If your appliance, and delivery is not plug and play avoid Coast
Ordered a fridge through my appliance repair company, they use Coast Appliances. It’s a difficult delivery, stairs and railings have to be removed. I’m being billed $789 for the delivery and I will need to hire a handyman to remove the stairs and railings.
Fridge was ordered at the end of September. Ten days after the 4- 6 week estimate, I call for the status. Was told the fridge would be in Vancouver on December 20.
Get this text on December 21
“Hi Your delivery request has been received and is scheduled to arrive on Dec 23 between 07:35 AM and 10:35 AM. Click on the following link for more information on how to prepare for your delivery.”
Immediately call the repair company because it’s the only number I have and say that I’m not prepared to take the delivery. She said the supervisor is not in and will call me on Monday.
Monday I get a call from Coast saying they’ll arrive in 1/2 hour. I said I canceled the delivery through the repair company. 10 minutes later, get another call from Coast. I tell him the same thing.
Twenty minutes later Frank from Coast calls. I tell him I canceled the delivery on Saturday because I had to hire someone to remove the stairs. A handyman on short notice, 2 days before Christmas is not easy. I asked who I should talk to to reschedule the delivery and he said to reschedule through him.
Find a handyman and call Frank daily from January 6th to 9th. No reply. On January 10th I ask the tech who does my appliance servicing to intervene. Someone calls me and tells me that they are on it.
January 14th I was told that the fridge was sent back to ??? and they have asked for another one expedited. It will take a month +.
All along I told everyone that I couldn't take the delivery on Monday December 23, Including the supervisor Frank. The repair company said that Coast thought I CANCELED THE FRIDGE. Was Frank asleep when I talked to him? I guess so.
Raj from Coast takes over, apologises profusely and will try to expedite. Fridge finally arrives and is scheduled for delivery on February 14th. For the past 6 months, I’ve had to deal with rotting food in a 50ºF fridge and I’m looking forward to a new fridge.
I explain to Raj that I will have to remove some of the stairs and he says not to. Here is his email:
- Based on the video submitted to us, and the measurements made, seems adequate for
delivery.
- Please don’t take out the staircase steps – not required as advised by our carrier.
- Despite all due diligence, please note it is indeed a complex delivery.
- It may go wrong – keeping my fingers crossed.
I asked if there was a plan B. He replied:
“The delivery team I am sending are specialists, they have been with us for over 40 years, they will explore any other possibilities, when at the place, if the options are safe and do not contravene WCB safety regulations.”
So, there is no Plan B. They arrive, walk around, and take measurements. As I fearfully expected, the fridge can’t get up the stairs. I ask them to take it back since it’s still in the truck.
Hire a piano moving company and coordinate delivery with Raj. This went smoothly and cost $2000.
Ask Raj to take the complex delivery charge off bill. He said it was the repair company. They talk to Raj. It’s now $349 because of “side-swipe removal”? Never happened. A normal delivery charge from the Coast website is $150. I point out that the delivery was not complex. A fridge was put on the sidewalk and another was put on a truck.
Raj comes back with a pile of blah. First it was side swipe, now it’s “extra delivery”? I’m quite happy that I will never have to deal with Coast again and of course I will tell everyone I know about the incredibly poor experience.
TLDR; If your appliance and delivery is not plug and play or requires more brain power than a worm has, don’t deal with Coast. If you enjoy 6 months of BS, frustration, and a barely working fridge that rots food, you won’t be disappointed by Coast Appliances. They excel at poor service.
21. Mai 2025
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