm speaking with to transfer my call to put in a complaint and he himself hangs up on me. I'm a very unhappy customer and this will be my last purchase with Sears. They showed me no apathy regarding my 2nd complaint and that's makes me a very unhappy customer. I will share my poor experience with as many people as I can from this day forward.

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    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2017

    My Wife and I just purchased a new fridge and range from our local Sears and paid for it to be delivered. We removed the old fridge from the kitchen to the garage a couple weeks prior to delivery because we had our hardwood floors refinished. When the delivery team arrived I told them the fridge that was to be removed was in the garage and they could just set the new range in the garage as well. I leave the garage for a second and come back in and I see that he had grab my dolly that was in the garage and started to roll the fridge away. I stand there and wait to see what he would do. He sets the fridge down and then uses my dolly to roll the new range up as well. I would have mind he used it if he had asked. I didn't like the fact that he saw it in my garage and just grabbed it. Just think of what else he could have taken if I was not there.

    Prior to bringing in the fridge the delivery man measures the walk ways. He noticed a dent in the door way and we both agreed that they did not do that. So they now carry in the fridge and install it. After they leave I go back and double check everything and I noticed scuff marks on the other side of the doorway along with scratches to the newly refinished hardwood floors.

    I contacted Sears delivery right away to filed a complaint and waited for about 2 months for them to investigate. I sent them pictures of all the damages as well as receipts proving I just had my floors refinished. I just received a letter from them stating they will no longer be pursuing this matter and they determined that their delivery team did not cause those damages. Now we are left with scuff marks on our doorway, floors and a sour taste in our mouths.

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    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2017

    Scheduled a repair for my 1 year old front load washer and was given a time between 8 am and 5pm. Took off of work and waited all day. The only contact I had with Sears was when I called them. Repairman never showed or called. When I called to complain to Sears I was told that they were sorry and would reschedule meaning would have to take another day off and hope that they showed. Went with a local repairman who gave me an exact appointment time and had the repair done in no time.

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    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2017

    We purchased a Kenmore Elite refrigerator with the bottom freezer and the water and ice dispenser in the door over 6 years ago. Paid over $3,800 for it! THINKING KENMORE TO BE A GREAT PRODUCT! This is our second fridge from Sears in 12 years and I can just say "Never again". Same issues with the water leaking from the pump... We searched online for parts to repair and seems like they have been discontinued. GO FIGURE!

    I called for a repair on the fridge and here's my story. First when I called on a Monday they said they would be here on the Friday to see what they would need to repair the refrigerator. So I waited then the call center called to reschedule the appointment to Monday. I could hardly understand the individual I was talking to because apparently their call center is not in North America. "No problem," I said so on Monday I waited and no show then the call center called again to reschedule to Wednesday because the individual was sick. Not a huge problem cause that happens.

    On Wednesday they called again to reschedule to Friday. Thursday night they called again to say they will have someone contact me to reschedule again... What is going on Sears? Now as I'm typing this I got a call to say that they have acquired McNeice repair service to do the job... But why do I need to pay more for the call than previously? Pissed client!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 31, 2017

    For all reading this, never ever do a service agreement with Sears. I cannot go in lengthy details but we are without a cooktop for 5 weeks. Typically they transfer calls from one dept to the other and do not solve the issue. We'll take them to small claims court.

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    Reviewed Jan. 31, 2017

    I ordered a Maxi Climber fitness machine for store pickup. Online it showed as in stock for my store location. After I paid $200 and received an email confirmation my order was cancelled because they did not really have the machine in stock as stated online. Instead of checking another store which did have the machine in stock they took my money out of my account and then offered me no options to pick up the machine elsewhere or offer to deliver it to my house. They said they were unable to provide further assistance. The customer service staff and supervisor were extremely rude and now I have to wait for them to refund my money 5-7 business days. Unacceptable!!! Never ordering anything from Sears again.

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    Reviewed Jan. 30, 2017

    I purchased a 1 carat, diamond solitaire ring from our local Sears that is going out of business on 1/20/17 for $970.09. The purchase was made with "all sales final" and I accepted this in good faith. However, I was not informed that this diamond was of poor quality, not certified and rated as a 1 for clarity. The ring was beautiful in store, but upon inspection in normal lighting at home the diamond is literally covered with inclusions (carbon) throughout that is visibly obvious to the naked eye.

    The specifications and details of this diamond were not specified on the ring's tag, on the Sears internet site, nor by the sales associate. The sale of this ring was deceptive by the omission of facts, unethical and certainly with dubious intent. I have contacted Sears by phone and letter; written a review of the sale on Sears.com; filed a dispute with Sears's complaint and Solutions Dept., case ID **; written numerous letters to executives; and disputed the charges with my Visa credit card bank, in order to obtain a refund or exchange of this ring.

    I fully, completely and without reservation understand the phrase that "all sales are final," as in my case, however, the withholding of pertinent, relevant information/data was not ethical, fair or acceptable. It was sold under false pretenses and nowhere was it stated, implied or written that the diamond was being sold "as is". I would have never purchased the ring at any price!! None of my attempts to resolve this have been addressed and are being ignored. Sears.com customer service representatives have assured me on 2 separate chat sessions that I have transcripts of, that my satisfaction was guaranteed and a refund would not be an issue. I am incensed, frustrated, angry and determined to find a resolve in my favor!! I am pursuing assistance and/or suggestions for a fair and equitable resolve to this matter. It is an outrage!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 29, 2017

    I scheduled a non-warranty appointment with Sears Home Services to fix my GE Profile refrigerator which was no longer cooling. The schedulers were polite and were able to get a repair person out in two days. The technician came as scheduled and diagnosed the problem as a bad inverter. He did not have the part on the truck so he placed an order for it. We paid for the part and the service call, and he said to call when the part came in to schedule another appointment. The part took over a week to arrive, it was sent USPS. A different technician came back to install the part. He installed it, and said it would take up to 24 hours for the refrigerator to get to temperature. I questioned him on it because it didn't seem like it was cooling. He assured me it was working fine. 24 hours later, the refrigerator is still at room temperature.

