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Home Depot Does Not Value My Time or Business
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Rating: 1/51

ATLANTA GA -- It is not the actual product but the service I received from Home Depot. I needed a new fridge for a second home in the Mountains of NC so I went to Home Depot in Hendersonville for the item I wanted to purchase and spent 20 minutes looking for someone to sell it to me - before the sales person wrote up the item he asked me if I wanted it delivered. I told him that I did and he asked if there could be any obstacles to delivery, and I told him that the driveway is somewhat steep. He said it could not go to a house with a steep driveway and would not sell me the refrigerator.

Remember this is Home Depot in Hendersonville, NC - where all driveways, roads, etc. are steep! I leave the store and called online sales and the lady I talked to checked the area told me there were no restrictions for delivery and I purchased the item online and scheduled it to be delivered on Friday, which was great since I had taken three days off work to go to the mountains to get this and some other projects done. I live over 2 hours from this house.

The following day I received an email to inform me that my online order had been canceled. When I called to find out why I was informed it was because the delivery zip code and billing zip code were not the same. The person on the phone helped me place a new order for item, but at that point all the delivery time slots for that week were gone and the soonest that I could get delivery was the following Tuesday. I had to take another day from work and drive about 5 house meet the new delivery date.

When the refrigerator finally did arrive (incidentally the Home Depot truck had no issue getting up the driveway) - the guys got the old fridge out of the house and the new one into the dining room - and informed me that it would not go through the kitchen door. I had measured carefully using the specification on the Home Depot website and knew the opening of the door to be 29.5" and the refrigerator with the doors removed was 28.5". The two delivery guys told me that if they did take the doors off it still what no go through the doors and they REFUSED to try taking the doors off and left.

I should at that point have called and had them pick up the fridge, but they had the old one with them. I had to go buy some tools and was able to remove the doors myself and was able to push the refrigerator through the doorway myself.

At this point I called customer care and they were going to call the delivery guys and see if they would come back and finish moving the fridge into place and hooking up the ice maker. He assured me someone would call me back - they never did. I had to hire someone to help me move the refrigerator into place myself - but the icemaker and water dispenser are still not hooked up - I guess I will have to hire someone to come do that.

I called and talked to someone in online purchases the next day about my experience, they were going to do some research and get back with me - so I called again, had to explain this long story again and was told they needed to transfer me to another department, I was transferred to a lady and had to relay the story yet again. When she told me that it was out of her hands that she needed to transfer me to yet another person - I lost it. The situation has cost me so many hours - and time is the one thing I do not have extra of.

My last attempt to give Home Depot once last chance to make this situation better was I call the consumer relations department and talked to Terry. Before going into detail I told him I was very unhappy with Home
Depot's service related to a purchase and was he the best person for me to explain the situation and see if he somehow could try and make amends. He told me he was the best person to take care of and proceeded to tell me how much Home Depot values my business.

After explaining my story - he asked me what I wanted in terms on a refund. I told him that I would prefer for them to give me an offer rather than me come across as trying to get something for free. He told me he would have to meet with his "team" and would get back to me no later than Monday June 6th. I did not hear from him until today June 14th (over a week later) and he has offered me a $50 Home Depot gift card. I told him that "Let me see exactly the extent of how much Home Depot's Values my business."

I have shopped there exclusively for years (as well as Home Decorators) and have used them for a complete kitchen makeover, appliances, garden equipment, lumber and building material, installations and even a new roof. $50 doesn't even cover the money I had to pay someone to help get the fridge in, tools I had to buy to take doors off myself, the amount of gas I spent having to have made a 2nd (and still have to make a 3rd trip back up there to get this working) not to mention the time away from work, etc, etc, etc.

I see exactly how much Home Depot Values their customers. I will pay off my Home Depot Card and never use it again. I will not ever buy from Home Depot again or for that matter enter one of their stores. Thanks for reading this review - I highly recommend going somewhere else to make any Home Improvement Purchase.

