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Mike Tarallo pays a fixed rate to repair his refrigerator but gets endless delays, false diagnoses, and a canceled service visit. Can Frigidaire and its parent company, Electrolux, thaw this ice-cold mess?

Frigidaire’s frozen promises left me out in the cold

January 9, 2026January 9, 2026 by Christopher Elliott

Mike Tarallo pays a fixed rate to repair his refrigerator but gets endless delays, false diagnoses, and a canceled service visit. Can Frigidaire and its parent company, Electrolux, thaw this ice-cold mess?

Categories Problem Solved
Cynthia Alviso’s new Frigidaire wall oven fluctuates between 35 degrees below and 60 degrees above its set temperature, ruining her baked goods. Despite four repair attempts, it's still broken. Frigidaire insists the oven works properly. Can she get a refund?

My Frigidaire oven’s wild temperature swings have left me exhausted — can I get a refund?

December 18, 2025December 12, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Cynthia Alviso’s new Frigidaire wall oven fluctuates between 35 degrees below and 60 degrees above its set temperature, ruining her baked goods. Despite four repair attempts, it’s still broken. Frigidaire insists the oven works properly. Can she get a refund? 

Categories Popular, Problem Solved
Sandra Addo's $98 Christmas tree is damaged by FedEx before it arrives. An Amazon customer service agent promises to send her a new one, and a second agent confirms it. But then a supervisor reverses the decision, leaving her with no tree for the holidays. Can Amazon save this Christmas tree order?

Amazon promised me a new Christmas tree, then I got Scrooged

November 28, 2025November 28, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories Problem Solved
Amber Lise is trapped in an eight-week ordeal with Best Buy over a malfunctioning microwave oven. Best Buy repeatedly denies her exchange request. Is there a way to change its answer?

Best Buy refused to replace a broken appliance — until this happened

November 21, 2025November 21, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Amber Lise is trapped in an eight-week ordeal with Best Buy over a malfunctioning microwave oven. Best Buy repeatedly denies her exchange request. Is there a way to change its answer?

Categories Problem Solved
After Aer Lingus canceled James Jones's $5,246 flight, it only refunded $4,502. The airline ignored his repeated emails about the $744 shortage, violating EU law. After an advocate intervened, Aer Lingus finally paid the missing money.

Aer Lingus withholds a full refund after a flight cancellation. What should I do? 

December 2, 2025November 19, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

After Aer Lingus cancels James Jones’ flight from Paris to Philadelphia, he requests a full refund. The airline shorts him by $744 and then it stops responding to his emails. What can he do to get the money back?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
George Cleveland cancels DirecTV, but it hits him with a $40 fee 10 months later. Can a company charge you for a fee it never mentioned?

DirecTV charged me a $40 fee almost a year after I canceled — what can I do?

November 24, 2025November 7, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

George Cleveland cancels DirecTV, but it hits him with a $40 fee 10 months later. Can a company charge you for a fee it never mentioned?

Categories Problem Solved
When StubHub sends tickets for the wrong show, it blames the customer for the mistake. The company invents an absurd rule to deny her refund, ignoring its own FanProtect Guarantee and forcing her to fight to get her money back.

StubHub issued tickets for the wrong showtime. Can I get a refund?

November 24, 2025October 24, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Lori McBride buys StubHub tickets for a 1 p.m. show but discovers they’re for 7:30 p.m. StubHub denies her a refund because she didn’t immediately contact the company. But what about StubHub’s FanProtect Guarantee?

Categories Problem Solved
Customer pays for premium resume help but gets a bad resume and a refused refund. Can he escape the loan and get his $575 back?

Help! I paid $575 for a useless resume — what now?

October 4, 2025October 3, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Justin Czerniawski pays $575 for premium resume help from TopResume, but he’s unhappy with the results. When TopResume refuses a refund, he turns to a consumer advocate for help.

Categories Problem Solved
FlightHub's booking mistake led to unusable tickets and a family stranded in Argentina, forced to pay twice. The fight for a refund.

Stranded in Buenos Aires: How a FlightHub booking error forced a family to pay twice for their tickets

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Emily Day’s family vacation nearly collapses when FlightHub’s system assigns random passport numbers to their tickets, forcing them to buy new flights. Why won’t the airline refund the tickets they couldn’t use?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
Customer prepays Sears for washer installation that never happens and struggles to get the labor charges refunded.

Sears didn’t install my washer. Why won’t it refund the labor charges?

September 27, 2025September 26, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Sears can’t install James King’s washer, and it won’t refund him. How can he get the company to honor its obligations?

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