Like several people have mentioned, SS used to be "the place" to purchase premium appliances in Central Florida. Their salespeople were knowledgeable and their service and install people were, too. We went to SS for appliances after we had shopped at the "big box stores" and although their prices weren't better at SS, they were "close enough" for what we thought would be excellent customer service compared to the big box stores.
Greg was the guy I got on the phone and he was helpful, especially when it came to making that 10k+ sale. After that, things went downhill. We had ordered the appliances for a remodel and had asked SS to hold the appliances until we were ready for their install. Great, no problem. Until it was. We called a few weeks later and that is when we were told one of our appliances was back ordered for another month and a half. I think that is pretty important information that should have been shared as soon as they knew. Especially since we gave them an approximate date for when we would need the appliances. I could let that slide, given the supply chain mess left post-COVID. Once the appliance came in, another round of bad service started. Instead of Gregg, I got Evans. He didn't offer to get Gregg on the phone, so I figured it might be his day off or whatever, but as it played out Evans became our new "person" at SS. We scheduled the delivery of the appliance ASAP, which I will say was nice, since we had waited 3+ months for it. When it was delivered, there was still lots of renovations going on. The delivery guys took the appliance upstairs and installed it and left. We went to use the appliance, went on vacation a week later and then used the appliance when we got home. Christmas Day we were preparing for some more renovations and noticed newly done drywall had water stains. We traced it back to the appliance leaking. We stopped using the appliance, called SS the next business day and requested service to remedy the problem (brand new appliance leaking). I got Evans again and I sensed some attitude, but he contacted LG to have them send out a contracted service agent. The soonest they could come out was 1/6/24. Not great, but I get it-holidays.... When the service agent got to the house it was the last 5 minutes of the window we had been given. He looked at the appliance, stated he needed two service people to do the job and left without doing anything. I get it, not SS. More attitude from Evans when I explained that the service person came and went without fixing anything. Another call to LG for a service call. The new company was 2 weeks out on their service and it took every one of those 14 days to get out to look at the appliance. They were late, had recorded the incorrect service address and were even later when they finally arrived. But... when they got to the house they figured out that the appliance had been installed incorrectly by SS. They sent us the part that needed to be ordered to complete the install and were on their way. I forwarded to ticket and the needed part to Evans the next day, per his request (more attitude). Two days later we received a piece of the kit the repair guy said needed to be ordered (not the whole kit). We installed the piece, but there was still another piece (part of the kit) that was needed. Another call and more attitude and another e-mail with pictures of the part needed. Two days later a random part that was NOT needed arrived. This time an e-mail with more pictures of the missing piece and more attitude from Evans. I gave up (I'm sure that's what they were hoping for). I researched the part number, ordered it myself and had it overnighted. 5+ months later and the appliance will be properly installed. Ugh! It shouldn't be this hard! And I didn't save myself any grief or get any better service than the big box stores and I paid more for it all, too. I really hope my story is unique and all of the others going to SS for the same reasons we did, get what they went for. We didn't. read more