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Johan K

1 reviews | Active since Sept 2011

14 Nov 2018, 17:21

Hitek Security not honoring gaurantee and mis-information when queried.

Bought 13 outdoor vandal proof fingerprint readers from Hitek Security on 28 November 2017. My client complained that 3 units is not working in September 2018. Took it in to Hitek - Justin technician will have a look and come back to me. Week later, still no response, so I phoned in. Spoke to Chantel (manager). She followed up, Justin said the inside of the unit is completely corroded. They do not have any stock to replace them, and anyhow (according to Justin's advice) the same thing will happen again. Chantel agreed to rather refund me. Had to follow up a week later on refund, once I received it I noticed that it is 30% less than what I paid for units. When followed up with Maritsa (Accounts) she said I was charged for 10% handling fee. When I complained that 30% is deducted and not 10 % I had to spoke to owner (Clyde). According to Clyde they only paid out to the value of the remaining gaurantee period (which is 3 years) and which according to him is completely acceptable and their company policy. I feel it is dishonest and they should refund the full amount paid for faulty product still under gaurantee. Be careful when doing business with Hitek Security as this policy is not on their sales orders they send, nor on their invoices or credit notes....

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Hitek Security
Hitek Security's reply16 Nov 2018, 14:20
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 Good Day Johan, Thank you for your comment below, please be advised that our product is an outdoor unit and has the rating and the supporting test report to back it up. If the installation of such product is not done correctly any outdoor unit that you will use will fail, as per the original invoice you have bought 11 units which 3 of them failed due to wrong installation, the units was not damaged due to water damage it was corrode due to proximity to the cost and due to wrong installation and no maintenance done on the units on a monthly basis the rest of the units is still working fine!. As for the credit amount Hitek Security policy is very clear that we replace the unit within the 3 year warranty. at that point we were out of stock and you wished the option of refund as you said that you will not able to wait until the replacement unit arrived, there for we have provided you with full credit to your account for remain of the warranty period. In the past 24 months we have sold over 10,000 units of that model and NONE of the returns we have received were due to water damage!
 Once again thank you for your email and rest assure that any future service on any of our product will be honored without any issues as per our terms and conditions.