Dwayne Payne Plumbing Company

After using this company faithfully for 30+ years, and recommending them to countless people, they have left a very sour taste in the mouths of everyone in my family over this past week.  

On Fri, 5/30/2014, our A/C stopped cooling.  My wife called Payne, and explained the issue - they explained they couldn't get out until Monday - leaving us in 90-100 degree weather over the weekend with no A/C. The coils were freezing up. Monday rolled around, and they came out.  They were told we wanted them to check the system thoroughly, AND clean the coils (they had not been cleaned ever, unit is 10+ years old, and was neglected for many years).  Their tech came out, spent 10-15 minutes, changed the filter, and declared it done - said coolant was good, compressor was good - filter needed to be changed (it did not - we had only changed it 2 weeks prior, and I checked it before we called them out), charged us $70 to replace the filter, and left.  By noon that same day, we knew for certain it was not working.  My wife called in as soon as she could, but they refused to make right on it, only stating they would be out the next day.  

They did return that Tuesday (6/3/2014), and cleaned the coils as we had requested them do in the first place - to the tune of $350 - no reduction for not having done it the first time, or anything.  

OK, now we have A/C - until Thursday night (6/5/2014), when the A/C when to cycle on, and only made a very loud buzzing noise, and would not quit.  Called them back Friday morning, and they sent someone again - he gets there, and declares there is no issue to be found, and leaves (no charge, thank God), but says he'll be on call over the weekend, and to call him if it recurs.  

Well, guess what - it recurred - by 4PM that same day - cool air WAS blowing, but BARELY - the blower fan wasn't turning, and it was still buzzing VERY loudly.  So I called them - THREE TIMES over the weekend - and not even a return call about the issue.  My wife finally had to call them again today (Monday, 6/9/2014) where she was promised we were next in line and someone would be out today.  As of 8:30PM, we have not heard nor seen anything from them.  I tried to call them back by 5:30 - only to get an answering machine - yes, I left a message - no, i did not get a call back.  

During all of this time, my 16 year old daughter began to get sick from the heat, my wife and I got little to no sleep, and my wife has a heart condition, and cannot be exposed to heat like that for extended periods - so we're lucky she didn't have a heart attack or stroke.

So, BEWARE - this company obviously does not care about ANY of it's customers - even long-time loyal customer's who have brought them business in the past.  Avoid them like the plague...