Lindsay Thomas
2 years ago
This company is a prime example of why home warranties have poor reputations. American Home Shield customers: Did you know you can request an alternate contractor? You can, and if this plumber is assigned to your claim, you should.
We requested service for our water heater, which was shutting off and leaking water. American Home Shield assigned Affordable Leak Detection. The company called promptly (a good start) to make an appointment and were set to come the next day between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. That’s a wide window. Rather than missing a full day of work, we asked if they would call on the way so someone could leave work to meet them. We both work very close to home. The person who scheduled the appointment said yes, they would do that. But no call ever came. After reviewing our doorbell video, we found that someone arrived at 3 p.m. No doorbell ring was recorded, only the motion of the plumber (?) was detected on the porch. If there was an attempt made to call either of us, it somehow didn’t come to either of our phones. Mysterious! The man left a door hanger (“Sorry we missed you!”) and that was all.
Upon calling them, they said they “can’t always call on the way” (really? then don’t say you will!), claimed their representative rang the doorbell (no evidence of that exists - again, it records rings/videos), claimed they called (again, no calls recorded), refused to reschedule, and told us we’d need to enter another service call through AHS for their assistance ($). Must be nice to collect a fee for walking onto someone’s porch and then leaving! To add insult to injury, the office staff — after being pressed — would not return calls, resorting instead to texting us to again say, sorry, enter a new claim.
Are they good plumbers? I can’t say. But I can tell you I felt disrespected and taken advantage of and their customer service ranks among the worst I’ve experienced. Perhaps we dodged a bullet. Should I have the misfortune to have them assigned to a future service call, I’ll request that AHS change the contractor. You should, too.