Complaint Review: Stiebel Eltron - West Hatfield, MA 01088 Internet

Need to point out that you named an innocent party, the manufacturer of the product, for the omissions/actions of the seller. Stiebel Eltron just makes the item. The website you purchased from has nothing to do with the manufacturer, other than it's one of many lines they sell. They might not have even been an authorized dealer for the item. Many such stores just buy what they get an order for from another dealer. Nevertheless I'm glad to see you got your money back. I came across this while looking for any negative reports on atanklesslife.com because I considered getting something from their sister site. Also know that just because someone rebuts your post doesn't mean they work for the company you wrote about. "Robert" is a frequent fellow poster here, as are a number of others. That, your meshing of a manufacturer with an independent retailer and your purchase of a clearly inadequate item for what you needed make up a hat-trick for wrong assumptions. But I do thank you for providing useful insight on the seller before I order anything from them.

I see that the person who filed a rebuttal to my original Report, sounds like the same person who sent me an E-Mail before I FINALLY got my refund! He must be one of the owners! He tried to make me look like a real dumbo, asking why would I buy such a small unit for such a large problem? Their website said NOTHING about any of this at the time.

After I FINALLY got my refund, some lady with their company sent me an E-Mail, asking me to ask Rip-off Report to take my Report down! She hadn't read any of Rip-off Report's website, as they state that THEY WILL NOT TAKE ANY REPORT DOWN, EVEN FOR MONEY! She said she would see that the website was made clearer! I haven't checked to see if this actually happened!

These people, like so many others, are going through the Reports on Rip-off Report and putting doubts in people's minds, by saying things like this, to make the writers look like dummies! They hope that future readers will go ahead and send/spend money anyway! It's a slick ruse!

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How did you come about buying the tankless water heater?  That is did you just go out and order it off of the Internet, or did you talk to someone, explain what you wanted to use it for(whole house) and bought the one on their recomendation?

I say this because you paid only $140.  That is way too low for a "whole house" Tankless Water Heater.  More likely it sounds like a "Point-of-Use" water heater.  Which would explain why the plumber said that it would work on only 1 item.

For a "Whole House" Water Heater you are probably looking at a minimum of about $600-$700(but can go up into $1000 or more) for the system only.  You need to then add at least a couple hundred dollars for installation, depending on how much work needs to be done.