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alprazo

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Just writing to express my disappointment with your company.

I returned, for evaluation, an MP60 that started smoking and developed a burn mark at the junction of the power cord and the controller unit. Today I was called and told that controller suffered severe water damage and could not be replaced. (A week prior, my children left the indoor pool door open to the fish room and when temperatures dropped condensation formed over everything. So I did not argue the point. There were no other equipment failures and the GFIs did not trip however.)

My issue is not that you determined water damage and that I was being charged, but that I was quoted more to replace the returned part than a new complete unit. I was additionally told that some of the parts (the motor magnet) could be recycled and the price was dropped insignificantly. When I mentioned to the CSR that I purchased a new unit with all the parts, not just what I sent you, two days ago for your fixed retail amount. I was told that he was unaware of the pricing.

As the owner of a small business, we strive to make every one of our 58,000 yearly costumers feel important and appreciated. Attempting to charge someone who has purchased your product nearly equal if not more than the general public is poor policy and leaves the costumer feeling that they are being gouged for having a problem with your product, unimportant and unappreciated

I will be returning the MP60, will cease buying your products (currently own two AIs and one less MP60) and notify the retailer of my issues.

Hopefully, you will pay more attention to your repair pricing in order to prevent future disappointed customers.

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Give Alex a chance, your experience thus far is not what is the norm with this company. Alex is awesome and will resolve your issue.....
 
ECOTECH HAS TRULY THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED FROM ANY COMPANY AND NOT TO MENTION THAT THEIR WEBSITE IS CONSISTENTLY DOWN AND I AM NOT ABLE TO CONTROL MY LIGHTS!!!!!!!!. I have a gen 2 gen 3 I also own 2 mp10's and 2 mp40's. My issue is that I downgraded from a 90 gallon tank and needed just one light so I am currently using the gen3. I have had a ton of issues with this darn light and took hours of my time to adjust it and many, many calls and spoke with many different reps without success. I am extremely disappointed in their customer service. I'm sure most of you all know the issues. I don't even have to mention and I am talking about their website. One of many issues was the moonlights at night. I wanted some blue at night and for some reason it was totally shut off. I called and they allegedly fixed it. That night I woke up and no, the lights were off. I was getting so mad I started to doing the moons manually. Mind me I work 6 days a week and time is money for me just like the rest of us. So I don't have hours to be talking to a rep to fix their issue with these lights. Alex offered to give me a great deal on the Reeflink and said it will be much better so I decided to purchase it. It should have been free for all the hassle. I received it 2 days ago and downloaded the app on my android phone to control it. Little did I know that the app works best on an I phone that it is not working fully on an android. Boy was I upset. I called them fuming and said I only want to speak with a manager or one of the owners so I received a call from Patrick, one of the owners. He said we're doing everything we can to fix it. I can't believe what happened after that. I gave him my email so he can access my account and change the lights for me on his side. He did and everything looked fine we ended the call on a happy note. I said to him that now since I have the reeflink which doesn't even have the UV for me to control on my phone and for all my time spent and grievance I want a full refund for the reeflink. HE SAID IF I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE PRODUCTS TO RETURN THEM!!! I COULD NOT BELIEVE HE SAID THAT!!!! I SAID OK I WILL RETURN THE 2 RADIONS THE 2 MP40'S AND THE 2 MP10'S LIKE YOU SAID I CAN RETURN THE PRODUCTS SINCE THE MPS ARE HIS PRODUCTS ALSO. He finally decided that it was in his best interest to refund me the cost of the reeflink. Tonight at 7:30 I was supposed to have the moonlights running and I can't believe it but when I got back home from the gym the lights were totally off nothing zip, zero nada. THIS IS ONE OF THE OWNER'S WHO PROGRAMMED MY LIGHTS PEOPLE!!!! I am sooo upset so like I said I would go with Aqua Illuminations. I don't want to deal with them again!!!!
 
Well hate to burst your bubble but AI and Ecotech are the same companies now.... (Ecotech purchased AI a while back).
As upset as you sound what more do you want them to do other than offer you a refund??? If they had said too bad your stuck with them it would be a different story...so send them back and move on. I have them and they work perfectly as do thousands of other hobbyist.
 
People are disappointed this forum speaks for itself.

People are disappointed this forum speaks for itself.

Jamie1981, you seem to have an agenda for the benefit of this company for you to take the time to respond to my thread. Since ecotech bought out the competition, that explains the extremely poor customer service and tech support including website. Now this company is a monopoly, all they care about is the money not their customers nor the welfare of our reef tanks. IT'S UNFORTUNATE FOR THE REEF ENTHUSIASTS!!!
 
Jamie1981, you seem to have an agenda for the benefit of this company for you to take the time to respond to my thread. Since ecotech bought out the competition, that explains the extremely poor customer service and tech support including website. Now this company is a monopoly, all they care about is the money not their customers nor the welfare of our reef tanks. IT'S UNFORTUNATE FOR THE REEF ENTHUSIASTS!!!

Nope no agenda here, I just use their products and think the work great! IMO when a customer is not happy with a product and support is unable to resolve the issue I don't see what more they can do but take the item back which is what they offered to do. Sometimes I think people think they should be paid for their frustration when something doesn't work to their standards. Move on and try something else if you don't like.

Oh, and isn't money the main agenda of any business??? Without it there is no business, you can have the best customer support in the world but if your not making money your not going to be around long.
 
I should point out that I did use their vortechs for only a short while, they were just to loud so I sold them and went back to tunze. The radion LED's are the best in the business though IMO
 
I stand by my experience. I actually love the vortechs. I didnt have a problem with the gen 2 but with the gen 3 they released it too soon meaning that it is not 100 percent compatible with the reeflink. Just look for yourself if you see the uv control on the app on an android. There's my point.
 
As an ex business owner of a very successful pharmacy, customer service is always first and should always be first no matter what. But i do know that without competition there is no need to exceed in customer service it's a take it or leave it situation.
 
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