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Kelly Generator & Equipment, Inc. has 2 locations, listed below.

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    • Kelly Generator & Equipment, Inc.

      1955 Dale Ln Owings, MD 20736-4323

    • Kelly Generator & Equipment, Inc.

      8431 Old Marlboro Pike Ste 100 Suite 100 Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-2614

    Business ProfileforKelly Generator & Equipment, Inc.

    Electric Generator
    Multi Location Business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    2 complaints closed in last 3 years

    1 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Kelly Generator & Equipment, Inc. has 2 locations, listed below.

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      • Kelly Generator & Equipment, Inc.

        1955 Dale Ln Owings, MD 20736-4323

      • Kelly Generator & Equipment, Inc.

        8431 Old Marlboro Pike Ste 100 Suite 100 Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-2614

      Location of This Business
      1955 Dale Ln, Owings, MD 20736-4323
      BBB File Opened:
      5/27/2008
      Business Management
      • Mr. John Kelly, Founder
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. John Kelly, Founder

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. John Kelly, Founder
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (301) 516-5471
        Primary Fax

      Customer Complaints

      2 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      03/31/2023

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Unanswered
      We purchased a home at *************************** in Dunkirk MD on 3/3/23. The previous homeowners has installed a ******* whole home generator the year prior, and had contracted Kelly Generator and Equipment out of Owings to do maintenance and have a warranty on this item. Shortly after we moved in, a red light appeared on the generator, indicating it needed service. We contacted Kelly G&E to ask if we could have them service it under our warranty, which they said yes, so long as Generac agreed any replacement parts would be under the warranty. Kelly G&E sent a technician out. He told my husband the fuel pressure needed to be adjusted, which he did. He also changed oil, checked the air filter and did other work WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT. What we thought would be an approx $400 bill for warranty work ended with them automatically charging our credit card $900 for work they never told us was NOT under warranty. Never have we dealt with a company whose billing practices were so devious and underhanded. The travel cost alone was listed at $300, with the business being less than 4 miles from our home. This is outrageous, and needs to be addressed before they take advantage of any other unsuspecting homeowners.

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      1 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Cynthia B

      1 star

      04/19/2023

      This company will give you an estimate for warrantee work, not contact Generac to collect on the warrantee, then charge you full price without sending you an invoice first. We were quoted approximately $450 for a warranteed service call, then our credit card was charged $900 the very next morning ($300 of which was for travel...we live 3.8 miles from the business) without the courtesy of sending us an invoice first. The employee adjusted one valve and (without permission OR need) changed the oil in our generator. Two days later, we recieved the same error on our generator. We called them back, and they said they would do a "courtesy call", even though this was an issue they clearly did not fix but wildly overcharged us for. After coming out and spending time blaming everything from the weather to the propane regulator, they sent us a faux invoice showing that they would have charge us another $900 if it wasn't considered a courtsey call. The workers refused to do anything other than put a monitor on the valve. This company will pass blame to everyone before doing any actual work to fix a problem, while charging their customers an outrageous amount and having zero transparency while doing so. We highly recommend finding another company to work with if you install a Generac generator. Generac has been helpful, SJ Johnson (propane) has been fantastic....Kelly is NONE of these.

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