Recently, I went to Home Depot to purchase a new screen door latch to replace the previous one that broke in sub-zero weather. This latch had served me faithfully for over a quarter of a century, but she finally gave up the ghost. So I spent an hour researching what the best options were available to me on the Web, and decided that the storm latches from Wright Products warranted further investigation.
Armed with this information, I headed off to the local Home Depot store in Canton, Michigan, which is located on U.S. Highway 12. Thankfully, the friendly staff at the store was able to point me in the right direction to the Hardware section. After spending 10 minutes browsing the offerings from Wright Products, I was able to find an almost identical match that I needed. So I purchased model VC333BL, and brought it home with me.
The installation of this door latch was really straight forward. Wright's storm door latches are made from heavy-duty aluminum, not cheap plastic like other competitors use. What amazed was that the instructions on the back of the packing carton were easy to read and follow step-by-step. This is a real plus in this day and age, when so many products and technical manuals are produced in countries where English is a secondary language.
Thankfully, I was able to use the original holes in my storm door to mount the new latch. Installation was a breeze and only it took me 30 minutes to lineup everything and make some minor adjustments. However, I ran into a slight problem.
While lining up the VC333BL latch, the spring that goes in behind the door button fell off and hit the ground. To make matters worse, I accidentally stepped on the spring ruining it. This minor accident really bummed me out for a while, so I decided to contact Wright Products and obtain a replacement spring.
I fired off an e-mail the next day, and received a reply back from Nicole Carter, who is a Customer Care Specialist at Wright Products. She replied back and I gave her my contact information. She promised a replacement spring in 7-10 business days. However, when I received a box from FedEx, I was shocked that they sent me not just a new spring, but a completely brand-new door latch at no cost. Now this is what I call customer service!!
I will be a solid Wright Products customer from hereon out. Furthermore, I highly recommend them, and award their outstanding products and customer service by giving them a 5-star award here on Yelp. read more