THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700
rod@welchco.com


S U M M A R Y


DIARY: July 7, 2005 01:37 PM Thursday; Rod Welch

Called GE on refrigerator replacement.

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SUBJECTS
Refrigerator GE Service Fix Freezer Defrost Drain Overflow Problem                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Refrigerator Leaking Again Contacted Home Depot for Referral to Anot                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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0505 - Summary/Objective                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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050601 - Follow up ref SDS 11 0000. ref SDS 10 0000.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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0509 - Progress                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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051001 - Asked for Paul.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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051003 - Background...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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051005 -              Letter to Paul.......... 050616, ref SDS 7 LM5L,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
051007 -               ..
051008 -              Service................. 050620, ref SDS 8 0001                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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051011 -              Letter to Paul notify                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
051012 -              product defective....... 050620, ref SDS 8 JY9H                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
051014 -               ..
051015 -              Discussion Danelle...... 050627, ref SDS 9 018H                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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051018 -              GE's offers half off                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
051019 -              on replacement.......... 050628, ref SDS 10 PJ6B                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
051021 -               ..
051022 -              GE discloses replacement                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
051023 -              spec, not clear same                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
051024 -              problem does not                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
051025 -              exist................... 050630, ref SDS 11 0001                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
051027 -  ..
051028 - Was told Paul would be available in a couple minutes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
051030 -  ..
051031 - Danielle came on the line.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
051033 -  ..
051034 - We reviewed GE's tentative offere to replace a refrigerator at half                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
051035 - price, and we don't know if it will have the same problem, from                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
051036 - comparing product models, listed on 050630. ref SDS 11 FX6J                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
051038 -  ..
051039 - Danielle said Home Depot has no advice nor guidance for customers on                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
051040 - recovering from purchasing a defective product from GE.  She said                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
051041 - Home Depot is forced to accept any terms offered by GE, and so she                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
051042 - cannot comment on whether the customer should be compensated for                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
051043 - having paid service charges to fix a design flaw in the amount of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
051044 - $245 dollars so far.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
051046 -  ..
051047 - Danielle said that delivery and installation charges will be about                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
051048 - $100.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
051050 -  ..
051051 - Danielle will ask Paul to return the call for his input on resolving                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
051052 - this product defect problem, per his request on 050616. ref SDS 7 LC57                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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051401 - Called GE...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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051404 - Telephone number was...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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051406 -            800 386 1215                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
051408 -  ..
051409 - On hold...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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051412 - Talked to Lennon.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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051414 -    Case Number:  4944578                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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051417 - He quotes...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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051419 -                     $507.79                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
051420 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
051421 - ...delivered, installed, tax included.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
051423 -  ..
051424 - Original price was about $600.  The customer has paid an additional                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
051425 - $245 for repairs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
051427 -  ..
051428 - GE is therefore telling a customer that purchasing a $600 refrigerator                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
051429 - is a downpayment on paying another $750 to get a servicable product,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
051430 - and to spending many days working with GE to effect a solution,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
051431 - costing approximately an additional $5K.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
051432 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
051433 -            [On 170214 0931 received letter from MondySavingPro.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
051434 -            explaining Home Warranty Insurance to cover all routine                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
051435 -            home and appliance repairs for cost of $300 to $500                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
051436 -            annually. ref SDS 13 EM73                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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051438 -               https://www.moneysavingpro.com/home-warranty/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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051442 - Lennon said there is nothing he can do.  GE policies prevent making                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
051443 - any other solution.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
051444 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
051445 -    [On 050718 notified GE to recover extra cost. ref SDS 12 YE9N                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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