Twin City Appliance Inc
About us
Twin City Appliance, Inc. was formed in 1984 by Dennis and Sarah Broughton. Dennis began work at Shreveport Refrigeration in the 1970's and decided to open his own service business. From a 1 man shop to 12 employees, we have stayed committed to this business and the Shreveport/Bossier City area. Last year, we ran over 20,000 house calls. We strive to offer the best possible service and if we fall short, please call Sarah and I'll do my best to fix the issue. Thank you for allowing us to serve you!
Business highlights
Services we offer
House Appliance Repars for: refrigerators, compactors, cooktops, dishwashers, dryers, freezers, icemachines, microwave ovens & window airconditioning units., pinnacle and down draft vents, ranges, wallovens, warming drawers, washers, winecoolers
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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Manny, the repairman, had an attitude issue. He did not even tighten the console down on the dryer when he finished. He said that their was nothing wrong with the dryer, but it did not dry clothes after he left. I called to tell Twin Cities owner, Dennis this but I had to pull teeth to get him to call me back. Dennis did not even say he was sorry about the way Manny acted. I don't think that I would use them again.
"We schedule between 8 and 12 and 12 to 5. I apologize, but sometimes schedules run ahead and sometimes they run behind. I pulled up the day that your service was scheduled. The job before yours was scheduled to take 45 minutes. That job ran over 2 hours. The tech, Chuck, is very good about letting us know when he is running behind. I am sorry that you did not get that call. We have changed office personnel since that time. As far as the floor goes, this is the first time that I have heard anything about this. The tech's have cell phones to takes pictures and I have no entries from either the tech or office personnel about this. We are a family owned business and both my husband and I are available here at the office Monday through Friday. Please give me a call."
"For Clarification: Our House Call (trip charge & diagnosis) is good for 30 days. We only use original manufacturer's parts. If we replace a part, our labor is guaranteed for as long as manufacturer of that part guarantees it. In this case, we replaced the defrost bimetal and element on April 5, 2012. Samsung guarantees their parts for 90 days and we guaranteed the labor to match for 90 days (until July 5, 2012). The problem that the customer originally had was that the unit was not defrosting every 6 - 8 hours so that the evaporator iced up and the unit quit cooling. Had we misdiagnosed it, the frost would have accumulated again within 5-7 days and the unit would have quit cooling again. The repair corrected the problem. He called August 29, 2012 and wanted a free repair. As this was almost 2 months after the 3 month warranty expired, we were not able to give him a free repair and Samsung was not willing to give him free parts."
"Looking back over the records, the bill was sent in error. I have since replaced that office worker. Unfortunately time to time, we do received defective new parts. Replacement parts are provided at no expense to the customer when this happens, as it was in this case. The water valve only allows water into the machine and has nothing to do with the machine cooling or not cooling. Unfortunately, after the water was working, the unit failed again and needed the freon, compressor, evaporator rebuilt. I wish that you had called me personally. We try very hard to provide the best possible service for each customer. I am sorry that you were not happy."
If old fridge was fixable I wanted to give to daughter but I needed to know before new fridge arrived. I needed old refrigerator hauled off if it was not repairable.
Twin City Appliances was able to schedule an appointment out to check out my old fridge before the new one was to be delivered. In fact, once they listened to me talk about how Sears was giving me the runaround, they were able to get someone out to see me the same day I called.
Twin City Appliance was professional, serviceman called before he came, they offered competitive repair rates plus a follow-up call was made to make sure I was happy with their service.
"I have looked up your service and spoken with the technician. He left in a hurry because he became ill. We certainly apolgize for your inconvenience and hope that you will reconsider using us again."
I understand that we all make mistakes, but my problem with this company was lack of attention from office staff and owners (who wouldn't even return my call to discuss my concerns). Of course, I was not happy, but never used inappropriate language or raised my voice, yet receptionist told Lowe's mgr that I was RUDE. It is summertime, I have no refrigerator/freezer, for weeks - rude? As a retired HR manager, I would like to tell her if she can't handle an irritated customer, she doesn't need to be in the customer service field. Left message for owner/mgr to call, never received a call from anyone there. Guess they couldn't handle a rude customer either. You would think they would WANT to talk to a customer who was not happy so they could resolve it.
To summarize, had to wait a week for parts to come in, then wrong part was ordered, hours spent on phone with Lowe's and Samsung. End result...FREON LEAK! If they had really checked it out during second service call, it could have been repaired first day, saving us all so much frustration. Can't help but wonder, if the first sensor board they replaced was even defective. Even after this, NO ONE BOTHERED TO CALL TO APOLOGIZE. (Service man did say he was sorry they didn't catch this problem first time.)
Although this did not cost us any money since refrigerator was under warranty, I'm sure Samsung or Lowe's paid these people plenty for their incompetence. Samsung and Lowes should look closely at this company. Service person left paperwork in my kitchen on this problem when he finally repaired freon leak. Before he came back to pick it up, I noticed that the paperwork showed they had come to my house to make repairs while we were out of town on vacation. The paper showed they waited over 2 hrs in front of my house, but we were "no show." This company was notified we would be out of town if the parts came in to fix it. Glad we didn't have to pay for this, but Lowes or Samsung paid for this!
"We sincerely apologize for your poor experience. Our techs are trained by Samsung twice a year and each model has a certain set of items to be checked by the technician. They are taught by Samsung to use the literature and follow procedures. The control board was replaced 4-27-12 and we were notified 5-24-12 that the refrigerator was having a problem. The Samsung checks that the tech went through the 2nd time indicated a faulty sensor and fan motor. You are right, he should have personally checked using his experience and found the sealed system problem at the time of the 2nd repair. The manufacturer of the product pays for any warranty service and only 1 trip is paid for within any 90 day period, so all the extra work cost was not passed along to anyone, but absorbed by our company. They paid a basic flat fee. There are no notes in our files concerning any rude behavior. Apparently there was a misunderstanding and we apologize for your time and tribulation. We did not perform acceptably in this repair and hope that you will use us again."
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