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Home Depot Extended Service Plan for Water Heater Is a BIG RIP OFF
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Rating: 1/51

ARLINGTON, TX, TEXAS -- I purchased a 50 gal electric water heater from Home depot in 2008 with installation, Extended Service Plan and the whole nine yards. Last year Aug 2015 I had problems and HD hot line referred to a Company called ASSURANT. (If you break up their name ASS you RANT.) They sent a serviceman on 4 occasions. First visit: reset the heater reset switch - stopped working after 2 hours. 2nd Visit - changed one of the elements - failed after a day. 3rd visit - changed the second element. Failed again in a day. 4th visit - changed the thermostat. Finally fixed it.

During this above episode I had no water heater for close 20 days, waiting for serviceman, failing, repeat call, waiting for special order thermostat etc. On Feb 28 of 2016 this year - the water heater stopped working. Called ASS you RANT again.

First visit - March 2 - the service man comes reset the reset switch and said if after this it fails nothing can repair this because a sensor gone bad inside - not repairable. March 4 called ASS you RANT again and they said will need to file a claim for new water heater because of multiple service calls, the request for replacement explaining the unrepairable heater was to be explained and worked by the service tech in this case "**". They said will take 3 business days for an answer and so including the weekend waited for 5 days. No calls from them.

March 9 - called ASS you RANT after the 3 business day rule. They said nothing has happened and no progress. In this case the service repair company didn't do a squat. Called the next level mgr to explain and he called the service provider placing me on hold and said to give 24 hours for an answer.

March 10 called after the 24 hour notice, the same Warranty company ASS you RANT, and they said no progress - nothing happened repeat of previous day and another 24 hrs will be taken care of. March 11 Friday called ASS you RANT for an update, and still the same. This time I vented my anger for lack of any action, and they gave me a new claim # and said I have to have 3 strikes rule ie: after 3 separate incidents still not working then that will qualify for a new water heater.

March 12 - A tech from RR (service provider) comes takes measurements quotes me a price and says he will call first thing Monday morning ie: today with claims and new heater etc. In the meantime he quoted extras like I need a new pan - old pan was small costing $119.98. Same sells at HD for $19.98.

He also said I need an upgrade to have a electrical disconnect switch for the heater since my breaker box with Circuit breakers was on the outside wall and quoted another $150 for that. (I checked with the local city Building planning Engr who said it is not true and gave me a number to have them call if they push for that.) I said figure out the new replacement heater details and then we will go over.

Today - March 14. The service guy from RR that came on Saturday was a no show broken promise nothing done - and new service guy came gave a nice lip service said he will take care of it all. After 15 minutes with ASS you RANT on the phone says "my heater is not covered because the ser # doesn't match in the system". This was really adding insult to injury. I did my own investigation calling ASS you RANT of this and discovered that they never had a ser #/mode # in their files and it was the tech who came last week gave a wrong ser #... Finally after calling 3/4 different #s at ASS you RANT they said they will take care of replacing it.

The Final verdict from ASS you RANT was: They will not replace the water heater but will give me a credit of 60% on the cost of HEATER ONLY after depreciation. So here I am having an installation done by Home Depot, with extra money paid for ESPlan, and I am told since it's unrepairable even though within the warranty period (in this case Lifetime of 12 years!), their terms are will give cash only of $440 plus take it or leave it. WHAT NONSENSE IS THIS with an ES Plan. Went to Home Depot again this evening their answer was we don't know how it works and it may just be this.

To test their latest same day plan, called HD installation hot line and having burned with all these surprises posed them a hypothetical question - if I buy an ESPlan and the water heater fails and unrepairable during the warranty period what will happen, the lady said, "You will get a FREE replacement." I asked what replacement meant. She said, "Since you bought an install the replacement will be a free installation and I pay permit fee which I don't mind."

The MORAL OF the story - Don't trust Home Depot/any of these plumbers bait and switch at low price on phone and then upcharges. You go to a big corporation, hoping you will get a good service. They just don't stand up to their promise. Shame on you Home Depot and Assurant (the warranty company for the runaround - the ASS you Rant is a better name), and the service provider who didn't give a care to follow up.

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Horrible Customer service
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Rating: 1/51

CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA -- I wanted a Dishwasher, I got a headache instead.

