I am extremely upset with Sears Customer Care Department. I have had appointments to have my ice maker repaired now 6 times since September 4, 2009. There have been various "fixes" applied but nothing completely resolves the issue. The ice will not always come off the plate like it's supposed to and it gets stuck half way on and half way off the grid. When the water starts running for the next cycle the water runs over the ice that is stuck and runs down on any ice that has been made and melts what ice is in the bin and turns the ice that i's left white. The ice plate and grid have been changed and it still happens. The repairman suggested I clean it. I clean it every 4 - 6 months (recommended cleaning in manual every 6 months). He then came back with an abrasive pad as the techs directed him to and cleaned the plate which didn't help. He came back and said we needed to put the ice maker on wedges under the back. When nothing has worked he told me to call the Customer Care Department to tell them that the tech has tried everything that him and his co-workers and the Sears techs know to do and to request a replacement. When I called them they told me that a tech had to come out one more time and try something different. When the tech came here he said there was a tiny calcium spot on the front of the ice plate and maybe cleaning that would make a difference - it didn't. So I called Customer Care again requesting a new ice maker and the lady said the paperwork hadn't been submitted by the tech yet and she got to work at 12:30 central time and she would call me as soon as she got to work. Several hours went by and no call. I called back and nobody could tell me who it was that I had talked to so another lady said she would have to have the tech come back out. At this point I'm about to lose my patience and I told her to call the tech and talk to him. She said she couldn't because they don't have that information. I told her I knew that was not correct and she put me on hold and said she would try to call the tech. She came back on the line and said she could not get ahold of the tech but left him a message to call her back and as soon as she heard from him she would call me right away. After not hearing from her I called back and had to leave a message for her to call me. Didn't ever hear from her so I called back and was told that she was scheduled off that day. I asked if someone else could help me and he said no because the tech had called her back the day before and told her that he thought maybe we needed a water softener. Trying to hold my temper, , , , I told the gentleman that I've had freestanding ice makers in every home I've owned for the past 30 years and that my dad and brothers have also had them that long and have lived places where the water was harder than where I currently live and have NEVER had a problem with an ice maker like this ever before! I have never been told before that I needed a water softener installed so that an ice maker would work properly!!! The gentleman wouldn't help me - he said I had to speak to my case manager but that he would give her a message to call me as soon as she got to the office the next day. He also made me schedule ANOTHER appointment for the repairman to come out once more (7th time now). I waited on a call today for a few hours and finally gave up and called back to find out my case manager was on the phone and the girl I spoke to said she would be sure to send her a message to call me right away. After lunch I gave up once more and called back to find out the case manager was given the message but now she was at lunch. The person I spoke to told me they would give her yet another message to call me. I asked if I could speak to a supervisor and was told the supervisor didn't get to the office until 4:00 pm today. I requested they have the supervisor call me as soon as he got in the office. I also asked if someone else could take over my case as it's now been almost a week since the case was opened without any response from the case worker!! I was told nobody else could take over a case from another employee. Now as I'm writing this it is 10:09 pm and I have yet to hear from the case worker OR the supervisor! I have been getting nothing but the runaround regarding getting this ice maker replaced!!! This is absolutely the worst customer service I have ever had!!! This is definitely not the SEARS it used to be!!!