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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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Reviewed Dec. 17, 2018
Ordered a treadmill on the 27th of November. The item was never shipped. I wasn't notified. I had to ask for status 5 days as after delivery date. I was told it lost in transit. Which was not true, FedEx tracking only showed shipping label made. After 5 more days I asked for tracking status and was told "The goods were in trouble during transportation. Could not arrive at our warehouse on time. Estimated arrival time, need to wait for three weeks. Are you willing to wait? If you don't want we can refund you. Waiting your reply." Really...this is very unprofessional. You want me to wait another three weeks after already being two weeks late and was originally offered a $6.00 credit for the inconvenience. Almost month late no treadmill, had to request full refund or wait 3 more weeks for a possible delivery. So unprofessional. Sears should do better.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2018
I bought a Kenmore washer #22352 on March 21, 2018. By late October it was leaking gear lube all over the floor. A technician arrived on October 30, said he needed to order parts and would be back in two weeks. On November 15 he arrived, worked on the washer for six hours, then left, telling me he needed other parts and would be back DECEMBER 17. We have been without a clothes washer now for seven weeks. I'm so sorry I bought from Sears.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2018
Getting my bathroom remodeled and repaired through Sears has been a complete nightmare. They were supposed to have done work back in August. It is now December. I had my estimates done between May and June of this year and been paying 2-3 times the minimum amount since May. After they failed to deliver in August it got pushed back to October, then the week after Thanksgiving. This really made me upset since the Monday before Thanksgiving I was promised work to begin a week later and promised to be notified if no one could arrive.
I called back the day before Thanksgiving and then got a sob story about them not being able to find a crew, and promised the week before Christmas. I call numerous times this week with no answer, got fed up and called higher up managers who ensured me that Friday/yesterday that they would contact me. I have heard nothing from them via phone or email, except for a ton of spam begging to buy stuff and the nerve to ask for additional home improvement jobs. Monday I am calling again first thing or driving up to physical location and if I get one more sorry excuse for no shows I am demanding a full refund. I will NEVER buy or trust anything from Sears again. Worst company ever.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2018
I bought a three way hitch for my truck. I received a charm for a woman's bracelet. NOT EVEN CLOSE. They said I needed to contact the seller myself. I talked to Sears three different times and they refused to help. They only gave me the seller's information and told me to deal with them. They were not responsible. It was their website. The seller emailed me and explained the problem was Sears' mistake. SEARS I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR YOU ARE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. Sooner the better. You only got one star because that's the lowest it would go. EVANSVILLE INDIANA THEY CLOSED FOR GOOD. BYE BYE!!!
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2018
On 12/4/2018 I purchased a Sharp microwave - a Christmas gift for my mother. On 12/14/2018 I received an email from Sears stating my item has been cancel and refund has been processed which I never authorized. I contacted customer service and was informed this is done by a third party which means nothing to me because I placed my ordered through Sears.com.
The representative from Sears by the name of Kurt who stated he was the floor manager told me the purchased was canceled because they were out of stock and I immediately informed him that was not true because I was able to log into Sears website and purchase the same microwave. He then proceeded to say the price has change and Sears was not able to match the price so a refund has been given. They completely ignored the fact this was a Christmas gift for my mother which we are days away from Christmas and by refunding my money the situation should be ok. I have never been treated in this manner and their dismissal was completely unacceptable. The seller was eBUZZ - TOTALLY UNPROFESSIONAL. Please shop somewhere else if you want to be treated with respect and care.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2018
I purchased the Essential Home Belmont 2.0 6-drawer chest along with 3 other pieces of furniture on 12/5/18. I received a notification the next day stating that my item would be delivered on 12/7/18. Well, 12/7/18 comes and I receive another email from UPS stating that my package was damaged and that they contacted Sears and the item would be rescheduled for delivery. It's now 12/14/18 and I have no package. I called Sears customer service and spoke to the first representative who said that he could provide a refund. I stated that I did not want a refund, I wanted my item and for them to ship out another one.
He said that he would have to file a report for the damaged item and that it would take 3 days for them to come to a decision on whether they would provide a refund or ship out another item. Meaning, I wouldn't hear back until maybe 12/17/18 but at the latest 12/19/18 if you count business days only. Which means my item will probably not be here for Christmas. I asked to be transferred to a supervisor because I think that's ridiculous. If an item is damaged during transit and you have proof that it was never delivered to my home, then why not just send out a replacement??? The supposed "supervisor" was no more help than the last and just repeated everything that I said to her. This has been the absolute worst experience I've had with any business by far and I will never purchase another item from Sears or Kmart. I'll definitely be letting everyone I know through social media that Sears is one big scam and their customer service is horrible as well.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018
Charged me $89 and did nothing! I had a Sears Home Service technician to come diagnose the problem with my dryer. He stated that it was the heating element and that he would order the part to be delivered to my home. When the part did not arrive as scheduled, I called the Sears Home Service number to check on my order. They reviewed my records and said there was nothing ordered for me. She said that she would send another technician out to the house to determine what needed to be ordered. I asked why she could not just contact the original technician and she said that even though they knew who the technician was they could not do that. My only option was to start all over. I am not going to do that. I've already wasted a week on Sears. I won't make this same mistake again.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018
I brought the Sears warranty along with the repair of a broken fridge. They looked at the broken fridge and ordered the parts to my house. Then a guy showed up and said he could not fix the fridge because he was not allowed and took the parts. It took at least 1 hour plus on the phone to reschedule the appointment. There were a few no shows of the repair person, and this required another 1 to 2 hour phone call each time. Appointments took at least 14 days of wait time. When someone finally showed up, they had to order the parts again.
About 6 months later someone tried to fix the fridge I PAID for and they failed as it was still broken. They kept collecting their home warranty payments each month. They refunded part of the money after 3 hours of phone calls and I cut their service off. Then they tried charging me $280 fee for ending the contract early, but when I brought the warranty they said there was no contract. I am out hundreds of dollars with a broken fridge still. No matter how cheap or a good deal a Sears or craftsman product is, I will never buy it. I hope they go out a business soon.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018
I contacted Sears for window installation, needed to replace the old one due to noise and cold issue. The salespeople came and convinced me I was getting the top product, custom sized windows. They came with a special capture to take measurements. On installation day they arrived crappy plastic windows that were 1/5" smaller on each side then the frame. There are 1/5" gaps between the wall and the window frame. I have photos of it. The windows would not reach the wall and they could not screw them from the marked holes so they had to secure them from the corners and the nails hardly reached the walls. Window nailed with 4 screw...hardly. I protested but no avail. Trying to cancel the remaining two windows.
I am in disbelief that company this big would do a misrepresentation on such a scale. The quality as ** as Home Depot if not worst. Installation - far from custom sizing. Price - twice as much as Home Depot. I see a lot of complaints and I was wondering if people are trying to amalgamate and do something beyond this site. How these complaints help and what ConsumerAffairs do to fix the reoccurring misconduct?
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018
My microwave just lost power and stopped working. Seeing as I have already had many issues with this GE product, we purchased the repair warranty through Sears. The technician came on November 16th, said he had just used the last of the parts he needed, but had ordered them and they would arrive in 7-10 days and he would be back to make the repair. Today is December 13th, no parts have come, nor have I received any phone call. So I called the service department, the parts are NOW on backorder. Ridiculous and beyond frustrating. And then they try to sell me more warranties? NO THANK YOU! It's no wonder they are going bankrupt, their customer service is AWFUL!
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2018
Bought a tool chest Dec 2. Text status stated delivery today Dec 12. Waited all day with status adding 30 minute increments all day. Called several times, spoke to several people departments overseas to find out the local store should be delivering my item. Guess what? That store permanently closed two weeks ago. So you sold me a item you don’t have. I called back to cancel and get refund told 7-10 days. Asked for confirmation. Told will get an email in 3 days. From reading all other comments I am probably out my $400. The overseas reps don’t really care, they are getting screamed at by many of us. Just telling you anything so you will go away for a few days. Buyer beware, Ho, Ho, Ho I need a bottle rum after this b.s.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2018
It's no wonder this place is closing up shops around the country... They lost the ability to function as a retailer. Ordered a mattress online in November, was told to expect delivery on Dec 7. An automated call on the 6th came in to remind us of the delivery, and gave us a 2-hour time window. The order was never delivered; wasted an entire day waiting for it. I called several hours after it was supposed to have been delivered, and was told that the delivery was canceled, and that I should've received a notice. I did not receive any notice via email or phone. I was told I would be contacted by the "warehouse" - never was contacted.
Now, it's the 12th, still no notice. I called again. Same story. They say they will contact me within 24 to 48 hours of delivery - but given NO idea as to when that might be. This week, next week never? Their call center is foreign, can barely understand what the reps are trying to tell me. I told them that I will be away, and that I need to know about when to expect delivery; they kept repeating the same "will get a call within 24 to 48 hours of delivery" - just like the da*n automated phone system they have in place. Sears is the worst. If they think they're going to be able to compete with big online retailers, they're in for a surprise. I'll never order from them online again.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2018
We've been loyal customers of Sears for over 15 years. We purchased all of our appliances there and have the extended warranty as well. Called 2 days before Thanksgiving for our fridge and they came out the following week to see what was wrong. Parts were ordered and shipped. They gave us an appointment date of December 12 first then called back and said it'd be the 17th so I called back and they said nope we need to move it to the 18th. I'm livid! In what world do other people go a month without a fridge? We will never purchase anything from Sears again and will never recommend anyone there. If it wasn't for the extended warranty I'd of went somewhere else a long time ago! Horrible customer service! When they tried to comfort me they explained they're really busy and appointments are being booked far out. Never again Sears!
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2018
NEVER buy online - I placed an order online on November 16th, for a delivery on December 5th. Never was delivered. Called Sears - said would call back in 24 hours. No callback, called again, said they would find out what was wrong and would call back in an hour... Waiting over two. Still NO callback. Now I am just trying to cancel the order and get my money back. I did online to save time - now I have over two hours in phone calls!
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2018
We had bought a Kenmore refrigerator and in less than 3 years the compressor stopped working. When we had called they had told us we were past our warranty. We hired someone to come out, paid them $100 for them to be there less than 10 min, told us that Sears should of informed us parts are under its own warranty. When we called they agreed part is covered. We just need to pay another $100 to diagnose something we just paid $100 to diagnose before they can work on it when the previous technician confirmed before transferring us that we only need to pay for labor. So we get to pay them another $100 to tell us what we already know before someone will be sent out 4 weeks later. Merry Christmas Sears!
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2018
Never order online. If the item you want is not in store then forget it, because when you order online they'll send you whatever they want (as in wrong item or sizes) then it's hell for you to return it??? And they also charges your card like 3-4 times also!
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2018
Kenmore Elite refrigerator- top of the line not cooling or freezing. It's been two weeks and still no service tech to fix. Have called three times to get emergency service with no results. Still have to wait five more days. So sad. I've had two previous warranty services on this fridge.
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2018
Horrible. It is under warranty and has been broken for 3 of the last 4 months. Repair people kept ordering the wrong parts or Sears was sending the wrong ones. It was out of use from September 1- November 1. Then it stopped working on November 23. It is December 8th and they came to fix it this morning and it broke again several hours after they left. When I call the Sears repair number, I am connected to the Philippines where they have no record of past work or phone calls. We paid $2,500 for it less than 2 years ago. HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE and TERRIBLE PRODUCT. It is no wonder the stores have closed. They do not care about their customers. We quit - will never buy from a big box store again. Heading to the local family owned store tomorrow. Out $2,500!!! Heading!!!
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2018
Our Kenmore refrigerator stopped working last October. Unfortunately, there’s no alarm to say it’s not working so we lost all the food in it. My wife called Sears Service because we have a service agreement but rather than send a service tech she was told turn the circuit breaker off for a few minutes and then turn it on to reset the refrigerator. It didn’t do anything and I called to get a service tech out to fix it. The next day it started up but I still wanted the service tech to come out. When the service tech showed up a few days later, on October 18, 2018, it was still working and he said in order to get reimbursed for my lost food, he’d have to replace a part and ordered a computer board. The service tech returned a couple of weeks later and installed the new computer board. Shortly after that it stopped working again and I lost another refrigerator full of food.
Now, it’s been two months and after four revisits and ordering seven parts they are unable to fix it and I’m still without a refrigerator. All they do is order parts, that they install but none of it fixes the refrigerator. After a month I started calling Sears Service and got to their escalation unit and their benefits unit to get a replacement refrigerator. What I was offered was a hotel size, miniature refrigerator that would have been a wet band-aid solution at best.
During this period of trying to deal with Sears Service, I’ve spoken to at least fifteen of their customer service people, all in the Philippines, mostly semi English speaking people who only know how to work off of a script; if the problem isn’t on the script they don’t know what to do and apparently trained to immediately disconnect the caller. Some of them (maybe) understood that I needed a new refrigerator and said they’d check on it, call back and email me a survey but none of them did.
The problem is Sears service rules. It seems they will only replace my refrigerator under two circumstances. First, after four “completed” service calls. Their definition of a “completed” service call is the refrigerator was fixed. If it doesn’t get fixed, no matter that there have been fives service techs here but none of them fixed it so there are no completed calls.
The second criteria is as long as parts are ordered they won’t replace the refrigerator. So far seven parts have been ordered, it’s still not fixed and the last tech ordered another part so I get to wait even longer without a working refrigerator. Now, the next appointment I have with a service tech is Christmas Eve, assuming the part shows up. Sears has set up a system where they never have to replace anything. They do this by continually sending service techs who can’t make anything work so it’s not a “completed” call. They tell their service techs (one of their service techs told me this) to always order a part even if there’s no chance it will fix anything. This way this farce of Sears service could go on for years and they’d still never fix or replace it.
I spoke to three people in escalation, all in the Philippines. Jasper said he’d check into it and email me. He didn’t email me. Ishmael said he’d send an email trying to get me a replacement refrigerator and send me an email. He didn’t send me an email. Every one of the people I spoke with had the wrong email address and I asked every one of them to put the correct one in the computer. Finally, over a month later, the correct one was in the computer, although I don’t know if it still is.
The next escalation person I spoke with was Frank (12-6-18). I asked Frank to tell me what Ishmael did, if anything. Frank said that Ishmael sent an email to Benefits asking for an exception to get my refrigerator replaced but it was denied. I’m sure his manager will be as shocked as I was that he actually tried to help so I’m sure Ishmael will be fired soon – that’s what you get for violating Sears service rule# 1: never do anything to help the customer.
I explained everything that was going on to Frank and spent an hour on the phone with him while he said he was trying to solve the problem. Finally he said he sent a request for a replacement refrigerator to Benefits and got a return from Kumar, saying my replacement had been approved. Frank said he’d call me the next morning to let me know how to actually get the replacement. Frank called later the same day to tell me after it had been approved, it had been denied. It’s not bad enough to deny me service and a replacement, I see they have to lie to me too.
Today (12-7-18), I spoke to Jennifer in Benefits and explained what was going on and that I’ve been without a refrigerator since before Thanksgiving and the part the last tech ordered most likely wouldn’t get here until Christmas Eve and most likely wouldn’t be installed before the New Year. Jennifer told me I hadn’t met the criteria for a replacement because I haven’t had four completed calls and there was a part on order. When I asked for her to make an exception she told me she wouldn’t make an exception for her own mother. I’m sure her mother is proud that she raised a hard hearted daughter who seems to get pleasure in say, “No,” to people who deserve help.
The only place left to call was Sears Corporate offices. The Corporate Offices operator said she wouldn’t, not couldn’t, connect me to anyone and then disconnected me. Another Sears employee fully trained to not be helpful. Here are the corporate officers I tried to call via another number and was greeted by a robot that seemed more caring and helpful than anyone I’ve spoken with from Sears service, except perhaps Ishmael and Frank from escalation and Vera from Benefits. Here are the execs I tried to reach: Senior Management Team, Office of the Chief Executive: Robert **, Chief Financial Officer, Leena **, Chief Digital Officer, Greg **, President of Apparel and Footwear, Mitch **, Chief Executive Officer, Sears Home Services, Robert **, Chief Commercial Officer, Shop Your Way, Dean **, President, Hardlines, Stephen **, General Counsel.
Everyone was but one was answered by voice mail. None has called me back. I finally gave the robot a name, Mitch ** (Chief Executive Officer, Sears Home Services) that resulted in it a human answering. When I asked to speak to Mitch **, the man screamed at me, “No one can talk to him.” When I tried to explain what the problem was he barked at me, “WRITE A LETTER!” and hung up on me. Apparently, all of Sears Home Services' people, including **’s lackey who barked at me to write a letter before hung up on me, are trained from the top to give customer no service. The worse customer service has always been Dell. Sears has taken over first place for treating the customers like crap.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2018
Upon a preventive maintenance on our furnace a crack was found in the heat exchanger. After many phone calls and e-mails they denied the claim saying the crack occurred before the home warranty plan was in effect. The contractor (which they advised for me to contact) advised there is no way to determine when it occurred. Sears person that sold us the plan advised if the system is operational and an issue develops it would be covered. A full replacement per the contractor is required since unrepairable.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2018
My refrigerator is not working since October 15th and appointments are being cancelled and reprogrammed without my consent, next one is until January 2nd. It has been a nightmare. There is no logic on this delays and irresponsibility from Sears. I paid more for a best warranty service and it has been in vain to pay for that.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2018
I've had the worse experience with Sears Home Warranty. Sep 25th: The story starts on Sep 25th with initial complaint made. Oct 2nd: I made an appointment to fix my fridge on Oct 2nd and they sent a repairman out fairly quickly and he determined I needed few parts which he ordered while he was still at my house. Oct18th: The parts arrived 2 weeks later with missing motor. The tech says sorry and walks out.
Oct-Nov 15th: Long wait over the phone, irresponsible supervisors lied and gave misleading incorrect information. Numerous calls were made for service, never able to have service done. After the wait of weeks and hours on hold Sears supervisor. After several more calls over coming days with no satisfaction and increasing ire... I finally just called the Sears Parts Direct number and the first call slipped when I was placed on hold and I ended up back on queue with some customer service speaks broken English and couldn't help me when I called numerous times. No one has any clue on motor as it is back order, all they say will be fixed before Nov. They dont know what will happen after Nov.
On Nov 15th, a senior rep calls me and says sorry and all kind words and finally confirming part is would arrive by November 29th. He said technician is coming on 30th and if not I could call him back. He gave his number only to be Sears customer service number. What a dumb joke. Nov 29th: nearly two months after the fridge died, A box arrived on Nov 29th.
Nov 30th: Finally relieved, I called customer service to make an appointment drop calls, asking if part arrived, I was given an appointment on Nov 4th, but this time I never received any message on phone like earlier. I called next day to confirm, they confirmed appointment is in place. Nov 4th: 10AM: Took a day off and called the service company and technician was on the way. 3PM: The ridiculous wait time for the technician should've gave me a red flag, but I wait for it anyways. I was waiting at home since I requested a day off from work just to be here and not missed the appointment. But what a surprise. After my "time window" was up I called the customer service dept. to find out where the tech was, and they told me the appointment was never in place as my part was not received.
I said, the part arrived. They ask me part number. I gave it and they say they have no clue on part. Phone transferred to a horrible Supervisor who does not even to understand the situation. What I ask, the answer is your appointment is scheduled to Nov 7th 2018 at 1 PM. She did not even say sorry. Was trying to be apologetic. NOW WAITING FOR 7th. The supervisors could not have been less understanding, less empathetic, and came to me with ZERO solutions other than "tough break, sorry."
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2018
First the refrigerator wasn't available so delivery was cancelled, then my new delivery was cancelled and rescheduled to a date that did not work for me. Then that appointment was cancelled and I needed to reschedule. I called to reschedule and was given a date and window. Then that appt. was rescheduled to a time that did not work for me. Called and spoke to two people, one was a manager, and both obviously were just reading from a script. They just kept repeating the same thing over and over and not listening to me and not caring what I had to say and definitely not helping me. Now I have a new delivery date. We'll see what happens. They just don't care about customers, can't blame Amazon for this! I would avoid at all costs to save the headache!