3 weeks ago I purchased a Samsung dishwasher from the Home Depot. 3 days later, I took off from work to meet the installers and have it installed. Everything appeared to be in order when they installed it, but later that night I went to do a load of dishes and some error lights came on and the dishwasher stopped working.

I called Home Depot and they agreed to send another one out and rescheduled another delivery.
The installation team came out, removed the old dishwasher and installed a new one. Again, everything appeared to be working. I left and went back to work. Later that evening I returned home prepared to do a load of dishes. 20 minutes into the wash cycle another set of lights comes on and the dishwasher stops working. So I looked in the owners manual and the error code said the dishwasher wasn't getting water. I checked the supply line, it was open and there was water in the dishwasher.

The next day I went to the Home Depot and I spoke to someone in the appliance dept who assured me they would take care of the problem by sending someone out to our home to fix it. So days later I get to take off a third time from work to meet, what turns out to be the same installer who installed the first dishwasher. He told me it was installed properly and that I would have to contact Home Depot. At this point, I'm starting to get aggravated at all the hoops I had to jump thru to get a dishwasher.

So I drove my unhappy butt down to the Home Depot and told them that I no longer wanted a Samsung Dishwasher, that I wanted a different model instead. I was told that I would have to schedule another appoint at my house to return the dishwasher and then purchase another dishwasher to be deliver and yet another date.

I didn't really think it was fair that I should have to take off 2 more times from work to end up with a working dishwasher. So I told Tina the manager that arrangement would be unacceptable. They could deliver a new dishwasher and remove the non working dishwasher at the same time.

I would have been willing to pay the difference for a better model. Apparently giving me a refund and allowing me to pay the difference was against Home Depot's policy. So I had to purchase another dishwasher it was Floor Model Bosch dishwasher. I was assured at the time I paid for it that the dishwasher would be scheduled for delivery as soon as we got back from vacation.

Upon my return from vacation. I went in to schedule the delivery of our new Bosch Dishwasher, when I was told by Tina the General Manager that home deport doesn't deliver floor models. Needless to say I was beyond pissed off at this point. She never made an apology, she just cited company policy. I promptly told Tina that I wanted to return everything and receive a refund.

She quickly passed us of to Tessa a customer service associate who was equally uninterested in delivering any type of customer service.

I then went home and removed the non working Samsung myself (as it was easier than taking another half a day of work off, so that Home Depot could pick it up) retuned and received a refund. Tina the manager took special care to make sure that every hose, nut and bolt was accounted for, but she never once said I'm sorry that you had to go thru all of this.

I own 2 businesses and a put tremendous value in making my customers happy. Over the course of 3 weeks, I have made at least 6 trips to the store and had at least as many phone calls. Each time Home Depot had the opportunity to solve my problem and they chose not to, each time citing this policy or that policy. My problem was that I just wanted a working dishwasher, delivered and installed just like I paid for twice. I didn't ask for anything for free. I just wanted a dishwasher.

If Tina the General Manager of Home Depot cared half as much how I was affected during this process, rather than how Home Depot would be affected. They would still have a customer. I will never be back.

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Terrible Project Management. Won't refund items prepaid but not received
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Rating: 1/51

SURREY, WASHINGTON -- On February 20 2019 Home Depot was to start a Reno on the kitchen in our condo using the north Surrey Home Depot.

Once they showed up to begin work they realized the largest counter had been left off the order and was not there. This resulted in them not being able to complete the cupboard installation. Because they only realized this part way through they had already torn out the old counter and cupboards and had installed the cupboards they had. This left the kitchen unusable. We were told it would be 2 weeks until they got the new cupboards. It was actually April 15 2019 before they installed the missing cupboards.

When they disconnected my old dishwasher they forgot to cap off the pipe so when our neighbours ran their dishwasher the dirty dishwater came spurting up into the cabinets they had just installed. There was also a second leak in another pipe caused by them. They had us find plumbers to fix the situation and Home Depot paid them but it didn't help the stink in my kitchen from the cupboards.

The measurements were not done correctly despite my sending them the specs for the new appliances and the fridge has a huge gap around it on all sides and it looks terrible. I was told they could put in trim to hide that but this was never done.

On February 21 the floor installation people were supposed to show up - they did not. They finally got there two days later.

