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  • Report:  #213691

Complaint Review: Hhgregg - Greenville South Carolina

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- Greenville, South Carolina,
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Hhgregg
36 Park Woodruff Rd. Greenville, 29607 South Carolina, U.S.A.
Phone:
865-3299025
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Incident = I purchased a 42\" plasma TV from HHGregg co last Nov. and it went out in July. I called customer service and it took 4 weeks for them to come out to tell me it had to go to the shop since it was a plasma, which they knew when I called it in. I even had to follow the repairmen back to his shop because he didn\'t have any help to unload it.It now has been 5 more weeks and they tell me the TV has been discontinued and all parts are on back order. They have no idea if and when they will be available. I went and visited the store manager at HH Gregg and he said he would check into possibly replacing the set or expediting the parts and he would call me back the next day personally. He didn\'t call someone else did and said they were sorry but since I didn\'t buy the extended warranty from them their wasn\'t anything they could do.I called Toshiba customer service 3 times and e-mailed them also and I was told that they have a contract with HH gregg co. and all warranty claims have to be handled through the store.I have a 12 month warranty from the manufacture and so far they haven\'t responded to my attempts to reach them.

Damage Resulting = I bought this product in good faith and I assumed a $1900.00 Tv did not need extra warranty to make it at least 12 mos. Between missed appointments, phone calls and visits to he store it has been a nightmare going on 11 weeks. I\'m not sure if this will help , but I don\'t want to suurender this amount of cash to these large companies that could care less after they deposit our money.

Contact me = Y

Allen

Greenville, South Carolina
U.S.A.


9 Updates & Rebuttals

Pete

Campobello,
South Carolina,
U.S.A.
Better way to negotiate this

#2Consumer Suggestion

Fri, December 22, 2006

I had a part in a similar situation, the merchandise was a new car. The ABS brake system went out in the first month of ownership. The Service Dept kept it for two weeks, fixing the brake system. The problem began when I asked for new tires since the brake system failed and the tires were flat spotted. After trying the normal routine through the Dealership to no avail, I went to the Manufacturer, who declined to assit. The Better Businees Bureau in Greenville, SC went to bat for me with the Manufacturer, got my problem resolved and made me a happy camper again. My advise then is to go to the Better Business Bureau for help. You'll be glad you did.


X

Indpls,
Indiana,
U.S.A.
every day I told people.....

#3UPDATE EX-employee responds

Sat, December 09, 2006

The FIRST year you have something it's under MANUFACTURE WARRANTY-- OK ???? HH Gregg can help you to find a servicer but we have no control over outside servicers that contract with the manufacturers, can't control when they will show up or how long it can take for them to get parts or anything like that. so please direct your concern to the service company or manufacturers. This is not the store managers job. with the complexity of these fabulous TV's an extended warranty is a good idea, expecially if bulbs go out as they're expensive. If you need one once, that basically pays for your warranty. However, if parts aren't available, and Toshiba has discontinued, they should honor a replacement,But they will probably first look everywhere for the part ( and it may be suddenly mysteriosly found) Toshiba would have to tell HHGREGG they're approving though, HHGregg can only ask them, not make a decision on a Manufactuer warranty. You may not like this answer but its the way it is


X

Indpls,
Indiana,
U.S.A.
every day I told people.....

#4UPDATE EX-employee responds

Sat, December 09, 2006

The FIRST year you have something it's under MANUFACTURE WARRANTY-- OK ???? HH Gregg can help you to find a servicer but we have no control over outside servicers that contract with the manufacturers, can't control when they will show up or how long it can take for them to get parts or anything like that. so please direct your concern to the service company or manufacturers. This is not the store managers job. with the complexity of these fabulous TV's an extended warranty is a good idea, expecially if bulbs go out as they're expensive. If you need one once, that basically pays for your warranty. However, if parts aren't available, and Toshiba has discontinued, they should honor a replacement,But they will probably first look everywhere for the part ( and it may be suddenly mysteriosly found) Toshiba would have to tell HHGREGG they're approving though, HHGregg can only ask them, not make a decision on a Manufactuer warranty. You may not like this answer but its the way it is


X

Indpls,
Indiana,
U.S.A.
every day I told people.....