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2018
I spent at least two hours on the phone trying to find out why I was charged for a product I did not receive. In the end I was told I had to go to the store to get it straightened out. That is totally unacceptable. No wonder they are in such bad financial disorder. They lost me as a customer.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2018
I scheduled a repair with Sears because I considered the company trustworthy. The experience started off well. The chat service on the site was amazing. However, the day of the appointment, the service person never showed up. Throughout the day, my husband and I called for an update and were told he was on his way and we would receive a call when he was a few minutes away. The call never came and when we called for the 7th time at 9 pm, we were told the service person had gone, but no one opened the door. This of course was not true since there was someone at the apartment at all times and we had never received a call. Also he would have had to call in order to get into the building.
Reluctantly, we rescheduled for another day and again the service person was late. Again we were told we would receive a call when he was on his way, but that never happened. The service person finally did show up, but we were not there when he arrived and went. The tenant let him in. Because of this, we were not able to show him the 20% discount.
When I called to have the 20% discounted from my bill, Sears informed me it would not be possible. I have been a Sears customer before and believed in their service. Now I will never use their service again. This experience was a very frustrating on many levels. This took place during the holidays, when I was preparing for family visits and I was sick. I used Sears because I wanted someone I could trust that would give me peace of mind and was disappointed.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2018
I bought a bed from Sears that was clearly infested with bed bugs. We noticed them about a month after getting the bed for my son. They were contained to his room and it was the only new thing we had brought into the house since buying it a year ago. They refused to help me in any way. Wouldn't take the bed back. Wouldn't even talk to us about it. Basically told us it was our problem. I used to buy everything from Sears and I will NEVER buy anything else. They have become a horrible company that doesn't care about customers anymore... BUYER BEWARE!!!
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2018
I ordered a cooking range online. After the order I receive an email telling me it will take a month. Not aware of this and needing it sooner I canceled my order. It has been over a month and with several phone calls and customer service telling me it is being processed I still haven't been reimbursed for 600.00. I am so angry. Next step is to dispute with bank. They usually get things done. I WILL NEVER ORDER FROM THEM AGAIN. EVER!!!
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2018
I have a Sears water softener which stopped working. I called for a repairman and stated that the circuit board needed replacement so please bring one. The repairman was very polite but did not have the part. He ordered it and said it would be here within 5 working days. 10 days later and the part has not arrived. I called Sears to check status of order today and was told the part was not available and it may be another 21 days. In the meantime, my water has gone hard and metallic tasting plus it is staining the tile, laundry and porcelain orange with the iron in the water. I am very dissatisfied since this is a Sears water softener.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2018
10/8/18 called for service on a refrigerator. Waited until 10/19/18 for technician to come. He said to defrost and it should be fine, then before he left he said no need to defrost he fixed it. After a week or two still have milk spoiling and it is on the coldest setting. Defrosted it since that was what he initially said. Still have milk spoiling it is not cold enough. Called again and scheduled an appointment. Soonest they can come is November 29! November 29 time window came and went. I called. Technician was in the area, they would text him to call me. An hour later still no call. Then I receive an email that my appointment has been rescheduled for December 19th! I called with this problem on 10/8/18! They can't do anything about it, that is the soonest appointment. It doesn't matter that I already waited 3 weeks for the appointment yesterday that they didn't show up for. They won't refund my money because he did come out.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2018
Worse home warranty EVER! Shop elsewhere or just save your money. The men and women who show up to work on your items are NOT employed by Sears... They are subcontractors and to be certified all they do is fill out paperwork. Also, Sears really has nothing to do with this warranty, it's some other company who answers your calls and tries to find someone to work on your items. In my case there was no one within the 100 mile radius, so I was told to find someone who would accept a 3rd party check! That didn't happen so I paid out of pocket. Long story short my HVAC Unit needed to be replace and in the contract it states they will pay to replace it... BS. I ended up paying it all! They can't be TRUSTED. Oh and they will get you will their "fine print"!
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2018
Do not buy appliances from this horrid company... Bought a Kenmore elite refrigerator with warranty 2 years ago. Unit is broken and warranty people are perfectly fine with not providing service for 10 days. Warranty people are useless and unhelpful. This company deserves to be bankrupt... Definitely not your father's Sears. Avoid buying anything from this company!!!
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2018
Floor vac still works, but Dustbuster type attachment doesn’t! Vac is less than two years old. Cashier at Kmart in Tucson never offered us a Kmart Protection, Smart Plan at the check-out register. In fact we NEVER heard of that protection plan until yesterday (11-27-18) when I visited the store on Broadway, where we purchased the item. Many phone calls later, and rerouting calls to talk to people that don’t sound like they want to talk to me!! Vacuum looks brand new. Does Sears & Kmart purposely sell things that don’t work? No wonder they are closing many of those stores nation-wide. Are these things all made in China? Sears supposedly has a repair place at Tucson Mall.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2018
Worst company and order I’ve ever placed!! Nothing that has been said worked with this company absolute scam. Delivery rescheduled three times by Sears. Delivery guy, once arrived, tried to get 180$ cash from me for Assembling the piece. I declined as Sears promised free assembly. Delivery guy left. Just after leaving he calls me and tells me not to tell Sears that he told me it would cost 180$ otherwise he’d get fired. Then, they finally came to assemble the Delivery. The Proform 485E Elliptical was incomplete with missing screws. Not able to use. Since then, several tries to contact them via phone and live chat. I stopped phoning them as they keep on hanging up on me. They give me phone numbers to call, that always say they’re closed. I’m not able to use my Elliptical I bought for 500$, and nobody is coming to pick it up since I tried to return it. Nothing. Worst company. Worst buy.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2018
Do you know how much of a joke it is to have an only 30 day return policy on a large home appliance? Kenmore Washer/Dryer unit purchased at the tail end of August. Found out that the hose installed with it was damaged and defective, causing water damage and mold to downstairs neighbor early October. We signed up for the stupid home warranty, and it has proven to be useless. We have been getting the run around regarding parts and suppliers for about a month now. During this time, we have spent around $60 on laundromat fees because we can't use the washer, because it will cause further damage to our neighbors. So not only are OUR lives being disrupted (having to haul piling up laundry to a Laundromat after work twice or more a week, paying out hard earned money to do so), but this is affecting our neighbors as well.
No one is servicing our machine. We have gone to the store we purchased from in person, called the home service hotline, called the store. Told to wait longer for parts. Asked for them to take the machine back, they won't do it because it's been over 30 days. Do you know how much of a joke that is? It took more than thirty days to even find out that there was a problem with it. Husband called to cancel the home warranty after all of this and was put on hold, and then hung up on. When we called the store, the manager was extremely smug, obstinate and pretended to not be able to hear my husband so that he would give up and not call back.
Sears is a scam company that is holding consumers' money hostage because it's on life support. Please just go under, Sears. You are a burden. No amount of advertising your community service and altruism on social media will atone for the fact that you are a seemingly malevolent entity in the corporate retail world. Yes, very absurdist - but after how many people I have spoken to in the past week going through the exact same thing with Sears home appliances, I can't help but echo the feelings of those people!
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2018
I ordered a little resin storage shed/box online. It said it was in stock but it took the arrival date to the store a month after I placed the order. I was not in a hurry so I placed it. That date comes near, I notice they push it back another week. That day passes, call customer service, item is expected to ship in another month. Two and a half months after I placed the order and it still didn't ship. I cancelled, they gave me a partial refund, not the full refund because supposedly I used points that I somehow got from an item that never shipped??? NEVER buy anything online from them. They wonder why they went bankrupt, I hope the rest of their stores close for good.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2018
I bought this warranty when my above range microwave went out. After over 10+ repair appointments, each time resulting in breaking it further, it stopped working altogether. After six months, they finally decided to replace it. They low-balled me on the replacement credit, there were NO microwaves in that brand for the amount they gave me. After several weeks of negotiating, they agreed to replace it with another one in the same brand with similar features. They delivered it and told me that I was on my own for having it installed. After several more weeks of phone calls, they finally sent someone to install it.
This process started in March and ended in October. Naturally, I wanted to cancel this service because if they were unreliable for a $250 microwave, I did not trust them to be of much use bigger appliances. They told me that if I canceled the warranty, I would owe them for the parts and labor of trying to fix the broken microwave (even though they broke it to the point that it did not even turn on), as well as the replacement microwave. So, I have to continue to pay for this service for four more months. Sears should go bankrupt for treating customers like this. VIVA AMAZON!
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2018
Shout out for Sears horrible leasing program that a refrigerator I leased 3 months ago with a purchase price of $399.00 + $80.00 shipping - is going to cost me $732.00 If I pay it off today!!! A FOUR MONTH LEASE ADDS AN ADDITIONAL $277.00 CHARGE! No one at Sears customer service will speak to you on the leasing program issue. They automatically transfer you back to the leasing company.
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2018
I ordered boots on Sears.com and before ordering I had to update my new address. I continued to checkout and seconds later I get an email saying my order is being shipped to my old address. So I tried to change it by canceling online with no luck. I then called Customer Service and the lady I was speaking to said that she would have to cancel then re-order which was done. I then get a email days later saying, "Sorry your order was not able to be canceled." Now someone received my boots that I paid for all because of Sears.com system!
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2018
Purchased all new Maytag appliances with kitchen remodel last year. Refrigerator unit quit cooling/freezing. We have the Master Protection Agreement so we called to get the fridge serviced. Had to wait a week for service repair tech appt. Service tech then charged the freon, ok, well where did the freon go as they mentioned that his device did not detect a leak. Needless to say, it quit working again about a week later. Called again, had to wait another week. Then all of the sudden his device detected a leak.
Ordered part, waiting another week. Day of service repair for fridge, we get a call in the morning in the window of arrival time frame to tell us the technician quit and our appt will be canceled and rescheduled. Keep in mind we are still waiting on that to get rescheduled. We were living out of coolers with ice and a garage fridge for about a month with our kids. Fortunately we were able to get a loaner fridge from our local Sears in the meantime which is sitting next to our non working one. This all started late September and we are now end of November.
Our microwave also has given us trouble as the control panel needed replaced due to intermittent issues. That service was also rescheduled and a couple visits. Then part was replaced but the part is a completely different color so we have a stainless steel microwave with a black plastic control panel that is not even the right size.
Needless to say I have literally spent countless hours, vacation time from work, trips to the local store & time missed with my kids on my day off to talk to MULTIPLE departments, many transfers & confusion to complain and try to get assistance. Recommendation, do not purchase protection agreement through Sears as it has been nothing short of frustrations and headaches. Only plus at this time is we have a loaner fridge and have received food claim loss money. This is all still a work in progress as we are awaiting for fridge repair and our issue now with microwave.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2018
I have a Sears credit card. We put a lot of our expenses on the card to save points to allow for Christmas spending via gift cards. We ended up this year with a measly $850.00. I "cashed them in" for Sears gift cards, even though my wife wanted Target. She spent days online getting her shopping cart ready. When she tried to check out using the gift cards, there was an error message stating there was a problem on their end and we had done nothing wrong. The order did not go through, or at least no confirmation was received. We tried for hours to get back into the system, to no avail. we did chat, etc. I finally cleared the browser and used another browser to gain access. Her cart was there and still full. I tried to check out.
The card that was used had $500.00 as the original balance. On check out it showed a balance of only $167.50 available with no pending orders. So somehow $332.55 just DISAPPEARED. Two chats and almost 2 hours later all I can get is non-answers saying that the balance is $167.50 with no pending orders. I was assured yesterday at 7:58 pm CST that someone would e-mail me with the location of the missing funds within two hours. Amazingly enough three hours later no e-mail. I gave them overnight. This morning we start the saga again. Checked balance of card, still $167.50. Chat again, same information, however this time I get the number to the "dedicated specialists" that can take care of me.
Call the number. Corporate and CLOSED. Now three hours later my wife checked the site, all of her cart has been emptied. I am sure because Black Friday deals are over. So basically we just lost almost half of our annual savings, any hope of getting the discounts and probably another 6 or seven hours of trying to get this straightened out. NO WONDER THEY ARE CLOSING... WHICH I AM SURE WE ARE GOING TO GET SCREWED OUT OF THE $332.55. I just hope I can find some way to get this fixed or we are going to have a very bad Christmas for the grandkids.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2018
Purchased a Kenmore refrigerator. Quit cooling. Called. Service department came out. We were told part would be in in about a week. A month later still no part. Now we are being told part is unavailable and will be another month. We had to buy another refrigerator because we can’t wait this long. Sears said it is out of their hands and they will contact parts department. Nothing is being done.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2018
My appointment window was 8:00 to 12:00. They called me at 11:45 to say the technician was out sick. I sat there for almost 4 hours before they even had the courtesy to let me know. What a waste of my time. No wonder Sears is going down the toilet.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2018
I purchased the furnace from Sears. First it was non installed correctly. It only worked for couple hour and then shut off automatically. I called the Sears, their help desk is no help, after calling to different people after 2 days they finally send someone. Right after one year there is another problem. The furnace shut down. Again calling to different people but no help. In cold weather they said the timeframe is 24 to 48 hour and tomorrow is holiday. If you get the furnace most likely you end up fixing the problems by your own pocket. I recommend to look for another options but no Sears.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2018
I purchased a complete GE kitchen package almost two years ago. Already the fan has gone out on the fridge and the stove will not boil water without all four burners are on high. I purchased the extended warranty for the fridge and almost a year ago I started noticing every once in a while finding things molded that shouldn’t have been. About six months ago I noticed this was happening more often. Two months ago it got even worse until a month ago I called for service. The first man came, said it was clogged up and steam cleaned the fridge. I specifically asked about the evaporator fan to which he said “no, just clogged”. Two days later I had another repair man come and said it was the evaporator fan and he would order the part and be back on 11/21.
I called 11/16 because no part had arrived and the place less than a half a mile from my house could’ve gotten it in in two days. I was told that the “part hasn’t been ordered, and they can’t find it!” I went to the store after calling and leaving messages to be called back with no response and spoke to the manager of appliances and was told there’s nothing they can/will do! I just called a because I received an email about my scheduled appointment tomorrow and still the part hasn’t been ordered. They don’t know when it’ll be ordered and they can’t help me!!! It’s Thanksgiving, I have no fridge! I can’t get anyone who can tell me when/if the part will even come in! RUN FROM SEARS!!! RUN FROM GE APPLIANCES! $4,200 in a total kitchen packed and no one can help!
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2018
We purchased the "top of the line" Sears-Kenmore PRO kitchen appliances for our new home in March 2010. Every since then the built in double oven has given us issues. TEN repairs for an oven that is used once to twice per week. The last repair was 10-22-2018 and they were unable to fully repair it as they need parts again. They ordered the 4 parts and only 2 of 4 have come in after being without an oven for 29 days. By the way we have been paying for the Master Warranty Plan all of this time! The 2 parts still on backorder aren't even available because they have none and the manufacturer hasn't made any so here we are with a broken oven. They won't replace it because it "doesn't meet their criteria" and thus no oven and no replacement parts available.
We have spoke with NUMEROUS people at all levels, wrote emails, even contacted the BBB and still zero results! Now Thanksgiving is on Thursday and we have our entire family coming over, this was planned last year, and we don't have an oven to cook the turkey. Every single customer service representative gives us a totally different story and we just keep chasing our tail. No wonder why Sears has failed because their products are inferior and fail to function correctly and they don't stand behind their warranty. DON'T buy Sears as they are the worst company ever!
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2018
We purchased a stand up Kenmore freezer, it worked for 39 days before it was blowing hot air. Customer service said because it was over 30 they have to send a service tech and not replace the unit. It took 2 service techs to diagnose the problem which was then sealed system needs to be replaced! The parts cost more than the new freezer! Here we are after numerous calls to customer service (disconnected, transferred etc.) and still no parts and no working freezer! We are now going on 3 months! No wonder this place is going out of business... They are horrible!!!
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2018
So I purchased a washer/dryer combo from Sears and 2 months in it breaks. They took a month to fix it because 3 different techs couldn't figure out what was wrong (motherboard went out). They fix it only for it to break again 3 weeks later. This time a 3rd party contractor shows and orders nothing. It's been 2 months now and my washer is still broken and they can't find the part (motherboard again). When I called they have no answers and seem very confused about the fact of my washer still being broken. They argue with you about the service you need. I really thought Sears was better than this.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2018
Brand new Kenmore refrigerator sold to us for $1700 was defective and now they are not honoring their compressor warranty. Over a month now trying to get this issue resolved but not one bit closer. No customer service support neither from customer solution or corporate. Don't waste your time or money on this company.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2018
Our Kenmore oven broke in June before we had the home warranty. After paying for new parts we received used parts which the service tech told us would probably break. He told us our best bet would be to get the home warranty. Well, that is precisely what happened. Assuming the warranty would cover the repair a different service tech came out, spent five minutes in my home and charged me $75 with a promise to return 2 1/2 weeks later with the parts. After being told to wait for the tech between the hours of 8-5, I called once at 2:30, only to be told he was still coming and a second time at 4:30 where I was told the parts could not be located therefore I would have to reschedule.
My phone call lasted from 4:30 to 6:30 where I spoke to 6 different people, repeating the epic saga six different times, and three quarters of that time I was put on hold. The end result was that I was told to call back in 48 hours to see if the parts had been located. Did I mention that every time I have called the Sears Home Warranty Customer Service the telephone reception is so poor that I have to wonder if they are using an antiquated rotary dial phone? I am a very rational, non-confrontational person, and I have never given a bad review to any company, but I just couldn't let this go by without warning any potential customers as well as venting my frustrations a seventh time. I am cancelling my policy by informing the bank to stop future payments since I was unable to do that in the two hours I was on the phone with customer service.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2018
Sears sent me a check for $50 for being without my dishwasher for 5 weeks. The check bounced & now I’m trying to get the service charge from my bank back. I must of been transferred over 5x & the number they told me to call is telling me they’re closed. All their service repairs are being done a 3rd party contractor. My Samsung dishwasher is a piece of junk. The CEO & whoever ran Sears right into the ground. They deserve to close. BTW the girl on one of the phone calls said, "That’s because we changed banks. Didn’t you know. Lol." Really Sears... See ya. I wouldn’t even buy what’s on clearance.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2018
I “purchased” a Kenmore dryer 3 weeks ago... It was listed as a 1-2 day delivery... Nope! More than 3 weeks and many calls to and from Sears, no dryer! But I received my first bill today! I would love to share my aggravations with them but there is no place on their site to do that. No wonder the stores are going out of business! As soon as I receive my dryer (if ever) I will be deleting every text or email from this horrible company!
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2018
Let me preface my experience by saying it was with my father who is a 100% disabled combat wounded Vietnam veteran who is on a fixed income, this is his experience with the shady company known as SEARS. He ordered a new garage door from Sears and they sent out two salesmen to give him an estimate and to place the work order for the door. (They tried to upsell him a new AC system while they were at it.) Over three months went by and not a word from SEARS about the garage door, so he called them and canceled it. The door was jammed in the open position and it was the rainy season so he was getting water damage in his garage. They sent him an invoice charging him over $1034 just to CANCEL THE ORDER. He refused to pay this absurd extortion fee so they went after his credit score. Once this happened we called Sears and came to a settlement of half the $1034 fee just to get the SEARS mark off his credit score.
We paid over $500 to settle it and we figured it was over. A year goes by and all of a sudden we're getting letters from a debt collection agency that Sears sold their debt to saying we still owe $1034. We gave them the paperwork showing we paid it off in a settlement and they said they don't have any of that paperwork or the confirmation code in their system, so they continue to ruin his credit score. Then all of a sudden this month we see that they were able to somehow get into his bank account and start illegally and without notice removing hundreds of dollars a day from his checking account.
Mind you my father is a combat wounded Vietnam vet with 100% disability and on a fixed income. This is the sleaziest company I've ever seen in my entire life. We stopped the charges and disputed them so they no longer have access to his bank account. I highly advise you avoid this shady scamming low down company at all costs. They have stolen money from the bank account of a wounded disabled veteran who almost lost his life for this country, it doesn't get any lower than that. I'm glad Sears went bankrupt and is now down the hole. Seeing their stocks being only worth 22 cents puts a smile on my father's face.

Reviewed Nov. 16, 2018
Sears states scheduling a repair is as easy as 1-2-3. This is not true! We have had the most horrible experience. The service representatives are rude, they leave you on hold eternally and each time, you have to repeat the story to a different representative each time you are transferred. The contract never stated that we had to pay an additional repair each time to repair one item. We bought this contract, after we had a AC unit installed. We had previously just had the boiler replaced by a independent contractor. Sears sold us additional items that were not necessary and failed to return our phone calls when we complained that we did not need the condenser. They claimed that they were going to reimburse us, but the initial person who sold us the AC unit never returned any of our phone calls.
