AC Wholesale Electrical

E W.

HORRIBLE. I was at this place today and witnessed one of the most disrespectful exchanges ever in customer service. And looking at the historical comments above I think all are well-deserved and properly warranted. The sarcastic, know-it-all counter boy asked a customer who was upset he had been sold the wrong light for his closet, ""Are you growing weed with these lights? That's what most customers are using them for."" Like, ""Da fuq, Snot?!"" You sold him the wrong crap and tried to diss the man for calling you on it. The customer showed restraint telling him how he screwed up. No one and I mean not one rep is inviting or customer oriented. This is a culture. The owner was there. When I first came in, no greeting or stand by please. The female corpse that lazily sweeps the floor by the heels of her dragging feet 'zombies' about the place avoiding work and appears to be very thirsty all the time. I guess the old grey mare ain't what she's used to be so turn her to glue soon since she just sticks around anyway. The closet and fetch rat, Johnnie is the closest thing to a professional. However, I could not wait to leave. Had it not been for my important need of a product they had in stock I would have left the sh*t on the counter, deuced them up and yelled, ""Peace, Bee-otchez!"" on my exit.

I'll never return! I'll find a more respectful alternative in LA.

judy m.

I had a very bad experience at AC Wholesale Electric. Service is unfriendly if not rude. Prices quoted were different depending on who you are talking to. The first person quoted $40 for a circuit breaker, then a second sales person charged me $56, I canceled this due to the way I was treated and walked out . I went to Best LA Electical on nearby Pico, they did not have the model that I needed, they the great guys there called three other stores trying to help me get what I wanted, non had it. I had to go back to AC Wholesale insisted that I would only by a quoted by the first person, $40, when I got in my car, still with a bitter taste having to face these rude people and noticed that he actually charged me $45. I would never give these people my money again. Their attitude actually spoiled my day- avoid if at all possible Best LA Electrical on pico is not only nicer, it is cleaner, more organized and the price is about 40% cheaper.

Parmer F.

Terrible service. Bored salespeople. Uninformed. They do not care. I had a specific cover in mind to cover a small hole in the floor made by a coaxial cable. The bored guy said: just fill it in with silicone.

Alex W.

Small place conveniently close by my work thought I try them out only needed electrical wire order 3 color in purple, gray, white, strained 14 ga wire in 100ft . There comment was we usually sell it by the rolls of 500 ft but will cut to order no problem. They had it ready the next morning , wat a surprise got a roll of spaghetti ravel all tape together not separate in a individual pieces . They say Home Depot does it the same way, not sure if I should have been more specific to ask them to roll it out nicely

Stephen S.

I went in on a Saturday to buy a GFR circuit breaker that was not available at other retailers. I special ordered the item through AC and was told that it would be $65 and it would come Tuesday or Wednesday. I looked online at Amazon and saw that the breaker I needed was $50 so I ordered it through Amazon.

To be fair to AC, I went back and offered to pay the shipping charges. They made me pay 25% of $96 which was their new retail price for the breaker. I paid $22.50 for a restocking fee and left without a breaker. They did not offer me a receipt the first time or second time.

Patty S.

I went back to return two light fixtures that we decided they were not what we needed.
I bought them reluctantly because I don't know anything about electrical supplies - however - I went ahead and got them because sales person encouraged me to get them with the assurance that if they didn't work out - that I could bring them back.
Unfortunately - it was all talk and a lot of hassle to bring the fixtures back.
Although I brought them back in their original box with all the original packaging and not used - the sales guy charged me a re-stocking fee and told me that he never assured me that I would get a full refund.
Very disappointing experience..

Andrew D.

This place is awful. It's dumpy and disorganized. The staff is rude and doesn't speak English. They didn't have what I needed and they acted like it was my fault for wanting something they didn't have. They didn't even try to help me find an alternative solution.

Blaine P.

AC Electrical is a triple threat: a) dishonest, b) the worst customer service you'll likely ever experience and c) overall just a mushroom cloud of bad vibes. I called to see if they had a part. They assured me they did. I asked how much, they responded: ""Forty dollars."" I drove there, and waited behind one person in front of me as the lone employee, a fifty-something Persian gentleman, attended to her. As I waited two more gentlemen walked in behind me. The employee served the person in front of me...and completely ignored me as he started filling orders for the other two gentlemen who came in after me. I would've been fine if the employee apologized for having to serve his regular customers, but he took nearly 10 minutes filling the orders of the other two guys who came in after me. At this point, I've been waiting over 10 minutes when he finally looks at me and grunts something under his breath which I can only assume may've been ""What do you want?"" I ask for the part, he goes into his rack of shelves and a THIRD man walks in. The employee stops down on my request, goes over to the third man, they exchange words in Persian and the employee starts filling the third man's request instead of mine. When he's done with the third man, he retreats back to his shelves for another 5 minutes, brings out a part to show me that isn't the one I asked for, goes back to his shelves for another 2-3 minutes and...(drumroll)...tells me they don't actually have the part he told me they had on the phone!!! Me: ""But...you said you had it...you gave me a specific price! Forty dollars..."" Employee just stares at me blankly. No apology, no explanation...completely remorseless and with no concern about my experience whatsoever.

It felt like a prank show...like there could've been hidden cameras everywhere and Howie Mandel was going to pop out and tell me I'd been Punk'd.

My experience was almost so bad it was good...I almost encourage people to go there JUST to get the whole overall AC Electrical experience. Just don't go if you actually need something and need to be somewhere else in the next three hours.

Jim R.

I was looking for some special LED supplies and these guys had a great selection. The service was great, they go the extra mile. They take good care of shark fisherman

Miko G.

Horrible company to work with, unprofessional and truly bad customer service.

I bough a bunch of items plus 4 adapters, yet they had only 2 in stock. They said come next week and pick it up. They didn't have it by then yet so I bought it somewhere else and they said they will give me a credit for the 2 I've paid for. That's fair I guess although I would have preferred a refund. I asked for a receipt or a store credit ticket yet they didn't have anything like that so they said "" just come by, we'll have you in the system"".
So a few weeks later I went back and got a few items and asked to use the credit. No one know what I was talking about. I was talking to the guy i was dealing with and he said he remembered but he's not so sure.The owner's wife pulls up the receipt after an hour of looking for it on the computer and says I've paid for 4 adapters but it doesn't say I only picked up 2 anywhere. Now, they all know I had that issue, they recognize me and remember that they were 2 adapters short , but they all act like I'm almost not there and trying to pass the time without really helping me. I had to pay full price for the other items I picked up and never got the credit. it was a clear cut case of bullshit that cost me $80. I've bought twice from them before and spent over 500$ each time, and they had no desire to help or to get to the bottom of it.

I will probably do a charge back on my credit card, but I will never buy from them again. Don't buy from them.