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Jared P

1 reviews | Active since Mar 2012

19 May 2021, 15:02

Don't buy Ryobi

I bought a 43cc brush cutter from Game Pavilion. The machine struggled to start and would stall shortly after starting. I took the machine back to Game after just 12 days and asked for a refund. They refused to offer me a refund, saying that the machine must be assessed to determine if its a factory fault. The machine was sent to Stevens & Co for an assessment. The company blamed me for the problem, stating that "We serviced the carburettor and spark plug caused by incorrect fuel mix." Stevens & Co are blatant ***** with no proper ethics in their dealing with customers. I'm a mechanical engineer by profession, I have my BScEng, MscEng and PhD in mechanical engineering. There was no way that I filled an incorrect 2-stroke fuel mix into the machine. The fault was the installed setting of the carburetor by the manufacturer. I find it extremely annoying that they choose to blame me, the customer, simply to cheat me out of my ability to ask for a refund on the product. To everyone out there, do not waste your time buying Ryobi products. Their guarantee is backed up by an ********* company like Stevens & Co who will simply blame you for their product defects and cheat you out of getting a refund. It's your word against theirs at the end of the day and they will lie to make it your fault.

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Stevens & Co
Stevens & Co's reply19 May 2021, 15:45
Official
Dear Jared, We thank you for your review on Hellopeter as we would like to assist you from our side to see how we can assist to get this sorted out for you as soon as possible. Please can we ask to provide us with the reference number of the unit when it was handed in to the Game Store for assessment to trace it on our side? Thank you Kind Regards,
Erick Bezuidenhout
Service Manager

Stevens & Co (Pty) Ltd
Tel:  ***
Fax:  ***
Email:  ***
Web:  www.ryobi.co.za
604 16th Road
Randjespark, 
Midrand, 
1685
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Jared P's update19 May 2021, 16:13
Reviewer Update
Job card number: 57075

Reference number: ***

What upsets me is that I was blamed for incorrectly mixing the 2-stroke fuel, leading to the malfunction of the machine. In my professional opinion as a mechanical engineer, the carburetor was never set properly by the manufacturer from the time the product left the factory. Blaming the customer for incorrectly mixing the 2-stroke fuel is an easy escape. Why not take responsibility for the real problem?