I have dealt with Ameritech in the past few years and been very pleased with their courtesy and good service, and I trusted them. However, they must have changed ownership or management because my recent experience was extremely disappointing. I had initially called and left a message at 7:30 am on Wednesday. Never heard back from them, so I called and explained the problem and was given a window for them to send the Technician, between 12 Noon and 2 p.m. The dispatcher called me at 1:30 p.m., stating that the Tech was running about one hour to 90 minutes late due to unexpected delays in the previous customer's service call. I was told both times that the Tech would be calling me about 30 minutes prior to arriving. He showed up at my door at 3 p.m. without calling, saying he was having his lunch nearby and didn't have time to call. By then it had started to rain, and the first thing he said was: "I won't be able to do any outside work today, we'll just have to wait and see if the rain stops!" He appeared uninterested in asking any questions about the AC, and I felt like I had to MOTIVATE HIM to do his job. I explained the series of events, that it had been working on and off over the past few days, and finally convinced him to go outside and listen to the unit. He ran to his van and got a "Capacitor" and installed it, checked one wire, and then said my compressor had to be replaced. He appeared to be in such a hurry to leave, that when I asked what else needed to be checked before reaching his conclusion, he was unprofessional and rude. He initially refused to answer my questions about what the diagnostic service he planned to perform for the $ 69.95 fee for today!! He then uninstalled the new Capacitor, telling me that it would not be fair to charge me $ 225 for that if the real problem was the compressor, which he estimated would cost 300-400 dollars. Well, I did research after he left, and a capacitor on average costs about $30 max., and a Compressor costs a minimum of $ 700 to buy and to install.. According to the websites and research I had done, he was supposed to have checked the entire system in a step by step manner, He did not test the wires, the refrigerant, circuit board, the condenser, nothing. He said all those parts of the system would be checked by the next Tech who came to install the new Compressor! When I asked if the coils needed cleaning, he just shrugged and said they looked fine, when actually they were filthy!! I hadn't seen them until he opened up the unit...and then he criticized me and tried to shame me for not knowing where the Air Filter is located. I am a petite, intelligent and independent female, and I do a lot of DIY projects to take care of my home as best as I can but there are just some things I feel I need to rely on the professionals to know how to do. I spoke to "Sheryl, the Service Manager" who apologized, promised to send a different Tech who would complete the Service Call at "9:00 am Saturday morning." She promised to call me "right back" with a cost estimate for the compressor, e-mail me a brochure with the checklist of components the Tech must assess in order to complete the service call, and to ensure that he arrives on time." It is now 9:45 am Saturday, and no one has shown up, nor returned my 3 X calls. I am furious, and will never deal with this company again. I am calling my bank to cancel the money I paid them.