#5UPDATE EX-employee responds

Sat, December 09, 2006

The FIRST year you have something it's under MANUFACTURE WARRANTY-- OK ???? HH Gregg can help you to find a servicer but we have no control over outside servicers that contract with the manufacturers, can't control when they will show up or how long it can take for them to get parts or anything like that. so please direct your concern to the service company or manufacturers. This is not the store managers job. with the complexity of these fabulous TV's an extended warranty is a good idea, expecially if bulbs go out as they're expensive. If you need one once, that basically pays for your warranty. However, if parts aren't available, and Toshiba has discontinued, they should honor a replacement,But they will probably first look everywhere for the part ( and it may be suddenly mysteriosly found) Toshiba would have to tell HHGREGG they're approving though, HHGregg can only ask them, not make a decision on a Manufactuer warranty. You may not like this answer but its the way it is


Thomas

Anderson,
South Carolina,
U.S.A.
Has HHGregg called Allen about his expired warranty?

#6Consumer Comment

Fri, December 08, 2006

Sounds like HHGregg practices benign neglect: let the clock run out or the customer die while the TV is in the shop.... Small Claims sounds like a good idea. Since HHGregg cannot get the repair parts they should refund some money for lack of fitness for purpose or something. Then go buy an LCD. The LCD is not as sexy as the plasma, but they seem a heck of a lot more robust. My wife pulled our LCD off of a high chest Dec 05 and the only result was a few very small marks. Try that with your plasma! Heck, the LCD has to be more robust- they were developed for laptop computers. Ever see a plasma screen on a camera or laptop computer? OK, OK, the battery would die....


Associate

Rapid City,
South Dakota,
U.S.A.
Misinformed

#7UPDATE Employee

Thu, December 07, 2006

There is no such agreement with any manufacturer to have their 1 year warranty handled through HHGregg. The manufacturer of any electronic is responsible for keeping the product in working condition themselves. Why would a store selling a name brand product cover that product in the first year? IT IS UP TO THE MANUFACTURER. Even if you have a contract that starts on the day of purchase, that extended warranty is inclusive of the first year manufacturers warranty.


Dave

Fairborn,
Ohio,
U.S.A.
helpful info

#8Consumer Suggestion

Thu, October 19, 2006

to the guy who bought the 42 inch plasma tv have you considered taking them to small claims court? chances are the judge , ( or someone he knows ) has had a problem with h h gregg. secondly, everybody other than h h gregg and g.e. can see that you should be reimbursed, you can't sell products that quit working and are still under warranty and just blow off the consumer. SUE THEM!!! I filed a claim in small claims court against them over a dispute with a bill and they came crawling out of the woodwork to work with me- you'll get waht you want, just take action!


Jim

Flagstaff,
Arizona,
U.S.A.
To the GE Guy who can't read.

#9Consumer Suggestion

Thu, October 12, 2006

He has/had a 12 month warranty. He bought the TV in November. The TV went deat in July. Let's see, can you use your fingers? December = 1 month January = month 2 February = month 3 March = month 4 April = month 5 May = month 6 June = month 7 July = month 8 He's still got 4 more months on the warranty. Hello? Anybody Home? Lights on. Did I go too fast? HHGregg is a ripoff.


Troy

Rapid City,
South Dakota,
U.S.A.
To All the HHGregg Hagglers

#10UPDATE Employee

Thu, October 12, 2006

I work for GE. That is, General Electric. We underwrite the protection plans/extended warranties sold by HHGregg. The fact is, HHGregg no longer does their own service. In addition, with almost 1 million active contracts out there with any given number of consumers needing service at any given time, it is sometimes difficult to get service "right away" when something is wrong. There are also a wide range of circumstances and instances of when a repair is "not covered". You can find the details in the Terms and Conditions of the contract, which is printed on the back of some or included with the literature you get when you buy a service contract. The fact is, 99% of consumers don't know what they are buying because they DON'T READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE MAKING A SERVICE REQUEST. It is not up to HHGregg employees to explain every nuance ad-nauseum to the consumer. Those who buy plans should educate themselves. As far as contracts getting lost in the "system", it IS the responsibility to HHGregg to fax us the information so we can update our computers. Just because it is in HHGreggs computers doesn't mean it is in the GE computers. Service calls are answered out of state, so we rely on the HHGregg stores to provide us with the correct info. Basically, there are times when service can be set up quickly, and times when the servicers are extremely busy. Much like calling into a call center, customers are serviced by services per the order of the requests recieved. It would be a great justice done to those of us trying to do our job to facilitate the contracts to have a greater percentage of educated customers in order to make transactions run smoothly. Anyone is welcome to respond with questions/comments.

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