    We paid over $600 for the part, diagnostics, and labor, and 2 weeks later still do not have a working refrigerator. We also found out that the company charged us over $300 for the part that was supposedly bad, when you can order it directly from Sears for $130. We are now waiting for them to come back to start all over again, but have no confidence that they will diagnose the real problem, will not overcharge us if they have to order yet another part, and don't have any idea how much longer we will be without a refrigerator. We have called our credit card company to dispute the original charges. We will not be using Sears again after this.

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    Reviewed Jan. 27, 2017

    This is the beginning of June of 2016 my refrigerator wasn't working. Wasn't keeping anything cold. They come over they fix it and two weeks later it's not working again. This went on until January of 2017. They have come many times till now. Jimmy-rigging the problem. I have not been able to keep food for more than a few days. Wasted! Many phone calls and I also had to pay 180.00 out of my pocket for the same problem!

    In repairs they have purchased my fridge 3 times! Do you think by replacing it they would have saved money? They didn't care... Always switching me to a different person. Always investigating. Not til I told them, "No more." I was buying one and dropping them. They finally said, "Okey." Another frustration was I had to open a Sears card and purchase it myself and they then send me a check... Not worth the high blood pressure. I'm still out of 180.00 and fridge was 250.00 more than they allowed. What a racquet! I'm done and will just outright buy new from now on. Warranty means headaches!

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    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2017

    I had ordered a crib mattress from Sears Canada to be shipped to my local distribution center on December 28th. The estimated delivery given was 3 to 7 business days. That delay passed and about a week later I received an automated call saying that my mattress had arrived. When I went to the depot in Sept-iles to retrieve my purchase the sales lady there told me that they do not call customers and that my order was not yet in. A week later, I still had not received my mattress so I called Customer service. They told me they didn't know where my mattress was but it was probably in transit so to check back in with the local distribution center the next day. The next day my mattress had still not arrived!

    A week later I call Customer service again who then tell me that my mattress is in Quebec City and will arrive the next day in Sept-iles. The mattress did not arrive. So after about 4 more calls with Customer service and about a half a dozen emails they finally inform me that my mattress had arrived in Sept-iles but that the lady there had shipped it back to Calgary (for God knows what reason!). I am now 39 weeks pregnant with no crib mattress. They told me they had refunded me (which is a lie, I have yet to receive my money), and as compensation for all my problems they will send me a $20 gift card which will arrive in about 6 weeks. I find this $20 gift card as compensation insulting considering all the stress they have put me through when I am just trying to guarantee that my baby will have a place to sleep when we get home from the hospital!

    This company is a joke! Do not order from them especially if it is an important purchase such as a crib mattress!! I am predicting they will be out of business very quickly if they continue treating their customers this way. The worst part is that if I had not constantly harassed Customer service they never would have informed me that my mattress order had been cancelled.

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    Reviewed Jan. 25, 2017

    Useless agreement. Sears has been out 8 times over a 6 month period to fix a washing machine covered under Sears Master Protection Plan. I called their Protection Plan agreement phone number to determine if we could get a new washing machine. After waiting on hold for 45 minutes, Marrissa answered. I explained the situation that the repair people had been out 8 times and replaced a total of $3,289.05 in parts, this does not include the labor fee for the work.

    She said that it did not meet their qualifications for replacement. I asked what is their "qualification" for replacement, she said the repairman needs to deem the machine irreparable!!! At that point the technical support team gets involved to determine if in fact it is irreparable, then and only then will they consider replacing the machine. Sears is selling poorly manufactured appliances, a useless protection agreement, that requires an immense numbers of repairs, essentially rendering the appliance unusable by the purchaser.

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    Reviewed Jan. 25, 2017

    My problem is quite long so try to get to the facts. I was sent to the store by Member Services. Chelsea told me she transferred my case after back-and-forth between the store and this Chelsea case ended up back with her. I had a authentic exchange written up with the store stamp and she would not honor it after she sent me for it so I ask for her supervisor which was the team leader which was a big mistake, Dana won't talk to me only emails. She wants to take my mattress, send me a check in about two weeks and give me $50.

    I don't shop rewards card to buy an air mattress to sleep on knowing I'm a cardiac patient and I need a mattress exchange badly. She states Sears can't please me with an exchange but all the mattresses come from the same company. I felt really hurt and insulted to think a sears employee would treat me so disrespectful. If it wasn't for us customers she wouldn't have a pay check. I realize a Sealy mattress set is out of the question so I would be grateful for another new Beauty rest mattress. Please let me know if you're able to help me. I'd like to get this resolved and concentrate on my health.

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2017

    The new stove had a major electrical error exactly one month beyond the one year warranty. Very quick to get to a person to buy the extended warranty and have the repair person come out. But then we found out that we had to uninstall the stove ourselves because they would not be liable if the glass cooktop broke while being moved. Now I'm trying to cancel the useless warranty and have been on hold many times for over 1 hour each time without talking to a human.

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2017

    I ordered a sound system from Sears website. Nowhere online, or in any verification emails that I received did it mention I needed to be present at the time of delivery. When I tracked my package and saw "delivery attempted, will reattempt tomorrow" I called Sears to change the delivery address. They said they were unable to do this, but couldn't provide a reason as to why. The first associate told me to cancel and reorder, which I didn't want to do because I had used points and wasn't sure if they would be valid on the repurchase.

    The second associate I spoke with then told me it was too late to cancel, and there really wasn't anything I could do. If I had known a signature was required I would have the package shipped to my job. This is after buying a refrigerator from them during the summer and having the salesperson "guarantee" the delivery men could bring my old refrigerator downstairs. Naturally, the lazy delivery men get there and say "We don't move appliances". I guess they'll tell you anything to get a sale. I will never be buying a product at Sears again, as they use shady sales methods to take your money, and then can't even cancel an order in a timely fashion. This company is horrible and it's no wonder they are struggling financially.

