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Wednesday Nov 18, 2009

Our expert team can answer your toughest questions

Every day, I correspond with visitors to our web sites who are looking for answers. Sometimes it's a microwave that's on the blink or a washing machine that won't spin. Whether it's a lawn mower quandary, water heater snafu or an owner's manual mystery, you can count on us to help.

It's an interesting job, to say the least. One minute I'm helping a guy whose garage door opener won't budge his door even though two of his neighbors' openers make his door go up and down just fine. The next I'm working with our team of experts to troubleshoot an elderly woman's ice maker that's making an odd groaning sound.

No matter what your need, you can come to us for sound advice and helpful information for any problem around your home. Reach out to our experts on www.ManageMyHome.com or drop a line to ManageMyHomeBob on Twitter. Either way, you'll get the help you need when you need it.

-Mike Morris, Editor, Manage My Home 

Tuesday Oct 13, 2009

Protecting our precious natural resources

At Sears Home Delivery, social responsibility is more than just a catch phrase. It’s a way of doing business that treats our customers, associates – and Mother Earth – with the respect and care they deserve. That’s why the Environmental Protection Agency has recognized us as a member of its SmartWay Transport Partnership program, aimed at improving fuel efficiency and reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution. As a SmartWay Transport Partner, Sears Home Delivery is among a select group of organizations that have shown the EPA we’re committed to protecting our precious natural resources. By using environmentally-sound shipping procedures and setting lofty goals for future improvements and efficiencies, we’ve shown the EPA a genuine commitment to our communities, neighbors and future generations. It’s a big responsibility. But we’re up to the task. And we care.

- Mike Morris, Editor, Manage My Home

Friday Oct 02, 2009

The Weekender

As part of our effort to continually help you get more done at home, we want to introduce you to Manage My Home – and more specifically, the Project Center on the site.  We know that as a homeowner, you are doing projects all the time – whether its a weekend update to paint the bedroom, replacing your kitchen disposer, or making that home stereo system work just a little bit better in the middle of football season.

The Project Center on Manage My Home has tons of projects that help you with the steps and materials, how to take care of the project when its done, talk to experts who can help you along the way or find the right help in case you just don’t want to do it yourself!

We know that for every project, you can often do it yourself or you can hire someone to help.  We believe in helping you either way – so check out our Project Center on Manage My Home here and get started for the weekend!

 - Jim Hilt, Chief Home Manager, Manage My Home 

Tuesday Aug 04, 2009

Tell us how we’re doing!

Your complete satisfaction is absolutely critical to the Sears Blue Service Crew. That’s why on the bottom of every repair receipt, you’ll find the web address for our customer satisfaction survey (www.searshomeservices.com/feedback). We take this feedback very seriously and use it to measure our progress and identify areas for improvement.

The survey is super simple, just 6 questions that take most customers only a few minutes to complete. From this we can keep track of all sorts of info that is essential to meeting your needs. If you have a specific issue that you’d like us to follow-up on, the survey is a great way to let us know that too.

Last month, we used customer feedback to improve our delivery scheduling system and our customers are already noticing the improvement!

David Polston, Chief Marketing Officer, Sears Home Services

Thursday Jul 30, 2009

Chat with the Blue Service Crew

Looking for an easy way to get in touch with someone when you need to schedule a repair?  Text chat may be just what you're looking for when you're online at www.searshomeservices.com.

Our repair specialists are available from 6 am - 12 midnight Central Time and are just a click away through the "Chat" button.  There's nothing you need to install on your computer to use chat on www.searshomeservices.com - just hit the "Chat" button and a chat box will open right on your screen.  Our specialists can help you to make a repair appointment and answer any questions.

We want www.searshomeservices.com to be easy to use, so whether you choose to schedule online, call us toll-free, click to call (we'll call you - just give us the number), send us an e-mail or text chat with us, we're there for you!

- Matt, Director and General Manager, www.searshomeservices.com

Wednesday Jul 15, 2009

Where can I find a manual?

Among the calls, e-mails and text chats we receive every day, the question of how to find a manual is asked regularly.  Access to manuals for hundreds of thousands of model numbers is just one click away when you're on www.searshomeservices.com.

Our manual search - powered by Manage My Home - makes it easy to find what you're looking for.  Just tell us the type of product, a brand name, a model number or any combination of these, and we'll do our best to find a match.  Don't know how to find a model number?  Quick hint - a search on the brand name and product type (such as Kenmore Refrigerator) will show any results we have along with model numbers so you can find the right manual.  You can even narrow your search results based on the kind of product you have (top or bottom mount refrigerator, for example).

One other suggestion, once you've found your product manual on Manage My Home - hit the "Launch now" next to the "Want to experience this product?" prompt.  Manage My Home will serve up tips to make your product work better, projects related to your product, and all sorts of useful content, ideas, related products, and answers that others have received about their products.

Thanks again for visiting www.searshomeservices.com!

- Matt, Director and General Manager, www.searshomeservices.com

Wednesday Jun 24, 2009

Tips for customers with Whirlpool or Maytag French door refrigerator models

Refrigerators with French doors continue to be a popular model among our customers.  This style of refrigerator is made by many manufacturers, however we have noticed a common problem reported by customers for Whirlpool, Maytag and Amana French door refrigerators.  Customers have reported a problem with the refrigerator compartment being too cold.  In many instances when we are in the customer's home, we have noticed that this can be caused when the refrigerator is not connected to a water supply but the ice maker is still turned on.  In this scenario, the ice compartment temperature will lower to 15°F as the ice maker attempts to make ice.  In extended low usage conditions, this lowered ice compartment temperature can cause the refrigerator compartment temperature to fall below the set point.  An easy fix to this problem is to shut off the ice maker on/off switch if and when the unit is not connected to a water supply.

 - Your Blue Service Crew

Sunday Jun 21, 2009

Check out all of the rooms in our new home

Building a new website is a little bit like building a new home.  There are many choices about how things should look and what kinds of features to include.  All of these decisions come together to make the new online home for Sears Home Services both easy-to-use and comfortable.

We know that quick and easy scheduling is important.  The Sears Home Services scheduler makes it simple to schedule the service you need in 3 easy steps.  Give us your ZIP code and the type of service you're looking for, and we'll show you when we can be there and any charges for that service.  And if you have questions about scheduling, just call the toll-free number or hit the "Phone" icon and we'll give you a call to answer as many questions as possible.

Speaking of questions, there are times when just trying to figure out whether service is needed or not is the first step.  The Blue Service Crew tools - included on every page on the site - might have the information needed to solve problems on your own.  Use "Find An Answer" to describe your problem and see if we've already posted an answer to your question.  Find owner's manuals and find the part you need from the over 7 million parts from Sears PartsDirect.

Your comments and feedback are always appreciated.  Post your comments here, hit the feedback button on each page, or use the Contact Us form to send us your questions, suggestions or other comments.  We're ready to help!

- Matt, Director and General Manager, www.searshomeservices.com