Robinson Appliance Service

Big-time rip off on a fridge problem. He didn't seem to have any ability to make a correct diagnosis of what was wrong. $800 later, it still wasn't fixed, so we called another repair man who fixed the real problem for $150, and told us Robinson is famous for ripping people off.

My washing machine was not spinning the water out of large loads. Someone came and moved the barrel around a bit, took nothing apart and said I needed a new clutch and it would be $125 for the part and $125 for labor. I was also told I would have to provide more overhead light for them. It's an old basement with only one light. I was torn because of cost. When I decided to just do it and went to pay with my credit card, I was told their credit card system was down and they would have to get a new one. No warning of this over the phone. I said never mind. The visit was $85. I called someone else. They came and in one visit took my machine apart, replaced a spring and the clutch and the total cost was $128. I was lucky they couldn't take my credit card or I would have paid $250 instead of $128.