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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
I think you're going to have a tough time getting all that unless you lawyer up on them. | |||
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| It's not you, it's me.  |
I figured I'd go a bit extreme. I'd be happy with just the electrical repairs and a washer dryer replacement and reimbursement. | |||
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So you want a new washer and dryer AND a refund of the money they cost you? Don't see that happening... but you know they will counter, so you have to start somewhere. You could always relay that this is cheaper than doctor bills or your funeral (had you been killed from electrocution). | |||
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| It's not you, it's me. |
You're right. I shoulda put a trip to Hawaii in there. | |||
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You might. I got a full 3k refund of some badly install doors, and they just re-carpeted my whole house due to a flaw in the original carpeting. When negligence starts a fire, liability can be large and court should be avoided. | |||
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| Ammoholic |
Come on, most of us learned in high school, “If you don’t ask, you don’t get.” I thought that was a pretty slick letter. Hit the liability hard, but didn’t threaten. I could see the guy thinking, “F***, all I need is for this guy to get a lawyer. It is expensive, but maybe worth it to get him to go away.” | |||
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Haha haha. Nice!  ——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1 | |||
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Please let us know how this turns out . | |||
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Just don't pull a Cosmo Kramer and accept the first offer! LOL. That everyone is alive is probably the most important thing thank goodness. Houston Texas, if the heat don't kill ya, the skeeters will. | |||
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Don't know whether anyone mentioned it here or not, but the lesson I hope you've learned from all this is...If the dryer shows an error code the couple times you've tried it, unplug it and leave it alone until you can have a qualified electrician look everything over. ----------------------------- Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter | |||
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| In the yahd, not too fah from the cah  |
Former adjuster here, although I handled damage caused by cars so take what I have to say with a grain of salt. I don't think that list is unreasonable. The damage and/or injuries could have been considerable and what your asking for is for the most part in line with the damage that either was or could have been caused by what happened. It's not like you're asking for a new 200amp panel. Lowe's may just pick it up to save face. The only things they may give you grief on are these: 6) Cover the cost of any and all further electrical repair work that our electrician suggests be done in relation to this incident for safety purposes that may have occurred due to this incident. They're not going to give free rein for this, they may hire out a third party appraiser to check for additional damages 7) Compensation for work stoppage of our current kitchen remodel due to electrical safety issues related to this incident. This may not be something you can reimburse for unless it actually cost you money. | |||
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I agree, I would go through Lowe's and let them deal with their sub-contractor. Lowe's supplied and would have to replace the washer and dryer anyways. | |||
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Too clever by half |
I would expect Lowes to pay most anything reasonable here, but there will be an agreement from their legal department to silence you in return. I'd think they want to preempt the potential PR nightmare. "We have a system that increasingly taxes work, and increasingly subsidizes non-work" - Milton Friedman | |||
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Only the strong survive |
Lowes has a list of contractors that they use. An inexperienced Lowes employee does not know the reputation of one contractor to the other. While someone that has worked there for some time knows which ones do good work. I would let the Lowes manager handle the situation to your satisfaction. You were very lucky. Good luck. 41 | |||
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Quit staring at my wife's Butt |
Why don't you just ask them for a brand new free house. Good Grief !! | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Yeah well, they deserve it. They sent those asshats. I seriously cannot comprehend a grown man whose job it is to do this stuff doing what he did. I really can't. Especially in the age of YouTube. That is some superpower level incompetence there, and Lowe's needs to eat it. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan "Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle | |||
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| hello darkness my old friend  |
Yeah, I think he was reasonable in his requests considering they nearly killed him and burned down his house. By the way anytime you have a fire call the fire department. Let them give it a look see. I have seen people telling the fire fighters that everything is okay. The hose jockeys then do their thing and talk them into letting them look at the damage. Then they find hot spots in the insulation, wires and inside the walls. They can used thermal to help locate these things. I have seen this many times and know calls like these can be where fire fighters do the most good. | |||
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My Lowes story. I order a new refrigerator from Lowes. I had a flare fitting on the copper tube water line connecting to the old refrigerator ice maker. It was not a match for the new one. The installer tried to force it. He breaks off the plastic connection on the refrigerator side. I call and ask Lowes for a replacement fridge. they say they don't have one. I will take weeks for a replacement. I ask for a refund and take the now broken one out. The manager calls back and said he found one in the warehouse. Be delivered in two days. It gets delivered, about a year later it has a problem, I call the manufacturer for service. It turns out the found one is was registered to someone else and was returned for being defective. I call Lowes as for the manager, tell him the story. They delivered the current model of the refrigerator the next day no charge. | |||
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Seeker of Clarity |
Asking for a new fire extinguisher for the last item was classic. Entirely appropriate, and it was the cherry on top that tells them this was deadly serious.  | |||
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Nosce te ipsum |
Yes, could have been far worse. A great reason for both smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Louie, after Jim burns down his apartment. One of the best skits in comedy. Jim gets a check from his dad. Louie requires complete silence while he figures out the amount. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QsFDpTEl84 | |||
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