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2017

    I was on the phone for two hours today trying to get my annual tune up for my washing machine. I was told last week to call this Monday which I did then told to call on Friday to schedule the tune up but then said my service agreement was up as of today. I was switched to a manager who couldn't help and then service product section in which I was disconnected twice. After being on the phone for two hours with absolutely no resolution and disconnections I am thoroughly dissatisfied and NOT calling Sears again. And I still have not scheduled my tune up. Very very disappointed with Sears and will never buy another Sears product.

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2017

    I've submitted 2 claims in the past 2 years. The first one was for a furnace repair in mid-Winter. Temperatures were below zero here and I was told they would send someone out within 24 hours. It took a week for them to determine they didn't have anyone in their program and I'd have to find someone myself... then it took almost 3 months to get the parts authorized, paid for, and installed. I had to pay the bill myself, and was eventually reimbursed six months later.

    The second was for an electric water heater (very simple install). They contracted with MY PLUMBER in Buffalo, NY, who did not show up until the 2nd scheduled appointment. I was told that the water heater was leaking, could not be repaired, and that they were requesting a replacement through the warranty. The technician said it would take a couple of days to get an authorization and up to a week to receive the replacement water heater. After two weeks, I called and was told they had not yet received it (this was around Christmas so I gave the benefit of the doubt on the timing).

    A week later I was told it was still not in, so I called Sears Home Warranty and was told there was no request from the technician. I called MY PLUMBER and was told that it was on order and would take about a week. I called Sears Home Warranty and was told they'd just called and just placed the request (nearly four weeks after it was supposedly done).

    Scheduled to be home for the installation - no show... Late call... "Can't make it today... Will come next week." Arrives on Friday mid-day. Installs new water heater and tries to upsell a simple valve "normally $299, but we'll do it for $149" (a $10 part). Installation takes a couple of hours and I'm told it will take a while for the water to heat up. I wait until the following morning --- no hot water. Call MY PLUMBER "Oh, we'll have to send someone out". Scheduled for Monday... late in day called to say can't come. Arrives Tuesday morning... determines water heater is defective and that it needs a part. Technician says he checked with the office and they can't do any more until I contact Sears Home Warranty and get them to approve a repair or replacement.

    Sears Home Warranty called and told that MY PLUMBER (actual company name is 72 Degrees Heating and Cooling in Tonawanda NY) must call for an authorization and they have the number. Still no hot water. A lot of finger pointing going around. I asked Agent at Sears Home Warranty what she could do and was told that I needed to contact 72 Degrees Heating and Cooling and get them to contact authorizations.

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2017

    Starting this review I want it clear that the A&E Repair person has been wonderful. The problem is Sears! On Jan 4, 2017, A&E tech came to my home and determined my 3.5 year old Kenmore Elite refrigerator had a defective compressor. Even though the part was not under a warranty they would replace it at no cost since a number of these have been bad. In comes the problem, a new compressor was put on order & a new service date was placed (2 weeks later). Remember I now have no refrigerator! At the 2 week appt we have an ice storm. Sears calls and cancels our appt and again reschedules us for 2 weeks later!!!

    Very disappointed I began calling the repair number to complain. It is not possible to call the call center and get help. You call them go through all their prompts but when you actually talk to someone they have no power to change anything and quite frankly, don't care! Talked to supervisors, no help, no change!!! Finally, 3 weeks later the repair tech comes only to open the part that had been delivered to my house was completely trashed. Oh ya I'm not kidding. The part was shipped completely destroyed! Box shipping had no damage (I took pictures). Tech tries to find a new compressor locally but can't find one!!! You guessed it. Now I have started all over, new part ordered with a 2 week later tech appt.

    As of today, Jan 24, 21 days with no refrigerator!!! Can't call anyone because at any number I call no one can or will help!!! Posted this to Facebook & was told from Corporate Sears that they couldn't bring me a new refrigerator because I didn't have the right service agreement!!! How did your defective appliance Become my fault. Well maybe it is, I did buy a refrigerator from Sears!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2017

    Purchased a $2100 washer/dryer from the Provo Sears store. After 2 failed deliveries, I had a dryer hooked up. BUT my new washer was sitting in my family room not hooked up due to showing up without parts twice AND they stole my old working washer that we did NOT ask them to take. When I called our salesman Jake, he took NO responsibility for anything saying they contract out for deliveries and his instructions were clear, yada yada yada...

    Then he lets me talk to his manager Erika. She was the most patronizing woman I have ever spoken to, and again, she too took no responsibilty and said she'd TRY to get back to me in a couple days. Supposedly delivery men will be at my house tomorrow to complete installation but the process has taken over a week with me not having a washer for the past 4 days because they stole my old washer that was hooked up and working. I WILL NEVER SHOP PROVO SEARS AGAIN!!! Horrible store and awful employees!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2017

    In Nov 2015 we purchased a Kenmore model 26370349417. Beginning of January 2017 I made my 1st service call. The technician showed up, determined he needed to order the part for lcd panel. I told him at the time that the refrigerator was also making a popping sound. I was told that this model is kinda noisy, not to worry about it. 1 week later I hear a loud pop and the freezer temp begins to go up. Constant alarms (temperature overheating) a few hours later the temperature in the refrigerator is over heating. When I called in, the woman I spoke with, gave me a hard time scheduling another appointment because I already had a repair ticket scheduled. After speaking to someone else, appointment was scheduled for today Jan 23, 2017. The technician determined a bad inverter/relay. Had to order a part and scheduled service for Jan 31 2017.

    All my food went bad and had to be thrown out, and now I'll be without a refrigerator for almost two weeks. They'll replace the food, but I have to send an itemized list & total. I think I should also be given reimbursement for time and suffering. We'll have to eat out 3 times a day for as long as it takes to get it repaired or replaced. I'll never in my life buy another product from Sears! If I could I'd give it back. This is the worst service ever!

