Onoszko D.
07/08/2012 12:00:00 SA
My AC broke this weekend. It is the peak of summer in VEGAS and the fan wouldnt stop and the air was not cold. I knew this was the worst possible time for something like this to happen but I was stuck.
I have used Yes for a few years for bi-yearly cleaning, and have very MIXED reviews, feelings, about them. I feel their servicemen are not truthful and that YES doesnt really keep tabs on previous customer visits. I have had some good employees show up and perform their job well. but I have also had a few show up and after only a few minutes looking at the unit, determine that an expensive part was going bad and needed changing. Each time I looked up the part and found it to be about half of what they quoted, and each time, at the next service visit, the next serviceman never found any problem with the bad part from the previous visit.
I called at 7am on a saturday. They were very prompt and were at my house by 8:30 am. But, the serviceman that showed up was more of a pushy salesman, that I found bent the facts towards his favor. He was on my roof for a very short time and told me that a control board was bad and was unable to check the freon due to the control board, which I found odd. He told me the part was 800$, and he didnt have any onhand, which I found out to be a stretch, after the fact. I found the part later, online, for between 195-300$. He was pushing a new AC unit over investing over 1000$, for the control board and blower motor, and some other piece, in a 15 year old unit. I knew I would eventually need a new unit, but wasnt ready for this bit of info, or I would have done some research and been way more informed.. Their service people I find to be pushy, or shady in pricing, and really try to move new units which really put my spidey senses up on this service visit.
Unfortunately, due to the weather and timing, I went with the new unit without doing the research I usually do. It took me awhile to convince myself to get it, because I dont like to make a big purchase without looking around, and I could just feel that the serviceman wasnt being totally truthful. The decision to get the new unit basically came down to the fact that I could put it on my Home Depot card and have 2 yrs, interest free, to pay off and it is 110 degrees with animals and a roomate that arent fond of extreme heat.. After making the decision to go with new, the new unit was in place by 1:30 the same day, which was rather impressive, and the people that installed it were fast and professional. However, after it was in place, I was able to continue looking into the pricing of the unit and found it for between 2500 - 4000$, depending on which model I was getting, which I didnt know at the time.
The paperwork was a vague document, as far as pricing goes. There was no itemized pricing. It was just 1 flat price of 8700$. I have no idea if this is fair or not, since I cant compare what the unit cost and what they charge for it, the labor, the cost of a crane, etc. It was the same for what the repair would have been, just a flat price, and no breakdown.
I know this sounds like bad decision making on my behalf, but out of loyalty to my original service company, which was taken over by YES, I stayed with YES hoping they would treat me just as well. I was extremely wrong and cannot justify staying with them after this incident. They are prompt and have some very good servicemen. BUT, they also have some very PUSHY and SHADY servicemen. Their pricing practices, or lack of itemizing, I find very alarming. I am done with YES and will find a different, more trustworthy company, which I know exist after talking with friends. I cannot recommend this company to anyone and will be moving on with a lesson learned.