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Joseph Porcello
Arizona
Reviewed on November 21, 2020
I am being generous in providing a 1 star rating. I am 74 years old, have been rv'ing my entire life and this is the WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE that I have ever received, bar none! I brought my 2020 Grand Design Solitude to your Tucson location to resolve a few warranty issues. My service advisor was Mark Thompso...
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I am being generous in providing a 1 star rating. I am 74 years old, have been rv'ing my entire life and this is the WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE that I have ever received, bar none! I brought my 2020 Grand Design Solitude to your Tucson location to resolve a few warranty issues. My service advisor was Mark Thompson. Mark is a nice guy but probably should be in some other line of work. Here is an example of his incompetence: One of the issues was a simple broken plastic trim piece off my bedroom AC electrical outlet. I showed it to Mark during check in. After leaving the dealership I went to breakfast a considerable distance from the dealership. I received a call from Mark informing me that he needed the broken trim piece in order for his technician to proceed with my repairs. Really!! It's a simple screwless trim piece common throughout the rig. I had to drive back to the dealership to surrender my 50 cent piece of plastic. Mark informed me that he misunderstood the technician and they needed the piece so they could mail it back to Grand Design. I know for a fact that is not true.
Another issue with my rig is the oven was 80 degrees off. Your technician ran diagnostic tests as determined by Furrion and determined that the oven would need to be replaced. Mark told me that he would contact me when the new oven arrived. A few weeks later I called Mark for an update and was informed that he heard from his parts department that several appliances were in short supply (not specifically mine - just in general). I then called Grand Design customer service, who was excellent, and they told me they did not have a warranty claim for my oven. They put me on hold and called Mark. He was not available so they left him a voice mail to call Grand Design. I then received a call from Mark who thanked me for "putting a fire under Grand Design"?? He told me he would follow up with me as soon as he had a shipment date. After another 2 weeks (now a month has gone by) I called Grand Design who, once again, informed me that there was not a warranty claim for my oven. I then called the dealership and asked to speak with the service director. Instead I was transferred to someone named Steve who is the assistant service manager. I explained my discontent to Steve who told me he would talk to Mark and get back to me. 5 hours later I called back and spoke with Steve who informed me that Mark had to leave and he would get back to me on Monday (this was on Friday). Friday evening I received an email from Mark asking me to take pictures of my oven and the model/serial number sticker and if I couldn't do that I would have to bring my rig back in. Being a full timer, that is not easy to do. Apparently Mark didn't realize that Furrion does not put model/serial number stickers on their appliances (at least not where a consumer can see them). Fortunately I found a sticker in the product pamphlet and sent that to him.
It is obvious to me that the ball was dropped during my initial visit and if I hadn't been diligent and followed up I would never have received a replacement oven. Here is a statement from your customer experience VP:
“Providing every customer with a Best-in-Class Customer Experience is one of the three pillars of our corporate strategy,” Murnane continued. “We don’t just want to provide a good customer experience relative to the RV dealership industry, we want to provide the best customer experience in any industry. The Lazydays brand conveys knowledge, value and, most importantly, an exceptional experience. As we continue to grow nationally, we need to ensure that every Lazydays location provides the same great experience that our customers expect and deserve.
I think you will agree that your Tucson location fell far short of this goal. I was a National Customer Service Executive with IBM and I know what excellent customer service looks like. This isn't it. I'm not sure if this is incompetence by Mark or is systematic of your Tucson location. I suspect it is both. The service scheduling process is excellent and the initial people answering the phones have been excellent but where the "rubber meets the road" the system falls far short!
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