Big Lots - Recall of Portable Ceramic Space Heater

Model #FH107A - Complaint

Review by nitewish7 on 2012-06-23

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MODESTO, CALIFORNIA -- After receiving an email on 6/22/2012 from the Consumer Product Safety Commission that this portable space heater that I purchased in Oct 2011 has been recalled due to overheating, melting & posing a electric shock hazard with the remedy to stop using it immediately & return it to a Big Lots store for a refund. What a hassle I endured for over an hour. I brought with me the email, my receipt & the heater still in the box only to be told the return cannot be accepted as that cutoff was dated Jan. 2012. Employee(s) did not seem to understand This was a Government Recall. 3 times the store manager was contacted by 2 separate employees from in the back of the store but never came to me to remedy the problem as I was not leaving without the refund. The defected heater cost me $20.00 + $1.48 tax. The store tried to refund me $16.11 until I questioned where is the $5.37 still due me. I ended up with a $16.11 in store credit card, a five dollar bill & .37Cent shortage. FYI 70,500 units were sold exclusively at Big Lots.