Grilled Again by Sears

Company/Brand: Sears
21-04-2008
I have a charcoal grill,  12 years old,  for which I needed 4  parts in order to squeeze out a few more years.  They were ordered through searspartsdirect.com.  I pulled up the model # and located the parts I needed.  Some parts were no longer available, but the ones I needed, allegedly were.  The part numbers were checked against my owners manual parts breakdown and everything matched.  Parts ordered-- parts received (four different shipments).  The cooking grate was wrong size (5" too short).  Called customer service and they sent a replacement.  Totally the wrong part again.  Called cust. svc.  They said that it was a direct replacement part (I ordered the same part several years ago and it was spot on).  Was told to call a "trained grill technician" to make a modification to the grill to make a 25" grate fit into a 30" hole.   I'm sending everything back, but I have to pay postage just like I paid  for them to ship the wrong part to me.  Sears wants my satisfaction to be complete.......B.S.!!  The only thing worth half a damn is their handtools and they are working feverishly to screw us on that. 

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On April 22 2008 at 09:04AM Capndave said:

To follow up my last entry, I spoke with a CSR at Char-Broil, who apparently supplies Sears with parts. I supplied her with my Sears part number and found that it was a good number with no "SUBSTITUTES", as Sears maintains. She said that they must have sent me a universal-fit grate. It was adjustable width-wise, but not length-wise; which still left me 5" too short. Trust me, I'm not nearly as stupid as I may look or as Sears thinks I am. It also doesn't take a rocket scientist to replace a few parts in a grill and to recognize whether or not they fit. If they can't solve a minor problem with a grill, I won't give them any more chances to screw up something more challenging. Well, they've wasted enough of my time. As far as I am concerned, Sears no longer exists and I will not hesitate to spread my tale of bad fortune to anyone considering trading with them. Amen.

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