Never expected to find a company with worse customer service than Harvest Right, but sasquash stepped up to the plate and knocked it right outta the park.
I bought a Sasquash V2 around 5-6 years ago, when it was about the only option and made sense for its ridiculous price tag (around 5-6k for similar model that low temp now sells for 2k). Didn’t use it until about a year ago, and just got about a year of work out of it before it broke. The plates got misaligned over time, and caused them to warp a bit and not press efficiently.
I contacted their tech support and got in touch with Matt, who seemed helpful at first, texting within 30 minutes for the whole first day. I paid for some new plates that he sent out same day, and I assumed I’d be back to work before long. Plates arrive on Wednesday, and the horror show begins.
Man sent a plate with 6 in. Spacing instead of the 6 1/2 in. Spacing I need for it to fit onto the press. This alone could be taken as an honest mistake, so I reached out and asked if I could send back this plate for the correct one. I sent it back, priority mail the same day (friday 11/17) then got ghosted on responses for 10 fucking days (Matt replied on 11/27) . This unprofessional fuck even went as far as temporarily disabling the whole technical support line for the week. I know this, because I tried the sales line, he quickly hung up and texted me “sorry, I’m in a meeting right now”.
Monday, 11/27 this fucker texts back with the “was sick as a dog all last week” excuse, and says he’ll send my plate that day. I get the shipping confirmation the next day (oh well, excited to get back to work however possible) and then yesterday this arrives.
Man really sent the wrong piece after all this wait and fuckery. Never asked for this piece, nor do I need it. Have yet to get a reply on his phone number, or their instagram since yesterday. Matt seems to be the only person in their entire tech support line, so I’m seriously hoping that someone else will reply on IG and tell me that Matt is an unprofessional wook that is about to get fired.
Oh well, thanks for the place to vent. I’m buying a LowTemp Industries press tomorrow either way. Fuck Sasquash, I hope none of you ever buy one or have to deal with this nonsense. Fuck you Matt, if you ever read this as well.