Waldron Electric
Reviews and Complaints

This man lied and demanded payment before he looked at anything. If you call before 4 pm those are emergency hours or so he says and up charges you.

He also when we gave him a bad rating called my wife back and cussed her out over the phone like the dog he is.

DO NOT let this company in your home. Hes a vile awful human who has robbed clients of lots of money and should be out of business.

These people right here are terrible human beings! I don't understand how and why they have been allowed for so many years to continue their scam business.

Shame on the state of PA. My elderly parents in Chippewa, PA was just ripped off more than $3000 for 3 breaker replacements. He would have gotten $7000 had she had a higher credit card. That's the only good thing that happen for my parents in this situation.

Waldron Electric company is your *** on earth. Don't call them EVER!

And BBB, you all are not doing your job for the people scammed by this company. Shame on you too!!

DO NOT EVER call these scammers! I called them yesterday because I was having trouble with my electricity.

So the guy they send arrives four hours after they said he would and immediately has me sign a contract saying I’m “satisfied with work performed and agree [I] knew all prices in advance.” Has me take out my credit card to pay $100 just for him to come out there.

Then he tells me it’ll be $1,050 just for him to take a look at my circuit breaker. I say I’m not paying that much. Through a lot of fast-talking about how our photovoltaic setup makes it more dangerous to open up the panel (total bull — you can literally just switch it off on the side of the house), he manages to convince me to pay him $610 to look at it. I give him my credit card again, sign the contract again.

After looking at it, he says my main breaker is broken and he’ll have to replace it — for almost $4,000.

I’m stunned, but how would I know how much these things usually cost? And my electricity has been out for an entire day, I’m worried about my food spoiling, I’m so tired of dealing with all this, and I just want it to be over. I text my husband at work, who starts googling how much this normally costs. He calls me back, saying a main breaker costs an average of $500, and the average cost to replace one is — at absolute most — $1,300, maybe $1,500.

The guy starts talking again — real fast, not giving me any time to think — and breaks down the costs for me, including $800 for city permits.

Now, we’ve got a friend who works for the city. My husband texts him, and he says permits for this kind of work would be around $28, absolute max of $50. $800 is completely insane.

I tell the guy no, but he won’t leave my garage. Keeps going on and on about how you need a licensed electrician with the city for this work, and most people you’ll call don’t have that (bull), and here’s what a licensed electrician card looks like so I know, and I’d better watch out buying breakers on the internet because some of them are counterfeit, and Waldron gets theirs direct from GE, and on and on and on.

Basically trying to convince me I can’t trust anyone but Waldron for this difficult, dangerous, and complicated work. He shuts off all my electricity (the living room still worked) because otherwise it might be dangerous.

Earlier today, I called Hanner Electric Heating & Air. They came out, investigated the circuit breaker. They said there was nothing wrong with it — probably just a temporary problem with our electric company — and turned everything back on.

It’s working fine now, no problems.

Now, here’s the funny part: as soon as I told Floyd Hanner about my experience with Waldron, he *immediately* recognized the name. He said Waldron has the first three electrician businesses in the Yellow Pages and doesn’t want anyone to know it’s the same people. They’ve been taking advantage of people for years, been sued at least once.

I initially found it odd that they didn’t take checks. I should have listened to that gut feeling — it’s probably because checks are too easy to cancel once you’re away from their high-pressure sales tactics and have a moment to think.

They have you sign a contract saying you’re happy with the work and fine with the prices before they’ve done any work or told you any prices, save the $100 to come out there — presumably as evidence if you try to sue them. (Though they’ve been sued at least once, so it can be done.) They delete negative reviews (which is why I’m copying this review and posting it all over the internet, as should you).

These people are con artists, ruthlessly taking advantage of people, fast-talking people into accepting absurdly high prices. Do not let them into your home. Do not give them a single red cent.

Tell everyone in Pittsburgh never to trust them. You want a good, trustworthy electrician?

Hanner’s your man. I had to learn that the hard way, but you don’t have to.

{{Redacted}} is a crook. He charged me $1700 to change a dryer receptacle and plug.

