OK.. I came to citysearch to find a company that people trusted and recommended. Champion A/C appeared the best. So I called them. They came out fast (plus) My inside unit had been freezing up and finally I had no cold air at all. When they came out they told me I had a freon leak and immediately said R22 is no longer available and you need a new system. Being gullible, I had the young man give me a quote for new systems. I was now in a panic because I couldn't afford new. When they left I cried for a long while wondering what we were going to do. I did some research and soon found that R22 was available but going up in price. The next day the manager called me to give me a discount on the new systems because my husband is a Purple Heart Vietnam vet.(nice gesture) I explained that I really needed just a repair and he said he could send someone out to give me an estimate. In the meantime, I had called another company to come out. They diagnosed the leak and told me it could be fixed for $507.00 WTH.. When Champion comes back out and give me an estimate (at no charge) for the repair, they send the same guy back out again and AGAIN he refuses to fix it, saying sorry, I won't do that to you. You need a new system and still doesn't leave me estimate to repair. He pumps a bunch of R22 into the system so it will be cold, but still leaking and leaves. (no charge for the R22 - that is not supposed to be available) It must be nice in this economy to turn away business. I finally called Sears and they came out and fixed it for $410.00. They were there for an hour and fix the leak at the compressor and took about an hour to complete the work. System is running beautifully. (BTW my system was installed 3/20/2003 it's only 10 years old) I was initially impressed with Champion, and quickly became disappointed. I'm glad others had a good experience. Mine was not - even though I wanted it to be.
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