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2017

    The experience was fine - I was told my washer would cost over $500 to fix so I declined the estimate and figured I'd buy another. I paid on the spot. I've received two bills from sear's fake "collections" department and they acknowledge the mistake but continue to send threatening bills. I call to speak to them and I'm rerouted from one department to the next. Completely unsurprising that they are going bankrupt with this kind of service. I'll be going to Home Depot from now on.

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2017

    All of a sudden my microhood's fan turned on by itself on high and won't shut off unless I disconnect the power. When I googled the issue I see that there have been many complaints over these for Kenmore microwaves. When I called Sears to inquire about this, their response was if I don't have warranty a technician can come out to diagnose at my expense. Given this is a constant issue with their product, I don't understand why they aren't trying to resolve this issue for their customers. Their microwaves with these problems should be recalled. My issue is with Model #721-85033111 and serial #206TA01799.

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    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2017

    Bad Service - Sears uses this company to repair extended warranties on their appliances in my area. So sad because this is the worst repair company I have ever dealt with. The person they sent has little or no experience. I had 2 problems with my dishwasher. He didn't do much with one of the problems. The other problem was to replace the panel on the front of the dishwasher where the digital buttons are located. It is made out of hard plastic and has been getting loose with time. He said he did not have a replacement with him and was going to order one. He tried to pull it off and loosened it more than it was.

    I called a few days later to see what the status was on the order and was told the repair was done and he had closed out. Apparently he never ordered the part or had any plans on returning. If he had no intentions on doing anything, then why did he make it worse than it was? I read in other reviews that I am not the only one they have given such bad service. No wonder Sears is going out of business hiring these kinds of companies to supposedly fix their appliances. Sears wants our business and money but they are not giving much in return. I have been a Sears customer for nearly 50 years. To top it off the repair customer service phone lines are located overseas making it more difficult to understand and get proper help. Does Sears Corporation ever bother to read what is posted and find out what is going on behind the scenes? No wonder Sears is going under. How sad to lose the greatest retail store company that existed worldwide at one time!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2017

    I purchased a Bosch double wall oven from Sears 3 years ago. When the oven broke in November, I called Sears to repair it. They talked me into a Sears Home Warranty and told me that they would come and repair my oven, and if any appliance in my home needed repair, they would repair and replace if necessary. Since I bought my oven at Sears, they said the tech would have the parts. After waiting 8 hours (although a 4 hour window was assigned, they sent a tech who said he needed a second person to remove the oven). After waiting another week, they then said they needed to order parts. After the third week they repaired it, and it worked again for exactly two days. The process then started over. We waited for an appointment. The tech showed 3 hours after the 4 hour assigned window, and said he needed to order parts.

    After the parts arrived and we waited again more than 4 hours, the tech showed and said he needed a second person to lift the oven, so we waited again for another appointment. After waiting a week for an appointment, the tech came 4 hours after the end of the 4 hour window and repaired it again. Two weeks later, the oven smelled like an electrical fire. We waited again, for an appointment for a diagnosis and then again for parts.

    During all of this, the customer service representatives were completely unhelpful in expediting the waiting period between tech visits. The tech who is standing in my kitchen right now is disgruntled and telling me that it's the broiler unit that needs to be fixed, "but, they are telling me to replace the board, so that's what I'm doing and you will probably see me again." Well, no. I won't see him again and I will sue SEARS for my warranty money back before I have another frustrating experience and allow another tech into my home.

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    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2017

    On January 9th 2017 I ordered a Olympic weight bar. Was supposed to be delivered for pickup at the store on January 13th. I got the email and a text on the 13th saying my purchase was ready for pickup. As I was leaving work to go to the Maryville TN, sears to pick up my purchase an employee calls me to say that my weight bar was not on the truck and to ignore the emails and texts that I received. He told me that it will be on the truck the following week. So another week went by.

    On that Friday I showed up in the evening to pick my purchase up and scanned my bar code at the kiosk. An employee came out of the back and said that my purchase was not there and I would have to call the website customer service. I called customer service and the lady said she would send an investigation application to management and I will receive an email update in 72 hours.

    3 days went by and I got an email saying my purchase has been picked up from their store and the investigation has been dropped. Called back customer service and the lady told me exactly the same thing that she was sending an investigation application to management. So now it's 2 weeks past the time I was supposed to receive my weight bar and this lying scandalous company has completely stole from me and from what these other reviews say is a lot of other people. Sears needs to close their doors. What they are doing should be illegal. I will never shop there again.

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    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2017

    Summary of my problem- Dec. 26th - called Sears to request a service call due to dryer getting excessively hot. (The dryer is 10 years old so we know when it is not operating properly.) Dec. 29th or 30th - Service technician comes in to check dryer. He worked on it for a while. He left with sort of a sorry about your luck attitude. He said to keep using it. That would have meant ruining many loads of clothes and having to stop and start the dryer every 5-10 minutes to keep clothes from getting too hot. The dryer continued to overheat- the smell was very noticeable and the clothing was too hot to touch. We called to request service again. Jan. 3rd - Another technician came and figured out the problem. A part was ordered. A new service call was scheduled to install the part. Service call was scheduled for January 16th.

    Jan. 11th - The part arrived. We had not had a dryer to use for several weeks so my husband installed the part. Jan. 15th - I chatted with someone on the Sears website to cancel the service call. He guaranteed 30,000 points would be added to our Shop Your Way account. The points are not on there yet. Jan. 16th - I was on hold waiting for a rep for 1 hour. My phone went dead so I gave up. I used the chat feature again with someone due to the fact that the searspabenefits.com site was not functional to make a claim. This time the person guaranteed that I would receive $50 reimbursement. Jan. 17th and Jan. 19th - I got an e-mail saying that the $50 reimbursement would not be honored. This is a terrible way to do business. We have bought two warranties on this dryer.

