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Conn's Appliances Complaint - Never Buy From Conn's. Ever! - HDTV Plasma TV, Washing Machine
HDTV Plasma TV, Washing Machine - Complaint
BEAUMONT, TEXAS -- I have been witness to two horrific accounts of rude customer service, overcharged billing, unwillingness to cooperate with existing warranties, and just overall poor business ethics.
My first encounter occurred when I was working at a Lamar State College Port Arthur's theatre department's office. We had ordered two huge flat screen plasma TV's and mounts for our stage, and they were to be delivered the next day. They promised they would charge us 899 each for the TV's and 200 each for the mounts. It didn't arrive the next day, it arrived four days after the order. We needed the TV's for a show that was opening soon, and that four days stressed us.
When we unpacked the TV's, one was broken. It would not turn on. So we called and they said they would be out the next day to bring a new one and replace it. They arrived a week later. We got it up just in time. (Note: each time we called, we never got speedy, friendly service; we were always put through the ringer.) Then our financial office called us a month later. CONN'S charged us $999 each for the TV's, not $899.
We called everyday for three days straight to get them to fix it. We didn't understand, we wanted to pay them, but no one would help us. We got the ringer, no one knew who could fix the problem. We left messages with everyone. The last day, we were transferred around for an hour and a half. No one was in to help us, everyone had left, or was still at lunch, or on vacation- (it was 2:30 on a Wednesday). We finally got through to someone who said it wasn't her job to help us, but she would because she felt sorry for us. We made it clear that our department would never buy from them again.
My parents had purchased a washing machine about a year and a half ago, and a warranty. So when it stopped spinning, we called them to come fix it. A few days later they came to fix it. They said it couldn't be fixed, and we could get it replaced. The next week (and lots of dirty laundry and trips to the laundromat later), they called and told us to come in tomorrow to find a replacement. They were treated to a money hungry, commission seeking, totally disrespectful sales person, who refused/ignored my parents request to see a copy of the original warranty and receipt. The girl told them at one time that the machine was less than a year old, and another that it was a year and a half. She protested when my mother implied that they would haul off the old machine, saying, "why would conn's want a broken machine." Without giving them a copy of the original receipt, she stated that my parents paid $300 to for the old machine. My parents paid over $500. She tried to blow it off by saying that it was like a car, "it depreciated in value over time, so that's why it was less." Then later she said that was what they paid, it didn't depreciate. Without an original receipt or warranty, how were they to know if that was true? This situation just happened today, and we have still not completely resolved it. We will be reporting them to the better business bereau, and it has become my job to post this all over the internet. They are an awful company, who don't care about quality or service. The way I see it, it's my duty to complain to everyone.
Moral:
NEVER BUY FROM CONN'S. EVER.
My first encounter occurred when I was working at a Lamar State College Port Arthur's theatre department's office. We had ordered two huge flat screen plasma TV's and mounts for our stage, and they were to be delivered the next day. They promised they would charge us 899 each for the TV's and 200 each for the mounts. It didn't arrive the next day, it arrived four days after the order. We needed the TV's for a show that was opening soon, and that four days stressed us.
When we unpacked the TV's, one was broken. It would not turn on. So we called and they said they would be out the next day to bring a new one and replace it. They arrived a week later. We got it up just in time. (Note: each time we called, we never got speedy, friendly service; we were always put through the ringer.) Then our financial office called us a month later. CONN'S charged us $999 each for the TV's, not $899.
We called everyday for three days straight to get them to fix it. We didn't understand, we wanted to pay them, but no one would help us. We got the ringer, no one knew who could fix the problem. We left messages with everyone. The last day, we were transferred around for an hour and a half. No one was in to help us, everyone had left, or was still at lunch, or on vacation- (it was 2:30 on a Wednesday). We finally got through to someone who said it wasn't her job to help us, but she would because she felt sorry for us. We made it clear that our department would never buy from them again.
My parents had purchased a washing machine about a year and a half ago, and a warranty. So when it stopped spinning, we called them to come fix it. A few days later they came to fix it. They said it couldn't be fixed, and we could get it replaced. The next week (and lots of dirty laundry and trips to the laundromat later), they called and told us to come in tomorrow to find a replacement. They were treated to a money hungry, commission seeking, totally disrespectful sales person, who refused/ignored my parents request to see a copy of the original warranty and receipt. The girl told them at one time that the machine was less than a year old, and another that it was a year and a half. She protested when my mother implied that they would haul off the old machine, saying, "why would conn's want a broken machine." Without giving them a copy of the original receipt, she stated that my parents paid $300 to for the old machine. My parents paid over $500. She tried to blow it off by saying that it was like a car, "it depreciated in value over time, so that's why it was less." Then later she said that was what they paid, it didn't depreciate. Without an original receipt or warranty, how were they to know if that was true? This situation just happened today, and we have still not completely resolved it. We will be reporting them to the better business bereau, and it has become my job to post this all over the internet. They are an awful company, who don't care about quality or service. The way I see it, it's my duty to complain to everyone.
Moral:
NEVER BUY FROM CONN'S. EVER.
Comments:
Posted by hugs and rainbows on 2007-11-15:
Correction: With my parent's washing machine, they came out four times, never fixed it, all the repair people would say is, "We'll call you later." It was yesterday they finally got a call to come in and get a new one.
Posted by MRM on 2007-11-16:
The name of the business should have given you a clue of what they're all about as well as other complaints about this business.
Posted by WaxRash on 2007-11-16:
Is this Conns a "rent to own" place?
Nothing but complaints about these kooks
Nothing but complaints about these kooks
Posted by darth_salesman on 2008-04-06:
dude, for 999 you probably got the 42PC5D (42in LG Plasma) or the HPT4254 (42in Samsung Plasma) either way, Plasma sucks. you shouldnt have done that. i work for conns and i have never sold either of those tvs. i always step them up to the bigger LCD tvs. and that is not alot of money that conns is making, and it is all about money.
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