Diamondback Mech & Solar
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12/30/2009
Provided by YP.comIn September 2009 our A/C unit stopped working. I called a few companies, including Diamondback Air and talked to the owner, John Herman. He was very helpful over the phone so I agreed to have his technician come out the next day to take a look at my unit. When he arrived he determined that the fan motor had seized up and needed to be replaced. Luckily, it was under warranty so it should have been a quick and inexpensive fix. The technician called John for a quote and he quoted me $485. $485 to replace a fan motor that was under warranty and would only take 30 or so minutes to replace! And that was on top of the service fee I had to pay. I immediately called John myself and he gave me some song and dance trying to justify the ridiculous cost. I told him I would hire someone else. I paid them their $70 service fee and sent the technician on his way. I immediately called several other well known reputable companies and got quotes over the phone to replace the motor. All the quotes were SEVERAL HUNDRED dollars less than what John had tried to get out of me. The next morning another company came out and replaced the motor and was in and out in under an hour. They charged me $110 total. I'm just sorry Diamondback Air got $70 of my money. In my opinion, John Herman and Diamondback Air have shady business practices. I don't know if John felt he could prey on someone because it was hot and maybe I was desperate enough to pay the money to have my A/C work again or if it is because I am female and he thought I wouldn't know any better. Either way, I am disgusted by the whole thing. I also found out afterwards that their license was suspended at the time. I advise everyone to stay far away from this company. There are far more honest businesses out there that will get the job done professionally without attempting to rip off their customers.
On 12/30/09 (Late night) we responded to a Customer request (AKA Do not hire) to provide service on her heating system. When we arrived, we discovered the unit was under warranty. Even though the unit was not installed by us we offered to provide the necessary repairs and replace the defective motor under the parts warranty that was causing the unit to not operate. We explained to the customer that we would exchange the part through the Manufactures distributor the next day because they were closed do to the fact it was so late. We also explained that the service charge of $89.90 we charged to come out would be credited back if we did the repairs. We then explained she would have been charged labor only for the replacement of the motor. Unfortunately this would cause the customer to be with out heating for the remainder of the night. The customer made it clear she did not want to be without heating and asked what other options we could offer her. At that point we offered to replace the motor with one of ours but we would need to charge her for the replacement. When she was given the price she became upset and asked us to leave. Apparently the next day she called another Company to replace the motor under warranty. Based on her comments they charged her for labor only just as we had originally quoted. Unfortunately she fails to mention all the facts about what we were offering and paints a poor picture of Diamondback Air Mechanical and Solar. Diamondback Air Mechanical and Solar is a reputable company and has an outstanding record with the BBB and R.O.C. You can look us up on Google and Kudzu and other sites and see the many positive remarks customers have said about us. It is unfortunate this one customer has not taken the time to consider the facts. She is comparing the service she requested from us and the associated fees we quoted against an entirely different set of circumstances.
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