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Find a Location

Island Comfort, Inc. has 2 locations, listed below.

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    • Island Comfort, Inc.

      99-900 Iwaena St Aiea, HI 96701

    • Island Comfort, Inc.

      4337 Rice St Lihue, HI 96766-1353

    Business ProfileforIsland Comfort, Inc.

    Air Conditioning Contractor
    Multi Location Business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    2/5stars

    Average of 4 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    1 complaints closed in last 3 years

    1 complaints closed in last 12 months

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Overview

    Island Comfort, Inc., offers air conditioning instillation, maintenance and repair.

    Products & Services

    Air Conditioning Instillation , Air Conditioners, Air Conditioning Filters

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Island Comfort, Inc. has 2 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      • Island Comfort, Inc.

        99-900 Iwaena St Aiea, HI 96701

      • Island Comfort, Inc.

        4337 Rice St Lihue, HI 96766-1353

      Location of This Business
      99-900 Iwaena St, Aiea, HI 96701
      BBB File Opened:
      8/9/2017
      Years in Business:
      6
      Business Started:
      7/27/2017
      Business Started Locally:
      7/27/2017
      Business Incorporated:
      9/25/2016
      Licensing Information:
      This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Alternate Business Name
      • Island Comfort Air Conditioning
      Business Management
      • Mr. Kenneth J. Starr, Owner
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Kenneth J. Starr, Owner

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Kenneth J. Starr, Owner

      Industry Tip

      BBB Tip: Buying and servicing your heating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems

      Customer Complaints

      1 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      02/04/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Product Issues
      Status:
      Resolved
      I am writing to formally lodge a complaint against Island Comfort (Lic# C35617) for the air conditioner I purchased in Feb 2023, which has significant usability and service issues.1. Product Issue: The unit fails to maintain a set temperature, requiring it to be set unreasonably high (80 degrees+) to prevent overcooling, affecting both comfort and efficiency.2. Service Issues: My attempts to resolve this with Island Comfort have been marred by a dysfunctional customer service system. Initial contact efforts were thwarted by an automated loop. A technician visit, arranged after six months, ended without follow-up or resolution. It also does not help that the receptionists do not hold any interest for the customer or the product. Especially when a customer like myself can only reach them outside their business hours. 3. Communication Barriers: Further attempts to reach out were met with misleading and deceptive tactics, including a pre-recorded message pretending to initiate conversation ("Hi, this is ******, can you hear me?"), only to lead into a sales pitch for unrelated products. This, coupled with inconsistent contact information and unreturned messages, raises serious concerns about Island Comfort's integrity and commitment to customer service.Even though the manager has promised to contact me tomorrow for follow-up, I feel that my experience and report with the BBB's intervention will assure this is addressed. I hope for a resolution to these product and service failures and measures to prevent such experiences for others.
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      Customer Reviews

      4 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Heather P

      1 star

      02/22/2024

      Horrible customer service. They are not taking new clients at all but has not posted that anywhere on their website or on googles front page. Also talking to other military families that are not Hawaiian it seems to be a problem there should be an investigation. I really feel like they are racist and turning down white people that are not native to the island. Im actually considering filing a lawsuit! They refused to hire new people so they are extremely short staffed and cannot get to people for months at a time. I know for a fact that one of our neighbors right next to ** who is Hawaiian they definitely called last week and were told two months wait but because theyre Hawaiian and they were a new client they were taken in! Now why is that!? today I was told that they are not taking new clients and I told them I was going to report them to the Better Business Bureau so here I am and write about review!

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