At this point, I am not even sure if he is still with the company. The Sub Contractor Cross Country, which has a PO Box number in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, are the most rudest people. We have never experienced this type of behavior from a contractor. Therefore, buyer beware. Do not purchase a contract with Sears. We are writing to Sears Operations to discontinue the agreement.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2018
I have a service contract on my washer. It was making noise and repairman told me he couldn’t fix it till it went out. A month later it ate my clothes and went out. Now it needs new barring and all kinds of work. It’s a $1000 repair. I’m glad I have service contract but I have been without washer for a month now because they had to order parts. It is ridiculous that they didn’t just get me a new machine, no one should have to wait this long for a washer to be fixed.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2018
We went to buy a Sealy Goldrick King size mattress only to get it DELAYED 4 TIMES! This is ridiculous! Screw us since you are going out of business right?! And what do they tell me when I call? "Our manufacturer is having trouble getting this item." NOT MY PROBLEM, I DON'T RECOMMENDED ANYONE GETTING ANYTHING FROM SEARS UNLESS YOU PICK IT UP FROM THERE. Shame on you. We are canceling our credit card and stupid purchase. The manager at the sears in Santa Maria, Ca store wants us to purchase another mattress. Why? So this can happen again?! No!
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2018
Long wait over the phone, irresponsible supervisors lied and gave misleading incorrect information. Numerous calls were made for service, never able to have service done. After the wait of weeks and hours on hold Sears supervisor suggested to arrange tech myself and provided the phone number so that Sears will pay for the tech. I arranged tech myself and when dialed that given the number to speak to a tech, the number continuously kept playing Sears marketing and no one was hosting that number.
Tech refused to stay on the phone and I end up paying from my pocket. I signed this warranty for peace of mind that if I needed service I can call and have someone fix the issue. After paying for months and getting no service call when I called to cancel the warranty I was told that I owe them 600.00$ as I am early canceling the contract. The same contract that Sears did not provide the service. No supervisor available to assist.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2018
I had my refrigerator repaired last August by a Sears technician. Before the repair, the technician stated that if I took out a Sears extended warranty, Sears would reduce the current repair charge by 50%. He also said I could cancel the contract any time after 3 months. Unfortunately, I took out the contract, and when I tried to cancel the contract after 3 months, the warranty company would not let me cancel unless I reimbursed them for the discounted repair cost. Very dishonest, but I canceled the contract, and of course I will not be doing business with them in the future.
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2018
I have bought MANY Kenmore appliances from Sears over the years. I bought 4 new appliances in 03/17/2015 and got the EXTENDED warranty with them ALL. Which costed $386.97 without Taxes. Now that they are closed we have no warranties on anything we bought from SEARS! As a customer for over 20 years this is unfit and complete **! If they were not going to honor the warranty WHY take our money?
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2018
Shady, shady, shady! I bought a house last year and the water heater just went out. Fortunately, it's still under warranty, but Sears will only honor the warranty if I can provide a receipt with date of purchase. It's a 9 year old appliance bought by the former owner, so OF COURSE I CAN'T PROVE IT... But of course, they bank on customers not holding on to paper receipts. SHADY. They tried to blame it on Kenmore, but I'd think Sears would want to stand behind any products they sell. I guess not. As to repairs... They charge a $90 inspection fee (just to step on property) that is NOT waived if you have them do the work. So you pay $90 (for them to show up) + Labor + Parts + Tax = SHADY. I hung up, made one phone call, and got another plumber to show up for nothing. So, to sum up: Sears = SHADY.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2018
I've had the worse experience with Sears Home Warranty. You can only use their service 30 days after your first payment. After the 30 days, when you file a claim, you have to pay a non-refundable deductible of $75-$80 per claim. Next, this service does not include Sears employee technicians. Instead, Sears sub-contracts with third party vendors who are rude, disrespectful, and do not return phone calls. They took my money and charged me a monthly fee for a service I could not use. I spent many days waiting in the house and calling Sears. Purchasing this monthly plan has been one of the worse professional experiences of my life.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2018
Used Sears for repairs to dishwasher, washer/dryer, and fridge and have been generally pleased. Have not had much success with HVAC repair in general, and was recently looking for a new company thought I would give Sears a try. I have been without heat for two weeks, this after they determined what part I needed, etc. Said it would take a day or two to get. They scheduled the follow up for two weeks out with an 8-5 repair window. I put it on my calendar, and took the day off from work. Called today to confirm, and the appt had been canceled, and they needed to order the part. No phone call, no nothing. I am annoyed as all get out, but I would really be in state if I had been sitting at home waiting for something that was never going to happen. Not going to be a big surprise when these clowns go completely out of business.
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2018
I wanted simple performed on my range and it all turned to me not being able to use my range at all. I called for a schedule appointment with Sears on October 10, 2018. Tech arrived and before he did the maintenance I told him my display figures have been fading. (I should not have said anything and let him do the maintenance, then tell him about the display) Lazy tech stated why do maintenance when I have to order the part. No, he could have done the maintenance, he was lazy because he had to do maintenance on my Refrigerator and did not want to even bend down to vacuum out the bottom of it. We had to supply our vacuum for him to do it. Unbelievable.
Anyways, the tech ordered the part. I just got the part November 7th, another tech came to install the part and do the maintenance on the 10th. Because of my past experiences with the Water Heater tech, (I have to tell you about the incompetence on that) I was very hesitant to let this guy put in the part. I should have went with my instincts and I am very upset that I did not. The Range tech tried to put in the part but the display did not give beeping sounds when you press any of the buttons. So a part that I had to wait for a month is now defective. This tech had to order another part.
I did not think about the holidays coming up until after the tech had left. So now I am livid. I am calling Customer Solutions, Protection Agreement Benefits, and have not received any solutions whatsoever. I wanted to get help in rushing the order for the part being that this is not my fault and I am being inconvenienced. NO resolution and no help in getting a rush order on the part.
That is not all. Had the water heater technician come to check on the water heater. While he was doing his testing he stated now is the time for you to say you want me to change the temperature on the Water heater. I told him it was fine there is no reason to change. Sure enough after he left the hot water was barely hot. So I called for another appointment the service rep told me to turn off the water heater and turn it back on. I refused because I have a Master Protection Agreement. I expressed to him I wanted a water heater technician to come back out. Now this is the same guy. I told him he must have done something and I told him he did not need to adjust anything. SO he goes and says I can make it hotter for you. I told him do not burn me. That is exactly what he did.
The water turned out to be so hot my family could not stand it. So now I have to waste another Saturday for him to come out. We call the tech because when he came the last time I still had his phone number in my phone. He sounded irritated and stated that well I wanted it that way. That was not true because I told him not to burn me. Then he stated well you know you can change it yourself. And that is exactly what me and my daughter did. I was not confident in what I was doing so I called for another appointment for them to check it out. That is why I have a Master Protection Agreement. When I made the appointment I told the service rep I specifically said I did not want the same tech. Yet, when they rescheduled me they gave me the same tech. Unbelievable, just because Sears is going bankrupt this is not a way to treat existing customers.
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2018
I made an appointment to fix my fridge and the ridiculous wait time for the technician should've gave me a red flag, but I wait for it anyways. After the 12th day of waiting my scheduled date came in and I was waiting at home since I requested a day off from work just to be here and not missed the appointment. But what a surprise. After my "time window" was up I called the customer service dept. to find out where the tech was, and they told me that he already came to my home and nobody was here. I have cameras to proof that no one came even close to my front door or even my driveway.
So I asked for the tech to show up to what they told me that there is nothing they could do, that they were going to schedule another for the next morning. I called today to find out why no one has contacted me and to find out again that the appt was canceled for a second time. This is absolutely ridiculous, because now they wanted me to do a third appt to wait another 17 days for the tech. There is no phone number to actually call to a real representative of Sears, or a complaint dept so they can fix all this mess that they did. They only apologize for the tech, and then apologize for the scheduling dept. Well guess what, that is not going to fix my refrigerator and waiting for a tech for a month is even beyond ridiculous.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2018
I contracted with Sears Home Warranty about 6 months ago. I contacted them 3 months ago regarding a faulty wall oven. They sent a repair man out fairly quickly and he determined I needed a new part which he ordered while he was still at my house. The part came in about a week later and even I could tell it was the wrong part. They came to install it and said it was the wrong part. So they ordered another part which came quickly but was wrong again. So they placed another order. I haven't heard from them in over a month. I call and all they will say is it is backordered. It has been 3 months since I first contacted them and the oven still doesn't work. I called again and asked to speak to a supervisor. They put me on hold for a few minutes and then hung up on me.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2018
I have schedule a repair for the stove I bought from there. I trust it was a credible company and I wanted to sign up for their warranty. The first appointment the device guys call me saying that he can not make it because it’s too late so I had reschedule, then they promise a window from 8-12 and don’t comply. I have to call back Sears and see if they even coming. Customer service keep transferring to schedule appointment to the repair. I also receive a 25 percent coupon I can used for the first time canceling. Horrible. I am looking for a new company that is going to treat their customers with more respect and accountability. I understand things happen. Make it up to the consumer that paying their paycheck.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2018
My 10 year old Kenmore Elite oven wasn't heating properly. I called the Sears parts department and was informed of what sounded like a great service warranty which covered older appliances like mine. I signed up and the very next day a technician arrived and ordered a new bake element for me that was going to ship to my address. That was on Oct. 18, 2018.
After waiting for nearly 5 weeks I called Sears and my nightmare began. The warranty call center is located in the Philippines where it quickly becomes obvious that agents deliver scripted messages and profuse apologies but offer no help and no solution. Two days of trying to get help from any other dept. at Sears got me nowhere either. I could not understand why not one person could track my order by calling the manufacturer, which as it turns out happens to be Frigidaire. So I called Frigidaire myself and found no previous order for my part from Sears and therefore I ordered the part myself. Expected arrival is 3 business days, compared to 5 weeks and counting with Sears. It wasn't until a Frigidaire rep put me through to a warranty dept which handles Sears warranty parts and service agreements that I finally learned the cause of the hold up.
Sears is still searching for a parts vendor that has my part. Imagine that! I found and ordered the part in just one minute after making the call to Frigidaire, while the folks at Sears have had 5 weeks and haven't found one for me and didn't even bother to let me know that. And why couldn't they locate one when I had absolutely no problem? I would not recommend a Sears warranty plan to anyone. Unless going round and round with folks in the Philippines who don't do anything more than apologize for your inconvenience, urging you to be patient, is something you enjoy.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2018
In July 2018, purchased new unit at Sears Costa Mesa, Ca. Total purchase price $1,413.10. After a few minutes of starting unit it makes extreme loud noise and a burning smell. Called Sears and made appointment for the Repair Service to look at the unit. The Repair Service did not show up. I called again and they sent a Repair guy to look at the unit. The repairman did show up but said that he could not wait for a few minutes for the unit to start making noise because his repair schedule was busy. So the Repairman left without looking at the unit.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2018
I ordered a bed set over a month ago to be delivered on 11-08-2018 as it was my daughter's birthday on the Nov. 8. Just got a call today on 11-7-2018 saying it is going to be late. If I could give you guys a ZERO rating I would.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2018
The Kenmore washing machine that we bought last December died in early September. We bought a five-year warranty plan at the time, not that it mattered since this machine is less than a year old. It took two weeks before a Sears Home Services technician could look at the machine (September 28). His diagnosis was a batter water inlet valve. He ordered that and a motherboard (just in case) and set an October 11 date for installation of the parts, which were to be delivered to our house. The day before the planned installation, I called customer service to see what was up. The woman (obviously in a call center in the Indian subcontinent region) noted the parts were on order, but had no idea when they would be delivered and "assured me I would receive a call when they were tracked.
After several more calls over coming days to the Indian subcontinent, with no satisfaction and increasing ire... I finally just called the Sears Parts Direct number and talked to a couple of women (in Texas) who spoke American English as their primary language. The first call slipped when I was placed on hold and I ended up back on the Indian subcontinent... so I called back and talked to Lesley in sales, who assured me that my needed parts would arrive by Friday, November 2 -- nearly two months after the machine died, but... A box arrived on Oct. 31, which I have yet to open. I figured that would be great for the tech who was set to arrive tomorrow (Tuesday, November 6). All is good right?
No... here I am at work on Monday, November 5, when a human automaton from the Indian subcontinent called to inform me the records show that one of the three ordered parts (three?) had not been delivered and that since I wasn't home to open my box, the tech call would be cancelled. So, bottom line, Sears which used to be the gold standard for quality products and services deserves to fade away in inglorious bankruptcy. I will never buy another product from them even if they somehow pull out of this tailspin.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2018
Sears Hometown Store Cleburne, TX - I purchased a dishwasher there, I had issues with it for off and on for 7 months. Luckily we had the protection agreement on it so service said they would replace it. I called the Cleburne store where I purchased it to get it replaced - they told me to go to Hulen Mall. The owner said he didn't have to replace it and I could go somewhere else. So long Cleburne. Reminds me of other big box stores.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2018
My Kenmore Elite stopped cooling and freezing after a little less than four years. I have been unable to reach anyone in the United States or get an answer as to when I can expect resolution. I am waiting for a third repair technician to come out and diagnose the problem. I was informed that only a Sears technician can order parts. Why send not one, but two non-sears technicians to diagnose the issue if they are not capable or authorized to order parts. I have been on the phone with sears eight times and counting with still no repair or update in sight.
I have thrown away hundreds of dollars in groceries and continue to have to spend more money eating out to feed our family of five because Sears has no sense of urgency to fix this problem. I call various toll free numbers, all of which transfer me to either an automated attendant or someone outside of this country who is never able to help me. Management is completely untouchable or doesn't exist. I keep getting the runaround and having to spend my days waiting for a technician who, today in this case has yet to show up. I called to check on his whereabouts and was hung up on by the representative when I asked to speak to a manager! This should be against the law but I don't' even know where to begin to make this right.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2018
Exceptional products with bad customer service is not worth the hassle. I recently purchased a treadmill and had to exchange it for a different brand. Spent over an hour with customer service and transferred at least 5 times only to get hung up on. After 2 weeks of trying to get my problem resolved, Sears at the nerve to tell me, my 30 day for return and exchange has expired. Um, nope; your customer service speaks broken English and couldn't help me when I called numerous times. Shame on you Sears! Over the last 3 years customer service went down. I'M DONE!
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2018
I purchased a treadmill recently and had to exchange it for another brand. Spent countless hours with customer service (being transformed 4 times during one call and spent 1 hour on the phone) then got hung up on without issue being solved. It took over 2 weeks to get somewhere and they tried to say that my 30 day return expired. Um, nope; customer service reps speaks broken English and transferred me at least 3-5 times on one call. Products are great with exceptional value but customer service is not worth the hassle. Sorry Sears, over the years customer service has went down. I'm done!
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2018
I bought a Kenmore Refrigerator, LG Washer and LG Dryer from Sears with a delivery date of 13 October 2018. Despite moving into my new home and not having either of these appliances, I decided to wait until 13 October 2018. On 11 October, I received a call informing me that delivery was postponed until 17 November 2018. Sears online had my appliances in stock and could deliver them in 2 business days. I requested they deliver them from this warehouse and was told that is not an option, as they are essentially different companies. I decided to cancel the order and purchase the appliances elsewhere, as I need these appliances.
I was repeatedly told to wait 7-10 business days for the credits. 12 Business days passed and I have only received partial refund of 20%. I am denied access to the financial department that processes the refunds and told to wait another 48 hours. Disputing the charge with Sears Mastercard is a joke. You are told to wait 45-90 days. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? A credit card refund takes 3 business days max to reflect on your account. As a business owner, I know this to be a fact! Buyer beware. They are the polite at telling you to piss up a tree.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2018
Worse experience with technical services in my life. Where to start, first by saying that despite the fact that 4 different technicians came to my house to fix my dishwasher, it is still not fixed. The 1st technician didn't find anything wrong... like I would willingly pay a non refundable $100 fee for them to come with a perfectly working dishwasher. This 1st guy told us that it was maybe because it was needing a deep clean and recommended a product that we bought through him. A few days later the product arrive and it was a washing machine one, not a dishwasher one... We then looked on internet to see if it was the same (it is not) and found out that they sold us the product 2.5 to 3 times more than it cost in retail stores!!! Bought the correct one and clean the dishwasher - still not working.
The second technician came a few weeks later and because we insisted for him to keep testing our machine. He managed to see what was wrong, but was incapable to know why it was doing this, so he spent the rest of his time on the phone with another tech telling him what to do. They finally told us that our pump was bad (seems logical as the problem was that the dishwasher was doing nothing once it was filled with water...). He ordered the part and booked an appointment for the following week for somebody to come and fix our dishwasher. A couple of days before the appointment, we received an email from Sears telling us that they cancelled our appointment and that we had to call them to reschedule!!! The reason they gave us was that the technician that came last was not available on the day we agreed on so they had to reschedule for another day.
That put the new appointment on a weekday, meaning that we had to reshuffle our schedule and deal with time off work for that... The time for the appointment finally came and a 3rd technician arrive (yes, they rescheduled because the 2nd tech was not available on the initial agreed date but yet they sent a new technician). This guy stayed in our house for 4 hours, most of it on the phone with somebody telling him what to do and then told my wife that he couldn't fix it and that a new tech was needing to come 2 weeks later!!! I then called Sears to complain and see what was going on.
I managed to have an appointment for the next day and not 2 weeks out (washing dishes by hand every day starts to get old). And when I asked what was going on and what would happen if the next technician would not get my dishwasher fixed the only answer I had was "don't worry, our technicians are very good and they will for sure fix it tomorrow, no need to worry about that." So yesterday, technician number 4 came, no history of what was done before or what the problem was, and after a few minutes told my wife that he couldn't fixed it because he was needing to take the dishwasher out and he couldn't because "it was wedged in too tight and he couldn't move it" (it's a built in dishwasher).
At that point, I told my wife to give up and tell him to leave and cancel all service on our dishwasher. When I arrived at home that night, it took me less than 5 minutes to get the dishwasher out of his space. I guess the technician, who is per Sears assessment "very good and will for sure fix my issue" did not realize that the dishwasher was anchored to the counter-top by 2 screws... like probably 99% of built-in dishwashers are so they don't move.
So overall, we had completely under-qualified technicians who did not manage to fix our problem. We paid a non refundable $99 diagnostic fee with no good diagnostic given to us, and rather arrogant customer service that will never accept the fact that they are sending under-qualified technicians and that my only option was to trust them because for sure they would fix it the next time and that there was no point in discussing what would happened if they didn't. Absolutely useless. I consider the $99 fee as theft. We will kiss goodbye the money we gave Sears and we will buy another dishwasher and never ever use Sears again.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2018
Called sears.com to purchase a refrigerator and gas range... Was put on hold for 30 minutes. The customer service rep did not know anything. I was very upset...called back the next day, when I should have just went somewhere else. This time I spoke with a Cindy. Again, terrible customer service. She was very uncooperative... Would not let me speak to a supervisor. Just this year I've purchased 2 gas ranges and 2 refrigerators. Trying to buy another set for another one of my properties. There is no accountability for these reps. The way I was spoke to is unacceptable. Sears, are you in charge? The way I was treated, I can see why you are closing down. Get involved with your employees.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2018
I purchased Sears Home Warranty to give me piece of mind with my large appliances. However, they have been anything but helpful. In July 2018, my dishwasher stopped working. In August, 2 different technicians determined that the machine needed to be replaced and reported this to Sears Home Warranty. For the past 2 months, I have been calling Sears Home Warranty once a week to find out when they are going to replace my machine.
Every week, after dealing with complicated automated telephone system for an hour, I speak to a customer service agent who has no authority to actually help me get my dishwasher replaced. They all say the same thing: "it shouldn't take this long", "we don't know what's going on", "It's been sent to the Research Dept", "I have notified the Supervisor Dept..." My favorite lie is "Someone will call you back in 48 business hours, that's how long the process takes." Then, no one calls and I start the process all over again once a week. However, they never forget to take the monthly payment for a service they are not providing. Don't waste your money on this warranty plan. It's less expensive to replace a machine or pay your local repair company on your own.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2018
Through the years me and my husband have relied on Sears to make major appliance purchases, as well as provide service should a repair be necessary. Up until the last 3 years, I would say that Sears came through the majority of the time. It is because of my most recent experience with a drum replacement in my 11 year old Kenmore Elite front loader washing machine that I have decided to not renew our Sears Home Warranty.
