After realizing that my Lennox thermostat was discontinued because it couldn't last more than 2 years, I reached out to Dale & Lee's to see if they could help. A service manager spoke with me over the phone about my options since the replacement Lennox thermostat is approximately $1,400+. We set an appointment for Friday, June 2nd. I was told they would be there after 12:00. No big deal, my wife was off work that day so I knew I could have someone there to let the technician in to complete the job. We waited until 4:40 for the technician to show up. He immediately realized that we needed to re-wire the entire system to put in the new thermostat - I'm not sure why he didn't know that before he showed up seeing as how that's EXACTLY what we discussed when I booked the appointment. He told me it would cost me $92 for his trouble of showing up to tell me something I already knew. He said they would call me the following Tuesday or Wednesday to schedule the work. Great! Here is your $92. I got a call the following Monday asking to schedule an appointment to install the new thermostat. Not bad, I think. At least they followed up, right? We scheduled the work to be done on Thursday the 8th of June. I made arrangements to have someone at my house for the technician. Thursday comes and goes. No call. No show. Nothing. I'm having a really tough time figuring out what I got for my $92 other than extreme frustration. Maybe I should just consider it a $92 lesson to not do business when Dale & Lee's going forward?
For what it's worth, Brent DeBoer, I am renovating a 3,600-sq/ft house right now that will need a whole new system. Can you guess who won't be getting a call for that project?