So in January, I had the unfortunate event of two of my Dyson vacuums breaking.
The cyclone part for my stick vacuum cracked, and the upright vacuum stopped sucking up anything.
At the time, I never thought I should have written down the serial numbers or contact the customer service by phone first. Because I live relatively close to the nearest Dyson Service Center, I figured I could just swing by real quick, have it diagnosed, repaired, and go home with a working vacuum again.
Oh how wrong I was. I wish someone had told me that it will be the LAST TIME I'll ever see my upright vacuum again.
So the first and the last time I've gone to the Fairfax Dyson Service Center, I was blown away by how cramped and disorganized the whole situation was. The inside was very dusty and the line had 6-8 people ahead of me. There's no sign in sheet and only one person working. The phone is ringing nonstop with nobody answering. I waited about close to an hour for my turn with many people leaving unhappy. It was sort of astonishing how many of the same models of vacuums were getting dropped off or ready to be picked up! And the people queuing to drop off their devices also had the same model, mine included.
Anyhow, once it was my turn to get my vacuums dealt with, I was able to have my stick vacuum repaired there and then. The cyclone was entirely replaced right away. I was told that they don't have the necessary parts to repair the upright vacuum that day and need to leave my device there. "Can I help the next person in line!!" said the service center guy. I didn't want to make other people wait so I left without asking more questions.
Long story short, I never heard back from the service center. I was told that someone will call me to give me a quote for repair and pickup date but never did. Mind you it was dropped off in January. It's March 2nd today.
Well, a whole week went by after the vacuum was dropped off and not a word was heard from them. I tried calling them only to reach voicemail or a voicemail not accepting any messages. It eventually updated the voicemail recording instructing to email them. So I emailed them and heard nothing back.
Meanwhile, I have reached the Dyson Customer Service twice. The first time around, they told me to call back in about 14 business days because nothing was showing on their end of the system. I was informed that they could try locating it if I have the serial number for the device located ON THE VACUUM or the manual.......well if I had the vacuum on hand, I wouldn't be calling in the first place? No? And the manual was tossed and recycled awhile back. It's readily available to view it from the Dyson website so I never thought I'd need to keep it.
So another 2 weeks went by and I had heard nothing from either places-- not the Fairfax Dyson Service Center or the Dyson Customer Service. And by then, I was entirely fed up with the whole ordeal. The crazy amount of dust and dog hair in my household, the multiple unanswered calls and emails to the Fairfax Service Center, and the non solution offered by the Dyson customer service representative.
And now that it's March and I enjoy having a replacement vacuum altogether, I'm writing here to let everyone know that if you ever need your Dyson serviced in any way, CALL their customer service first. ONLY take it to the physical Dyson Service Center as a last resort. Those are the exact words given to by the customer service rep I spoke to the last time and realizing my upright vacuum is forever gone.
I am just hopeful that something like this doesn't get repeated again!!! Not for my household or anyone else for that matter! read more