While many of the reasons mirror the complaints of the hundreds of other consumers on this site, I feel it important to outline them clearly so that anyone considering using Sears can be forewarned and make an educated decision on whether or not to waste their time and money. 1. Poor customer service - (1-877) number is outsourced to call center overseas; 2. Technicians are overworked leading to errors and lack of ownership and work ethic. Bottom line is they just don't care and it shows; 3. Saturday appointment availability limited; 4. Appointments cancelled at a moment's notice with no explanation; 5. Parts are often not available on trucks and will need to be ordered, thus facilitating the need to schedule yet another appointment.
The bottom line is that Sears has lost its way and in the midst of bankruptcy, consumer satisfaction is the least of their concern, unless they can get your money. I have had enough and after this latest fiasco, have decided to patronize a local family run business who has listened with horror the story of my recent dealings with Sears. To anyone reading this, you have been warned.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2018
I purchased all of my appliances (Kenmore Elite) from Sears - stove, convection microwave, dishwasher, refrigerator... All purchased 5 years ago. My ice maker was having issues I could "live with" (stopped making ice and would occasionally leak), but I called Sears out once my dishwasher stopped working in May. Once the repairman fixed my dishwasher I asked him about my freezer/ice maker, and he encouraged me to sign up for the Sears Home Warranty plan.
It was sold as $75 per additional repair (not visit, but repair), and if Sears couldn't fix the problem, they'd replace the appliance. Too good to be true, right?! Well it was. It is now almost November, and after 4-5 visits from a 3rd party vendor AND Sears most recently, I was told I have a "lemon," but since the door needs to be replaced, they don't cover that! And they will not replace the appliance (door is $800 and replacement around $1400), so here I am, having paid for their warranty program, been sold/told a lie, almost 7 months later, and still a broken freezer.
Atrocious, unacceptable service. The people who answered the phone were decently nice, but the supervisors could not have been less understanding, less empathetic, and came to me with ZERO solutions other than "tough break, sorry." Sears should be ashamed of themselves. I am tempted to go to Best Buy and buy all new Samsung appliances just to get anything that reminds me of Sears out of my life... Too bad I can't afford it, partially because I got conned into buying a false warranty plan.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2018
Our worst experience with Sears in purchasing new appliances (refrigerator/stove/microwave/dishwasher/washer/dryer) four years ago before we retired. Invested a lot of money. Biggest mistake. Our top of the line refrigerator Kenmore Elite has never worked. From the ice maker to the inside of the refrigerator not working. Everything has been replaced and still not working. Lost all my food in fridge due to Our fridge quit working/running. What a massive headache. Our newest Elite washer is a joke. I could go on and on. Plus, who do you speak to someone in another country. They could care less. I’ve been dealing with these problems for months. I am so tired and sick to my stomach. Scheduled appointments are either rescheduled or no show. I’m praying for you Sears CEO. Whoever you are. What happened to loyalty and customer satisfaction. Have a beautiful blessed day.
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2018
It's so difficult to buy a reliable appliance that will not breakdown in less than 5 years (3 for me). The expectation that Sears would be able to provide reasonable customer service when their appliances fail is a fantasy. The customer service program is a call center that has no access to any additional information than the customer already has. The business model is set up so that no one has direct contact with any of the actual parts companies or distributor of parts or even the technician.
Finally, after begging for someone to investigate the whereabouts of the parts, the supervisor, said she would send an email to the "OFFLINE TEAM" and I could expect to hear from them in 2-3 business days. I asked if she would follow up with me in that same time frame so that I would not have to go into the abyss of the 800 number. She said she would put me on her call back list but would not promise that she would call me back. How does one even respond to that? Avoid this company at all costs to your sanity and emotional well being.
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2018
If by some small chance my stove and refrigerator gets repaired under this service warranty, I will be canceling afterwards. These people no regards for your time. They will call or email and say “we’re coming... We’re coming... Oops! You’re rescheduled for the next day." Customer service seems like a call center somewhere in Asia. Anyway Sears... we can’t go through this again. It's no wonder you’re going out of business... You just lost another customer.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2018
I bought a very expensive Kenmore refrigerator 8 years ago along with the service contract which I have kept renewed. I called on Oct 9 since my freezer door would not close (I have a double door bottom freezer/refrigerator). The earliest appointment I could get was today, October 19. 10 days I had to wait. I just received a phone call and was told the repairman was running late and they canceled my appointment. I had to take the whole day off! Now they said they are coming on Monday, I have to take another day off! With this "Service Contract" I have not received very good service. They have canceled appointments on me 4 previous times. I will never buy another appliance from Sears again. This refrigerator has had to be fixed at least twice a year for various problems!
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2018
We purchased a Kenmore dryer for $1,200.00 at the Sears in Portland, ME mall, it was delivered three days after the initial scheduled delivery. To make matter worse the delivery guy was super rude and he didn't even assemble the dryer. Called customer service and explained to them what happened, "we are so sorry for your experience and we will send someone out to assemble your dryer". Hmmm! That was 4 days ago. Guess what? My dryer is still not assembled. Gee thanks Sears for your great customer service.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2018
Please think twice before utilizing this company. We are consistently placed on hold, hung up on, yelled at, treated rudely, they never deliver when promised, damaged goods, invoices not received, etc. We are so entirely fed up with doing business with them.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2018
FREEZER KEEPS ICING UP!!! 3 REPAIRS LATER, IT'S STILL NOT FIXED UNDER THE MASTER PROTECTION PLAN! They told me at the time of purchase, if it's not fixed after 3 repairs, I get a new one! Now they are changing their story to 4 repairs in one year window I get a replacement. How is that possible when it takes them 3 months to come fix it after parts are delivered? They set it up that way so it runs over a year! What we need is a government that protects us and holds these rip offs accountable for the millions of dollars in faulty cheap, junk, garbage, parts they made our appliances with. One question...Sears! What's the point in buying a master protection plan if your idiots can't figure out what's wrong with our appliances? We not only got ripped off on the appliance, we got ripped off on the master protection plan!
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2018
On June 1, 1016 I purchased a Kenmore french door refrigerator from Sears at Sears Hardware in Shelton, CT for $1,276.19. Generally I was pleased with the purchase, though the ice machine was practically worthless. This past spring, I came home to find the temp had risen in the fridge. I thought my family had left the door ajar and warmed up. (Did not happen in the end.) I unplugged the fridge. Reset it and it cooled down. In the beginning of July (early July) I awoke to find the temp of the fridge has risen, food in the freezer was beginning to thaw. I tried resetting again to no avail. Then began the repair and service.
Luckily I purchased the "insurance" before the arrival... First having to wait almost two weeks for a service person to arrive (though it happened earlier because I kept hitting reschedule and managed to get it earlier). He arrive, within a few minutes said the evaporators needed to be replaced. He ordered the parts, left. Did not arrange for a follow up appointment. I had to do that. And I waited for the parts to arrive and the next reschedule. I never knew the number of boxes to expect. Two arrived and I called only to be told that the third would still have to be delivered.
Finally. ANOTHER TWO WEEK WAIT window... again was able to reschedule. The tech arrived nearly 3 1/2 hours later, installed, recharged the system. Made comment that it was odd the controller/coor did not immediately kick in... but did nothing about it. He repaired and left. "Wait 24 hours" Nearly 40 hours later the temp only dropped to 42 in the fridge and 31 in the freezer before the temp began to climb again. Call again ANOTHER TWO WEEK WAIT. Next Tech. Tinkered with it. Checked compressor. You need a compressor. Wait for part, ANOTHER TWO WEEK WAIT for installation. Third tech. There is no freon in the line. There must be a leak. "Fixed" the leak. Installed compressor and controller switch. Wait 24 hours.
36 hours later neither the freezer nor fridge section dropped below 55. I endured this ALL summer. I gave up. Have to buy a new fridge. called for the 500 "insurance rebate" Was told I had to wait another 24-72 hours before I could get the code so I could purchase a new fridge. I have now not had a working fridge in my house since July 5. August 14 had to buy a new fridge. Had to wait again to get it delivered. It was delivered Aug 18. Two of the door bins were damaged. Never reported by the delivery company. I had to call to order... Wait. Wait. Wait.
Before I file with consumer protection and the BBB, I am reaching out to you. I want the balance left on the new fridge covered. The original fridge should not have failed after only two years on normal household use. The process, stress and general incompetence I have had to deal with deserves nothing less. I have emailed then 4 times with no return contact.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2018
I recently purchased the Sears Home Warranty because I was going to be renting my home. When the technician was there, he made it sounds super simple when needing to file a claim, but the reality is the complete opposite. Every single time I call the number he provided me, I get transferred around at least three different times before I get to the correct department. Why is it so difficult to file a claim? Then, after waiting on hold for another 10 minutes, someone with a heavy accent comes on the line only to keep you holding for another 10 minutes just to file a claim! Just a bunch of dead air, no conversation. They do not even bother to let you know they are still there or what they are doing.
This is by far the most frustrating experience I have ever had with a company. You have to jump through hoops just to file a claim and their follow through is pretty bad too. I had to call a few weeks ago for the same issue with my refrigerator and they never bothered to tell me that parts needed to be ordered. Whether that was the contractor's responsibility or Sears' responsibility, no one bothered to contact me to let me know. My tenants were without a refrigerator for almost two weeks until I called and complained and miraculously the parts were there the next day for the repair. I am going to be looking for another warranty company because to be quite honest, it is not worth the headache.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2018
We purchased a refrigerator in November 2017. Two months ago the refrigerator stopped getting cold. It took 2 weeks for a technician to show up. The parts needed to be shipped to our home. Well, the parts never arrived. We were without a fridge for seven weeks. I fought with them, over & over again. People are rude on the phone. I finally got approved for a replacement but... there's been so much problems that I want to scream. Three deliveries were scheduled, two were damaged and one didn't show up. I want my money back so BADLY! Now I know why Sears is closing. Where did the good customer service go?
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2018
I was mislead and trapped by Sears. Nothing was clearly written under the product description when I placed the order. After placing the order, I wanted to know if the stand will be assembled or not and after waiting couple days I requested them to cancel the order because I won't be able to assemble. I was also informed by email notification the product will be delivered by OCT 5th when I placed the order around SEPT 10th. Not getting any response I contacted Sears back to cancel my order.
Now, the game started from Sears. They contacted me back to inform me that they have no way to cancel the product at this moment. If I do cancel it, I will be charged restocking fee and cancelation fee. I got disappointed by their policy and customer service. At some point, one of the customer agents also assured me that I should get back my whole refund and they will do their intelligence to solve the issue. But finally they didn't give me my whole refund. I shopped around other places, I don't know any policy where a customer should be charged a restocking fee or cancelation fee before the product was even delivered. I would like to file a case against their customer service, their policy and hassling me for no reason for a simple cancelation of a product.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2018
I got the full home coverage including well, septic systems. The coverage was expensive and higher deductible than the other companies. They said it included coverage on boiler plus preventative maintenance. Called them 3 months ago for scheduling the preventative maintenance, they never came in. Today a guy from Sears comes in and says that the boiler is Weil-McLain and that Sears don't cover that brand.
For 3 years I had Sears home warranty and they knew my boiler has always been Weil-McLain. Now I call for the service and they say that they don't cover the brand. Well am sorry I don't have a stupid Sears branded oil burner which would have stopped working completely from day 2 anyway. I ended up cancelling my contract. I really hope that the news about Sears going out of business comes true so that the sorry ** customer service people and technicians who are rude and outright impolite can go figure out their lives. Worst customer service experience also with the technicians. Don't know when the Sears company as a whole went to the dogs.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2018
I have been dealing with this sorry company for over 2 months regarding new replacement on my non working washer. HORRIBLE HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE. Over 100 calls and 5 scheduled appointments with no resolution. Never ever again will I purchase from Sears!!! Buying a warranty will get you nowhere but a ton of headaches and high blood pressure!!! Don't buy!!! Don't purchase WARRANTY.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2018
I've been dealing with Sears for 10 months over replacement/repair of my furnace. Nearly 75 calls have been made by myself and the local approved repair company. With every contact, you are forced to deal with a new person and supervisors are not available unless you demand to speak with one out of dire frustration. The situation changes every time you speak with Sears and just when you are close to getting the issue resolved, they throw a new requirement into the mix. I settled for a $1,500 payment with the supervisor, Miriam. I was told in August a check would be mailed that week. One month later, I still had not received a check. I called Sears and was told the check was not sent because I had not supplied a receipt showing my payment of $1,500 to the local contractor.
A receipt was never requested in the initial conversation with supervisor Miriam (one more requirement that was intentionally left out of the conversation to drag things out longer). As of today, 10/12/18 I still have not received any payment. The whole process has been such a 'time suck'. Sears Home Warranty is a bait-and-switch operation and there is no relief for the consumer once you have 'signed on the dotted line'. They string you along, hope their tyranny wears you out and they are able to keep your money while nothing gets resolved. It truly is a death trap for the customer!
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2018
If I could give zero stars, I would. My dryer broke, seemingly a simple repair was required. Five weeks later, not only is the dryer still broken, it is actually worse off than before. Sears sent the most incompetent repairperson I have ever had the misfortune to meet. He ordered the wrong parts. He broke a part. He was not available when needed. He never apologized for screwing everything up. Sears customer service was just as bad. They refused to help rectify the situation, and seemed baffled about what to do. Really, the worst customer service ever.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2018
I looked up Frigidaire washer repair online and Sears was the first website to pop up. I filled in the form and sent it off, for a scheduled appointment within a few days. I should have looked at the reviews first. The cost was $89. When the technician arrived and saw that I had a stackable unit (dryer on top of washer) he said he would need a helper and it would cost me $100 for him to help. He did some diagnosis with the washer in place and put his ear to the washer while it was running and he got up and said, "Your belt is broken, so schedule another appointment and I'll bring the other guy." This was the best part. He said I didn't have to pay the $89.
A day after he left I got an email from Sears with a 1-800 number that I could call to talk about the service. I never call or complain about service calls but this time I did. Well I reached someone, a thousands of miles away from my washing machine and I had trouble understanding him/her. Hey, I'm old and my hearing isn't what it used to be. At any rate, I asked why Sears charges an extra $100 for a helper. You better sit down for this one. He/she said, "Sears doesn't do that, so I'll just write up a new appointment for you and will mention that you have a stackable machine and they will need to send extra help". She/he asked I wanted the same person that I had the first time. I said no because I didn't want him to charge me $100 for something else. I asked for a new techie and the next appointment was scheduled.
A few days later, a techie shows up by himself and I asked him where his helper was. He said the order didn't say anything about a helper. So we went inside and the first thing out of his mouth was, "Oh, this is a stackable. I can't move this by myself, I'll need a helper." At 72 years old, I figured I could move a mountain if I had to. At any rate he and I pulled out the washer out and he fiddled and diddled and then turned on the machine and lo and behold it started to work, without clothes in the machine. The drum rotated and the water went down the drain. I asked him what he did and he said, nothing. So he wrote up a bill for $99 and then wanted to know if I wanted to buy a service contract for hundreds of dollars, which he said he gets a commission. There is a 90 day warranty on the work, so I declined and he took a picture of my check and he left.
From what I understand, Sears will charge you just for coming out whether they fix the appliance or not. As soon as he left. I filled the washer with clothes and started the machine. It didn't work, so I called the 1-800 and reached someone else that I couldn't understand and I said the techie just left and the machine is still broken. I was told I could schedule another appointment with the earliest day being a week away. By now my blood pressure was approaching my all time high and I asked to speak with the supervisor. After nearly 15 minutes of complaining, the supervisor said they could cancel the check and I could reschedule the appointment anytime I wanted. I got off the phone and I put a stop payment on the check.
The next day, I called Frigidaire's repair center and I got someone in Dallas, Texas. It was good to be able hear and understand what was being said. I told him that I had a stackable machine and he said, it wasn't a problem. One man usually can do it all. Wow, I wasn't expecting that. So another week goes by and the Frigidaire repair man shows up with 23 years of experience. He asked me what washer was doing/not doing and I told him. He said, "I think I know what the problem was". He went to his truck and got a big sheet of hard plastic and shoved it under the washer and pulled the washer/dryer out where he could work on the washer. I asked if the belt broke. He said in 23 years he only fixed 10 belts, maybe. He said there is a wire inside that breaks and when it does break the drum doesn't know if it should spin or not.
At any rate, he fixed the wire, secured the back of the washer and pushed the washer/drying back into space. BTW, he says, this is a gas dryer. Who knew, not me. He tested both machines and had me put clothes in the washer to make sure the drum rotated. It did, so I paid him and he left after about 20 minutes. Moral of the story is do not use Sears for appliance repair if Sears didn't manufacture it. A couple of days ago I got a notice from a bill collector. Even though the supervisor in a country far away from here said she was canceling the $99, she really didn't.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2018
A call was made to Sears service to repair a drainage issue with my washing machine. A wash cycle would not complete because something was clogging the drainage hose. Immediately after the service, I started a wash on delayed start so it would run in the morning and be complete as I awoke. I woke up to the floor being wet around the washing machine and water seeping into the basement and damaging items in storage in the basement. I inspected the gasket (what I believe they call a "boot") around the opening of the front loading washer and it looks like it was not seated properly.
I believe this is causing the leak. When I called Sears, their "robotic" representatives told me the soonest they could get someone out to resolve the issue was in 2 weeks. Imagine that, they introduced an issue, which flooded my basement and the best they can do is send someone out in 2 weeks. I asked to speak to a manager who confirmed that that was the best they could do. I will no longer purchase a service contract from Sears. They have no contingencies built into their plan to deal with situations like this...no way of expeditiously fixing a problem they introduced. Atrocious service.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2018
After buying a $3000 fridge in their elite series it broke less than 2 years later. It took 4 weeks for a repair man to look at it and then another 4 weeks for them to order the part and come back to replace it. Their repair part lasted 1 day! Then the customer service women told me I would have to start the repair process all over again meaning another two months of a broken fridge. They wouldn't send a fridge in the meantime or offer to just replace it. Horrible customer service and junk products.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2018
I had a technician come to my house and order a thermostat for my refrigerator for $246 dollars and the part never came after a month. After repeated calls to Sears service, they kept saying the part would be reshipped but it never was and no one contacted me or tried to deliver the part. My last phone call they said they would email me that night and the part would be delivered to the nearest UPS office. No contact and no delivery. I told them I'm a senior and I have a lot of food going bad. It has been my worst nightmare dealing with Sears. I will see that they are investigated.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2018
This is by far the worst customer service. I have had this home warranty department now since July of 2018. I have had 1 service done that took 2 month to get done after calling 10 times. Had a service tech come out to review the Heater and said he was going to order the part but that was after the tech came to the house and didn't want to come in because it was wet outside.
The service was inside. Finally came and said he was going to order a motor. 2 weeks passed and nothing called and there was nothing in the system, so we had to start the service over again when the tech came out this time somehow are the other they had the exact motor in the truck, one that they said they didn't even know anything about. Fix and paid my deductible. 2 months for one job. Now I'm calling about a another service and they are given me people that don't even service my area, now saying I can find someone pay out of pocket and they will refund me the money back. This is after calling for the last 5 days. If you could go with someone else please do so. It would make your stress level so much better.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2018
I would not recommend Sears for central AC yearly maintenance. Tech rushed through job and did not properly clean debris from fan unit. The bottom of the fan unit was left with pine straw debris and a piece of metal. Highly disappointed for the price I paid.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2018
I ordered my Frigidaire appliances from Sears. I ordered a dishwasher and called Sears to return it (prior to delivery) because there was another dishwasher that I wanted. They assured me it was canceled. I checked my online account a week later and still saw that it was scheduled to be delivered. I called Sears and they told me to refuse the delivery. The initial delivery did not happen because they arrived at my house without calling first and I wasn't home. Sears called me and I said I am only minutes away and to please have them wait. They did not. I called Sears when I reached my house and spoke to the delivery manager who was kind enough to offer me $100 in Cash Your Way Rewards for the inconvenience. I had to call Sears numerous times over a couple of weeks because I didn't get the points.
