3 years ago
8 WEEKS AND COUNTING to get my wife's dead, Yoga 8...
8 WEEKS AND COUNTING to get my wife's dead, Yoga 800 repaired or replaced under warranty. Ugh!
I bought this for my wife directly from Lenovo. It's actually a really good machine (once I deleted the dozens of extraneous and superfluous applications they installed on it). It's well designed, easy to use as a laptop and tablet, and has a lot of horsepower for the money.
The problem is that four months in the machine completely died. I called tech support, went through some diagnostic steps with them, and they determined it had to be sent in for repair under warranty. I was told a shipping box and free shipping label would be sent to me within 3 business days and it should be repairs within a week after being received.
Two weeks later, after three more phone calls, the box finally showed up. Now, about 6 weeks after I shipped it back and a solid half dozen more phone calls, the machine still isn't repaired. I was told the technician was waiting on the discs to re-image the hard drive, it was in testing to make sure it was fixed, and a few other things. Finally, I was told the part needed was on back order. (You people make the computer. You are still selling the exact same model. How can the part be on back order? And why can't you just replace it with a new or refurbished one of the same model?)
Twelve days ago, after another frustrating conversation, I was sent an email asking if it would be OK to replace the machine with another one with certain specs, some standard, some cryptic to me. I said yes. If it was at least the same as the previous machine. Today, I get a reply stating that the replacement machine was exactly the same as the one that broke. (?!) Really? You could have said so in the first place and just sent it. Why would I say not to that? Then I have to wait 12 days for you to reply?
Really good machine, but their warranty is valueless. For the time and frustration spent getting them to repair or replace it - NOW COMING UP ON 8 WEEKS, if you can believe that - plus the time my wife didn't have it to run her business with, I should have just bought a new one. For 20 years, I've only bought from Dell and Apple. That's where I'm staying.
On that note and to contrast, I had a 4-year old MacBook Pro die on me last year. I brought it to the Apple Store in Orlando. The one-year warranty expired, but they offer to send it to their factory repair center in TN to completely refurbish it for $300, including a new battery, new video card, and have couple other questionable components replaced. I left it there with them. Two days later (yes, *two* days), the FedEx driver showed up with it like new. (Exact same one, identified by serial number and some personalized markings). A few weeks later, I got a $300 check in the mail with a note, "Repair covered under warranty". Records showed the video card used in the machine had a defect in manufacturing. That's the way to treat your customers, Lenovo.