Utah Mechanical Systems
2026-08-07T13:23:28.309Z
I reached out to UMS because my friends at The Rainbow Saloon were urgently needing a new pump and pads on one of their roof mount swamp coolers. Even though it’s a steep roof, the owner usually does the repairs, and pads but has had some physical issues this year.I was paying for repairs as a donation to the Rainbow because they do several fundraisers every year and they are one of the biggest financial contributors to Shriners Children's Hospital in Utah, if not the top contributor, so I wanted to help them out as they are selfless and give back to the community more than any other business I know! I had seen UMS on FB groups and was very happy that they scheduled the work for 5:30pm Monday Aug 3rd. Their on boarding video is almost 13 minutes long, on rules, policies etc., it did mention they could be there an hour early or an hour late depending on their current job at 36 seconds to 40 second into the video. I was at the Sara Evans concert after a hard day’s work and was excited that The Rainbow was going to have cool air for the first time in 3 days and they were beyond grateful that I had made arrangements to get it fixed and was paying for it as a donation which I had already mentioned to Emily at UMS. The first red flag was a text 40 minutes after they were supposed to arrive at 5:30. I got a text at 6:19pm telling me the tech was running late. No info on when he may show up so I asked for an estimate of arrival time. They texted "hopefully within an hour." I did comment that with my own business I give Customers a heads up before my scheduled arrival time when I know I'm going to be late, and I give my customers a time slot of when I'll be there.According to Leah at the Rainbow, the tech arrived at 8:40, 3 hrs. & 10 minutes after scheduled arrival time. Was there for 15 minutes and left because the roof was too steep & he was going to have to bring another tech to help him and he had to get approval to modify the roof and install a D ring for safety.I texted Emily that " I told you the roof was steep" and "You’ve really dropped the ball on this one Emily!” on top of that he was 3 hrs past the scheduled appt, and to hours past their service window on the onboarding video!She told me the tech had tried to call me and explain this, even though they had been communicating through text up to this point and I have NO call or message on my phone that I had received a call. She told the tech to wrap up & head out.By this time, I was so frustrated, missed half the concert and said, " Yeah, let me know how much I owe you and I will put the post back on FB. It was an expensive learning lesson!”She said... We would love to help you tomorrow, but 2 things must happen.1- Stop yelling at me over text."It's 10 pm at night and I’m trying to help you and schedule you. I won’t be treated with disrespect like that.2- Provide written authorization to modify roof to allow access. We can come at 11, but I need you to be respectful.”First of all, I didn't yell! Usually done with all caps! Lol.I said, “No thank you!Everything from being so late to not being prepared for a steep roof, I'll get someone else that can do it without modifying the roof like it's been done many times before! I'm done!"I happily paid the $199.00 service fee.I immediately found a 5☆ company that came out the next morning and got it done safely and quickly without modifying the roof and they charged me such a reasonable amount that it made up for the 199.00 service fee I had to pay to UMS! There was later a big apology on their part. Too little, too late!The only one that was rude, disrespectful and unprofessional, was Emily!I don't want anyone to go through what The Rainbow and I had to go through that evening!I certainly don't recommend this company!
I reached out to UMS because my friends at The Rainbow Saloon were urgently needing a new pump and pads on one of their roof mount swamp coolers. Even... More