A-Nova Appliance Factory Authorized Service
About us
A Nova Appliance is a family owned and operated business. We have happily been serving the DC Metropolitan area since 1978. We specialize in most major brands of household appliances including refrigerators, microwaves, wine coolers, outdoor grills, ovens, cooktops, garbage disposals and many more. We are factory authorized for the following brands: Viking, Scotsman, Fisher & Paykel, DCS, Samsung, Asko, and Best & Broan. We also service most appliance brands out of warranty. Diagnostic fee: $99 Virginia, Maryland; $129 Washington DC. Additional Service areas- Portions of Charles, Fauquier, & Prince Georges Counties
Business highlights
Services we offer
Appliance Repair
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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My only complaint is that while the part was ordered, I was not informed of the likely delivery/installation time until I called the office a few days later to find out. At that time Harold, the service manager, told me that it was delayed from the source but should be in by today (a week after the original rough estimate), and they had already scheduled a tech assuming that it was. Sure enough, one of the original techs (Orlando) and Harold showed up this morning, took the drier down and replaced the element - I now have a working drier again!
Overall - the work has been handled professionally, and Harold has been diligent in checking that I am satisfied both with the quality of the work being done, and how it was being done.
That seemed a bit high to me, so I called Tribels, a local appliance parts supply store that I have used previously. The man was extremely nice. Tribels charges $26 for the defrost timer and $24 for the defrost thermostat. I asked Tribels if we were talking about the same part because I couldn't believe that A NOVA would charge $130 for a $24 part. Tribles said that they see this all the time.
Then Tribels told me that repair stores will also tell clients that they need a defrost thermostat when the part is not bad at all. They explained to me how to test whether the thermostat is working properly or not. Sure enough, the thermostat is working fine and did not need to be replaced.
I purchased the $26 defrost timer and replaced it myself.
In the end, A NOVA would have cost me around $350 - $109 diagnosis fee, $170 in parts (ONE OF WHICH I DID NOT NEED) and labor costs. I could have spent just $26 and fixed my fridge myself.
Given the failing fridge (with the upper storage compartment now also failing to cool properly) and the fact that A-Nova could not tell us when the part would arrive, we asked Viking for another recommendation. We decided to go with Wuerstlin's Appliance Service who promptly sent a tech out the next day. Turns out that as soon as the Wuerstin tech arrived he recognized the problem and attributed it to a defective and quot;thermostat terminatorand quot; - not the secondary drain. This was causing the freezer temperature sensor to work improperly. He had the part in his van (a $35 item) and quickly replaced it.
How do we know the A-Nova tech misdiagnosed the problem? Well - it is 10 days later now and the fridge is working perfectly again both top and bottom.
The next day, after the Wuerstlin tech's visit, we called A-Nova to cancel the order for the part. We spoke to a manager who was quick to point out that we would be responsible for a and quot;restocking feeand quot; - although she had no idea if the part had even left the factory - go figure. BTW- Their invoice to us (which included the price of the part) states nothing about a restocking fee either - no fine print - nor was this ever communicated to us verbally by the tech. Frankly we don't even know how much that would be.
To top it off, my wife received a rude and unprofessional call from and quot;Haroldand quot; the A-Nova technician yesterday in which he went off ranting and raving in a voice mail to her about canceling the ordered part and his insistence that she was responsible for the restocking fee of this item. Not only was he unprofessional but the message was totally uncalled for given that we had previously spoken to the A-Nova and quot;managerand quot; about this . Given his misdiagnoses, unprofessional behavior, and our experience with A-Nova, I can only recommend staying away from these folks .
Good for us we found a qualified tech the second time around. My advice - call another service company..
Very unresponsive. Finally when we were to schedule them, the technician arrived 5 minutes before our window was to end. He had been to our house before seen the hood and said he could do it. When he came back he had no instructions on how to do it, luckily we had them from the Internet. He then said he couldn't take the risk as the glass might break. Called some people from our house. Told us that he would get us someone who has experiencing installing the hood. No follow-up from their side. When I called told us that the Company who would manufacture the hood would call us. No one did. We finally got someone on our own to fix it.
"[removed member's name], After Reviewing our records. I Do not show we have you in our system as a customer? If we committed to an appointment we would have a record of your address and or Name. Please confirm that you did in fact schedule with A Nova Appliance. Also, we do offer Saturday appointments if they are available, but only in the morning,. never any evening appointments, Please contact us at our office if the information I am researching is incorrect, so we can address the situation accrordingly. Thank You! Anova Management,"
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