2 ‘Faulty Hardware’ printers = horrible Epson customer service
I purchased 2 Epson printers (1 for my in-laws and 1 for my house - both 30 min apart from each other) from 2 different stores on the exact same day.
I couldn’t get my in-laws printers to connect to the wifi despite spending hours trying to get it to connect. I decided to leave it and head over to my house to set up the other printer. Once I added the ink, I couldn’t get any further with the setup.
I spent well over 2+ hours on the phone with the Epson service department to figure out why.
They determined it was ‘hardware failure’. Epson warranty said they would ship me out a printer in 2-3 business days. Unfortunately, I needed a printer ASAP so my only option was to run into town to return the faulty printer and purchase a new one. The replacement printer surprisingly connected.
The next day I headed out to try setting up my in-laws printer again. I was still having trouble setting it up. I contacted Epson support again, spent another 2+ hours trying to sort it out. I spoke with multiple people, one of which being a Supervisor. During our call, I believe the call was lost. At least I’m hoping it was. I immediately called the support team back but could not get connected to that supervisor. He had already taken another call. We were disconnected for no longer than 1 minute and he already moved on to someone else. Despite verifying my phone number and email at the beginning of the call - this showed poor customer service especially from a supervisor. A new supervisor took the call and informed me that the previous supervisor had determined that the printer had ‘hardware failure’. Again, Epson warranty said they would ship me out a printer in 2-3 business days. Unfortunately, I needed this printer ASAP as well, so my only option was to run back into town to return the faulty printer and purchase a new one.
Once again, I ran back into town, returned the 2nd faulty printer and purchased a brand new one. I decided I was just going to head home and try the setup at my house. Much to my surprise, it worked.
I thought that with the purchase of 2 printers on the same day, by the same person - both of which had ‘hardware failure’, that Epson might want to do something for me regarding compensation. I made 5 return trips into town to purchase these 5 printers. Gas is not cheap right now. 4+ hours of my time during my work day that I’ll never get back. Only to be told by the ‘Corporate’ department that there is no compensation they could offer me.
Their customer service is appalling. I am very disappointed in Epson and will never purchase their products in the future.





