All of us here at EGO sincerely want you to have the best experience possible, which is why we’re putting the user community in your hands. Starting tomorrow, October 30th, the community will be strictly peer-to-peer. EGO will no longer be available for comment here, but our Champions will remain active and accessible. The Community will continue be an open forum for users to share tips and feedback, as well as troubleshoot. Your input is valuable to all of us!
Should anyone need service or direct attention from EGO, please contact us by calling 1-855-346-5656. We’re available every day of the week and happy to assist! Please note that any Customer Service-based grievances posted here will be automatically removed moving forward. We ask you to note that this is not a message board for criticisms, but rather, a positive space for users to share their experiences and swap stories. Above all, the EGO Community is here to help.
Thank you for your participation and please, keep up the great conversation!
Should anyone need service or direct attention from EGO, please contact us by calling 1-855-346-5656. We’re available every day of the week and happy to assist! Please note that any Customer Service-based grievances posted here will be automatically removed moving forward. We ask you to note that this is not a message board for criticisms, but rather, a positive space for users to share their experiences and swap stories. Above all, the EGO Community is here to help.
Thank you for your participation and please, keep up the great conversation!
Amber F., Official EGO Rep
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Blue Angel, Champion
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Kind of strange a community board created for EGO by EGO will no longer have anyone from EGO interacting/responding.
szwoopp, Champion
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Now for Ego customers/users by Ego customers/users. Whether that is new and improved is yet to be determined. It will be interesting to see how it evolves.
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Amen. This is a joke period!! The product is a joke also.
szwoopp, Champion
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Do you mean the $20 HD charges and then gladly refunds once your warranty coverage is confirmed. Not really an issue.
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I think the problem is home Depot and egos choice to have them as the repair center. It has nothing to do with egos product.
Oregon Mike, Champion
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I have so many stories to tell about Home Depot, not EGO related, so it's really not just the EGO/Home Depot relationship. I do hope EGO will start to roll out other repair shops that can work on the tools in-house and not have to ship them somewhere else. EGO had to start somewhere so why not try and work with the place selling your tools? EGO will step in when Home Depot starts to drop the ball on repair/return times so that's always a good thing to know.
And, really, the main reason for this forum is to help people who are having trouble with their tools. Not to rag on Home Depot or EGO. Those kinds of posts aren't helpful in any way.
And, really, the main reason for this forum is to help people who are having trouble with their tools. Not to rag on Home Depot or EGO. Those kinds of posts aren't helpful in any way.
Ken, Champion
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I don’t know why Home Depot charges a $20 deposit, but that’s HD, not Ego. I also know the money is refunded if the problem is covered under warranty or you choose to not have anything done, or it’s applied to the cost of the repair if not.
Oregon Mike, Champion
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Please note that any Customer Service-based grievances posted here will be automatically removed moving forward. We ask you to note that this is not a message board for criticisms, but rather, a positive space for users to share their experiences and swap stories.I've always found this to be a very strange policy on this forum. I definitely understand the need to delete unfounded criticism. However, it's the silencing of valid grievances that concern me. I submit that a positive customer experience can't be created if you ignore valid well-founded criticism toward your products and services. What's going to happen is eventually those that actually care about your products and services but want to see improvements are going to go elsewhere to express those criticisms. Here you have the opportunity to address the criticisms. Elsewhere on somebody elses' forum, not so much...
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Seems like censorship.
Ken, Champion
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This is a privately owned forum. They can set whatever ground rules they want.
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Might want to look into this. From my experience on other forums don't think unlimited censorship is legal.
szwoopp, Champion
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You got to fight for your rights !
Freedom of speech guaranteed by the constitution
And your right to party guaranteed by the Beastie Boys
Maybe we can get Al Gore to turn off this section of the internets.
Freedom of speech guaranteed by the constitution
And your right to party guaranteed by the Beastie Boys
Maybe we can get Al Gore to turn off this section of the internets.
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Is this policy that important? Maybe we can take it to the Supreme Court. How many other companies have forums that you can criticize their products? How we know that some of these complaints aren't coming from rival companies. Life is too short!!!!
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Ken is right, EGO and their designees have a right to remove content. When you open an account, you agree to the terms of service: https://getsatisfaction.com/corp/terms-of-service/?_ga=2.223842779.1354270533.1541617812-730945286.1...
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My point was never to argue that EGO didn't have a right to censor user generated content, only though in the long wrong they're shooting themselves in the foot by ignoring valid criticism of their products and services. Seems like perhaps too much marketing influence on this forum and not enough customer experience and social media experts running the show. IMHO...as I know the difficulty of running and managing a forum.
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szwoopp, Champion
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But they are not ignoring - they are addressing the problems directly with the customers. And I would assume they are tracking all of the problems to pinpoint any recurring issues just like any company would do.
Then in some cases they are removing trolls - which I appreciate because then I don't waste my time trying to help a poster who really isn't interested in it or in need of it.
Then in some cases they are removing trolls - which I appreciate because then I don't waste my time trying to help a poster who really isn't interested in it or in need of it.
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That's not how I read the announcement. It reads as:
1) "EGO will no longer be available for comment here,"
2) "Please note that any Customer Service-based grievances posted here will be automatically removed moving forward."
3) "This is not a message board for criticisms."
This is a change in the policy and I see nothing in the new policy that assures "they are not ignoring - they are addressing the problems directly with the customers". What am I missing? Are you saying there has been no change in policy and that EGO is available to comment and remedy solutions via this forum as they have in the past? I don't mind complaints going private and being addressed appropriately, but the announcement says the messages will instead be removed and that EGO will not be responding to customer service issues via this forum. #Confused
1) "EGO will no longer be available for comment here,"
2) "Please note that any Customer Service-based grievances posted here will be automatically removed moving forward."
3) "This is not a message board for criticisms."
This is a change in the policy and I see nothing in the new policy that assures "they are not ignoring - they are addressing the problems directly with the customers". What am I missing? Are you saying there has been no change in policy and that EGO is available to comment and remedy solutions via this forum as they have in the past? I don't mind complaints going private and being addressed appropriately, but the announcement says the messages will instead be removed and that EGO will not be responding to customer service issues via this forum. #Confused
szwoopp, Champion
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108,062 Points
Asked and answered. Argue if you want I am done.
If you need customer service - give them a call as stated in the original post.
Now can we move on with this peer to peer forum provided by a company that cares about its customers and is interested in them being satisfied with their products.
If you need customer service - give them a call as stated in the original post.
Now can we move on with this peer to peer forum provided by a company that cares about its customers and is interested in them being satisfied with their products.
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Agreed swooop
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