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    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2017

    I ordered a KitchenAid mixer that was 70% off online. The money was withdrawn from my account. Several days later I still had not received an email letting me know it had shipped. I spoke with Customer Service who stated it would be shipping 3 days later. Two days after I spoke with Customer Service I received an email saying that the product was sold out and my money was being refunded. I called Customer Service right away and asked what was going on and they said they had oversold the product and would not be able to fulfill my order. I said that I would be happy to wait until they receive more of the product and they said that they could not do that and I will just have to accept the refund. They did offer me a 10% discount if I ordered the product online again but that was quite different than the original 70% discount.

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    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2017

    Called for a dishwasher repair on December 26th. Subcontractor Absolute Appliances came out misdiagnosed the repair. 5-7 calls later after I finally got a commitment from Absolute I would be the first repair on Friday January 20th. I called after they did not show and the Owner of the company said "ooh I will wake him up". Called back in 10 minutes and said "I can be there in about an hour". Requested another repair company come out and they are three hours past the 4 hour window they gave me. Sears subs out the work to the lowest bidder. You should save your money and contact a reputable appliance repair company when you need them. Complete waste of money and only aggravated me. What was supposed to be peace of mind was anything but.

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    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2017

    I ordered a washer and dryer from sears.com, they charged me and sent me an email saying my delivery was scheduled. Later that day he sent me an email saying my order was canceled? I check my bank account and the money was taken out! I was on the phone with six different people and no one could tell me why my order was canceled or where my money went!!! This is the most horrible customer service I have ever encountered. I still don't have my money back three days later, and I will not be receiving a washer and dryer!! NEVER ever trust Sears. They are thieves.

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    Reviewed Jan. 20, 2017

    I purchased a ring from Sears. I went to the store to return the ring (within the 30 days) and was told it was not returnable because the tag was removed. I explained the sales rep removed the tag for me and did not mention the ring could not be returned if the tag was removed. I spoke to 3 employees at the store, including the assistant manager. The tag was in the bag along with my receipt. I asked for the corporate phone number with no assistance. The rep over the phone explained the return policy is listed on Sears.com. This policy is wrong and misleading. If I was told that the ring was nonreturnable while in the store I would not have purchased it. The reps over the phone were not helpful. I will never shop at Sears again! I am totally dissatisfied!

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    Reviewed Jan. 20, 2017

    On Wednesday January 18, 2017, I received an automated phone call stating that my product was going to be delivered between 0700 and 1800 on Friday January 20, 2017. I called the 1-800 number back to inform them that no one was going to be home until after 1230. They noted it in the comments (they said) and also informed me that I would be getting a closer time frame the next day. I received another automated phone call on January 19, 2017 saying that the product was going to be delivered between 1050 and 1250. I again called the 1-800 number to inform them that no one was going to be home until after 1230. I was assured that they would note that and that the delivery driver would call prior to arriving to ensure that the delivery time was accurate. I again asked to make sure that the delivery time was noted. I was assured that it was.

    I received a phone call at 1125 on the morning of January 20, 2017 from the delivery driver asking if anyone was home. I said no, that no one was going to be home until after 1230. He told me he was at our house. I was able to leave work and made a mad rush to my house to accommodate the delivery people as I don't believe it was their fault. I asked if they were informed of the scheduling issue that I had. The main delivery person said that no, he was unaware of the time that was requested. Needless to say, I am very displeased with having the customer service call centre situated in another country (as most are nowadays). It would appear that the almighty dollar is so much more important than good customer service.

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2017

    I called Sears on 12/8/2016 to schedule a repair on my oven that wouldn't heat over 250 degrees. First available appointment was 12/19/2016, inconvenient but okay, fine. Technician showed up and said he needed to order a part and rescheduled us for 12/30/2016 between 8 and 12. On 12/30 at 2:00 I called to get an eta on the Tech only to be told I didn't have an appointment that day, I had been rescheduled for 1/9/2017. Mind you no one told me that and we are now a month after my initial call. Tech shows up 1/9/2017 but the part he ordered doesn't fix the problem, we need to order a different part. He reschedules us for 1/23/2017.

    I called tonight 1/19/2017 to get an update since the new part hasn't arrived. The Customer Service Rep I spoke with tells me I'm not scheduled for 1/23/2017 and she can't put me on the books until the part arrives. Fine, that makes sense, so I asked when the part was ordered to which she answers she doesn't know, she just schedules appointments. I ask to speak to someone who does know when it was ordered. She tells me there's no one who can tell me. I asked for a Supervisor and she told me my request to speak to a Supervisor is denied because it's not a valid request. What does that even mean? So here I am 6 weeks without a working oven and no idea if or when it will be fixed. How are they still in business??? Wish I could give zero stars.

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2017

    Bought a washer online, clicked on the "free" delivery of new and haul away of old washer. Lead time was 3 weeks?! Laundry was building up so called "customer service" to change from delivery to pick up myself. A rep with a strong Filipino accent I could hardly communicate with then tells me I cannot pick up myself as the washer is on order and in another state currently; I proceed to tell them I am online and it shows me the option to "pick up at store" if I purchased right now. The rep then lies and tells me that would only be a floor model "do you want a floor model sir?" I hang up, cancel my first order, re-purchase online again (for a better price so thanks for that) but choose "pick up in store". I drive down and pick up my brand new washer (which was not in the store as I was directed via text but at the warehouse a couple miles away as I was told by a store worker).

    I then call to see about hauling away my old washer; I am then told that I chose to pick up the new one myself so it is not possible to have Sears haul away my old one. I argue it's no different except I saved them half the work and it's only because they would have taken 3 weeks to deliver. Again in a Filipino accent "sorry sir but I cannot do that thank you and have a good one". I replied "thanks for nothing". I will never purchase from Sears again, there is no customer service. Just a powerless, hard to understand person on the other end you get after a frustrating series of automated recordings. Common sense is non existent and nobody is accountable or has the ability to help with anything. They are better off not even having a "customer service" line as people might be less frustrated lol. The washer works great but the anger and frustration of dealing with Sears' people sucks... never again!

