We went with a private handyman first who didn't fix the correct problem with our broken washer.
As a last ditch effort before we would sell the washer as trade-in to a refurbishing place we called Lamar's Appliance, in hopes to save money. Daniel came the next day and in less than 15 minutes our washer was working again, no parts needed, just a tune up. He was nice and encouraging (something I appreciated as a pregnant woman) and asked me appropriate questions as I explained the problem with our washer. I would call them again if something else in our home broke without question.
The other guy (not from Lamar's) was here for almost two hours. He took the whole thing apart, took out a few parts, that didn't seem related to the problem, before putting it back together incorrectly, and telling us we needed a new part, that he didn't even examine in the first place. We purchased the part and replaced it ourselves. Our washer still did not work. We are still waiting for his call back so we can get a refund on the part we didn't need to buy to begin with, as I put the old one back in and the washer is working thanks to Lamar's Appliance.
I would have been thrilled with Daniel (from Lamars' Appliance) even without the first private handy man. So do yourself a favor, and go to Lamar's First!!
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