Until today, I have always thought of John Lewis as a store that fosters loyalty by offering a high level of customer service and taking customer concerns and complaints seriously. However, the customer service I received over the last ten days from all levels of staff, including members of the senior customer complaints team managed by Andy Street - who provided me with John Lewis's final decision today - has left me disappointed, infuriated and absolutely sure that John Lewis is not the company it once was. Six months and nine days ago I purchased a John Lewis own brand integrated larder fridge (product number: JLBILIC07 for £650). Ten days ago I woke to find the fridge had stopped working. I tried all the necessary troubleshooting as outlined in the manual and then called John Lewis customer service for assistance. They informed me that I would have to contact a recommended service centre in my area, which I did. The service centre informed me I would have to wait five days and could not give me any idea as to whether my call out would be a morning or afternoon appointment. As a result, I had to book the whole day off, only to receive a text the evening before to say it would be from 12pm, however by the time this text arrived it was too late to reschedule the leave with my employer. When the engineer finally arrived he informed me the compressor was faulty/broken and would have to be replaced. As it transpired manufacturer reported that this particular part was a low stock item and at that time they did not know how long it would take to arrive ( I now know it will be a minimum of ONE month). Without any repair date on the horizon, I called John Lewis and this is where their lack of customer care became ever more obvious. Since the engineer left on Tue afternoon I have spoken with at least fifteen customer service agents, including those at a senior management level. I was given promises of call backs that never materialised and when I called to chase I was informed that calls are made up to ten at night, so to be patient - it later transpired that when I was told this the department that would have called were already closed as they closed at 6pm. At every stage, I had to chase, prompt and instigate all contact only to be fobbed off yet again. Regardless of who I spoke with they all informed me that whilst they agree a fridge is an integral part of the home it is felt that one month is not an unacceptable timeframe in which to wait for a repair; in fact, they said that as a gesture of goodwill, if the part had not arrived in ONE month time they would reaccess the situation and at that time consider other options! Unable to wait indefinitely I informed John Lewis that they were leaving me with no option other than to purchase a new fridge from Curry's and pay for their faulty product to be removed. I was told "that is completely your decision madam. Can we help you with anything else today?" So, as a result of this extremely poor service, I will no longer shop at John Lewis or Waitrose and neither will any of my family. I do not own any social networking accounts, but as a direct result of this, I am in the process of setting them up so that I can get this story out there and prevent this from happening to someone else because a £650 fridge has ended up costing me £950 through no fault of my own - money I don't have. If John Lewis's new mission statement is to work towards purging themselves of loyal and long standing customers, congratulations are due because they are superseding all expectations.