RELIABLE ELECTRIC

We heard the crash- the kitchen chandelier had torn out of the ceiling and glass shattered everywhere. Reliable Electric had installed it 13 months ago. Their electrician, D., arrived at our home a few minutes before I did and my wife let him in. He arrived seething with anger and hostility- my wife said she felt threatened having him in the house. When I got home D. was still steaming mad and was basically shouting at me that it wasn’t their fault and it’s only a 12 month warranty and besides we probably did something to make it happen and so on. When I tried to ask him if he would let me complete a sentence he continued to shout so I walked to another room and he left the house. (My new electrician explained that the deck-style screws Reliable had put into the plastic ceiling can were a little too big and eventually the plastic split.) His boss (the owner?) Rich called the next day. He wasn’t yelling but it was clear customer retention was not a priority for him. No apology for D’s behavior, tried to blame us for the failure, no offer to make good on this (they had done many projects here), no ‘I’ll split it with you’ for what would be 1-2 hours of effort. “Reliable”?- nope.

It took him forever because there was an issue. He should have been able to resolve the issue a lot quicker. He was great. He did a good job but it just took forever because he had a problem. He could have got someone here to help him.

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