Response from All About Glass & Windows, Inc
Hello, I am so sorry that you were obviously upset about our policy of charging a service fee. However, as this rating is designed to allow other consumers to make an informed decision, I would like to clear up a few items: •Our service fee is based a number of factors, one of which is the distance from our location. Our service fee in Astoria is $95.00 not $175.00. I cannot be sure where the $175.00 figure came from since we rarely would give a service fee that high. The actual service fee is disclosed up front and we explain that the service fee is deducted from the job price if the customer does the work. •In most cases if a customer is willing to provide us with some pertinent information, a free phone quote can be given. •95 % of the time our services are retained once we go out to evaluate a job, and the service fee ends up being deducted from the job cost, becoming a non-issue. •Since you were not willing to pay the service fee, we never had an appointment to do any work. Therefore there should not be any entry in job date or any entry in promptness etc on the rating form. With the cost of operating a business continually rising (gasoline, insurance, labor, parking tickets etc) most customers agree that a reasonable service fee that is deducted from the job cost is a fair method of allowing us to offset some of the cost of dispatching a truck to look at a job, when a free phone quote is not possible. I am sorry that you were so dissatisfied with our policy but that does not make us not prompt, unprofessional, or otherwise worthy of an "F". We truly strive to make all our customers satisfied, and would welcome the opportunity to work with you in the future if you ever need us.