On February 22 the counter installation people did show up but couldn't do the job because the cupboards were not installed.

They finally installed the rest of the cupboards (including replacing the damaged one) on April 15. This was 2 MONTHS later not 2 WEEKS later.

When they finally came in to measure for the counters - the quote went from $3300 to $4200.

At this time we decided we'd had enough and did not want to continue with Home Depot. We requested that they refund the money we had already paid them for the Backsplash tiles and installation. We were told they had given the tiles to someone therefore would not refund the cost. They did not give them to me so I have no clue who picked them up. This is their responsibility to keep track of - not mine.

We are now currently out the money for the backsplash, the compensation they had promised us for work days taken off to be there and they didn't show up and our kitchen is only half done.

We have tried to come to an agreement with them but they keep changing the contact person for us while telling us no one else has authority to talk to us about the case. We are now on our seventh Home Depot representative (Vikas, RHonda, Jim, Jim #2, Chris, Steve and Lupna) and have gotten no where. Despite promises they NEVER return phone calls.

Don't use this company. When something goes wrong they will not help you and they will not honor their promises!

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Bait & Switch
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Rating: 1/51

NEWARK, DE -- On Thursday night I checked HD website for a GE Laundry Center-listed as an extended Black Friday sale for $1098. I have the item printed. There was no expiration date listed on this item. The following day I attempted to purchase it, however, the price was $1178. I called online C/Service and the gal said the price increased and I could go into the local store and ask the MGR if they would sell for that price. I called the store, MGR said to hold on & he would conference the online C/Service representative and question what they said however, he now employed his in-store customer service representative to handle the situation. Online C/Service repeated that the store MGR could make the call to sell for the online price. He would not agree to that price.

After that call, I told the in-store C/Service representative that I would pay them the $80 additional, but would like to purchase it in the store so that they would get credit for the sale. She said to come in... her name began with T and to ask for her. I immediately left home at 8:30 pm to drive to the store in the rain to order the item with the printed sale price of $1098 in hand expecting to pay $1178 ($80 more). She started to order the item on her computer and put in the original advertised sale price of $1098. Her system accepted this price and she exclaimed "Oh!" Then she removed that sale price and plugged in the item number which showed $1399 as the MSRP purchase price.

She then looked up the item on Home Depot Online and it showed $1259. She told me I would have to pay $1399 for the item if I wanted to purchase it from the store. This woman purposely misinformed me. Furthermore, I planned to use the 24 month free interest offer & was told by the C/S representative that I was saving a lot of money using that offer...already. That remark was not appropriate nor business to state. She tied me up at the customer service desk for over an hour asking questions & detailing all of my information in their system. The store closed while I was there at 10:00 pm. I am polite & courteous as I have worked in sales my entire life.

The fact she would invite me into the store knowing I expected to pay $1178 to purchase the item and then switch the price to full MSRP. It was changed not once, but 4 times in less than 24 hours. $1098, $1178, $1259 & $1399. Not sure how these stores are structured, but regardless- it is a shame how they treat their paying customers. I ordered the item from Hawkins & Son, a local appliance store- for less money and received exceptional customer service. I will close my business account with Home Depot and will give all of my business to Lowe's. I expect this company, Home Depot... to be out of business soon.

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Scams and Issues From Roof at Home Depot
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Rating: 1/51

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA -- I was Home Depot customer for many projects, I didn't have major issue with appliances and cabinets. However, I currently have major unresolved issues with replacing new roof by Home Depot that I purchased at this location as one of stores handle by roof team. I'm helpless and frustrated to find out ways to resolve or contact someone for help. I was shocked that I just found out the link above that I'm not alone with many scams and issues on roofing from Home Depot. I am busy and normally don't have time to write such review, however I can't stand on the issues on roof that I am dealing with Home Depot such that they totally ignored the leaking issues at my house for several months.

The salesman from Home depot on roof acted nice to me with sound good deal with discount on price and so I totally trusted him without checking their reviews or comparing with other companies. He initially recommended me to buy the most expensive roof with lifetime warranty, he showed me the brochure of the roof with blue color which distinguishes from lower quality with brown color which he installed on my neighbor's roof.

