On Wednesday February 17 my water heater flooded my basement causing severe damage to my laundry area. I called to make an appointment with your service department and I was told someone would come between 8-12am. Being that both my husband and I work obviously someone had to take off to wait for a serviceman from Sears. By 1 in the afternoon no one had showed. When we called the service department we were told someone would come between 1-5pm. Giving these large time spans does not give individuals who need to work any grace time. At 5 pm we got a call that he was “on his way.” Only to be called back and be told that he needed to go back to his first job. We did not get a serviceman until 6pm in which he stayed for 10 minutes and stated it is not the Water Heater but our pipes. He charged us $140 for this service and $102 for a “permit”. We also took out a service contract (#07403953160008) for any future problems.

Fast forward now to the next day, another day that needed to be taken off for a plumber. The plumber now tells us that it is not the pipes but the top of the water heater which is corroding. And, we now have to pay him $200 for his service. We spent the rest of the afternoon trying to get someone to explain to us how this was misdiagnosed but got no answers and just the “runaround.” My husband had to speak to several different customer service reps before he could even get a next appt. Hours on the phone with no solution. There was a lack of knowledge on what happened, a lack of courtesy and a lack of professionalism. Finally we were told that our particular Water Heater would take until Thursday to arrive from the warehouse because it was not in stock. That meant that with two kids under the age of three I would not have any hot water for over a week. I could not give my children proper baths, wash any laundry or dishes.

There was no number that linked us with a manager who could offer a solution. When we said we were willing to pay for a different Water Heater because we did not want to put the family through distress we were given the runaround again. So we dealt with it and boiled water all day for nine days in order to run our home with two babies.

Finally when Thursday did come the wrong Water Heater was sent. Yet another day taken off to get the wrong product. On Friday someone was supposed to come with the correct Water Heater but because of “snow” they did not. My husband found his way to work as did many shop owners and other professions. How come Sears get’s to take a day off when other people are suffering? Oh wait, Sears no longer actually send people from their store. You now contract out to local repair companies. So, why couldn’t anyone be sent by the afternoon when the snow had stopped and the roads had been cleared? It is not an unreasonable request