1, Report:
#1395728
Posted Date:
Aug 26 2017
A-1 American Services Rip off, Incompetent Service Virginia Beach Virginia
On 8/25/2017 I called A-1 American to have a plumber come and take a look at the leak coming from my baseboard. Someone came out and I agreed to pay the $78.00 fee for the plumber to determine the source of the leak. He literally stood looking at the wall then right away...
Entity
A-1 American Services
Categories: Maintenance Companies
2, Report:
#1241598
Posted Date:
Jul 28 2015
A-1 American AC Company Lied ,stolen programable thermostat, put small cheap one $550.char.pd$350.wth10pr.off, loud&harsh. Newport News Virginia
A -1 America AC Service,was called from phone book ADD.Was told service charge was $78.00,to be removed from bill if A 1. Did repair. Service man,came did not ID himself, didnot have a company truck. Didn't want to answer questions ,seemed annoyed Spoke harshly and raised his voice ...
Entity
A-1 American AC Company
Categories: Electrical Services
3, Report:
#1207911
Posted Date:
Feb 10 2015
A-1 American Fraudulent Company Virginia Beach Virginia
People need to do their research before choosing A-1 American Services. My heater wasn't working and the technician supposedly determined that I needed a new pressure switch and a draft inducer motor.
They wanted to charge me $463.00 for the pressure switch and $1100.00 for the i...
Entity
A-1 American
Categories: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation
4, Report:
#1183502
Posted Date:
Oct 17 2014
A-1 American The company grossly overcharged me for a repair not authorized and the problem was still not fixed Virginia Beach Virginia
I contacted this company last month because my a/c quit working. I was told on the phone that the service call charge would be $79. They said that the technician would diagnose the problem and then inform me of the charges to fix the problem. They also said t...
Entity
A-1 American
Categories: Consumer Services
5, Report:
#1170296
Posted Date:
Aug 17 2014
A-1 American Plumbing Taken advantage of suffolk Virginia
I wish I would have checked previous reviews before using this company for the first time, but I didn't , and will have to learn the hard way. Previous reviews are on spot, this company hasn't changed a bit it appears. In my opinion, I was overcharged 4...
Entity
A-1 American Plumbing
Categories: Plumbing
6, Report:
#1156781
Posted Date:
Jun 23 2014
A-1 American Ripoff!!!!! Overpriced. Virginia Beach Virginia
Entity
A-1 American
Categories: Maintenance Companies
7, Report:
#1136240
Posted Date:
Jun 10 2014
A-1 American Rip Off Plumber with sub standard work Virginia Beach Virginia
Do Not use them. They are very good ripoff artist. Will not give prices over the phone and charge rediculos price for poor quality. They over chaged me for a water heater in May of 2005 and would not honor their ten year warranty. They do sub standard work and ripoff pric...
Entity
A-1 American
Categories: Plumbing
8, Report:
#1134629
Posted Date:
Apr 01 2014
A-1 American Scammer Services - WE CHARGE SO MUCH...WE DONT HAVE TO WORK WE MAKE OUR $$$ ON THE HOUSE CALL! Virginia Beach Virginia
3/28/2014My hot water heater thermostat was kicking out so I asked my wife to call someone to replace it because I was too busy to do it myself. A-1 American came to the house and Shaun B, one of their technicians told her it would cost $511 to replace the thermostat but he would gi...
Entity
A-1 American
Categories: Maintenance Companies
9, Report:
#1122996
Posted Date:
Feb 13 2014
A-1 American Plumming Price Gouge-Incomplete Job Virginia Beach Virginia
Pipes burst and A-1 American was called on Friday,January 30, 2014. They came out late in the afternoon and told me the pipes under the house had to be replaced. They advised me that the job would cost $3,662.42. They said they called to see if the check was ...
Entity
A-1 American Plumming
Categories: Customer
10, Report:
#1119516
Posted Date:
Jan 30 2014
A-1 American heating and plumbing Darrell is the employee Huge over cahrge for bath tub spout kit Virginia beach Virginia
I am renting out my townhome and the tennants alerted me to a leak coming from the ceiling on Jan 1.
I called a-1 american and got an appointment for fri jan 3rd. The technician, Darrell, did a quick test and found it was the bath tub spout that was the problem.
He wrote down the ...
Entity
A-1 American heating and plumbing
Categories: Plumbing
11, Report:
#1103114
Posted Date:
Nov 30 2013
A-1 American Heating & Plumbing Triple Charge for Questionable Services - Don't Hire Them Newport News Virginia
Based on the fact that a local television station includes A-1 American as a recommended firm and the fact that they offer coupons, I contacted the firm to have my disposal replaced. I already had purchased a disposal so all the technician had to do was remove the old one, and i...
Entity
A-1 American Heating & Plumbing
Categories: Plumbing
12, Report:
#1094401
Posted Date:
Oct 25 2013
a-1 american a-1 a-1 plumbing Expensive and you are trapped Virginia Beach Virginia
A-1 American is ridiculously expensive and they trap you with a $78 service call fee before you realize it.
I don't mind the service call fee if their prices were competitive, which they are not.
I called them to fix tub leak - simple repair involving replacing washers.
I was quoted...
Entity
a-1 american
Categories: Home Improvements
13, Report:
#1093569
Posted Date:
Oct 22 2013
a-1 american Expensive - Ripoff Virginia Beach and Newport News Virginia
Highly recommend you look somewhere else for HVAC and plumbing services.
I called them to repair tub faucet drip - had researched and knew it was likely washer and possibly stem repair.
They require a $78 upfront fee. When they arrived they quoted me $450 to do the job. I was as...