It took him about a half hour to do and the parts cost is about $50. Why would I pay this? I had zero idea of the cost of these things. Never had to hire an electrician to do work before and he spent 15-20 minutes babbling to qualify this.

I was caught off guard. Don't become a victim. He starts with $110 arrival fee makes you sign. He initially told me it would cost between $500-800 for the whole job.

Before he gets started he tells me once he starts work it will be $600. Makes you sign. Once he had me hooked for that amount he tells me it will be another $1000 to complete. I knew I was being hosed but did not know how bad.

Every professional I've spoken to about this said the whole job should have been $300 MAX. Then I learn that he has done this many many times to people and he was arrested on 8/12 by McCandless police for deceptive business practice - false/mis stating credentials and criminal attempt theft by deceptive false impression. He is due in court on Nov 13th. Google "Pittsburgh Electrician Arrested" and you will learn all you need to know.

He also owns. Also look out for other business names such as Three Rivers Electric, Electric USA inc., 911 Emergency Electric Service, Speedy Electric Heating & Cooling. When I asked him the next day why it ended up being so much more than his original estimate he refused to answer. I was going to dispute with my bank but he would try to sue me whereas he would settle for a fair amount but with a *** order.

I would rather let the public know and allow the Attorney General take it from here.

He will likely lose another case like the one he lost in 2002 ti AG Jesse Harvey for $41k - 94 victims total. There are SEVERAL complaints they are working with already.

I called this company because I had a brand new dishwasher that was not working. Immediately upon arrival the man told me there was a $90 visit fee which needed to be paid cash before he would even assess my issue.

Then he said it would cost me $675 to diagnose the issue and install a new line or rewire the existing line. He then got out he flash light and flicked a switch under the dishwasher and it began to work. I asked if I would be refunded part of the money because he never did any work or had to hook up any equipment to diagnose a problem. He refused and I asked him to leave my home.

I immediately called the company to let them know how I was robbed by their employee. The woman answering the phone refused to give me a number or email for a supervisor and then hung up on me.

This man was in my home for 7 minutes total and I was charged a total of $765 to flip a light switch. I have yet to receive a phone call back from a supervisor.

I just got back from visiting my good friend in the North Hills. They own their own electrical company.

I was discussed when my friend was telling me the stories of how these people rip of the elderly. That my friends husband goes in after these people have been called to fix the original issue that was never addressed but this company will take thousands from the elderly and say they did fix it. He was down at the Home and Garden show and announced to everyone he would show the other companies how to rip off the elderly. He (the owner) was kicked out if the show.

This man should NOT be in business!! I dont know how he sleeps at night!

The gentleman that called seemed disinterested and asked twice about the $95 fee to come to the door. After assuring him I was fine with the charge he advised that he would be there within thehour He called back to say that a road was closed and that he didn't know how to get there even though he had GPS.

Finally when they did arrive he seemed displease when I told him the scope of work was a 220 outlet swap not a 220 line.

He then pranced around in the rain saying that he couldnt work around my cigarette smoke; I was standing in the garage with the door open no where near where he would be working. Without even looking at the job he asked for my credit card and when I questioned the fact that he wanted to be paid prior to even looking at the job he advised that "he didn't need this *** returned my card and walked away, got into his truck and drove off.

The Allegheny county DA is compiling complaints on this company. This post is being written in Aug of 2019. Your local police will file with Allegheny County DA, He is using deceptive business practices to scare and intimidate customers.

https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/mccandless-elderly-fraud-man-says-electrician-tried-to-scam-him-for-air-conditioner-repair/98264****

The worst! Not only was he late and unprofessional but he also charged me 1200$ for 25 minutes worth of “diagnostics”.

He did not fix my problem. He did not replace anything. He did not use any supplies. He told me to call my utility company and bolted with my 1200$.

Not sure how he sleeps at night. I can’t imagine treating another person so terribly.

Go somewhere else! Save yourself the hassle!

These people will fast talk their way into your wallet! Do research and find another company! Do not let them take advantage of you!

Driver called to arrive at a specific time told me about the issue said it would cost me $500 didn't even come out and look at the issue passed off call to George electric still waiting