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2017

    I called on Christmas Eve 12/24/16 to schedule an appointment to have my dishwasher repaired (less than a year old), since it decided to go out on the busiest cooking day of the year for me. A "technician" came out on the following Tuesday and told me he had to order a water valve. Left me his telephone number - which was a ruse, since he never answers or responds in any way... 3 weeks later, no part, no tech and no viable dishwasher. I call the 888 number again. One sheeple told me that the part was still on order. Another told me it hadn't been ordered. Another couldn't find a record of any of this happening. Finally reached someone who spoke American English who rescheduled a different technician to come out. Supposedly, one is to receive a call the morning of the scheduled tech appointment, to let one know approximately when one should be home to answer the door for exalted tech repair person.

    I got the phone call when he was 5 minutes away from my home. I work for a living. I do not work at home. I had to call someone to get there, so I didn't lose the damned appointment. Never heard from the lordly tech. I called this morning, only to be hung up on 4 times before I got a "supervisor", who could only tell me that the parts had been ordered and that I have an appointment February 4, which will be 6 weeks after the brand new dishwasher decided to not work. Sears "repair" service sucks. Sears shouldn't sell things that they won't stand behind or can't get the parts for. I want a new dishwasher, since they obviously are NOT able to get the proper parts and they need to fire the whole "Customer Service" team, since it doesn't really exist anyway. Lots of laughing and goofing off going on in the background... "Supervisors" need to be fired, since they aren't "supervising" anyone.

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2017

    My husband and I bought 6 new appliances in November to be delivered to our new home on 12/13/16. We purchased the Kenmore Elite SS kitchen appliances and washer/dryer. On delivery day the two men that delivered the appliances gouged up the fridge doors and put a gouge in one of the handles on the double oven doors. We called that same day and reported these issues. A door handle for the stove was delivered to our home within a week and on 12/31 they came out and replaced the two fridge doors and in doing so, put a scratch on the bottom freezer door and told us they could not change out the handle on the stove. I called the 1-800 number and told them about the scratch on the freezer to which I was told that it could not be changed out but was given $345 in points to spend at Sears. They also set up for someone else to come out and change out the handle.

    This past weekend 1/14/17, I received a call at 6:50 in the morning on a Saturday morning. Mind you, waking us up, inquiring what the issue with the handle was. Around 8:00, 2 guys came by to change the handle, while changing the handle the glass was shatter on one of the oven doors. He called Sears and I spoke to someone for over 20 minutes on the phone to get a, now, new door for the oven. I was told I would get a call within 72 hours to make an appt to have the new door installed. I waited the 72 hours, didn't hear anything. So I called this morning, 1/19/17 to try to get this squared away because I have a stove without an oven door in my kitchen. I was hung up on twice after speaking with someone for almost 20 minutes and the second person told me that if we were disconnected they would call back. He never called.

    I made a 3rd call and explained the situation again, was transferred to delivery personnel and spoke to someone named I believe she said her name was Kim who sounded much like the person I have spoken to on several other occasions. She told me that it was someone from the warehouse that would be in contact with me. She provided me with my claim number ** and told me I would have to wait another 24-48 hours for a call. This has to be the worst customer service I have ever experienced!!! We spent almost $8000.00 on appliances and this is what it gets us... lousy customer service. I now have a scratched freezer, $345 in points to spend at Sears which is really the last place that I want to shop at, at this point, and no door on my oven. I would like a call back at ** to see how I can get this resolved. I currently do not have my order number but using my phone number you can easily look it up. I live in Rochester NY.

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2017

    Purchased a $7000.00 boiler system on 8/28/2015. Middle of September 2015, received a call from the project coordinator, David **, that he would like to send the plumber by to make sure of the measurements on the boiler as it will be installed in a small closet and he wants to make sure it will fit. Sent the plumber by and he verified that the boiler they are installing will fit. Early October, 2015 the plumber brought it up to the third floor where I live and tried to install the boiler into the closet. Lo and behold, the boiler was too big for the closet and it stuck out so I was unable to close the door. Asked me if there was a problem with it sticking out of the closet. I replied "yes", and refused the system as I said to him, "both you and the salesman measured this unit and said it would fit. I did not pay $7000.00 for a boiler system that sticks out into the room. Take it back and rectify the problem."

    They got in touch with David ** who in turn got in touch with me and said he will have to look for a unit that will have to be placed on the wall of the closet but it could be more money. I politely said to him that I am not going to pay any more money for a boiler system that both salesman and plumber confirmed that unit would fit. David said he would like to come out and look at the situation, for which he did. He found another boiler system, ordered it and now into November, made arrangements for it to be installed.

    Finally toward the end of November, 2015 the boiler was installed. Three weeks later (now we are in December 2015) the boiler system stops running. David sends the plumber back and the plumber said he needed to add water (mind you, to an automatic water feed system) to the boiler. Got the system to run again. So the system seems to be working good for the winter months of 2016. (Jan., Feb., March) Go through the spring, summer, and into the fall not needing heat. Come into early November 2016, the system shuts down again. Called David again and he sent out a different plumber to check the system. The plumber wasn't sure what was going on with the system but somehow got it to work.

    Now knowing I am having all these problems with the system and the one year warranty is to expire around November 23, 2016 (That was how long it took from purchase 8/28/2016 to install on 11/23/2015) I decide to purchase a 3 year warranty for $345.00. Now I am into this system for $7345.00 for a system that keeps faulting out. There were few more shutdowns of the system thru December 2016 and January 2017. On January 17, 2017 the system once again shuts down and now it is leaking water, so I need to place a bucket under the leak.

    I call David **, the project coordinator once more for him to set up a service call ASAP as it is mid winter, I have no heat and the system is leaking water and I am concerned about the pipes freezing. He tells me that since the system is now over a year old that he does not handle the account anymore and does not have access to place a service call. I would have to call the Service Tech Department (800-469-4663) and walk thru the automated system. I do so and I get disconnected as I said the system was less than a year ago.

