In late August of last year, my A/C recently broke on a Friday night. So I called A/C Technologies to get someone to take a look. I called them because they installed the unit about 4 years ago. The serviceman came and did some diagnosis. He said there is a leak in the system. He pumped in some Freon to get the system running. For the visit, he charged $225 dollars. $125 for emergency visit, $75 for labor per hour and $25 for the Freon. <br /> Couple of days later two guys came to do leak detection. One of them, whom I later learned to be the son of the owner, quickly identified the leak to be in the coils of the indoor unit. When I asked him about other possible leaks, he said that to do that would cost me about $300 because he needed to cut the pipes and re-solder them. He even suggested that they may have to re-route the pipes and that required to go through the attic of the garage or even the house. I was puzzled about this. Later he said that's not needed because the pipes don't go underground. So they are not likely to be damaged. Everyone knows that the pipes are copper pipes, that's the first time I heard that they need to reroute the pipes all the way up to the attic to connect to the indoor unit. His estimate for the whole project is $450. The estimate is about two hours labor at $75 per hour. $150 fees for exchanging the warrantied unit, and $150 for the Freon. I paid $100 deposit and they left. <br /> Two days later other two guys came and replaced the unit. I paid the remaining $350 after the work is finished. I was really busy with my work during that period, so I just wanted to get everything fixed and finish my work. A few days later I emailed Rheem about the $150 fee. The next day Rheem called me and I was told that the unit is under warranty and Rheem doesn't charge any fee for replacement. I then called A/C Technologies to ask them to explain to me the fee. The person who spoke to me said that Matt, the one who did the estimate, wasn't available. She said that she would talk to him and get back to me. I waited for the call, which never came. I then called in the morning next day, that person wasn't there. So I left a message. No one called me. <br /> The 3rd day, I called again, and was able to talk to the first person, she said that she would talk to the manager and get back to me. Again, no one called me back. This was Friday. So I called again on Monday morning. I was told that the first person wasn't in, she would be in in the afternoon. I called again in the afternoon, then I was told that she would be in after 3:00. At this point I asked to speak to the office manager or the owner Russ. She put me on hold for a few minutes and then came back to me with a new explanation for the charges, she said she got this from Matt. The new explanation is: $150 for labor. $250 for 5 pounds of Freon and the remaining charge is for miscellaneous. I asked about the miscellaneous, she said like pipes and other materials. For the whole project, they only used some PVC pipes to reconnect the drain. Nothing else was used. Then I asked to speak to an office manager or Russ. She said that there is no manager available. Russ, the owner, is on indefinite medical leave and will not be available. A/C shops typically have everyone together to assign the jobs for the day. I asked about anyone in charge at that time. I was told that no one would be in charge in the morning. <br /> I knew at that time that it was going nowhere. So I stopped talking to them. I called Rheem about anything they can do. Rheem said they can do nothing. <br /> Then I filed a complaint with the BBB and the consumer service department of the State of Florida. After some emails asking me for me information, I was informed that they couldn't do anything. <br /> What I want to suggest to everyone is, avoid this place at all cost. These are not the people you want to have anything to do with them. To me, losing money is one thing, betraying my trust is the thing that I hate the most. <br /> <br />