The second delivery thankfully went as planned. The counter-depth refrigerator (only two to choose from in smudge-proof stainless steel with Frigidaire) I ordered was a nightmare. It made a loud piercing noise and I wanted all of the same name brand appliances so I was going to return all of the appliances. Sears offered me $200 cash back to my credit card to keep all of the appliances and they would replace the refrigerator. I went with their offer and had a new refrigerator delivered. I waited weeks for the refund to my credit card and never got it. I called Sears and they told me that the refund wasn't processed because they needed my credit card information. Um, refund it to the card that I used as you did the dishwasher. So I gave them my credit card information and I finally received a refund of $186 and change. What? I was offered $200 and received $186 and change. Weird.
Then I was stupid enough to order a grill through Sears because they were offering $200 in Cash Your Way Rewards points for any purchase over $200. I was told the points would not be credited until I picked up the grill. I picked up the grill about two weeks ago and still don't have my points. I called Sears today and they told me that the item doesn't show as picked up. Mind you I called a week ago and spoke to somebody in regard to the same and was told she would mark it as delivered and I should receive my points with 48-72 hours. To put the cherry on top, I ended up returning the refrigerator because the replacement made the same awful sound and they picked it up on Saturday. I called today to ensure that the refund was in process and they had all the information that they needed given my prior experience.
I was told that the item hasn't been returned to the warehouse and the refund would be processed with 7-10 business days once it is received. Seriously, it was picked up five days ago! The representative for Sears called the delivery department and she connected me. Thankfully they told me that the refrigerator was returned to the warehouse the day it was picked up and the refund was in process. Why wasn’t it in their system and why wasn’t my online account updated?
Very concerning given I didn’t get anything from the delivery men who picked the refrigerator up so I had no way of proving it was actually picked up (except for it being recorded with my carport camera). I am absolutely disgusted with Sears and their customer service. I have probably made 20 calls to them since I ordered my appliances August 22nd. I kept getting moved from department to department because "we don't have that information". I will NEVER order anything from Sears again!!!
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2018
This is the worse place ever!!! I have a refrigerator that went out. I called, nothing has been done. It's going on 5 months. I keep having technicians schedule to come out, some cancel some don't even show up. I've been arguing with Sears about this for too long. Now since I've been waiting, my warranty expired and they won't even honor it. Also since it's been sitting up mold has made its way no matter how much I bleach and clean it. Disgusting. Every week I get a different reason why!! This makes no sense.
They are very rude, nothing has been done, it takes a month to get a new appointment, I've missed work too many times for them to not show up and or not to call. I absolutely hate this place and I will never, ever refer anyone. This is ridiculous. If I can give this review a 0 I sure would! I have kids at that and it's unfair I have no refrigerator for than 4 months, and have to find out how to feed my family and wait on Sears help. This company will be going down, enough is enough and I'm tired of waiting and being patient. Now I'm taking legal actions!! I hope this post make it to corporate and answer my questions. Feel free to contact me.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2018
Bought an extended warranty with my GE washer from Sears a little over 2 years ago. The washer will not drain/spin. Called Saturday, walked through problem solving with tech. Appointment scheduled for Monday 8-11. No one showed or called. Called back Sears. Put on ignore several times and bounced around. Finally tried the "chat" option. Ask for name of company that was supposed to come. Called them and was told that they do not service my area. Continued on chat while calling service dispatch. Given the name of another repair company. Asked them to hold and called them. They do not service my area.
I live in a very populated area close to 2 major cities. Back and forth on the phone and chat for over 3 hours. Finally told that they could not schedule me with anyone and had sent an email to the district manager but promised me a phone call back the next day. No call. Called again... Same runaround (BTW you usually get the Philippines and they cannot do anything for you). Called the "corporate office" number online. Spoke to Consumer Affairs. Put on hold for another 20 minutes. Finally connected to the dispatch center again!! This time they "promised" to have someone here tomorrow.
I have zero faith that this will happen. DO NOT buy anything from Sears. They are unable to stand by their warranties due to what seems to be a lack of competent staff and they outsource most of their warranty work but have very few "authorized" repair people. This has been a nightmare. We will be in the market for a new fridge soon. It will not come from Sears. BTW - my neighbor had a similar nightmare with her new dishwasher from Sears last year.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2018
No wonder Sears is going down. Stay clear of their WARRANTY program. You will invest hours trying to explain and reason with poorly trained and incompetent associates. Have been waiting several weeks to get my microwave repaired. Made several phone calls to them only to find out they never processed the claim. Escalated to a supervisor, who was really no better than the associates and showed no customer service skills or empathy. Did not apologize and told me to call back in a few days if I did not hear anything. Guess I will be calling back again. This company is in a death spiral.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2018
Major regret! I wish I would have researched before throwing money away. Calls are outsourced to India, takes weeks to get an appointment. Service tech performed an illegal repair to my home dryer - removed the heat sensor! Could have burned down the house! Was found by second Sears-scheduled repairman a few months later when it broke AGAIN, then they refused to attempt a repair because they said they were not allowed to and argued with me that their repairmen would never do such a thing. Once I showed them the repair log (thank goodness I'm organized) it took hours of calls to supervisors to get them to do the repair. Should have just hired my own local repairman and saved time, money, and headache. Cancelled my service today (and had to pay fees - but I'd rather sever tie now than keep regretting for another 8 months). Sears need to go ahead and go out of business. They've lost another lifelong customer. Shame!
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2018
My Whirlpool oven stopped working. Called around for service, I usually get 3 quotes for any work or service. This time I got 2 quotes from local repair shops, they informed me upfront that there is a service fee of $65.00 and $59.00. When I called Sears, no one mentioned any service fees; I contacted them twice to schedule and re-schedule the appointment because of a conflict and not once was service fees of $99.00 mentioned. When the service technician arrived he did not mentioned the fee either until he completed the test and informed me it will cost approximately $600.00+ to fix the problem.
My response was that is the cost of a new oven and he said, "How would you like to pay for the service" and I responded, “How much” and he said $99.00. I told him I was not informed of the $99.00 fee when I scheduled the appointment, and I would call customer service. I called customer service which was a waste of time; one of those offshore customer service sites where they read from cue cards. Treating customers fairly, and honestly has always been, and will continue to be Sears problem.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2018
I had been looking for a reasonably-priced water distiller for a while and on the 3rd of October I ordered a RovSun. One for 56 bucks. I placed the order and about 6 hours later Sears emailed me about some kind of problem. I signed onto the chat feature to try and iron things out. There was apparently a problem getting the money even though the entire fee had been deducted from my prepaid debit card. 5 days later, they say I have to contact my bank to get my money back, although I use a prepaid debit card. In other words my money went to Never Never Land and they claim they don't have it. Typical response if you're a thief. I will never do business with Sears again. My order number was ** if that helps. Sheesh I sure didn't expect to be mugged by such an old-school company.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2018
Bought this to lift my Jeep in preparation to put snow tires on once the time came. I tried to use it this past weekend and since my Jeep has a 3" lift in it the jack is too small and doesn't lift it. I take it to the store and was told that since it has been over 30 days (it has been 41) that they could not return it or exchange it for one that would work. I even call the 800 number and plead my case to people that were very nice, but not able to help. Crazy because it's not like I was able to use it, I have all the original packing, and it is only 11 days past the cutoff. What is even crazier is that the one I need is $100 more and since I need it I have to pay that much, but can't in good convince myself to give Sears another $ of my hard earned money. This is the company that I buy (use to) all my car parts, tools, kids clothing, household goods (exercise equipment, appliances, beds, etc) and this is how they treat me.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2018
I ordered this product 9/4 and received notification it would be delivered 9/20. When the week of 9/20 came they pushed the delivery date back claiming it hasn’t been shipped from the manufacturer yet as they don’t keep that product in their warehouse, delivery date pushed back to 9/27. The week of 9/27 it was pushed back to 10/4, week of 10/4 it was pushed back to 10/11 and week of 10/11 it was pushed back to 10/18. I cancelled my order and processed a full refund. This company is a joke and will eventually go out of business with these type of practices unfortunately.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2018
I was blindsided! My order was placed Aug 2. My first call to Sears was Sept 28. The email they promised me by Oct 1 did not come until Oct 7. It denied my returns. I am stuck with the bill. Details: I ordered several swimsuits of different sizes. One worked. One needed something different, which I then ordered. Three did not work. After I received my second order, and made my decisions, I began the return process. First I planned to take them to the store. Unfortunately those are closing faster than I could get to one. Then I planned to mail them. Meanwhile I have a life. They denied my returns because of their 30 day limit policy.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2018
I had a home warranty with Sears for all my appliances. My dryer kept running when the door was open which is an issue. Called Sears and they kept trying to make me go online to schedule an appointment. Only issues with that was I did try to make an online appointment and was rejected telling me I had to call to schedule. After several calling attempts I spoke with a rep who told me they didn’t have anyone in my area to service my dryer and they would call me back. They also told me IF they found a technician I would have to pay them a $75 service fee. I have been paying them $50 a month for a year and this was my first call. What was I paying for anyway? Needless to say I immediately canceled the plan. I knew from the call it wasn’t going to end there and I was right. I canceled in September and I was just charged again for October. Now I have to try to get through to these people again!!! Better Business Bureau here I come.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2018
I purchased a brand new refrigerator 36 days ago, it is now making loud noises. I'm thinking it's probably the motor and they want me to pay for service call and any repairs to it. I called a different rep and they said had I called within the 30 days window they could do more to help (smh).
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2018
After placing a service call 2 1/2 weeks ago, 2 rescheduled appointments (by them), 1 no show from tech, a phantom fridge on our account, wasted food, additional expenses to live out of a cooler with a family... my fridge was finally repaired by a tech that was 2 HOURS past the arrival window + came in with a horrible attitude!! Needless to say, we’re looking into another warranty company!!
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2018
The worst customer service ever, my microwave stop working and I have a warranty with them. I called 6 times for that and till now nothing. It has been a month and I'm still fighting for someone to come and fix my microwave.

Reviewed Oct. 5, 2018
I wished I had read the reviews before I signed for this agreement. Our water heater broke while still under warranty. We are elderly and have not been able to take a hot water shower for a week. We are waiting for Sears to come and install another one. They cannot handle emergencies, send you to different departments every time you call and then, you end up talking to someone in the Philippines and their answer is "we cannot do anything from this end, you have to call....."Really, it's a disgrace! They sent a technician after 4 days. He told us that someone was going to get in touch with us that afternoon to tell us what was wrong with the water heater. Since they didn't call, I decided to call them. It has been a nightmare! Never again.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2018
I ordered a new lawn mower bagger from Sears.com. They would not ship this item so the only option they had available was pick up from Sears outlet. I picked this item from the outlet yesterday. I installed it today and notice that there is a part missing from the box. 1st at fault is Craftsman for not doing the proper quality control check to ensure the package contents are complete. Then I called Sears.com for assistance and they advised they cannot give me the missing part and that I can purchase it from Sears Parts. I shouldn't have to pay twice for an item that I already have purchased.
Sears online customer service told me to speak with Sears outlet since they are the ones that I picked up the order form. For 2 hours Sears online and Sears outlet threw me around like a ball back and forth saying the other team would take responsibility for the "inconvenience." I give up, it's not worth my time arguing with Sears Online customer service as they simply don't understand the issue and want to do anything possible to shift responsibility on a different entity and get you off the phone as soon as possible. Absolutely ridiculous. I will never ever purchase from Sears again.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2018
It is no wonder this company is sinking. The level of customer reflects that. I have made several calls with no follow up. On 10/3 I made a call to Sears for duct service. The man answering the phone quickly said, "Please hold." After 5 min. on hold he came back and rudely said "If you are calling to make an appointment I'm telling you right now I'm gonna have to put you on like a 40 min. hold. I suggest you go online and make your appointment". Being in shock in what and how I was just addressed, I said, "I'm sorry what is your name." With that I was hung up on. I called back, and again was hung up on. I then looked up a customer service number.
I was explaining to the woman what happened, and she went on to say, "What did you want to return..." "REALLY did you just not hear anything I just said, can I please speak to someone in charge." AGAIN... hang up. I called back and asked to be connected directly to the Woodbridge NJ location so that I may voice my concerns to an actual store manager. Transferred to a voicemail. So I left a message asking to please get a callback to discuss a concern I had. Still waiting for that call. NEVER EVER have I been put through so much disgust simply to get a service that Sears provides. Good luck shutting down more stores and losing more customers every day you keep these absurdities up.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2018
I received a women’s blouse with very poor quality. The fit was off. I did not know that Sears online allows outside sellers for their merchandise. I receive it from a private seller from China. They do not accept refunds and offers $2 for your inconvenience. I demanded they pay for shipping and was told “We have already contacted you and wish you a happy life." I will never shop there again. I wish I could upload a photo of the email they sent me.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2018
On Labor Day 2018 my refrigerator stopped working. I have a Sears Whole Home Warranty that I purchased in 2017 replacing my Master Service Agreements on several items. Sears scheduled 6 visits (showed up for 5) during September 2018 before finally fixing it October 2nd. I was without a refrigerator the whole time. Nobody gave my issue any urgency. DO NOT BUY APPLIANCES FROM SEARS, NOR THEIR WARRANTIES. THE SERVICE IS AWFUL! Nobody seems to care. Lost all my food, and lived out of coolers all month. Customer Service operates off of a script, and when I asked to speak to a supervisor, they did not allow it because there was no supervisor on duty. When I reached out to the executive offices, their people dropped my call and didn't call me back. I used to be a fan of Sears, but no longer. There is more to this story, that shows a company that has lost control of their customer service. This company needs to be revamped.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2018
I ordered a lawn mower online. I found a cheaper one and decided to cancel my order. The mower total was 212.59 - 20 in points. Total charged to my MC 192.59. They refunded my card $166.16. Which is $26.39 short. Called CS several times and tells me they will send it to the back and send me an email. I think I should sue disturbing me about the money that needs to be refunded to my account. Worse CS I have ever experience and this space is too small to go into great detail.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2018
I thought I could rely on Sears to be an honest comp. I was Wrong! I needed a quote on a new mini split system for my home. The consultant enters all information himself on his laptop. He asks you to sign giving permission for the financial companies they use to check your credit. I had printed copies of my check stubs and had proof of my mortgage payment ready but he wouldn’t even look at them. He said everything he needed was already in the computer. I said that was odd since I hadn’t provided any of that info.
After he ran it and said I had been declined he told me he had put that I make $8900 per month (I make $3200) and that my mortgage was only $400 per month ($600)! I was pissed and told him to correct it, he said he was trying to improve my debt to income ratio. I told him I was reporting him. He didn’t understand why I was so mad! I called 3 different phone numbers to report him and was “disconnected” all 3 times! They don’t care! No wonder Sears is going out of business! Do not use this company!
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2018
Ordered a beautiful top of the line Craftsman tractor from the Sears store in Nashua NH back in early September. Original date was moved out which was fine as I was notified but then came the day before delivery. I received two calls confirming my delivery and it would be between 12-2pm. I also received a text stating the same and I could track my delivery.
I arranged my scheduled to be available and home. I tracked the delivery via the Sears app first thing in the morning and it said estimated time 12:47 pm. I thought this is great. Then around 11:30 am I checked the app again and the time went away. No estimated time. I checked 3 times as I thought my phone or the app was having an issue.
I then called customer service which started an awful terrible experience. Customer service is a call center in the Philippines where they read scripts and have no way of confirming anything. They didn't care and told me it will be delivered tomorrow. I said, "I'm not available tomorrow and if the tractor is not there today how do you know it will be tomorrow." No response. Just, "It will be delivered tomorrow." It was like talking to a robot.
Asked for a supervisor or mgr and got the runaround many times. Saying they are all busy and someone will call you in an hour. I talked to 3 different people there and it was the same story over and over again. I wanted someone in the US and finally someone gave me headquarters number in Chicago. I called there and the lady was extremely rude yelling at me. I had to go through the call center in the Philippines then hung up on me before I could even explain my issue. I called the Nashua, NH store twice looking for assistance and got no one!!! Left a message and never heard back. Ended up calling the lovely call center back to cancel my order. Too bad as I spend a lot of money with Sears but now I'll bring my money elsewhere.
If Sears had called first thing in the morning and said, "We have an issue. The tractor was never delivered to the warehouse. Let us look into this and get back to you" I would have understood. Unfortunately that never happen. Poor customer service and in my opinion they don't respect their customers. They lost a big customer and advocate for Sears.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2018
I came home in the evening 9/19/18 from a short trip and found a puddle of water on my kitchen floor. Everything in my freezer had melted. I called Sears at 7 am the next morning because I have an extended warranty that I bought for $569 less than 3 years ago when I purchased my new fridge for $1679. The woman on the phone told me to reduce the temp setting and press the ultra ice button and wait 24 hours. I explained to her that I work 12 hour shifts and would be working the next 2 days so that would be difficult, but I did as she asked and changed the settings. By 1 that same afternoon the fridge was becoming noticeably warmer now so I called again.
This time it was a man and he told me that I would’ve been able to get a same day appointment repair if I’d called earlier in the day. (Which I had) so anyhow he said he’d have a tech come out to look at it 9/28/18. Needless to say I was very upset to wait 8 days without a fridge. I threw out all my food and bought some ice and tried to salvage my condiments at least. By 9/25 I was beyond annoyed. The ice didn’t last more than a day and kept making more messes. I was able to obtain a local cancellation appointment from their website after several calls and someone came out on 9/26. He told me I need a new compressor and the parts would come to my home in 2-3 weeks and I should call them and schedule another appointment.
Really?? Over a month to get my fridge repaired. I live in Los Angeles, not some remote location. I told them I would drive to their warehouse and get the part myself or couldn’t they take one from a fridge in their store??? I made many calls, even to an attorney who suggested I buy a mini fridge, which I did on 9/28. So far, 1 of the parts has arrived. 2 more will be here tomorrow and supposedly 1 will arrive before my newly scheduled repair appointment on 10/26/18. Is this the norm??? Am I being ridiculous? Is 5 weeks to wait a reasonable amount of time? Should they have offered a loaner or anything?
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2018
I pay $49.99 per month for a home warranty service from Sears. I have a refrigerator that broke. Sears ships the warranty service out to other companies but they don't tell you this when you are buying the service. The company that Sears gave the contract to is Cross Country Home Service in Florida. Cross Country says that they have no technicians that can service our area. We are paying this money and get no service and it's been over a week. This is a total scam. Do not buy a Sears home warranty service. One week without a refrigerator. No one will help me and there is no number to make a complaint. So frustrated that I could scream.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2018
My mother has a Sears Service Contract for her Sears Kenmore Refrigerator. In May of this year it began to act up. Since then she has had multiple service calls, replacing parts. Still she has a non-working refrigerator. Every time the refrigerator stops cooling, it's 2 weeks before a service tech can come and then around 10 days to 2 weeks before the part arrives and the tech can return. My mother is 80 years old and very fragile in health. She has a small fridge in the kitchen to keep small items in and the other fridge is in the garage. She has to go out to the detached garage and carry her food back in to the kitchen. For most this would be a just small inconvenience but for her it is a hardship. She has had to deal with this since spring of this year.
I have called the Service Contract number at least twice a month. Every time, I get the same run around. There is no urgency to correct this problem. The straw that broke the camel's back is this. This last problem with the fridge has required 5 parts replaced. When they finally arrived she has an appointment for a tech to come on October 10 to install the parts. She got a call last Friday and said the appointment is moved to October 16th. This totally unacceptable. We have been way to patient with this company. I called and was told there is nothing that can be done, unless there is a cancellation. Please help and give me some direction to get my mother some relief!
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2018
SEARS HOME WARRANTY IS A SHAM! They easily take the monthly premium from my checking account each month, but that is about the only thing that is easy about them! Service providers they use are unprofessional, if you can even get them to call you about an appointment. Most providers will tell you that they will not work with Sears. Then you have to call the home office AGAIN to get a new service provider, that may or may not call you back. In fact, I was never even able to get an HVAC service provider to my home for the seasonal maintenance service that is "supposedly" provider with the whole house warranty. I ended up calling my local HVAC repair person. Lastly, if you do file a claim, it will take MONTHS for a response.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2018
I was sold the warranty with the understanding that it included one boiler cleaning per year. The first time I called Sears was for a smoking boiler. They told me they had nobody in my area after I already waited a day for service. I had to call somebody myself who was insured, qualified and approved by Sears. What a pain! Then while the tech was here, the Sears approval dept. had to approve the work. Another pain! The work was approved and done. Then the fun began. Denial of payment first because something missing in paperwork. Then they said work was not approved. Then denial because the smoking boiler fix was considered routine maintenance.