    Call David back, tell him the situation. He said he could possibly get in touch with the service area rep for my area, but doesn't have his number and will have to wait until the service rep comes in the office. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! I told him that I have a disabled senior living there and they need heat asap. He could not, and would not help me. So now I call back the Service Tech department and tell them the boiler is over a year old and the automated service sends me to (finally) a human.

    I explain the situation and tell them I have the extended warranty and need service immediately as I have a disabled elderly senior there and need heat right away. So she puts me on hold and comes back with a service date of 1/30/2017. I said to her "that is 12 days without heat?" The system is also leaking water and have to keep a bucket under the leak and I also have to worry about the pipes freezing. She put me on hold again to see if she could get a sooner date. Was unable to as they were all backed up on service calls (what does that tell you!). Again, I said this was an emergency and there has to be someone else that can help with the situation. She told me that since I have the extended warranty, I could call the Master Protection Department (800-827-6655) and they could probably set me up with a heater loaner. Well if someone can come out with a heater, someone can come out to fix the problem.

    Before I get off the phone with her, she has the audacity to ask me if I would be interested in another extended warranty for my refrigerator, stove, dishwasher and air-conditioner? "Are you kidding me?" I said to her. "I can't even get help from the extended warranty on my boiler system and you have a lot of gall to even consider mentioning another extended warranty. What is wrong with you!!!" And I hang up disgusted and quite angry.

    So now I call the Master Protection department and of course I get no help from them at all. No even a heater loaner. So here I am, paid $7345.00 to Sears for a boiler system and a 3 year extended warranty and I have no heat and the problem is still not resolved and I have to wait until January 30, 2017. Mind you, the boiler system went down on 1/17/2017. Never again will I give Sears dime of my money and I will pursue this further even legal if I have to. Sears Home improvement Job ** dated 8/28/2015.

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2017

    I purchased a Samsung Refrigerator several years ago from Sears (Retail $3,200) model # RF4287HABP on Dec. 13, 2010 at 2:49 PM. With less than six months, I had to replace several of the bins on the refrigerator door because the hinges broke from the weight of a gallon of milk. In October, 2015, the ice maker no longer dispensed ice even though the ice was piling up in the ice bin. We could stick our hand in the bin for ice. The Sears technician came out and determined that the electronic panel on the front was a piece of junk and the entire panel had to be replaced. She stated they did not repair these panels, only replaced them. She advised us to purchase a stand alone icemaker and forget these appliances made overseas. I SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED HER ADVICE!!

    This visit cost over $400 including the new panel. Within less than six months, the icemaker stopped making ice! When I called Sears, they stated the last repair was under warranty for only 90 days! I explained to them I had been preoccupied with a foot surgery and a cancer diagnosis and had not been paying attention to the refrigerator. No empathy or concern there! I called another repair company to replace the icemaker for another $400 plus. That's almost $900 to push a button on the door to get ice cubes. I HAVE ADVISED ALL MY FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND RELATIVES TO NEVER, EVER BUY A SAMSUNG PRODUCT. I attempted to escalate these issues but no one cared to listen to me. Never again.

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2017

    I purchased a Bosch dishwasher from Sears in December of 2013. At the time the salesperson pressured me into buying a 3-year protection plan. I was reluctant, but then he said that if nothing goes wrong with the dishwasher in 3 years and I don't use the plan, then I get a refund on the cost of the plan. Fast forward to January 2017. The 3 years is up so I call up Sears and ask for my refund. I'm told that it's not a refund but a store voucher, and I have to spend it all at one time. I'm dissatisfied with it, but thought I could deal with it. When the voucher arrives in the mail, it not only states that I must spend it all at one time, but I must spend double the amount of voucher before taxes before I can claim the value of the voucher. I called Sears to complain, and the call center guy that answers (from India or Pakistan) tells me that those are the conditions that are spelled out in the terms of the protection plan agreement I received.

    I never received any protection plan agreement in writing. I only ever received the receipt stapled to a Sears folder with umpteen phone numbers on it. The salesman back in 2013 said all I had to do was to call a specific number on the folder. Then the call center guy tries to lecture me that the purpose of purchasing the protection plan is not to get it back, but to protect the investment on the appliance. But of course customers buy the stupid plan on the promise that they will get a refund if they don't use it!! When I asked to speak to a supervisor, the call center guy put me on hold for 15 minutes and came back and said that he listened to a recording of the phone call when I requested the refund and the call center person at that time clearly stated that I needed to spend double the value of the plan in order to receive the value of it back.

    Well, again the call center is either India or Pakistan and I have trouble understanding the people answering the phone at the best of times. The crux is this; at the time of purchase, the salesperson never told me any of the terms of getting back the value of the protection plan if I didn't use it in 3 years. And I never received the terms in writing. I've been told that a Supervisor will call me back in 48 hours, so we'll see what happens. Whatever happens I know that I'll never purchase a Sears protection plan again.

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2017

    Sears Home Services make you feel like you made a wise choice when you buy it and make your initial claim. Then when you make your 2nd claim, look out, then it gets real ugly. Our 2nd claim was for our Maytag washing machine. It took so many phone calls to one number than another. They keep sending around in a circle. It took them 9 days to say they would replace the washer with a GE worth $366.00 or we could take the credit towards a machine of our choice at Sears. We took the credit and then we were told we had to have a Sears manager and myself sign a copy of the receipt and send it to them before any credit would be issued. The Sears manager and salesmen never heard of such a thing but agreed to do it.

    I sent the copy to Home Services and here we go again. The gal I talked to could not send or receive emails so I had to call the first number for their service claim and went round and round again. The machine they offered us for our Maytag washer which cost $750.00 new was junk compared to ours. Their communications are pathetic (telephone or emails). In talking with the store manager and salesmen all agreed the 3rd party Home Services are terrible in every way. Do not buy it.