However, after they installed my roof, I found out that it looked like my neighbor's roof with brown. I suspected and made several calls and found out from one person from their ordered team as he said that my materials were incorrectly ordered. After several calls and the manager seemed to cover up and didn't say anything or didn't provide anything and no way I can verify what my roof really is. I bought the most expensive and top line materials for lifetime warranty, I suspected they installed my roof with less quality roofing materials though I received the paperwork with lifetime warranty.

Couple months later, after storms and rains, the roof leaked worst at first time with sagging on drywall which part came off from the ceiling underneath the roof with bubbles on drywall on ceiling. I called hundreds times to customer service at center for about four months and they kept put me on waiting list for these month with excuses that they are too busy and not available any time sooner. I fixed the leaking ceiling while waiting for them to fix the roof. Then the leak came back again though less severe than the first time with stained on ceiling the same area underneath the roof. I also stopped by store several times and all they gave me some phone numbers at center to call and got nowhere rather than to wait.

Lately, after my several calls to customer care at headquarters and region to complain, then local installation manager Mr. Norris **, Jr contacted me then ignored me for several weeks with all excuses to delay. Then I called back to customer care at headquarters, and guess they contacted him, then he called me.

After dealing with him for about a month and half, he and his team (young Hispanic guys about teenagers or 20yrs) who barely speak English came out and checked on my roof then claimed no issues on roof and blamed for window all the way on top level at front. The leaking is at lower level on left and back where above is intersection of the lower roof on left of the house with the siding of loft area. And there is nothing above the loft area. It's ridiculous and intolerable that he excused for delay for six months with he's new about six months and his new busy subcontract roof company.

The roof issue doesn't automatically go away without fixing it, and it doesn't get better with times, only get worst and it's critical as water can create mold. Once it leaked, it will leak again, leak more during first hard storm and rains but will leak more if storms and rains come back. I had plumbers rechecked my house again and they pointed out to me that it's clearly the leaking issues from the lower roof on left. I called and emailed Mr. ** again and told him this, however he's totally ignoring me and didn't contact me back. So, I was frustrated over roof issues and I am stuck with Home depot not fixing leaking issues as I can't get other company to fix it, otherwise, my warranty will be voided.

So, lessons to learn that Home Depot doesn't care customers after they got your money. Three screenshot of 4 stars reviews on their home websites were scams. No way you find out their contacts or their bosses to report/contact issues from services and products. Don't waste your times and money to do roof with Home Depot. You don't save money while you have to deal and stuck with bad roofing team and third parties with inexperience who don't care customers and don't want to take responsibility to resolve the issues. For integrity and improvement, HD should have real reviews at HD homepage and should have clear process to followup the status/issues and able to provide contacts and help customers ASAP.

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Consumer Nightmare
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Rating: 1/51

ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA -- I agree with all the negative reviews on this site. NEVER buy an appliance from Home Depot unless you plan to do delivery and installation on your own. It appears from the reviews and my own horrible experience that Home Depot turns over the "delivery and installation" to 3rd parties that are not competent or even honest and some actually, as in my case, have employees that are actual thieves. In PA the culprit is RAS delivery. After 3 trips out to my home my oven wasn't installed and half of my old oven wasn't removed. I had to have my goddaughter's boyfriend and friends dismantle the old stove to make it light enough for RAS to take that part away. The first 2 crews flatly refused to haul away the 2 level oven.

The first crew actually damaged the new stove and then claimed they couldn't remove the old oven without putting the new one in which they couldn't do because the new one was damaged. The second crew claimed the old stove wouldn't fit through the door (a lie) and that the new oven also wouldn't fit. When I suggested they remove the oven handle (2 screws) they told me that the handle didn't come off. Actually when I finally read the manual it turns out the oven door actually lifts out and off without unscrewing anything. The 2nd crew did drop my new oven in the back room of my first floor and then stole a new 20V Dewalt impact wrench with a 4 hr. battery on their way out.

