Joey P
Post-Delivery FeedbackFeb 15, 2026
I ordered my part and thought I could handle the repair myself. I ordered the part on Sunday night and the product was to be overnighted to me. I planned to have a technician come to service the refrigerator on Thursday IF the part didn't complete the repair. Long story short, the part didn't arrive till the following Saturday due to unforeseen weather that swept across the country. I had called multiple times during the week and checked up on the status of the delivery online. All parties told me that the part was supposed to arrive earlier than it did. When I called customer support(Tuesday night, Wednesday night and Thursday night) they told me that the weather was playing a factor in the part being delivered on time. They assured me that they would work through the issue with me, and that I should call back once i had received the part.
Luckily, when I didn't get the part on time it forced me to dig a little deeper into the issue at hand with my refrigerator. I discovered that it wasn't the control board at all and that there was a refrigerant leak in the freezer section of the refrigerator. The technician also confirmed this on Thursday when he arrived. He encouraged me to send the part back that I ordered through PartsDr, and get as much of my money back as possible.
So, I called the Parts Dr on Saturday to discuss getting my money back for the shipping cost that I paid for and didn't receive, and to inquire on the process of returning the part. The gentleman (I use this label VERY loosely) that I spoke to was incredibly crass and not willing to work with me at all. He stated that the terms and conditions that I signed on, states that Parts Dr is not responsible for the cost of the shipping in the situation that the parts don't arrive on time. He furthered to tell me that it is "an act of God" and that they have no control over it. To which he and I bantered back and forth on because I was of the mindset that I paid for a service that wasn't given to me. I stated if I buy a car and I upgrade my wheels to 20" wheels instead of 18", my expectation is that I get the 20" wheels. I was willing to work with them on a "happy medium" on the whole shipping mistake, but the guy I was talking to wasn't going to budge. I asked if I could speak to his supervisor and he told me I needed to fill out another form to have them review the case prior to just talking to one on the phone. I decided not to do this. I than asked the man if I could get some instructions on the return process and he than stated that I was to go online and fill out the return product forms. He told me that if I opened the product or "tried the product out" in any way that they would not refund me anything. I assured him I took the product out of the box, but i never plugged it into the refrigerator. He than restated that if it has been tampered with in any way that they would not take it back. I assured him that I hadn't and that I was going to leave a bad review on the whole experience.
I get that Parts Dr isn't in the business of taking old used/"tried out" products back, but its incredibly off putting how I was assumed to have used the product and that I wasn't being truthful. The guy literally told me that I should make sure I put on the review that there was a blizzard that went across the country and that is why the part didn't show up on time. He than proceeded to hang up on me. If this was a $20 replacement part, I would eat the cost and be done, but this part alone was $300+s&h. Its a little disheartening when someone tells you that they will take care of the issues when you receive the part and than you call and they are AWFUL to you because you paid for a service you didn't receive and want your money back(or at least meet me in the middle). Overall, I think the whole thing could have been fixed by talking through a reasonable solution for both parties involved. Parts Dr should be ashamed of how they talk to customers.