Entity
a-1 american
Categories: Home Improvements
14, Report:
#1057407
Posted Date:
Jun 08 2013
A-1 American Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning Price gouging, more than 2x the price from other plumbers Virginia Beach Virginia
Needed the shower\tub faucet replaced. I had the replacement parts. Called A-1 American. They were here for 3 minutes quoted me a price of over a $1000 to install. Upon hearing my shock the guy said he could knock 10% off which was still way over what it should cost. Then they pro...
Entity
A-1 American Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning
Categories: Plumbing
15, Report:
#1045511
Posted Date:
Apr 23 2013
A-1 American Very unprofessional could smell alcohol on the technician Virginia Beach, Virginia
Our outside faucet developed a leak and my husband called A-1 American for someone to come out and fix it. First the technician that came out was late. When he got here he looked at the faucet and said it needed to be replaced. He quoted me a price (way over priced I thought) and I ...
Entity
A-1 American
Categories: Plumbing
16, Report:
#985076
Posted Date:
Dec 20 2012
A-1 American A-1 American Gas Fitting, Home Improvement, HVAC, Plumbing Hampton Roads residents beware! A-1 American are price-gouging thugs! Virginia Beach Virginia
The hot water heater went bad and I could not address this myself so I went to the yellow pages and plucked A-1 American's number out. A technician called me back and after providing a detailed description of the problem he informed me that the company policy prohibited over th...
Entity
A-1 American
Categories: Home Improvements
17, Report:
#975456
Posted Date:
Dec 01 2012
A-1 American Plumbing Price-gouging. Replaced a shower valve. Charged $175 to gain access through dry wall, $260 for valve; and $940 for labor (1 hour). Absolutely criminal! Virginia Beach, Virginia
Bottom line: This company over charges for their services. DO NOT USE THEM. I had them replace a shower valve and they charged $175 to gain access through dry wall (I did it myself in 5 minutes), $260 for the valve (I purchased a high quality one...
Entity
A-1 American Plumbing
Categories: Plumbing
18, Report:
#671542
Posted Date:
Jan 27 2011
A-1 American The entire unit taken off house and stolen from elderly father in the dead of night in below freezing weather, Chesapeake, Virginia
I am writing this report to alert other consumers of this company's rip-off practices. On December 5th, 2010 my partner called A-1 American to come and check out my fathers heating system, well we also had to go grocery shopping so we left and figured that they would still be here w...
Entity
A-1 American
Categories: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation
19, Report:
#672389
Posted Date:
Dec 17 2010
A-1American Plumbing A-1 American RIPOFF: Preys on the elderly OVER priced, rude and Sneeky Internet
I only wish I could place this on a major browser front page! What happened to my Dad was HORRIBLE to say the least! My Mom past this year and after 43 years of marriage my Dad is not doing well. He has been hospitalized several times since Moms passing and his mental state is not w...
Entity
A-1American Plumbing
Categories: Plumbing
20, Report:
#646452
Posted Date:
Oct 01 2010
A-1 American AC Service Tech tries to steal money from homeowners Chesapeake, Virginia
During the 100+ degree heat wave this summer, the AC unit at my house stopped cooling. I contacted A-1 American to come and fix the unit. They sent a technician to my house on Monday morning, July 26th. The service tech informed me that my capacitor needed replacin...
Entity
A-1 American
Categories: Maintenance Companies
21, Report:
#620654
Posted Date:
Jul 06 2010
A-1 American Heating and Air Conditioner Rip off Company and very rude and lie on the phone, over charged and did job wrong!!!! Chesapeake, Virginia
Do not use A-1 American heating and air conditioning. They came out to fix my air conditioner! Technician Bruce C. wasn't here long charge $448.00 stating that he checked gas pack and found unit to be low in Refrijerent and needs ajusting 1-3 lbs condensor and needs clea...
Entity
A-1 American Heating and Air Conditioner
Categories: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation
22, Report:
#580720
Posted Date:
Mar 14 2010
A1 American Plumbing Very poor service Chesapeake, Virginia
My gas furnace would not start. The A-1 American repairman Mark Van came with his boy son. He left his son alone in the truck in 40F cold weather. This unprofessional behavior prevented him from spending the necessary long time to diagnose and repair. He spent only 5 minutes to give...
Entity
A1 American Plumbing
Categories: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation
23, Report:
#533552
Posted Date:
Dec 04 2009
A-1 American Plumbing The old bait and switch Internet
I own a condo in the Ocean View section of Norfolk. When the heating/A/C unit went out, I called A-1 American,(because of their ad I had seen on TV) to come out and give me a quote to fix or replace it. When the service guy arrived, i was informed that there would be an $85.00 dolla...
Entity
A-1 American Plumbing
Categories: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation
24, Report:
#420019
Posted Date:
Feb 04 2009
A 1 American Plumbing Abd Heating Beware of Predatory Practices by this Company Norfolk, Va Beach, Chesapeake Virginia
Contacted A-1 to snake roof vent of parents home. Thomas the technician shows up over an hour late after three phone calls for directions. Driving a pick up truck with no company logo and wearing no uniform. Only thing identifying him as employee is a receipt book.
Upon arriva...
Entity
A 1 American Plumbing Abd Heating
Categories: Plumbing
25, Report:
#407643
Posted Date:
Jan 03 2009
A-1 AmericanA-1 American Plumbing Price gouging and scammers to get service call fee Chesapeake Virginia
I called A-1 American on a referral from a friend to come snake a clogged drain. The serviceman got there, looked around for 5 minutes, and then gave a quote of 975.47 (including the 15% phonebook discount).
This price was and is extreme for a snaking of a clogged drain so I refuse...
Entity
A-1 American Plumbing
Categories: Plumbing