I called Home Depot Appliance delivery support service and carefully explained the situation. The best they could do was send a 3rd crew 7 days later. The 3rd crew arrived and told me they only had an order to haul away the old, now dismantled old oven but had no order to install the new one. At first they told me the same lie about the ovens not fitting through the door. But finally, moaning and groaning they did haul away the 1/2 of the dismantled oven. They refused to take away the top half of the old oven. Again complaining all the while they did take the new oven up the 1 flight of steps to my 2nd floor kitchen but refused to install it.

I called Home Depot support again and was told installation was not included. And installation was easy because of the color coded wires. I checked the website and installation is included and the cord the 3rd crew left was not color coded. Fortunately the same people that dismantled the old oven installed the new one. So all I am out is the stolen tool and the cost of 2 dinners for my goddaughter's friends. A total of about 200.00 dollars. By the way when I took off the handle (before I knew the door lifted out) the front cover came away revealing surface rust on the inside panel of the door.

All in all I would rather cook over a fire in my backyard than order another appliance from Home Depot. Based on the reviews on this site and other sites my opinion is the same as the overwhelming majority of consumers that have made the unfortunate mistake of thinking that a big chain like Home Depot must be consumer friendly.

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Bad Experience With Spirit Delivery
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Rating: 1/51

AVON -- I purchased 5 appliances at the Home Depot - Avon, Massachusetts about 2 weeks ago! My purchase was LG which it's GE. On the same day of the purchase the delivery was set up for Saturday June 9, 2018. My husband did not work that afternoon due to the delivery!

My delivery time was set up for 1-5 and I had a bad feeling that something was not right! The reason for that is, I called right before 5pm to make sure they were on their way, but I did not get any answer. I kept on calling for about 45 minutes. Still no answer. I decided to call Home Depot, they answered but they had to transfer me to the appliances dept. When they answered, they looked up my delivery status and I was told that it says 1-5.

Right after that call, I called Spirit customer service center, someone answered but for some reason she couldn't see my information, then I was placed on hold for about 15 minutes and in between she kept on coming back to tell me to give her few more minutes to check up on something! When she returned, her response was "Sorry but you are confused." I said confused about what? She said, “Your delivery is scheduled from 6-10 pm”, I said, “What??? Are you looking at the paperwork that says Delfina?” She replied yes!

I said, “Listen to me, I knew from the start that something was wrong because the delivery team did not call me half hour before the delivery time and now I'm told that it'll happen between 6-10 pm”. After that she spoke with me and told me that my delivery was #17 and that they were at delivery #10. After I had explained to her everything that was wrong with this delivery, she placed me again on hold! When she returned, I told her I had to go down the Street to go help feeding someone in which I volunteer to do so every Saturday!

I asked her what town they were at, she told me Norton, MA! She told me to go ahead and go feed this person and she specifically told me not to worry about nothing that the supervisor is well aware of what's going! Also she told me, on their way before delivering my stuff, which they had to do anyway because they changed my delivery time and I will get a phone call half hour before the delivery and that they'll wait for me!

Well, right after that conversation with the lady, I left my house and right about half way to where I was going to, I got a call from a nasty lady named "Ashley" that the delivery team is waiting for me outside my home! I said to her that I was told they they'll call me half hour before they arrive, she did not answer me! Then she told me well, “I'll give you 15 minutes the most”, I said, “Okay, I'll be there!”

When I arrived on time, they were gone or weren't there in a first place! I had disconnected all of my appliances, they were all outside for about 2 days and still till today 06/12/2018, I do not have my appliances! I was told on Monday 06/11/2018, that I'll get my stuff on Thursday 06/21/2018. I cannot cook, I had to go get my dishwasher outside to hook it up again due to the water that was draining from its original location due to not having a shut off valve for the dishwasher. Water everywhere!

The delivery team changed my delivery time and my house is a mess due to this stupid delivery and I am spending money for food and other unnecessary things that I shouldn't have to. This will be my last of any stores that has "SPIRIT" as a their delivery company! They were also nasty to the Home Depot employees! Their customer services sucks and they can never compare their company to be one of the best!

That's why I love "JORDAN FURNITURE". The best company out there and I wished that they had appliances! I do not blame Home Depot at all, it's not Home Depot fault. It's SPIRIT DELIVERY FAULT! Spent $4,404.00 in total and the company shouldn't have been GE/LG. One day they'll realize what their employees are doing to the customer from their home office all the way to their warehouse! Thanks GE/LG!!!