Finally the last straw was when they said they would not honor the annual cleaning because the fine print said it was just an annual inspection (which is nothing) not an actually cleaning even though I was told when I bought the warranty it was a cleaning, one of the main reasons I bought it. These people are liars, deceitful and crooks. My wife warned me not to get this because of Sears reputation for deceit ever since they started going out of business. I should have listened. I canceled my policy and got a partial refund. I will never do business with Sears again in any capacity. They are crooks.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2018
Very upset with Sears service people. I made an appointment for maintenance service on my washer and dryer. The time period was from 1:00 - 5:00PM. I explained that I worked and gave my cell number to call me prior to coming. I did not receive a call or a text that they were on the way. My husband got home at 2:15PM, and there was a message on our answering machine.
Sears service was there around noon. They called the home number while they were at the front door. No other number had been called. My husband called them as soon as he got home, and was told they could no longer come out today, and they had called the cell number and there was no answer. I check my cell, and there were no missed calls. This is a lie. Also, they did not come in the time period I was told. I bought Sears products for over 30 some years and their warranty. If this is how they treat their loyal customers, no wonder they are losing business. Very unhappy with them.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2018
I have had paid for the Sears Home Warranty for 2 years. Every month the payment is deducted without trouble. I have had several repairmen out for different items; Stovetop clock was repaired successfully. Side by side refrigerator - repaired 4 times - still does not make ice. Convection Oven/Microwave - fan was replaced but I had to pay someone to take it down and put it back up. (Extra expense.) They only repair! Washing Machine was replaced still sitting in my foyer (uncrated) since 9/10/18. Now they say they don't stack. (Extra expense again.) I have paid my monthly payments faithfully plus the extra $75.00 per visit, only to find out I have to pay for everything else too! DO NOT USE SEARS HOME WARRANTY - They pass the buck to Cross County Home Services who pass the work to companies that don't do any work.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2018
The Sears Home Warranty is ridiculous. What a SCAM. It took over a week to get an appointment to have our air conditioner repaired. Finally got an appointment... I have ended up taking 2 days off of work this week to try to get our air conditioner fixed. The first guy said he fixed it, but NO. Then I was on the phone for over an hour trying to get someone else to come out. That was scheduled for today... come to find out NO ONE IS COMING TODAY. The Air conditioning repair company didn't even have a service order from Sears? I am so frustrated. Paying for service that doesn't exist. And Sears does not make it easy for you. The WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED. Do not get Sears Warranty Coverage for your home. I will be posting everywhere to warn people.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2018
I purchased La-Z-Boy outdoor furniture, through Sears, less than two years ago. The fabric is dry rotting. I was told by the manufacturer that it wasn’t covered longer than one year. I was also told the furniture was discontinued two years before I purchased it, so I can’t even get replacement cushions for the frames. Customer service with Sears said they won’t help me either. I wonder if the fabric being two years+ old when I purchased it had anything to do with the premature breakdown of the fabric? I will never know because I won’t be buying furniture from either of these two manufacturers in the future. Why won’t big companies stand by their product and their name?
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2018
Customer service for Sears is absolutely horrible. I have called over 15 times. Never got to speak to anyone who speaks English. They can’t even get my email right. My order got canceled (not by me) then they would not honor the sale price. It has been the worst experience ever trying to order appliances online. I will never shop at Sears.com again. Sears should be ashamed of their selves. I’m not sure where their customer service is located but I am sure it is not in America.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2018
In 2011 I bought and had installed in my home through Sears, a Carrier Infinity HVAC system. Also purchased was a master protection plan which would cover yearly check-ups, service calls and or repairs on anything that was installed at time of delivery. Over the past couple of years there has been a message popping up on my thermostat stating a "system malfunction, call Carrier technician". I would call Sears, their tech would come out and let me know it was nothing, just a system diagnostic being run from the thermostat to unit. Heard the same song and dance for years. Fast forward to Aug 21st 2018, tech came out for another HVAC issue, I told him about the system malfunction issue and he actually tried to track it down.
Here it is Sept 25th 2018, 7 or 8 visits later and nothing resolved. Needless to say it has been hot and muggy inside my house especially living in SC. Got off the phone with Sears just a while ago and was told the issue was the thermostat wiring which isn't covered by the master protection plan. I asked the person I was talking to, who had made that diagnosis? I was told the service tech. The tech told me after his last visit that Carrier said that could be the problem, not positive, it was a suggestion from Carrier. My question to Sears was, if the rewire doesn't fix the problem would Sears reimburse me? Sears' reply, crickets... My confidence in Sears is gone. All the appliances in my kitchen were purchased from Sears. Once a quality store, now a has been. No more purchases from Sears for me.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2018
You will NEVER get that number to corporate or any contact info. This company or home warranty is the WORST! Buyers beware. They’ll promise you all this and that to get the warranty... LIES OR UNTIL you need to file a claim. They’ll tell you this is covered. When it’s time to file a claim it’s EXCLUDED!! Filing the claim is the easy part. After that it’s downhill from there, SIMPLY A NIGHTMARE!! That you're paying for...Technicians that no show, if they do they have no parts then you wait again for another 3-4 weeks for parts to arrive, which by the way they won’t notify you about when parts do arrive - you have to keep up with that and schedule another technician appt and it’s starts all over again. Major and multiple issues with lack of follow up, empty promises and a bunch of excuses. If I take a day off and another and another waiting for a technician to show up that never does we have a problem.
A service call wait between 8-5 is purely ridiculous but then the technician no shows. When you call you get a bunch of excuses and unmeaningful apologies. Ask for a supervisor... forget it. They have 24-48 hrs to call back, a call which never happens. Ask for corporate, they claim not to have that information. 2 hrs on the phone with zero issue accomplished, only to be scheduled for another service appt, another wait, another headache. If you're a fan of poor customer service, a headache, have time to waste, and throw money down the toilet??? Get this company. And btw you are locked in a one year warranty, you cancel you still continue to pay until your year is up. #truestory
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2018
Online purchase and I had typed in the address to where to be sent and after I received the invoice in my email that had the wrong address I called to let them know it was wrong address and they said that they could not change the address but she said that she could cancel the order and I would have a refund. Well 2 days later I got notices saying it was mailed out. I called back and a supervisor I spoke to said that they couldn't do that. They couldn't change the address. They can't cancel an order and that if it's ordered it goes out regardless so I'm out the merchandise and I'm out my money. Poor customer service.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2018
The worse experience with service ever!!! This story should be very shameful to Sears. I have A refrigerator, a microwave and a stove range with an oven under, all with the same warranty. All units are not older than 2 years. Place it a service repair appointment on July 14. The hottest time of the year in California, but as of now 9/24/2018, I still don't have a unit fix that I can use!!! It has been more than 2 1/2 months, with a total of 8 service tech app. 2 times rescheduled app. 3 times repairs performed. Replacing compressor, air filters, service valves, filter dryer etc. etc. unit still not working!!! Refrigerator was diagnosed none repairable by 2 different technicians do to a massive leak in the refrigeration system. But Sears won't replace the unit and told me that it didn't qualified as a replacement unit yet. Instead another appointment was created to attempt to repair again.
August 27, repairs were performed and told to wait 24 hours for unit to hold proper temperatures. The unit never worked. Sept 6, appointment Tech diagnosed unit and confirmed unit not working, diagnosed and defined non-repairable unit. Sept 7, I get a call from Sears to schedule another service app. Sept 19, appointment (**) Tech performed welding to attempt to repair discovered leaks and performed repairs. Tech was not able to fix all leaks and orders more parts for replacements. I now have another appointment almost 3 weeks after for Oct. 5...my nightmare continues without a working refrigerator at home.
Reviewed Sept. 24, 2018
My refrigerator has been broken for more than a month, Sears has sent 2 technicians to my house, the compressor has been changed and the issue has not been resolved. I called them and they want to make yet another appointment for 10 days from now, as if 1 month isn’t a sufficient wait. My service agreement states that if they don’t fix the problem I should get a new appliance, but they want to send another technician. They don’t keep up with their words and are definitely not reliable.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2018
During my years as a Sears credit card holder I am truly dissatisfied with their high April rate of 29.99%. Citibank are greedy and I have stopped using this card. When you call to get a lower interest rate you get the same respond "sorry we have no lower rate at this time". They don't care that you got half of what their interest rate is from another credit card company is charging. Guess their CEO's live life large. Stay away from Sears/Citibank credit card. Pay close attention to your statements also. They are a big rip off greedy company.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2018
Made three appointments to repair Samsung refrigerator. After waiting from 2 -6, the tech came at 6:30 and could not care less - no apologies, explanation, nothing. Paid for the visit, ordered parts, purchased some insurance for future services, made appointment for second visit... Second visit, the tech did not show up. When asked, SEARS said: "forgot to call that there was no technician on that day". Third time, waited 4 hours and job could not be completed because tech had forgotten part... THE WORSE!!!! NO WONDER SEARS WENT BELLY UP... AND SOON WILL SEARS REPAIR SERVICES.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2018
Five months ago I purchased our 3rd vacuum from Sears. The previous two vacs lasted approx. 8 years. The floor attachment on the five month vacuum has broken. I take it to a local vac dealer and he does not have it in stock. It is my understanding that Sears no longer is partnered with Panasonic, and now are purchasing from China their attachments which are a really poor design. I call Sears parts and am told the part is not included in the warranty and with tax and postage it is over $47!!! No wonder Sears is closing stores! You must take care of Loyal customers!
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2018
The sales person made it sound like the best service ever. Well I'm almost waiting 1 month for a technician and a hot fridge. That's not right. I had to go thru 6 people just to get an appt. Do not buy this service contract... I'm cancelling. Money thrown away.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2018
Called Sears service to repair a broken refrigerator. They came but did NOT have the parts. The service repair man talked me into a Service Plan - A BIG MISTAKE. I paid for the repairs on the basis that the parts would be arriving in the next few days as the repair man indicated. The lying illegitimate son of a... One month later all the parts have NOT arrived and they will NOT come out to repair the part that they can with one of the parts that did arrive. They are a lying company that does not deserve customers or to be in business. I spoke to customer service in corporate and they would not help and did not care about my situation. STOP buying SEARS.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2018
We purchased an extended warranty on our Kenmore Elite French Door refrigerator. The doors were not closing tightly and air was leaking from the doors. We called Sears to send out a service repair person at the End of August. The serviceman arrived and basically told us the door gaskets needed replacing. He stated before he left that he would order the required parts. Two weeks later we called Sears to find out when the parts were going to be delivered only to find out the serviceman never ordered the parts. The Sears person we spoke to said he could order the parts for us and they would be delivered to our house.
One week later we received an email from Sears informing us another service person would have to come back to check the refrigerator in order for the parts to be ordered. We then requested to speak with a Sears supervisor. He ordered the parts for us and said it would be 7-10 more days before the parts arrived. The parts came 3 days after our conversation with the supervisor. We called to schedule an appointment and were told the first appointment available was at the End of October. It will now take from the End of August to the End of October to get our refrigerator fixed. We find this totally unprofessional and unacceptable.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2018
On Friday, 9/21/18, I had my day wasted by Sears incompetent repair technician and customer Service department. I had scheduled the visit through both its automated system and the customer service agent by clearly explaining the door gasket/seal was coming loose. The technician showed up with NO part, opened and closed the door, made a telephone call, and then told me he would need to return on Tuesday, 9/25/18.
An entire day wasted! The technician showed up without booties and assumed he would be allowed to traipse through my home in his filthy shoes. Following this time-wasting "service call", I called the 1-800 number and notified the agent about what had happened and notified him that I wanted to cancel the service agreement. I was instead transferred to the sales department who then informed me that I would need to be transferred to another department. I hung up after being on hold for several minutes. I made six (6) attempts by telephone to cancel the service contract on 09/21/18. Each time, I was placed on hold. On the last two attempts prior to my final call, Sears' alleged customer service agents claimed that my telephone did not have any information associated with a contract.
The final service agent "Christopher" knew my name by the telephone number on his display, which clearly indicates that Sears hires liars or creates liars. Christopher claimed I could not cancel my Sears Master Protection Agreement because of an open service call. I told him to cancel the call but he then claimed he could not. I requested his supervisor and was transferred to someone who was a supervisor in another department. This woman claimed she would need to get "someone" to cancel my service call in order to cancel the service protection agreement. I hung up after being on hold for several minutes. Since it is obvious Sears will not do what is requested, which explains why it no longer has physical stores, I contacted the Illinois State Attorney to file a complaint regarding this situation.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2018
I purchased the home warranty plan a year ago when I called Sears regarding a repair. I have made two claims and neither was resolved in less than six weeks. I had to resort to keeping a running list of every call and what the customer service rep told me and posted those notes on the BBB website for public viewing. They keep you on hold and can never resolve the problem. I read some of the other negative reviews and can confirm that everything that they have said is accurate. I cancel my plan and was told that they would honor the existing service job. Six weeks later I am still waiting on my cooktop to be repaired or replaced. Looking for a class action lawsuit in Tennessee.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2018
I ordered online- and they gave me sale items at the time-so I placed a second order. Over $300. I found out after-that they were coming from 10 locations- Called Marketplace-I later researched. Loud Complaints with WalMart Customers too. Returns- Not standard sized and some items never received that were charged for. I wrote them, called them, and got on messenger- promises, never any results. Not one single return Label ever sent-OR ADDRESS OF WHERE TO SEND IT TO. One item took 30 days to come. You cannot reply to emails. Awful, Awful Service. Worst EVER online. I am now handicapped and cannot go to stores. 82 years Old, and not able to handle these problems. My last note from them said it was over 30 days and no returns (Policy says 45) And I have tried the whole 30 days to get results from them.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2018
Worst customer service ever. Show up late, wait 3 weeks, supervisor unable to solve any problems, refuse to provide his name. Pretty much tell me I had to wait, wait 2 weeks. They didn't show up and have to wait 1 more week and supervisor explained he will call me. This never happen and next thing you know show up an unscheduled appointment (a week later) without not even talking to me or making sure I can be at home for this repair. Refuse to give me money back after I requested. Seen this mess, will never use this company again. Will make sure to share this with everyone I know and my recommendation call other company... Was all tragic. Even give me wrong receipt and ask me to paid again when I paid all services in full first visit... A mess like I said.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2018
We have always bought Sear's products because of their great service; however, our refrigerator stopped working and when I called to schedule the repair - the soonest they could fix it was in 6 days. I was told by the technician to put in a claim for food spoilage and found out that food spoilage cannot include condiments (event though once opened need refrigeration) and today found out that they will not process the claim because the technician has to replace a part to get the coverage. The refrigerator was broken, food got spoiled -- why does that not count. We will never buy from Sears again. The technician was great - the Sear's policies are terrible.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2018
I got a great deal on a bed from a Sears that was closing in El Cajon, CA. When purchased, all was there. When delivered, it was missing the legs and the electric parts that make the very expensive adjustable framework. That was back in July, and I'm still waiting. That store is now closed and the delivery warehouse, who is the one determined to have lost the parts has stopped working with me and referred me to an open store in Chula Vista, where I can never get a hold of a manager. At this point I'm willing to buy the parts so my bed works, but I can't even get them to respond to that. Lesson learned to never buy from Sears, and especially never buy from a closing store, no matter how good the deal. So frustrating. Their customer service is nonexistent.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2018
Two months no delivery. Called once to check on delivery after a week past due. Called back a week later. Now two weeks past due. I was then told ON BACK ORDER. Ok BS. But refund my money. NO PROBLEM. Week later still no credit. Call back "SO SORRY SHOULD BE A CREDIT IN THREE DAYS." Still no credit two weeks later. Call my bank in the morning. SEARS YOU PAY OFF BBB FOR AN A+ RATING. YOU HAVE THE WORST REVIEWS I HAVE SEEN.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2018
If it were possible to give negative stars, I would. I ordered a new front door from Sears in 4/21/18 & was told it would be 6-8 weeks before it could be installed. Okay, not a problem. 8 weeks come & go. Silence. After multiple failed attempts to contact the coordinator, I was then informed by the guy that sold the door to me that the door had in fact been lost! The coordinator then finally called me back while laughing (probably because it isn't her money that was spent on the door) to inform me that the door was lost.
A week goes by before the door is even found! The installer came out and was able to install most of the door... I say most because there is a gap between my doors and the walls and the door and the floor... So I was told that they would have to order the remaining parts and would be back out at the beginning of August to finish it. Nothing has been done since & I'm still fighting with Sears to get it done. I received a call from them last week letting me know that they received the other parts and would be out to finish it this week... But do you think I've heard from them??? Of course not!
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2018
Ordered items online and provided updated shipping address, which was confirmed but when summary of order received items to be shipped to old address. Immediately called Sears to update order and disconnected. Called right back and was read back correct address and told information would be updated. Received email stating items still going to old address. Told the email was incorrect and would be rerouted by Sears. Just received chat too late to reroute order. Called and told informed this earlier, which was never the case or I would have canceled order. Terrible customer service. I'll NEVER shop Sears again.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2018
I buy at Sears one Elliptical 10.9 model 23909. The day I put together I see different Elliptical. I see model 23909.3 for my surprise say 10.9 and small worlds says different thing. I try see web (internet) in Elliptical and I confirm not the one I buy. I try fixed and I look online Sears questions (reviews) and see Jan 2018, 2 other people have the same problem buy one model. Model have online and Sears DELIVERY different model. I try talk with Sears and Sears be very rude and in stores same thing joking in my face, and no try doing no nothing. I want know why Sears try play with us customers. Descriptions and pictures is fake Sears site. I see in store right one the one I buy. Why have 2 Elliptical same name but different model and site no say? Why have fake information and publicity?
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2018
In summary when I called customer service about the refrigerator #1 being broken NOT working they send technician to tell me what I already know and told them then he comes and charged me $107. Techs are not ready. I called because it was cheaper to buy another one but BIG MISTAKE to buy at Sears within 1 year. Exactly the fridge stopped working went through the same hustle...they tried to robbed??? me again. But do it once Shame on you, do it twice shame on me??? BE AWARE THAT BS OF SENDING THE TECH TO YOUR HOUSE JUST TO GET MONEY FROM YOU...that’s their way to scam you. I will never buy from them. Will tell everyone to watch out for them??? Sear = scams???
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2018
I have a warranty agreement with Sears Home warranty since 12/16/2017. In August of 2018, I called Sears to report that air condition unit was not cooling. A Sears Tech came after few days. He did not tell me what was wrong with the unit. I called the claims dept. two days after, and was told by an associate that my claim was denied because the tech reported that there was rust and corrosion on my unit and also due to lack of maintenance. She suggested that I hire an independent contractor to diagnose the problem and send them the report. I hired a service contractor who reported that there was no rust or corrosion and that the reason for unit not cooling is that the condenser coil is leaking which is due to wear and tear. I submitted the report and my maintenance records to Sears. They replied they will respond to me in three weeks.
Mind you, I live in Texas with temperature range from 98-105 degrees of intense hot climate and humidity. I waited two weeks and called the claims dept. I spoke to a supervisor who told me that my claim was denied. When I asked if they review the reports I sent to them, she said yes but "we will go with report submitted by our tech". When I asked the reason for the denial, she stated that my unit has rust and corrosion and is not covered under my warranty agreement. when I pointed it out to her that the warranty agreement states that if there was no mechanical failure such as rust and corrosion before the warranty agreement, Sears was obligated to fix all items under the agreement. She said "well, I still denial the claim." I have decided to pursue other remedies through my State attorney general, BBB and possible hire a lawyer. Any advice?
