My opinion is that you should think twice before utilizing this Durable Medical Equipment (DME) company. The CPAP mask I was fitted with by the respiratory therapist at this company caused serious excoriation, bleeding, redness, and became infected. As instructed when I picked up the CPAP machine and mask, I called the company on Monday morning at 9:30am to pass along the serious need for intervention.
When you start CPAP, you get a 30 day guarantee where you are allowed to return your mask for another one. Because of this DME's awful service and lack of returning my phone call in anything close to a timely manner, I had to buy a mask from another store as I still needed to continue with therapy. I had to pay for this mask completely out of my pocket.
Unfortunately, I didn't hear back from this company until 10:30am the next day, Tuesday. So, I brought the mask back to the office on Tuesday and expressed my serious disappointment with their terrible customer focused service and showed them my infected nose which looked absolutely terrible. I still have pictures of my nose.
When I asked the Manager of the DME about why they didn't call me back quickly, the respiratory therapist interrupted our conversation and stated that "they were very busy on Monday with important people." I let her know that I may not be important to her but I was very, very important to myself.
I asked her where I was on her importance list; was I number twenty? Number fifty? Number one hundred? And, was there any way to climb the list so I could, at a minimum, get moderate service. She replied the I should have e-mailed her as she checks her e-mails numerous times throughout the day. I reminded her that when I picked up the machine and mask from her, I was instructed by her to call the office if the mask caused problems. I suggested that she check her phone messages every now and then if she has that much time to go on-line, especially if she has a phone message that one of her patients who is excoriated, bleeding, concerned, and in pain.
The Manager of the DME gave me a different mask from the display case. As I was leaving the store, the Manager felt the need to add that his store "tries to return all phone calls within 24 hours." I replied that I would let the home office in Tennessee know that he tries to return all calls within 24 hours. After I said this, he then added, "that's not what I said. I said we return all calls within 24 hours." I said, "If that is really the case, why didn't I get a return call within 24 hours?" He didn't even try to reply.
My opinion is that the customer service is absolutely the worst I have run into in quite a while. When something goes wrong, instead of simply apologizing, they spin the issue and make the issue totally your fault. This is ridiculous and who needs this headache.
I also wrote the head company in Tennessee regarding the issue. Keeping with their non-customer focused skills, they never replied to my correspondence.
I would recommend staying away from this DME unless you enjoy headaches and being treated like you are second class.
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