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Tool Rental
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Rating: 1/51

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- On October 16th, I rented an orbital floor sander from the Home Depot in Chicago at 6211 N. Lincoln Ave. When I arrived I met with an associate in the tool rental department. I took the unit home and was going to use it the next morning to do the project. Shortly after I started the project, I noticed that it was getting very dusty in the room I was doing and noticed that the collection bag was not inflating or doing anything. I called the store and they said I needed a shop vac to use with this unit and after some discussion, I said this machine will not work and I should have been informed of this when I got the unit.

At this point I needed to find where to go rent another unit so I could do this job I have already started. A little bit later that day, I tried the sander again at another part of the room near a window for a few minutes because the other sander wasn't getting the floor sanded in that area. It worked fine and then I proceeded to put the sander back in my car so I could return it later that evening. I tilted the unit back to remove the sanding discs and as I tilted it back the handle snapped off.

I then tried calling Home Depot twice to let them know about this and I was on hold each time for over 10 minutes and I didn't have the time to spare at this point, so I would deal with it when I returned it. I brought the unit back, the tool associate saw it on a cart and was just beyond words. I tried to explain what happened but I am not sure he really heard me. In the end I was there for about 45 minutes and they charged me $450 to have the unit fixed. The next day I called and spoke with a store manager there and what they thought was fair was to give me a $200 gift card to compensate me.

I have also been in contact with corporate and they are also standing behind the decision the store manager has made. I have detailed this in the letters I am attaching below. I would really like to hear back from you soon regarding this. Also was I was told about after the fact is that Home Depot does have insurance available on rentals which I was never told about and if the tools associate would have told me about this and I would have taken out the insurance, I would not have to be going through this hassle.

I have just recently heard back from corporate for the third time and they are sticking to their guns and not placing blame whatsoever on themselves or taking any responsibility. I am still required to pay the $450, which I feel is so wrong. I am encouraging everyone out there to please make other choices when shopping at home improvement stores and to choose other places to do your business with.

Nowadays customer service should still be a top priority, but not in Home Depot's case. Why should we shop at places where we are not going to be treated fairly and with respect? Please work with me and choose other stores to go to. I am sure Lowe's or Menards would love more business from people like us.

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Replaced Under Warranty, Immediately Leaked
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VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA -- We had bought and had installed a Home Depot water heater, and discovered it had begun leaking. It had rusted out at the bottom. It was fortunately still under warranty so I contacted Home Depot and I worked with them to get it replaced. I paid the difference in price between the old and new one. Also I paid for the installation. The third party company used in Virginia Beach was Perez Enterprises. The two gentlemen that did the replacement did not seem to show much respect for the property, dragging in mud etc onto the carpet. The replacement took about an hour. They also sprung extra charges onto me during the install which was suspect.

That evening I heard a dripping sound coming from the attic where the new water heater was installed, and investigated. I discovered that the new water heater was leaking very quickly from the cold water line soldered to the PEX water pipes via a fitting. I immediately called Perez Enterprises, and they sent someone out that evening about an hour later. He informed me that the original installers had not soldered the pipe all the way around on the cold water line. He changed the fitting, mopped up some of the water, and told me the manager of Perez Enterprises would contact me the following day to sort out all the damage caused by the leak.

It had leaked all the way through two ceilings and a wall to the first floor. The following day Mr Perez came and inspected the issues, and firstly informed me that they would wait for the water to dry and then pay to repaint the stains created in the ceiling from the leak. I was of course concerned with this course of action due to large amount of water that had leaked and the possibility of mold. Eventually Mr Perez had a company come and setup fans and dehumidifiers to dry out the ceiling/wall/attic quickly, and treat for mold. This took 3 days.

Fortunately I was having the house repainted, and so asked my painter to paint the ceiling, and Mr Perez agreed to the charge for the ceiling painting. Overall, a simple water heater replacement became a massive headache, causing damage to the property that needed to be rectified. If the original installers had taken more care over their work, this would not have been necessary.

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