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2018
I have been misled twice by Sears and delivery. I have been trying to get a delivery time which they call the night before to set the time so no plans can be made till after. Super inconvenient. Not sure why a delivery time is so hard. Plus I was mislead about delivery date already and was on hold with delivery for about 45-60 min. I will never order from Sears again and seriously considering cancelling our order and going elsewhere. I totally understand why Sears' stock is at an all time low. It would be nice if Sears put customer service at the top of their list.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2018
I am so dissatisfied with the services provided by Sears Home Warranty. I never post reviews, but I had to make buyers aware of the scam. I purchased the warranty and after 3 months today I cancelled. The reason is after paying a 100.00 deductible for my repair the plumber comes out and tells me the repair cost is going to be $200.00 for labor not including parts for my roman tub faucet and the damaged walls. Sears Home Warranty sends out a check from Cross Country in the amount of $130.00. Seriously!! This is absurd. After going back and forth with different departments no one was willing to help. Buyer Beware!!
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2018
Buyer beware!! Purchased a beautiful Kenmore Elite counter-depth refrigerator (made by LG) Aug 2016. After owning it for 2 years, the compressor broke. Called for service thinking I would get help immediately. No! The appointment for the diagnostic visit was for 13 days later. I called several more times to try to move that appointment up. No! It was difficult for me to find a trusted location to rent a refrigerator, but I did find one. The repair guy came, diagnosed the problem, and parts were then ordered. The repair was complete 3 days later. I discovered after the fact that the fridge rental was not covered under my master service agreement, so I was not reimbursed the $100 for that! Because of their slow response time, SEARS should supply a temporary refrigerator. Sadly, the story is not over yet...
1 month later the refrigerator wasn't working AGAIN!!! I tried to get the repair people here before I left on a 1 week vacation. No! In the end, my refrigerator was repaired 1 month after I made the initial call! I am very disappointed in SEARS and in this awful, disappointing product. Believe it or not, the agreement says that for a replacement to be made, the fridge has to get serious service 4 times in ONE year!! I am praying I don't have to go through this again.
In addition, the repairmen that came, all have said that they are replacing so many compressors on these refrigerators... the only way SEARS will fix this problem is if it costs them more to repair them than to get a better product to sell. We purchased the master service agreement with covers 3 years of repairs... I don't know what the going rate for other-than-Sears repairs is these days, but the receipt for my two repairs was $1200! I expect my refrigerator to work for 25 years without any repairs. I am sorely disappointed.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2018
After reading most of these reviews about the appliance home protection warranty from Sears, I wish I read them before I purchased a washing machine. As everyone else, I am still waiting for Sears to stand by their agreement and fix this machine. I have been waiting a month and they keep giving me the runaround. It has been completely absurd. Sears is a good store that has been around so long, but I think after this shamble they are running they need to go out of business! Absolutely horrible experience.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2018
Our large 1 1/2-year-old Kenmore refrigerator failed on August 12, 2018. I placed a called to Sears Service. We have a 5 year service agreement. They said they couldn't have anybody here until August 18, 2018. Not having any other immediate options, we accepted the appointment for August 18, 2018. The service technician came and concluded that we needed a new control board and a new fan for the freezer part of the refrigerator. He could not return until the parts were delivered, so an appointment was scheduled for August 30, 2018. The parts finally arrived and the service technician came to install them. The control board installation went as planned, but the fan was the wrong one.
In any case, it appeared that the refrigerator was again working. The service technician told us that it should cool down within a couple hours. After three hours, it was not cooling. It was not fixed. I immediately called Sears Service and told them that the fix didn't work and they told me they would the service technician return either that afternoon or the next morning. The service technician did not return that day. I received an email telling me they would be here on August 31, 2018, the next day. On August 31, 2018 I received another email telling me that the appointment was canceled. I called Sears Service and was told that the scheduled service technician thought it was a duplicate and canceled it.
They made another appointment for September 1, 2018. The service technician arrived and checked the failed refrigerator out more thoroughly this time. The real problem was the compressor fan had failed and had ruined the new control board. The serviced technician placed an order for another control board and a compressor fan. An appointment was scheduled for installation of the parts on September 14, 2018. On September 13, 2018, I received a call to confirm the parts had arrived. The control board had arrived but the compressor fan had not. Not having both parts, my appointment for September 14, 2018 was canceled.
We have been without a refrigerator for nearly 5 weeks. Their response was that they were sorry, but no parts... no appointment. I asked about a replacement unit. Their response was that only after parts are on order for over 21 days, can they entertain the idea of a replacement. So, after buying one of the largest, most expensive refrigerators they sell and buying a 5 year service agreement, they don't care. Their response is "that is procedure". I have purchased my appliances from Sears and have service agreements on most of them. I will NEVER buy another service agreement from them.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2018
In short: DO NOT PURCHASE SEARS HOME WARRANTY REPAIR!! We have been dealing with Sears home repair for nearly a month. We have had three different service calls for the same problem: the first repair person was unable to figure out the problem; the second repair person said there was no problem, and yet he ordered two parts, and, to boot, he was extraordinarily rude and condescending; the third repair person was the charm as he spent two hours to figure out the problem, and he ordered the part. This whole process took three weeks. Mind you, the washer has been out of commission this entire time.
The last part arrived a couple of days following the last visit, but no appointment is available for another week. Sears customers have to call a call center in the Philippines in order to make the service appointments, and when I asked to file a complaint about the ineptitude of the people working in the call center, I was told that all home service repair issues are handled by the call center in the Philippines. Having been a Sears customer for over 30 years, I will never again purchase an appliance from Sears.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2018
They talked me into buying this when my refrigerator broke down for the third time and they told me we were out of the mfg warranty. They take three weeks to get out, another 3 to 4 weeks to get parts, then another 3 weeks to do the actual repair. Then it breaks again. Another 9 weeks later, they say it's fixed again. Breaks again, another 10 weeks later, say it's fixed again.
Then it happens AGAIN. Schedule a repair person, they come, say they said they ordered parts, but no one ever came. We called again, they have to send a new person (independent contractor) out. Scheduled for a week later, they never show. Call again and schedule another new person. They show up, say they have to come back out to do a leak down test. Another two weeks later, they come for that. Determine the part that needs replaced. Will order and schedule to repair. This is September, this all started in July and since this has happened so many times and I was tired of not having a fridge, I bought a new one and moved this one to the garage. NOW they call me and tell me that they won't cover the repair because the fridge is now in the garage!!!
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2018
I called the advertised telephone number to schedule a $99 air duct cleaning, and made an appointment of 9/6 with open window from 8 to noon. On 9/5, a reminder call was made to me and I was told the window was from 10 to 1 or 2 p.m. the next day. "I arranged my day according to the 8 to 12 time so, if the technician isn't here by 11, I'll have to reschedule." Next day (9/6) around 10 or 11, I called to see about the arrival time, and was told I was on the schedule for 12 to 5. I rescheduled to 9/11, with the open window for service between 12 and 5. The day before, a reminder call came notifying me I was on the 8 to 12 schedule. I explained all of the above, and was told 12 to 5 would be the time.
On 9/11, the air duct technicians arrived and performed needed services. That should have been the end of it. I started receiving emails about a scheduled carpet cleaning; I ignored them because I never discussed carpet cleaning - ever. On 9/12, I receive a voicemail: The technician for carpet cleaning will be at my house in 45 minutes. I call his number - it does not accept calls. I call the original 888 number, try to explain to a customer service person all of the above, up to and including I never scheduled carpet cleaning. She disconnected the line. I called back. Disconnected by yet another customer service rep when I asked to speak to a supervisor.
Later the same day, I went to the website and called the toll free number to schedule appointments and it was no longer in service. I called the original 888 number again, explained to yet another customer service person that I wanted to speak to a supervisor; she gave me a 703-number and told me to ask for George. I called that number, and it doesn't work. Whoever does the scheduling needs to be fired immediately. Whoever supervises the customer service reps (at least the three young ladies who were the worst - Clinton and Josh were very professional) needs to provide in-services. I do not recommend Sears, although the actual air duct technicians were very helpful and professional.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2018
I have been dealing with their repair service since July 28th. I have not have a working refrigerator since then. Customer service has hung up on me twice. I have a Master Service Warranty - don't get one!!
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2018
Sears got me to sign up by saying that I can have a free month to try out the home warranty. They didn’t say that the warranty doesn’t become active until a month after you sign up. I called a day before my free month was up and asked if my free month had already started or if it started after my account became active. I was told that I had a month free after it was active and I wouldn’t be charged for another month. The next day I was charged 69.99 for the Sears home warranty. I called back and was told that my free month had started before my account was active.
I told them to cancel, they said they could but only refund me about 9.00 because I had to pay the cancellation fee. I told them I was told the wrong info by the salesperson and it wasn’t fair because I would have canceled before I was charged. She said she couldn’t do anything. I said I would never shop at Sears again. She said, "Sorry to lose you as a customer." I was told the wrong information, they took my money and didn’t care that I would not shop there anymore. Why shop somewhere that doesn’t respect their customers?
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2018
I bought a brand new Kenmore washer and dryer from Sears about 3 months ago. First the dryer wasn't drying properly, so I received a replacement. It was delivered and set up for a fee and I purchased home protection warranty. I have been noticing a error message on my new dryer. When I called Sears to have a technician come and look at it, they asked me to send a picture. It was discovered the vent hose was bend and not enough air flow. I haven't touched the back of the dryer or moved it since it was installed by Sears employee, they bend it. I am a single woman and purchased home protection warranty for peace of mind.
When I called Sears regarding the issue of smashed up vent hose, they told me it's not covered, not part of the dryer. They suggested I call a handy, neighbor or family member to come and fix it. What! I paid extra money to get warranty so that when I call you, you tell me to call handyman, neighbor or family member! Wow, I am appalled, what a disappointment. I will have to re-consider giving my money to Sears ever again. Shame on them. Now, I have to spend more money on something that I did not cause in the first place because Sears doesn't take the accountability.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2018
I ordered a refrigerator online. The measurements provided online were incorrect and the refrigerator didn't fit, and the doors were crooked. The delivery team wouldn't take it away, instead leaving it in the middle of my kitchen. I called and was told they would come back at the end of the day. Saturday 10 pm, no one back. Days of calls later, they can't pick up for at least 8 days! Since I work and take care of sick son, will be 11 days. Meantime no fridge, no refund. Jewish holiday celebration canceled because of no fridge. Spending money eating out. Sears won't reimburse. I will never shop at Sears again. Crooked product and horrible service from website to pick up.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2018
I deeply regret signing up for this program. I feel that it's a major RIPOFF!!!! If you ever have a claim be prepared for a level of frustration that is beyond words. They lose information, don't communicate and then give you the runaround and treat you with disrespect when you call them. Trying to cancel the policy can only be done in a small window of time or they charge you an exorbitant fee. Horrible! I won't even shop at Sears anymore because of this interaction. I'm not surprised that they are having financial difficulties. You can't treat your customers this way and stay in business. I honestly hope this company folds.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018
I specifically asked if I could cancel the service at any time. The associate explained that I needed to pay at least the monthly fee after the service was completed before canceling. I did what I was directed and was told that there was a fee of $195 to cancel. Since I recorded the conversation, I am expecting to have this contract canceled without any fee. But I will have to go thru the process of fighting them.
In addition, the technician was able to fix the fridge on the first visit. He did, however, pinch the water line when pushing the fridge back into place. It was a day later we discovered our finished basement had water damage to the drywalled ceiling and multiple walls. According to the Terms and Conditions of the contract (17) states "We are not liable for any damages that result in an independent contractor's service". With over $1000 worth of damage, I could have bought a new fridge.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018
I spent over $1,100 for my warranty. A few months ago filed a claim and waited, and waited, and waited. Now they come back and say that they cannot fix my fridge and they will offer only $500.00 as replacement cost. These people are thieves in suits, nothing more. I canceled the plan and they only will refund $417.00. Good riddance. This is exactly why your company is going bankrupt. I only hope that many more people read this to avoid these warranty plans like the plague.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018
DO NOT BUY the Sears warranty for your appliances. At first glance, it looks like a good deal. You pay around $40-50/month and all your appliances are covered and if they can't fix it, they replace it. Except, THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN. I have been paying for the warranty for 4 years. That's almost $2000. When I finally needed it when my fridge broke down, I realized what a scam this is. It is not inefficiency, it's not a slower process than expected, it is an intentional, well-thought process by which it is almost impossible for you to get a new appliance if yours is beyond repair.
They hope that you give up. Which we did. After 40 days with no fridge, and no end in sight with Sears we realized they will never give us a new fridge and ended up paying for a new one. If we had saved our warranty money, we could have used it to buy the new fridge. Unlike other companies, Sears outsources the repairs. So what ends up happening is you get someone who is not trained to fix those appliances and comes without the proper parts. And then they give you the runaround until you give up.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018
I spent almost a $1000 for a treadmill from Sears and was told it would be delivered before 10am the following Saturday. The confirmation call on Friday changed my delivery time to between 3:15 And 5:15 Saturday evening. When my order didn't arrive by 5:15 I called and was told it would be another hour or two. At that same moment an unmarked truck showed up in front of my house and two disheveled looking men got out. I spent 45 minutes going around in circles with the call center first being told their trucks are all labeled then well maybe they hired a contractor. And I'm supposed to let these people into my house? Of course I asked for a refund but Sears could not email me a confirmation. I asked for a supervisor which I couldn't get either. I'll never shop at Sears again.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018
I was in Natick, MA at Sears. I bought some items. The clerk at register asked me if I had Sears card. I said yes-not on me. When I punched my SS number into the terminal, a totally different person came up. I called Cust Svc to report this. They referred to fraud dept. Vanessa in the fraud dept told me to go to my credit bureau - Sears couldn't help me. My social may have been a typo by a Sears emp. I said it was their obligation to correct the problem not a credit bureau. Sears fraud said they could not help - wow, I was taken back. I told Vanessa to cancel my card. I will not be shopping in Sears again.
Obviously, Sears has the address and the phone number for the person who also has a credit profile with Sears. I think Sears should call and write this customer and let them know that my SS is on their account - so all parties can correct this. I believe this might have been a typo entry error and therefore Sears responsible for the error and accountable to correct this between me, the true holder of the SS number and the customer who has no idea their account is under a SS number that is not theirs as well.
Sears fraud dept. telling me there was nothing that Sears could do to correct this is in my opinion extreme negligence and Sears completely abandoned a 45 year customer to "go tell the credit bureau." If this is fraud - then I can take it up with credit bureaus and police. But if it is not, customer service has shown extreme indifference and failure to act in a responsible manner in making a sincere effort at correcting their mistakes and errors.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018
We have been bitterly disappointed by our current experience with Sears. We contracted with them to put vinyl siding on our house. Timing - they are out of schedule and will only finish later than promised, if they finish at all! Damage to property - they damaged an electric wire and a phone wire. They tried to hide the electric wire damage. When confronted with the issue they tried to intimidate us by saying that the wire was "out of code". Rude & Abusive Behavior - their contractor shouted abuse at the other workers. He also tried to intimidate us over the phone. We phoned the overall Sears project manager and the local office in East Hanover. The project manager was patronizing and indifferent. She lost no time in telling us how busy she was and that she had other customers to attend to. The workmen also left nails in our driveway and damaged some of our plants.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2018
Bought a home generator and service agreement-paid it constantly (also bought warranty for air unit and washing machine-don't use them though). Tried generator - worked last month - did not turn over. Called for repair - today is Sept. 7 - told me next available date is October 18. Then gave me a list of things if it was they would not fix or charge me for and also charge me $95 travel time. First I have paid for years for the warranty - to think I may have to pay more stinks and is disgraceful. Then to give me an approximate 6-week wait for a repair person is disgusting.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2018
I never have been treated so unprofessionally in my life. We bought a brand new tractor from Sears and renewed their Master Protection Agreement multiple times. The second time we renewed it, they never fixed it correctly. They would put off visits, order parts late, etc. They would fix it and then it would break again. I got very few mowing hours out of it. I was leary to renew the policy one last time and rightfully so. Since I didn't have enough money to buy another mower, I went ahead and renewed it, but it was even worse this time. They again put off fixing the lawnmower. Excuses ranged to missing bolts to pieces that needed ordering to just not making their scheduled appointments.
Again we got no mowing done. I began to ask them to replace the mower because they weren't fixing it and my grass was getting very high. They then replaced the oil pan incorrectly, told me there was no oil and that it was my fault. They weren't going to fix it or replace it and just left the mower where it was, and did not honor the contract. I will never buy another mower or warranty from them. Everything is substandard with them. Stay away from Sears--they are useless.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2018
We purchased a fridge in July. Has terrible delivery service. They showed up an HOUR before my delivery window and then wouldn’t attempt to redeliver because I wasn’t home. I called and corrected my phone number TWICE and they still called the wrong one. Thought it was just a bad experience. Wrong!! Just purchased a dishwasher last weekend 9-1-18 and scheduled for delivery for 9-6.
Here it is Thursday Sept 6 and I never got an email or phone call on delivery time. I called the night prior to reschedule because my husband's work schedule changed and they said I couldn’t reschedule until a time had been set! I called back this morning and got transferred and wasted 10 minutes on the phone with no resolution. So the dishwasher is ready to be delivered but the delivery company isn’t answering the phone for me to reschedule. This will probably be the last time we purchase anything with a delivery. Such a headache and we’ve been life long Sears/Kenmore purchasers!!
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2018
When I placed my order on 8/24 I was told it would be delivered the following week. A day before delivery, it got rescheduled. Last night I got a text message and a phone call with a delivery window of two hours. I was home a half an hour before the delivery window. WHILE AT HOME I got a missed call from Sears saying I needed to reschedule my appointment. I called back and the woman assured me it was in error and I was next on the delivery truck. Fast forward 15 minutes and I get another call from Sears saying I wasn't home when they came and I needed to reschedule. I told her I was standing in my house and no one came. She said that they were there, and I was not, so they left.
I checked my security camera, and they had come ONE HOUR before the start of my window time. I told her that, and she said she would have them redeliver. She told me to stay by my phone for the next two hours as I would receive a phone call with a new delivery time. After 2.5 hours I called back, and the woman said that I had to reschedule my delivery. I explained that the previous person said they were insisting that it be redelivered today because I had proof that the delivery attempt was outside my two hour window. She said that it was impossible to have them redeliver after an initial attempt. She said that I was given wrong information. SO here I sit after wasting a vacation day and having given Sears far too many chances to redeem themselves. What horrible horrible customer service. Awful.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2018
I bought a Samsung dryer 2 yrs ago from Sears. This yr the dryer started cracking so we had the technician come out and tell us we needed a new drum to fix it. The drum was ordered on 8/24/2018, I received no updates on when it would be delivered to me. Fast forward it is now 9/5/2018, I have called Sears Home Warranty to find out what day the drum would be deliver, the agent advised it was to be delivered on 8/29/2018 but there was no other information as to where the drum was at or when it would be delivered.
The only information the agent had was the carrier it would be delivered by. No other information. I have spoken to 5 different departments and not one agent to give me any information on what is happening with the drum. This will be the last time I ever buy anything from Sears again since they don't seem to know what is going on with the orders or the delivery. Now I have to wait to see if it ever comes in, so in the meantime I have no dryer.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2018
Had my appointment set for Tuesday 9-04-18 between 8-12. I never received an email from Sears nor did the technician call. The 3rd party company Sears outsources never showed up. I took the day off work to be here and this is how we as consumers are treated. For years we have purchased and trusted Sears products. When we built the house 15 years ago we went with Kenmore appliances. But now the quality and consumer service has fallen off to where it's not even worth walking into their stores anymore. I will never buy from Sears again and this warranty will not be renewed so this is my last product from Sears. Sears is on the way down the drain and I will help make it so by not purchasing anything from them again. Sears... you did it to yourself. Maybe you can lease your buildings to the Spirit Halloween stores. They have a lot of satisfied customers.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2018
I recently ordered from Sears online. I was scheduled for a Tuesday delivery- had excellent communication PRIOR to the scheduled delivery. Apparently there was a truck that broke down and it will take 3 additional days to get the appliances that were ordered. Terrible customer service AFTER the delivery delay. Waited over 45 minutes to try to speak to a manager and was "accidentally" disconnected on the supposed transfer.
