Ripoff Report Needs Your Help!
X  |  CLOSE
Report: #1524222

Complaint Review: Choice Home Warranty Company - New Jersey

  • Submitted:
  • Updated:
  • Reported By: Denny — Schertz United States
  • Author Confirmed What's this?
  • Why?
  • Choice Home Warranty Company 2147 Route 27 South 4th Floor, Edison N. J. 08817 New Jersey United States

Choice Home Warranty Company Deceptive Trade Practices!!! Agreed to Replace Non Working and Fully covered Microwave but offered less than cost to simply Repair. New Jersey

*General Comment: Maybe you should READ YOUR CONTRACT

Show customers why they should trust your business over your competitors...

Is this
Report about YOU
listed on other sites?
Those sites steal
Ripoff Report's
content.
We can get those
removed for you!
Find out more here.
How to fix
Ripoff Report
If your business is
willing to make a
commitment to
customer satisfaction
Click here now..

Stay Away from Choice Home Warranty.....Deceptive Trade Practices!!!!

I purchased a three year total coverage plan that exceeded $1,200. This was a total coverage plan covering almost all home appliances, plumbing etc. Recently, I had a claim for a over the range, built in GE Microwave that all the sudden stopped working. Choice Home Warranty Co. sent a service technician to diagnose te problem and they determined it needed new door switches and a new magatron with an estimate to repair of approx. $250. The service technician sent in his estimate and stated he believed they would approve the repair and he would see me the following week after the parts were sent to him. This service call cost me $65 in order to have the problem diagnosed and certified by the technician sent by Choice Home Warranty. I didn't hear anything for a couple of days so I sent Choice Warranty Co. an email asking what the status of repair was and they replied with Congratulations, we've decided to replace your Microwave instead of repairing it. The problem is they were only going to allow me $191 as a replacement cost instead of the $598 a new one costs to replace the old one, haul away the old one and install the new one.  When I called the same repair technician, he stated that he had just repaired a less expensive Microwave (Samsung) for approx. $350 that Choice Warranty approved for repair so he could not explain why they were refusing to repair my GE for less repair costs ($250) as he had submitted. Beware that when Choice Warranty Co. says Congrats we are replacing your defective appliance that simply means they are going to offer less than it costs ro repair it and far less than what a replacement applicance will cost to replace with a similar unit. Replacement definition as defined in the Dictionary is to replace the same unit with a similar unit in its current place and not that its up to the customer to go and pick up the replacement and to pay a difference in costs and then to dispose of the defective one and then pay to reinstall the new one. Stay Away from this Warranty Company is my personal advise!!!! Save yourself the time and trouble because their Warranties are like not having one at all.  D.H. (Schertz, TX)

 

This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 01/28/2023 12:23 PM and is a permanent record located here: https://www.ripoffreport.com/report/choice-home-warranty-company/new-jersey-deceptive-trade-1524222. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year. Ripoff Report has an exclusive license to this report. It may not be copied without the written permission of Ripoff Report. READ: Foreign websites steal our content

Search for additional reports

If you would like to see more Rip-off Reports on this company/individual, search here:

Report & Rebuttal
Respond to this report!
What's this?
Also a victim?
What's this?
Repair Your Reputation!
What's this?

Updates & Rebuttals

REBUTTALS & REPLIES:
0Author
1Consumer
0Employee/Owner

#1 General Comment

Maybe you should READ YOUR CONTRACT

AUTHOR: Flint - (Afghanistan)

POSTED: Monday, January 30, 2023

Their contract does not promise to replace your microwave (or any other appliance) with an equivalent model.  They will only pay a wholesale price of the absolute cheapest builder-grade unit.  They also aren't obligated to pay for taxes, shipping, removal, installation, or anything else.  So $191 is about right, the cheapest microwave from Lowes is about $220.  You might be able to get a bit more from them if you file a BBB complaint and keep refusing their offers, but they are basically following their contract.  I have no idea why someone would buy one of their policies, they are a total rip-off, as are virtually all other home warranty contracts.

Respond to this report!
What's this?
Featured Reports

Advertisers above have met our
strict standards for business conduct.

X
What do hackers,
questionable attorneys and
fake court orders have in common?
...Dishonest Reputation Management Investigates Reputation Repair
Free speech rights compromised

WATCH News
Segment Now