The overall reputation of Select Home Warranty is predominantly negative, with numerous customers expressing dissatisfaction regarding service delays, claim denials, and poor customer support. Many reviews highlight a troubling pattern of unfulfilled promises, lack of transparency in policy coverage, and difficulty in obtaining reimbursements. Conversely, a few customers noted the affordability of the plans and positive initial interactions with sales representatives. However, these positive experiences are overshadowed by widespread complaints about the company's reliability and perceived deceptive practices, leading to a strong sentiment among consumers to avoid this service.
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The company is a DISGRACE, Please read your contract carefully, charging customers a $75.00 termination fee should be an EMBARRASSMENT to the CEO. Having to wait days before any technician to come out and fix the Problem. Half of star for this company... the company is just Terrible, NEVER AGAIN.
Horrible company to deal with! I had claims and both were denied. One was July 2021 central a/c unit not working properly. I reported my claim. They sent out a technician to look at the a/c unit. He tells me it is a maintenance issue. After being at my house
Several times I don't think their technician owns any tools but a cell phone. I had to hire an hvac company on my own to fix my a/c unit. It was more than a maintenance issue. Claim two Nov 2021 my furnace pilot light kept going out. They sent out the same technician with his cell phone to fix my furnace. This claim went on for months. Feb 2022 I hired another company on my own to fix the furnace. It turned out the furnace was bad. I had to purchase a new furnace on my own. Select home warranty denied my claims and paid nothing. Stay away from this company. In their contract, there are so many stipulations that they will not have to pay a claim. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY!
This is your typical bait and switch company! They get you to buy the policy. You file a claim and you find out the service is not covered or covered at a low cap forcing you to pay out of pocket. Do not use the company!
I have tried to utilize this company many times, but there is always a 3 day wait. One time a pipe had busted and was flooding the basement, didn't care, still had to wait. So in November my boiler went down, I live in Minnesota and we were looking at a pretty sever cold snap, still told of a three day wait. I decided to go for a reimbursement. Now my boiler covers my whole house, but the company who installed made the mistake of saying zone. Although there is only one zone (the whole house) they would not cover because this was said. I have come unglued over this. Cheating the customers out of the money paid or services promised is wrong! Especially if the employees cannot use their own common sense to make decisions. I called customer service, they stated that they didn't understand why living in Minnesota would make a difference in the winter. OMG! I couldn't understand most of what she was saying, so had to pass on a lot of her comments... I would tell others to stay away from this company, they are the worst!
This company will find some way to tell you that your claim is not covered. Even if your item is listed on your contract and/or in their description of claim items. Do not do business with them
Buyer beware. This company is lousy, they do not disclose fees up front, they hire shoddy unprofessionals to do work and they take too long to dispatch services. Do not use them, I guarantee you will regret it. Remember you get what you pay for, consider another warranty company if you want it done right. See photos of work from a plumber they recommended Sawmaw Services and would not make it right.
This is my second year with select home warranty. Even though I have never filed a claim. So far their customer service is very great. If I get a chance to have to file a claim I'll write a review on the service given.
I have had this company for the last year. Out of all my claims I hve put in, they literally only accepted or fixed 1. All the others were not approved for repair, either bc it was too new or too old. One of Which was only 2.5 yrs old, it wasn't even broken just clogged. They offered $75 to put towards replacing it. My service fee is $60 so they literally offered $15.
Also I live in Nebraska they have vary limited repairmen that even work them. Such a waste of money.
If Select Home Warranty decides that your 3 year old dishwasher should be replaced/repaired. The dishwasher is replaced/ repaired@$150.00 only and I replaced installed sent receipt back. Over 2 months I have not received the $150. Reimbursement check. Has anyone seen a dishwasher for $150.?
The Select Home Warranty representative, Ed Coleman, was very pleasant and polite. He gave me a wonderful deal for the contract, which works out to 32 dollars a month, and the service call will be 65 dollars a month for the life of the contract!
Bryan Oldman was very nice and explained the promotions to add roof leakage. He listened patiently as I explained what I wanted. Thank you!
It is holiday season. I did research for home warranty company and found out select home warranty is higher rate than other. When I call up the customer service line I talk with a very professional sales gentleman. I get 3 and half years deal instead of one year deal. I am happy for his nice service.
DO NOT BUY THIS, you will regret it. They would decline most of all your repairs, would lie about paying service calls and then you will have to cover the cost.
I submitted a claim to have a cooktop repaired 1.5 months ago. Select is yet to schedule a service provider to even evaluate the issue. In addition, I am being asked to find my own provider. One one the main reasons I purchased a warranty was for the company to provide this service. Highly dispointing.