The sad truth is that I visited our local hometown Sears dealer and was going to be charged a delivery fee and would have to wait until Wednesday. I shared with the sales associate that I was going to go ahead and order online to avoid the delivery fee and get my appliances a day earlier. He predicted that I would experience frustrations with the delivery since online orders from Sears use independent contractors. He nailed that one! I will be canceling my order and just go to my local appliance store. I will not buy another item at a Sears store. In my experience I feel that they have lost touch with customer service and satisfaction. Be very careful if you order online - especially if you need your appliances right away.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2018
Don't do it! I've had a claim open with them for 6 months now. They've sent 5-6 technicians out to fix my A/C to no avail. Finally they agreed to mail me a check so that I can find my own repairman. That was 3 months ago. They keep saying they've mailed it. They've supposedly canceled checks and reissued them 4 times now. I still haven't received it. They don't return messages and the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. They are intentionally scamming people. I called the customer support line just now and instead of being connected to an agent, I was connected to another customer that was in the middle of leaving a voicemail about being passed off about his claim!!! This company is a sham.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2018
I purchased an expensive home warranty by Sears after I had talked to many representatives. Repair or replace is their motto. Called to have my microwave fixed and after a $100 payment the technician determined that it wasn't repairable so it would have to be replaced by my warranty. At that moment I was grateful that I had purchased this warranty. Boy was I wrong!!! I was supposed to have someone contact me within 24 to 48 hours. After no phone call from the company I contacted them. They were not going to replace my microwave and were not going to refund my $100 deposit for the service call.
Once again at this time they would have someone contact me within 24 to 48 hours and I couldn't speak to a supervisor. Now over a week later still no call from the Company so I contacted them again. Supervisor still had not contacted me and so they said they say 24 to 48 hours but that the Supervisor can take as long as they want to respond. Not ONE person has contacted me AT ALL! I am so frustrated... I've spent 700$ on my warranty and another 100$ for a service technician and I still have a broken microwave and no one returning my calls. This company is a joke. Do not believe anything they say.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2018
I will shorten this experience but our new Craftsman mower had been only a couple months old. It wouldn't start after less than 7 times used, took to an authorized dealer, they said it was not "human" error but should "easily" be replaced. They verified with another dealer who agreed with their assessment. After numerous calls, much patience and many, many phone numbers we were told it would be replaced, then not, then it would, etc. Nearly 3 months later we just showed up at the MOA store, showed our notes, provided history, etc. and after many conversations the salesperson said they had a replacement with our name on it. Really? We got it loaded and left quickly. A week later we were still receiving notices that our claim was still under advisement but most likely would not be receiving a replacement!! We will NEVER purchase or buy anything from Sears again. I'm just worried our replacement will go out. This process was a nightmare!
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2018
My elderly mother bought a refrigerator from Sears for her second floor apartment. It NEVER worked and that's the least of it. Delivery refused to bring it up because it could not fit in the narrow stairway and they don't lift up to windows or doors. My mother was alright with this and paid $350 to have it lifted to a doorway that is awaiting replacement porch. The second floor lost all of their food when it didn't cool. Kendra, a very useless customer service rep was very uncooperative, kept repeating her "script" and finally offered a new refrigerator or repair. After going over that they would not bring it down or take the new one up to the second floor she agreed to wait TWO WEEKS for repairman to come look at it.
Come to find out someone took parts off of it and to date it still is there and not working. My mother called to reschedule the date as she had a doctor appointment and sadly got Kendra again. Kendra failed to change the date and is now telling her she needs to wait another 2 weeks for a repairman. I phoned the store itself and although the saleswoman seemed nice and tried to get someone out right away, they are still refusing to come get the refrigerator or send a repairman immediately. The tenants on that floor will now be a month without any way to refrigerate food. I WOULD NEVER SHOP AT THIS STORE AGAIN and am glad they lost 2 additional sales. This store is pathetic and treating elderly this way is unacceptable. DON'T MAKE LARGE PURCHASES HERE!!!
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2018
We bought our daughter a washer and dryer to have in her first new home purchase. We live 500+ miles from her and thought paying for the installation would be great and exactly what she needed. However, not only did they NOT install it, they didn't even deliver it with legs for leveling! I've never been so disappointed and will NEVER purchase appliances from Sears again!
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2018
My family and I have been buying stuff from Sears for over 50 years. Over the past 2 years, I would consider them to be inept, incompetent, and possibly borderline criminal. The website is horrible: It signs you out (kind of) every 10-20 minutes without telling you. So, you just sit there for minutes with a page trying to load, maybe forever, unless you do something about it. It eventually takes you to a "Prove you’re not a robot page". And if you pass that, it sends you back to the homepage, NOT where you were, so you get to start your search all over again. If you do finally get to the order page and the order actually goes thru, don't exactly expect to get ALL of your items. They will cancel ALL or PART of your order, sometimes they will tell you, sometimes not.
When they do cancel because "Items Out of stock" that may not exactly be true because I even called the store after my 8 items were cancelled because out of stock, and they noted they DID have the items in stock. When calling customer service (CS), they noted it was cancelled because my Shop Your Way (SYW) account was not verified with my name, DOB, and email address. (Never mind that I had been on the phone with the SYW customer Service almost every day for the previous week BEGGING and THREATENING to get my $300 in points back they had mistakenly taken overnight, each time verifying my account info. SYW CS confirmed no account issue).
Sometimes, your order shows "Processing" with an actual delivery date. Don't believe that. I've had an order just like that for 2 weeks and just called CS who said due to a processing error, it had been cancelled. (GEE! Thanks for telling me and having me wait for the item for 2 weeks!) And I guarantee that this item will stay that way in my account forever because I have several like that from months ago. AND NO! I did not get the $50 in cashback points because of this. I truly believe they cancel orders or parts of orders to keep you from getting the cashback points. I ordered 4 tires 6 weeks ago and am still waiting. And when I call, nobody knows anything. Ohh, and my account shows the tires have ALREADY been picked up (which is yet ANOTHER issue) but the SEARS records show they haven't even been delivered to the store yet! (The manager sent an email and apologized, but I'm STILL waiting).
I tried to cancel the tire order via Sears CS, but because it was an "Automotive" item, she transferred me to them. They only picked up ONCE of the 3 times Sears CS transferred me to them. Automotive said they couldn't do it on the chat, so I would have to drive 40 miles so they can swipe my credit card! When I told CS I would NOT be doing that, she offered a 1-800 # to cancel on the phone (GEE THANKS!). I happened to be in the area a few days later at 5:10 pm and went to Automotive to cancel, but you guessed it: CLOSED AT 5:00! (Now that's real customer service! And of course, there is no CS at this store, but the helpful clerk at least called her supervisor who said there's nothing she can do).
And when you get an email from the store, don’t believe that, either, especially if your stuff is going to a Hometown Store. The Hometown stores are very quick to tell you they are separate from Sears and Sears tells them very little info. (The email telling you that your stuff was there, came from HQ, not the Hometown Store). In general, each time I talk to CS, they are initially apologetic and appear to want to help. About 35% of the time they do a great job. About 40% of the time they don’t have enough authority to fix the problem and send it up higher, and then nothing ever gets done. And about 25% of the time you get absolutely nowhere and wonder why they are even there. I've gotten some real help by demanding to speak to a supervisor. Twice the rep said, "OK, but they will tell you the same". ALWAYS send a copy of the chat transcript to your email.
When talking to the SYW reps because they've messed up your points, write down who you talk to and dates/times. When they tell you they will have someone call you, that is a lie, just to get you off the phone. Happened to me twice. Never got either call and when I call back the rep is like," I don’t know why he told you that. We have been waiting on YOU to call back"!!! They have different tiers (1, 2 and 3) at SYW, so if you’re dealing with say $300 in points, that has to go up to level 3. But they won’t let you talk to them. Get a level 1 on the line and ask to be 3-wayed with level 2 or 3.
If no action, DEMAND a supervisor. But do be polite. I've only scratched the surface here talking about the issues with Sears, so be careful with your dealings with them. BTW, DON’T get trapped into their Buy $125 Get $125 or Buy $300 Get $300 in Points Over the Next 12 Months program, because at any day at any time, they can end the program, modify it, file bankruptcy, or just close down and then you have nothing coming. If interested, just do the short term specials where you get, for example, $15 every 2 weeks for the next 6 weeks, etc.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2018
Sears sent out an inexperienced technician who broke the front panel of my machine while diagnosing what we already knew was a bad water drain pump. He forced the panel off breaking into pieces. Cost of repairing panel and pump matched cost of new machine. Had to buy another. Sears would not work with me to resolve and I had to pay $99.00 for the technician to come and break my machine. He failed to drain the water he added to the machine leaving me with a mess and did not give me a receipt.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2018
I want to personally let everyone who reads this know... DO NOT DO ANY KIND OF BUSINESS WITH SEARS at least in Oahu. I have a home warranty that covers my appliances. I paid $130 deductible, Sears technician called me at 10:30 am the day of my appointment to tell me I had an appointment between 1-5 pm. However, he couldn't make it between that time and he would need to come out now because I was his last appointment for the day. Mind you this was a weekday so, I was at work when he called. He told me he referred my job to another technician and that he would come out between 1-5.
When no one showed up that day, I called Sears the very next day and they told me that he didn't refer my job to another technician and that he stated he showed up at 3:00 and no one was which was absolutely false. The technician even told me that if he couldn't do the job at 10:30 that he'd be done for the day. That brings me to my phone conversation with Sears. The person I spoke to was only one up from the person who answered the phone. She basically blew me off saying that I would have to wait another week for a technician to come out even though it wasn't my fault. I asked to speak to her supervisor and she gave me the answer of "they don't accept phone calls."
Sears treats the customers, at least in Oahu, like crap; even when their technicians, who Sears is responsible for, skips out on a job and leaves the customer dead in the water. I can now see why Sears is going out of business. I will never do business with them again, and I contacted my home warranty company and recommended they not do business with Sears. You don't tell a customer the day of, that he has an appointment and then tell him that you need to come out three hours before the appointment time during a workday.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2018
After purchasing online delivery was scheduled for one week after purchase. Received 4 phone calls to confirm delivery time frame. Never showed, spent 3.5 consecutive hours on phone with no resolve and a bunch of lies.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018
We scheduled a technician on 8/2, to repair both our dishwasher and oven. The handle on the dishwasher was loose. It was replaced but they broke the detergent dispenser which now will not open at all. It took us 2 times to test that the door is stuck. They also came on-site to repair our oven where the door won't stay shut. For both issues, problems and no solution yet. We called and they scheduled an appointment on 8/16 to repair the dishwasher. Our appointment was supposed to be between 1:00-5: 00 pm. No one showed up, called, emailed or texted even though we signed up for text messages. So frustrated. We called and spoke to a supervisor (good luck getting a hold of one; 6 transfers and 60 minutes on hold). She felt bad and scheduled 8/27 for next server. The email came that it was scheduled for 8/30, not the 27th.
Today my husband has been waiting at home since 8:00 am and they just now showed up @ 3:00 pm. They would NOT give us a 4-hour window of time. The supervisor also said she escalated the oven issue, which was never repaired. She put that in a "reviewed' department. We've never heard from anyone at this time. Almost 1 month since they came on-site. DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THEIR SERVICE unless you don't mind being on the phone for hours, can't escalate your issues, don't mind staying at home from work and can't speak to anyone who can help you! You're speaking to staff in another country who don't care. TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018
August 27 a GE double electric wall oven was installed which I purchased from Sears.com. When I first tried to use it, the bottom oven would not even turn on. I am totally frustrated because I have been on the phone 2 days trying to get it repaired or replaced. They keep referring me from one department to another which are all in the Philippines. Each time I have to explain for at least 20 minutes, then they transfer me to another department and mostly I get disconnected. I afraid I'm stuck with no oven or no money. I wish I had read the consumer complaints before buying. I have used Sears appliances for many years and was satisfied with the sales and service so now everything has changed.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
My Sears refrigerator with a bottom freezer was pouring water onto the floor and making lots of frost. I called Sears Repair and they came out about a week later. The repairman placed ONE $56.00 part in the refrigerator and the bill for the work came to $453.16! I was so shocked I almost lost my breath. After protesting this outrage, I paid the bill. The man entered everything in his iPad that I then signed. I told him I needed a receipt with a breakdown of the charges. He assured me that I would get the receipt in my email inbox shortly. The repairman left after stating that everything was fixed now. I never got a receipt in my email for this con job!! See below.
When I went to get some ice from the freezer, I realized that he had re-installed the ice maker improperly and the top drawer was jammed shut. I could not pull it out! After charging an outrageous amount for replacing one part in the back of the refrigerator, he had jammed and ruined my ice maker inside the freezer!! I immediately called Sears and they said they would have to reschedule another repair ticket and it would be a week before anyone could come out to fix the problem that the repair man created!! I was so livid I vowed to never use Sears again so I didn't reschedule a repair. Later that day, I was able to force the jammed door open and reset the ice maker and get it working again. The ice maker that he had re-installed wrong lasted for exactly one month and one week before it quit working this last week of Aug. 2018. Thanks to the Sears repair man, I will now have to have the ice maker repaired!!
Now back to the receipt that I never got. I called and wrote to Sears at least 10 or more times trying to get a receipt for the work done on 7-11-18. My emails to customer service were totally ignored when I demanded a receipt. Not willing to give up, my latest call to Sears was on Tuesday, Aug. 28th. While talking to Mel, a customer service rep, I told him I had talked to Shai at Sears Customer Service on Saturday, Aug 25th, and she had assured me that a receipt would be in my email on Monday. Well I never got that promised receipt.
Mel, the service rep I was speaking with on Tuesday apologized and said he would initiate another receipt request. I told him I had lost all faith in Sears Customer Service to get anything done. I then asked to speak to a Supervisor. To my surprise, Zachary, a supervisor came on the line and said he had access to my receipt from 7-11-18 and that he would mail it to me immediately. And shortly thereafter, I received the receipt in my email--the receipt I had been begging for since 7-11-18.
I had to go thru all of that mess just to get a receipt for the worst and most overpriced service I've ever experienced in my life. It's the biggest mess of over-inflated charges you'll ever witness. The receipt shows a total charge of $399.03. After this preposterous charge for repair, the service man had the nerve to add on the charge for a service call of $54.13, bringing the grand total to $453.16. I mean how can any business justify charging $453.16 to replace one part? They can't, so they have to doctor the numbers.
The bottom line to all of this: SEARS IS NOT THE SAME STORE THAT IT USED TO BE. As far as I'm concerned, Sears is nothing but a con-job operation masquerading behind their former good name. After this ridiculous experience, I strongly advise anyone considering using Sears Repair Service to go somewhere--anywhere--else for their repair needs.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
After having Sears repair an appliance I was convinced to purchase the whole house warranty. I have been paying the monthly fee for the last 18 months and now that I need a repair, it is not being done. The policy clearly states it is a covered repair, the person I spoke to said it was covered, the person I chatted with said it was covered. All say someone will call me back but nothing. It has been over a month. I've paid another month's fee. I am so disappointed in this warranty policy. It is the biggest scam around. So disappointed. Maybe this is why Sears stores are closing. Horrible customer service.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
Very frustrated. Several months and several attempts to repair ice and water dispenser and now deemed irreparable. Service provider and warranty company do not communicate with each other. One does not know what the other is doing and my fridge is still not working. Warranty company tells me that they are waiting for paperwork from service provider and service provider tells me that they have already provided the warranty company with the paperwork. Warranty states that fridge will be replaced if deemed irreparable. They are dragging their feet on replacing my fridge. I have documented all my contacts with the warranty company and the service provider.
I now need to send a certified letter documenting the numerous attempts to resolve this. Telephone calls to warranty company are useless. They tell you that they are following up on your call by sending e-mail to service provider and they lie. Service provider states that they have not received any communication from warranty company. The blame is going back and forth. No one is taking responsibility for providing the service that the warranty promises which is a replacement if appliance is deemed irreparable. I will be taking this to the media as I don’t see this being resolved as promised by the warranty company. I regret purchasing a Kenmore fridge and also regret purchasing the warranty.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2018
Placed my order online last Friday. Got a confirmation email that the order would arrive Wednesday the 29th and I would receive updates. On Monday, no updates posted or received. So I contacted them, first by phone (automated assistant) and then online chat. I was told order was already shipped and would arrive on the 29th and not to worry. That the online order page would update by end of day.
Tuesday morning still no update, so I contacted them again. Same story... it was shipped from a "nearby warehouse" and all was good. Fast forward to 2:30 PM... first an email saying my order was canceled... no explanation why. And then a second email that seemed to suggest I requested the cancellation. I contacted them again via chat... and was told that the item was "out of stock." OK, then HOW COULD IT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHIPPED AS THEY CLAIMED? Then they said they could help me reorder and then said it was discontinued?!? In short, they are liars. Do business at your own risk. Because they really don't care and clearly don't know how to handle their own business. It is a shame to see a once proud name become such a worthless sham.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018
Poor customer support by way of phone. Lousy followup. Poor feedback regarding repair schedules. If Sears can't get in contact with original installers, you are SOL on a timely repair. Will avoid using Sears as much as possible in the future.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018
I don't know where to begin with this email. I have purchased a product from Sears (brand new Kenmore washing machine) already fully paid for. Weeks into receiving the machine we had to have techs come and check the machine as it wasn't working properly. Now months after - calling every other day sending new techs dealing with different reps the machine is still not in the working condition it needs to be. We have dealt with so many people so many techs so much transferring and waiting at home for techs that have never shown up! Appointments were cancelled on your end and we were never advised of including today - we had an appt set from 8-12 pm. It is now 1:28 pm and we haven't received a call or anything regarding the person running late.
What type of service is this!!! At least call and give a heads up - other people have things to do as well... I don't know who will actually care from your company about this email but you have definitely lost a complete family that would only shop at Sears for appliances. All we want to do is replace the machine that is not PROPERLY WORKING - A MACHINE THAT WE BOUGHT BRAND NEW FROM YOUR COMPANY AND PAID IN FULL FOR!!!
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018
I would give Sears warranty program negative stars if I could. It has been the worst customer service experience I have ever encountered. We purchased a new dishwasher in February only to have it quit the end of June. No problem we thought, this is why we purchased the Master Protection plan. Wow we were wrong about that. After calling in to schedule someone to come look at it to see what was wrong, it took 2 weeks for a technician to get there. The technician ordered the parts for the dishwasher and then scheduled a time to come back. He certainly back on July 25th a month after the first call in and opened the parts.
He then realized he ordered the wrong parts. He even told me he was sorry, but he ordered the wrong parts and proceeded to show me the computer screen where he orders parts trying to get me to see how the part numbers confused him. He then ordered 4 more parts for the dishwasher because he said he wasn't sure what was wrong or what part would fix it. The total of all of these parts was twice the amount of the dishwasher. He scheduled a time for another 2 weeks down the road to come back fix it.
In the meantime, Sears sent my husband an email asking if we had received the parts. We had only received 3 of the 4 parts because one was on backorder and they told us we would have to wait until it was available. I asked them to send out the technician anyways, since he ordered so many parts to see if one of them would actually work since he wasn't sure what would fix it. The lady told me he would still come at which I took off work and he never showed up or called. I called Sears back and they said I would have to wait until the backordered part arrived, but they wasn't sure when that would be. We waited another week and called in on August 14th and the lady told me due to our Master plan agreement that our maximum amount of time to wait for our dishwasher to be fixed was expiring on Friday August 17th and to call back after that to request a new dishwasher since we had waited 2 months now for it to be fixed.
On August 20th I called in and the rude lady on the phone told me that they were expecting the backordered part to be available August 30th and I would have to wait and call back in then to see if the part was available. This has been a nightmare. They just keep pushing you off and refuse to fix anything. I have emailed them and got no response. My husband and I have called several times. No one has been friendly and they do not care at all about helping you. Do not buy anything from Sears especially their warranty programs. They are a joke.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2018
Beware of Sears Home Services! I purchased their warranty program, and regret having done so. I filed a claim for three of my appliances to be serviced 6 weeks ago, and they still have NOT been repaired. I have taken off work on three occasions for their technicians to come and assess or install parts and have been stood up twice, and the third time they didn’t send enough assistance to complete the job. I have been without my washing machine for 6 weeks and have had to pay for numerous trips to the laundromat. I have had over 6 large boxed parts ($900+) delivered to my home for my washer, and was left with the old heavy parts and boxes to dispose of on my own.
It doesn’t make sense that they would order over $900 in parts and have to pay the expense of two technicians to repair my washer, when they should have authorized the replacement of the washer with a new one. Instead they have chosen to inconvenience me for 6+ weeks by scheduling ghost repair appointments and leaving delivered parts to occupy space and present hazards. We live in a time where everyone is trying to sell you a service or home warranty. Don’t make the same mistake that I did with Sears!
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