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    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2017

    Frustrated, disappointed customer. How dare you all allowed for your technical assembly bike and did not make sure it was working before they left my home. It was already assembled when he arrived at my home. His exact words was "it only take 20 mins to put this bike together". Well I see he don't know what he was doing because it's not working. You all did not allow them to come back either which you all should have. Now I have until Tuesday for someone to come out to re assemble my bike when you should have had someone come out sooner. I'm pissed off. This how you treat your customers. It's sad. Never again. I hope Tuesday January 24th my bike will be up and running. Poor service.

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    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2017

    I will never shop at Sears Abbotsford ever again and warn other consumers NOT to shop there. After having paid FULL price over $2,000 for a washer and dryer. I had a defective unit delivered. I was told that I would be billed a second delivery charge and had to wait an additional 3 weeks for my new unit to arrive. I insisted that the new unit be delivered in the box so I knew this time that the unit would be new and not used or a factory second since every time I called and went to the store I kept getting asked if I purchased new or used! This also started to help me understand how much Sears deals with selling discounted and used products.

    Because Sears had gave me such a hard time and refused my reasonable request (which was to make sure that the product is in original wrap from factory), I asked for a refund and returned the washer/dryer. I was told that the refund could take as long as 3 weeks. Sears was very quick to pick up the defective washer/dryer and I finally received a refund on my Visa.

    Then I noticed that Sears billed my credit card the full refund amount again! No one had called me about this and this had happened one week ago. If I had not gone into my bank and took the initiative to call them today, I wouldn't have most likely had found out that this happened. Today, I was told that they forgot to take out the original delivery charge in the refund and gave me a new amount that I will be reimbursed for and have to wait another 3 weeks. And to make matters worse, their delivery service kept calling my phone number to let me know that my second scheduled delivery date was scheduled after I cancelled my order with them. This continued for another whole week of automated calls.

    I am now waiting for my reimbursement minus the delivery fee on my Visa and now I'll have to go to my bank after to make sure that they don't have access to my account. I've not only lost trust, but I believe I have been violated regarding no permission being asked to rebill and refund the way they had. Absolutely unprofessional. I have spent several hours of my time on this. A simple process that turned out to be several hours on the phone and several visits to the store and still waiting for my refund.

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    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2017

    I wish I had read all these reviews before buying a washing machine from Sears. I hadn't bought anything from Sears in ages, but always thought of it as a reputable store. Everything started out well, found a machine, placed the order and had a delivery date of only 4 days later. As promised, the night before I received a phone call with my delivery window, which was between 2 - 4pm, which would work ok. My adult son (over 18) would be home and I only work a few minutes away, so when they arrived he would call me. Well the morning of the delivery they called and said they would be earlier than the window time. I asked how much and they said they didn't know. So I asked my son if he could be there earlier. They called at 2:00 and said they were about 30 minutes away. Ok, back to our original timeframe.

    About 4:00 my son called me and said they just got there. Ok, the 30 minutes out somehow turned into 2 hours! I said have them take out the old machine and I'll leave in a few minutes. I arrived home and didn't see a truck in the driveway. My son said they wouldn't take the old machine because it was still connected!! No one said we had to disconnect it. They did bring the new one down and just left it sitting and then left. It took about two minutes to disconnect the hoses from the old machine. I don't know why they couldn't do that. I had to purchase new hoses from Sears. They said this was mandatory. Well the hoses they sent along were 3 feet. No way they would reach from the washing machine to the water faucets. By this time I'm fuming. I ran to the hardware store and bought longer hoses and my brother-in-law came over and set up the new machine.

    So not only did I pay for installation, which they didn't do, but I paid for the hoses from Sears and they were useless. I called and set up another appointment for them to come and pick up the old machine and asked about a refund since they didn't set up the new washer. They said I would have to talk to the store. I called the store countless times and left messages, was put on endless hold, etc. So this past Saturday, I went back to the store, asked for a manager and explained what happened and how totally frustrated I was. I have to say, he was very nice and immediately offered me $100 refund for what happened. I appreciated that, but I still had to go through the frustration the past few weeks of no one caring about the customer. I would never buy anything from Sears again.

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    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2017

    I scheduled for a Sears repair tech to come to my home between the hours of 10-2 pm. I specified to the scheduler that I need an appt early in that window time and she said that she will make a note for tech to guarantee a morning time. My appt was scheduled for today. It is now 2 pm and I called scheduling to get an update. I was greeted by an combative, unprofessional and rude scheduler. She refused to reschedule me for another day and also refused to get an supervisor on the line. The technician came at 2:10 pm and luckily he was fast and efficient. When asked why he came so late, he told me that I was never on his schedule to begin with!!! Spoke with someone in customer service and all they can do is apologize. Not good enough! This is a chronic problem. Sears' scheduling repair department is unprofessional, rude and obnoxious. Last time I will buy any appliance from Sears. It is not worth the aggravation!

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    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2017

    By Thursday I will have been without a refrigerator for over a month. Service man will have been here 3 times. We had a repair back on 06-06-16. Thursday will be 4 times in coming to my address. Yet you count it as 2. A 3 year old could tell you it was 4 times. Yet you won't admit it is a lemon. If this isn't corrected by a new one, I will continue to post all over Sears site and Facebook and any blogs I can get on. Our whole house is filled with Sears appliances, but never again unless this is properly dealt with.

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    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2017

    Our stove has had every possible part replaced two times in the last 2.5 years. My oven smokes black soot. I am not able to use it. Who wants black soot on their food? Multiple repairmen have tried to fix it, including Sears service dept. Under the protection plan our stove should be replaced free of charge. I have tried to reach that department for months. Am put on hold. I have actually listened for up to 2 hours. It's funny, before it needed to be replaced I had no trouble reaching that department. Now, no matter who I talk to I am always put on hold, and no one will ever answer. Have always bought appliances from Sears. NEVER AGAIN!!! I am so disappointed. They simply do not want to honor the very expensive protection agreement. Also, you never speak to any person who speaks English very well and most are rude. This is a great example of companies moving out of the USA.

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