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mexnoob
09-07-2011, 11:18 PM
Hi guys

I'm writing you from Mexico, the reason I come here is that there's not much info or talk about hvac on the web in spanish.

We have had problems with a GE fridge basically since we bought it, or maybe it lasted a year working alright, after that it has broken 4 or 5 times. We live in a small town and the closest real city is 60km away, and getting technicians to come and fix the fridge is always a problem.

After a while with the fridge without working, we decided we will give it a try to get it fixed, before buying a new one. Well we contacted the official warranty and repairs company, we knew we would pay more but what the heck, we wanted good service. So we call this company with coverage in the whole country (Serviplus) and they communicated us with their closest associated technician, and they come, can't fix the fridge here and take it to their shop.

Ten days later or so, they call us, saying it's the compressor and giving us a quote accordingly. The freezer was working when they first came, but I was not told the guy had said the compressor was the problem. Approximately 10 later, after I called them like 5 times, they show up with the fridge: they plug it in, and somehow, since they had said it was working in the shop three days ago, we didn't make them wait to see if it was really cooling, so we payed them and they left. On retrospective it was like they where running scared. One thing the boss said was that it had been expensive because they had had to replace the compressor among other things.

Obviously, 6 hours later we realized it was not going to cool. My sister, fed up with the fridge, the technicians and the situation, moved the fridge, took away the cardboard piece they had put to cover the compressor and stuff and finds out it was the same compressor it had before the repair. Exactly the same, black and round like a ball. With some pipes. I'm kidding you. We know it's the same because the fridge had some stains of some kind of liquid coming down from the top, and these stains fall down exactly to the compressor, and had made a distinct shape with a tape that had been used to hold a cable. We had seen this for like 2 months that the fridge was showing its guts because it was in a hallway.

The technician of course denied it, and said he will come that same afternoon to see the problem, he never showed up. It's been a week and he doesn't answer the phone, and I called the super reliable company Serviplus and they said all they can do is fill a report so that the next time their supervisers visit the guy they will ask about it. They offer no warranty at all, and the technician gave us no receipt, he only signed a piece of paper when we gave them the down payment.

What I come here asking you is: is there a way we can prove the compressor is the same? We know it's not the same, but we want to be able to prove it in order to sue this guy before the Consumer Protection Agency.

Do you guys think Serviplus (the official technical service company for GE and another brand name appliances) should offer me protection in these type of cases? Or is this normal?

I will really appreciate all you can comment in this case, to be honest we feel like crap, we will probably not gonna see our money again but we want to at least report both the technician and Serviplus.

precision hvac
09-07-2011, 11:35 PM
The serial number on the compressor will date it.
Post the numbers of the compressor- model & serial number.

bmathews
09-07-2011, 11:42 PM
Large companies do not care. You can report them to whomever. But likely nothing will happen other than maybe you will feel better. First thing is. Never try to fix a refrigerator unless it's an expensive one. That being over $1500. Otherwise, toss the thing in the trash and go buy a new one. You probably could have taken the money you paid them to "fix" it and had a nice down payment on a new one or bought a new one outright.

mexnoob
09-08-2011, 12:51 AM
What I come here asking you is: is there a way we can prove the compressor is the same? We know it's not the same, but we want to be able to prove it in order to sue this guy before the Consumer Protection Agency.


I meant to type "We know its the same". I could not find the edit post button.

@recision hvac I will look for the serial and post it later or tomorrow.

@bmathews yeah that's what I thought, reporting Serviplus won't do anything, but maybe they can scare the associated technician at least, who knows. ANd we will buy another fridge now lol.

Rcb2875
09-08-2011, 01:10 AM
Not sure how things work in Mexico but you may be able to file a fraud charge on the company that picked up and supposedly replaced the compressor. If it will be worth the trouble is another issue.

dan wong
09-08-2011, 01:56 AM
http://www.angieslist.com/

http://www.ripoffreport.com/lists/2/default2879.htm

mexnoob
09-08-2011, 04:12 AM
The serial number on the compressor will date it.
Post the numbers of the compressor- model & serial number.

The label is on the hidden side of the compressor and I didn't want to take the compressor out so it stays exactly as they left it, besides the copper pipes may break, so with some trouble I used a dentist mirror and a flashlight and got these numbers:


EGY60HLP

513701027 K08GJTK9

There were some other numbers on the sticker, in a table, but they were really small and couldn't read them, but I think they were about amps, hz, etc.

I hope they work, if not let me know and I will take the compressor out.



@Rcb2875 Yeah that's the thing, maybe is not worth the trouble but we gotta do something, we feel like slapped and laughed at and without arms to fight back. I guess we could forget all about it and move on but something inside tells us that we gotta at least tell about it to someone..

@dan wong I bet those report sites do work but I don't know about one for Mexico, there are the classic rants sites but they focus in ranting about 10 or so national companies, nothing local. Whats the point of ranting about a monopoly, you gotta use them anyway.

SeattlePioneer
09-08-2011, 05:59 PM
Edited my mod

I know you're kidding, but let's go easy on the violent speak please.

Thanks

Dad
09-08-2011, 07:53 PM
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