TEXAS APPLIANCE & BUILDERS' SUPPLY
About us
Home appliance sales. Most major brands are displayed at our four Tarrant county locations. We are the areas largest independent seller of home appliances to home builders. Locally owned with over 80 employees ready to help. TXAPPLIANCE.COM
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Services we offer
Installation, delivery, sales of most major bands of home appliances.
Amenities
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Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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"Without knowing what brand of appliance the the member was looking at, I feel that it is important for people to understand that some of the manufactures do have pricing policies that we as a dealer are supposed to abide by. Steven Owen"
The delivery and installation part left much to be desired.
They were supposed to call 30 minutes prior to delivery so I could come meet them. The driver called at 11:50 but when I arrived to the house at 12:25 there was no one there. So, I did some busy work until 12:45-still no truck.
I called the dispatcher who after calling the driver and calling me back, informed me that since no one was there, the driver just decided to take a lunch. No phone call, no anything. She asked me if I wanted to wait for him and I said "Yea...but I'm not happy about it" Her response was "That's fine." Click. I called back and spoke with Joi, and it's my understanding that that issue was handled the same day.
The driver finally arrived, didn't care that he was almost an hour late. He brought the refrigerator in, scratched the walls in the process. Then the refrigerator didn't fit because there was some trim around the base of the refrigerator space.
I asked him if he could hook up the washer and dryer in 30 minutes because that's all the time I had left for him. He said no so I told him to take it all back.
I will say that I thought it would not have taken as long as it did, but by the time I had to wait an hour for the driver to even show up I had to go back to work by then.
I stopped by the store that afternoon and spoke to Joi about all the issues. We rescheduled the delivery for the 9th.
On the 9th, the truck got there with 2 installers. They were very nice and very perfessional. We still had refrigerator issues stemming from the quality of work on cabnietry so they installed the washer and dryer while we decided what we were going to do about the fridge.
During the dryer installation, the dryer was plugged in and sparked. This spark also caught the dryer vent on fire. They replaced the vent tube but told me that the outlet was not grounded and that we should have an electrician come out. They assured me that they had double and triple checked their wiring.
I placed a call to an electric company on the 10th and begged them to come the same day. They came and checked the outlet and couldn't find anything wrong with it. The electrician proceeded to check the wiring on the dryer and told me that the dryer was wired wrong. The installers had actually put the ground wire on the "hot" hook-up. The electrician correctly wired the dryer and now all is well.
I am happy with my products, but I would not use Texas Appliance again.
"The member is correct! Texas Appliance does NOT service appliances of any kind. All appliances have 1 year MFG warranty and must be serviced by an authorized service provider for that brand according to MFG guidelines."
"Thanks so much for your business. Hope you have many years of great service from your appliance. Jimmy Etling Retail Division Manager"
"The member did buy the dishwasher as stated, picked it up at our warehouse and installed the dishwasher himself. The member called to state his problem with the dishwasher leaking and asked to have the unit replaced. It is Texas Appliance's policy that when a unit is picked up and installed by a consumer that a appliance service company (in this case GE's own factory service) inspect the unit and unless the unit is deemed unrepairable, repair the unit. If the unit is unrepairable only then will GE who is the responsible party as they are the legal entity who has a written warranty covering repair or replacement authorize a replacement for the affected unit. Texas Appliance doesn't know what happened to the unit or what happened during the install when done by a consumer to accept the unit back sight unseen. Texas Appliance's policy is that if we do the delivery and installation, if a unit has an initial problem we will replace the unit. We can offer this as all conditions are in our control and there is no doubt as to how the unit failed. Texas Appliance loves to say yes to any reasonable request. When the member refused anyone looking at the dishwasher we believe this isn't being reasonable and it leaves us where we are today. As to the dishwasher being a 2011 year model. The appliance industry doesn't work like the automobile industry. An appliance manufacturer may make the same model for 5-10 years. Models in the appliance industry are either current or discontinued. The member purchased a current model that was manufactured in May 2010. We purchased the unit from GE in October and then it was purchased by the member in January. Absolutely none of this as a time line is outside the norm for the industry. During my phone call with the member I never stated that "I didn't care what he wanted". I would NEVER respond to a customer with that statement. I don't feel I was argumentative or unfriendly. We have a hard and fast policy on returns when installation is done by the consumer. The member is mistaking my response of "sorry, no" as argumentative and unfriendly. I am very sorry that the member is experiencing problems. Texas Appliance always wants happy customers but we don't have a no questions asked return policy. Practically no manufacturer today takes back any product from an appliance dealer if returned by a consumer. This leaves the appliance dealer with the task of reselling the unit as "returned, AS-IS, scratch & dent, etc.". To then resell this product customers expect discounts of 30-50% off to buy an item that is returned. I don't have a problem with telling you and it surprises most everyone that appliance dealers today work on profit margins of 20-24%. This is why our return policy is so hard and fast. If we do an installation and make a mistake or damage the merchandise we unfortunately pay the price and replace the unit but we do so knowing everything is under our control. We can't afford to do so when the consumer did the installation and there is no inspection to ascertain how the unit is damaged/nonfunctional. As much as I sympathize with the member, we are in the same position as we started. The unit needs to be serviced by the manufacturer. I stand ready to help him accomplish this as needed. Jimmy Etling, Retail Division Manager"
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