Water heater burst-paid $0. Don't cover leaks. Cost $1300
Washer stopped-paid $225. Depreciated. Cost $745
The WORST Home Warrenty Company EVER! I should have just lit $550 i paid SHW for this policy. 2 items needing repair, 1st one in September was never taken care of. Now 2nd claim, they now say they don't cover outside hot tubs. 3rd frig leaking, have had to call now a 4th time to get leak fixed before leaving for holidays and over a week later, I'm actually on hold to find out again why no one has contacted me to get this serviced. All SHW offers is for ME to find my own repair person, but SHW only allows up to $100 & requires authorization for anything more than that. The sales rep Jake that sold me this policy in January 2021 lied & or misrepresented their service and what was covered. He was told it was an outside hot tub, told our heating & ac was Split HVAC units. Oh, yes, that's all covered & you'll also get roof leak repairs and 14 months for price of 1 year. I'm NEVER allowed to speak to a manager, I just get how SORRY they are & they'll escalate our service request. Plus on top of that, i don't think I've ever spoken to anyone in the USA. I will NOT be renewing my contract with this horrible company. Excuses constantly & no resolution. DO NOT BUY A HOME WARRENTY PLAN FROM THIS COMPANY. Save yourself the grief I've been thru and still going through with them
A few days after I bought a 1 year warranty which I cancelled after the Nextdoor app stated that this is the worse warranty that you could ever have. I was given a cancellation code but after three weeks I did not receive a refund. In the meantime I bought another warranty but Select refused to refund my money. They somehow managed to convince me to purchase a three year warranty instead, at a discount. I was also told that my first service call would also be waived. I set up an appointment and confirmed about the waiver.
When the tech arrived I informed him but he was unaware of that. He called in and they informed him that I turned down the free service call which did not make sense to him so I had to pay the sixty dollars. When I called in they tried to convince me that the next service call will be free but I really don't believe these unscrupulous people. This refund claim was given three different case numbers. They have no system. To add insult to injury they did not cover the repairs because I have copper wiring and it needs to be a flexline in order for them to cover it. Really? These guys don't cover anything that they their contract promise. They find some loophole not to cover your claim.
They will give you great offers over the phone but they will never send you their policy and contract till you pay them. After you pay and spend over 30 days you will start losing your money! If you have something broke down they will charge you $60 detectable, they will reimburse you with less than 1/2 of real Item cost. If you try to talk to them they will waste your time and won't pay you a penny extra. If you try to cancel they will take the reimbursement amount + $60 detectable + $75 cancellation fee + $1.38 * number of days you been with them + charge you for technician fee which they sent to you + whatever they can over charge.
Just stay away with these scam people! I had to dispute the transactions through my bank and that will take up to 90 days to collect what these people stall from me.
They don't cover your repairs. They say they will fix your toilet. The they say they don't cover If the Plummer has to move the toilet to see where the leak is coming from. Then they have the Plummer tell you that it will cost you $400 to move. That is after you gave them $75 before they will do anything.
This was my first claim with them. I canceled the policy and they are refusing to with me know when I will get my refund. Check the BBB before giving them your money. You will have hell getting it back. Their good reviews relatives or a paid service. There are 3,000 complaint on the BBB. Do not trust them.
My microwave oven gone faulty and person came for inspection.It's been 3 weeks of continuous every day follow up since then. Every time they say they didn't recieve inspection report from GE person and issue will be resolved in 48 hours or they will call back. They are not connecting to any superior also. Please let me know how to resolve this issue.
Answer: Scam. Do not trust. They lie and will NOT cover your items.
Answer: Based on Internet searches but quickly found out that they are a SCAM.
Answer: After filing 5 claims, and one tech that wanted to pad his pocket resulting in me fixing my own leak in a toilet at my expense after paying their tech. And another tech wanting to get my pool setup for summer at150. More than I already gave for deductible she didn't fix my pump or water line to my pool. Both denied by select home Warrenty. And 3 more that I paid their techs for then had to fix it myself. Now my freezers compressor is out and they took money out of my bank account without my permission after saying they would go ahead and fix the freezer well guess what they declined it. And said it wasn't covered when in the contract it says it is. List all meat and others because of 3 weeks if waiting for them
Answer: They are fast when signing you but so slow in responding and they are a total scam had to pay out of pocket for my leak repair that they should fix
Answer: Stay away from this company, get your money back ASAP. The longer you wait, the less money you get back.
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