What would YOU do…
if a “reputable” shop charged you $100+ to change your oil… and then didn’t change it? If you found out two months later when there was so little oil in your car that it barely registered on the dipstick, and was black and murky?
Just three little words come to mind. Three little words, but ones that are laced with menace and venom… and should strike fear into the heart of the recipient.
Fists of rage. Fists of RAGE.
There are days when I really wish I had mob connections.
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xo Jen
June 28, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Well, some F words come to my mind but it isn’t fist. And I’m not sure whether I should use the * or not so I’ll refrain.
Um, I would take the receipt and march back up there and make them fix it while I watched
June 28, 2007 at 11:05 pm
I would call and bitch out the manager and when he asked you to come in I would bitch him out again and ask for a free oil change and ask for a coupon for a second free oil change. That totally sucks….
June 28, 2007 at 11:14 pm
Okay, how in the heck could that not have been an intentional let’s-screw-over-the-customer deal? How could they “accidentally” forget to change your oil?
I don’t believe in clamouring for compensation when a company makes a harmless mistake? But intentionally? And something that messes with your car?
Heck ya they should pay out the nose!
June 28, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Ohhhhhhh, I would be so pissed. I like Kara’s suggestion. Go straight to the manager and give ‘em HECK (yes, I just said “heck” okay?)
June 29, 2007 at 12:26 am
WRONG.. SO WRONG.
I did marry an Italian, if that’ll help…lol
June 29, 2007 at 12:42 am
This happened to me once. Only with me, they half changed it– meaning that they drained it and never put in new oil.
Let me put this nicely… I expressed my concerns to the manager, while holding a screaming baby and pointing at my half-broken car, and received the next three oil changes for free.
Thank you.
June 29, 2007 at 2:06 am
I couldn’t get on your site for a while :-(
I too would be so ticked! I have had that happen to me with the sticky oil thing but it was when I was 17 and had my very own car for the first time and didn’t know I had to get oil changes, opps! I think it had been like 10,000 miles and about a year. Those Chevy Cavaliers are tough cookies though because it ran great afterward it got some new oil!
June 29, 2007 at 3:22 am
DUDE-You’ve got us. Post the phone number and we’ll rip ‘em a new one.
June 29, 2007 at 3:27 am
Ooooooooh ninjas.
And yeah we found out that our internet provider seems to be making up strange and random ‘taxes’ to charge us.
verrrry ticked
oh and
zbkfuuqi is way to long a word ver
June 29, 2007 at 3:27 am
Those weren’t the three little words I was expecting, but still very effective.
Now go back and pin somebody to the wall.
June 29, 2007 at 3:47 am
Oh I’d so be in their face. It would not be pretty.
June 29, 2007 at 3:51 am
I would pitch a fit. A total fit. I say you should go in there and slap them with a leather glove. Demand satisfaction! Challenge them to a duel! Or at least demand a couple of free oil changes.
June 29, 2007 at 4:11 am
Couple questions: Where the eff are you getting your oil changed that it costs $100? Also, why has it been two months since you checked your oil? I know, I know I sound like a Big Jerk but in all sincerity, when you get your oil changed they ”should” take 30 seconds to ”check it” in front of you (to show you they did it and also, it’s a GREAT way to not ”forget” to refill the oil (happened to me right before moving up here….uggggh).
In addition to raising a stank at the shop, I would suggest letting them keep it overnight overfull on oil, draining it and refilling it to the correct levels (again, JUST went through this in April) because the oil being low AND dirty can potentially damage some of the seals and rings. ”Soaking” them overnight can go a long way toward preventing undue wear. I mean, more-so than them giving faux-oil changes.
Let us know how it works out! And check your oil at least once a month!
June 29, 2007 at 4:30 am
Ok, I know this is somewhat sexist, but I’m pretty sure us women often get screwed on all things car due to our general lack of knowledge in this area.
So I’d send a raging pissed husband who needs to defend his ragingly furious wife’s honor.
And by the way, Charming Driver checks his/her oil once a month? That is too good! Can I borrow Charming Driver’s services down in Cali(No we don’t really call CA Cali) to check the ol’ mini van’s oil once a month for me?
June 29, 2007 at 1:28 pm
I’ll be your TaeBo connection and I’ll take ‘em down!
July 2, 2007 at 11:54 am
I feel your pain! My husband was driving our customized classic car on Thursday when he started having engine trouble. He called our insurance company to take advantage of the free towing and it was towed to an independent garage that we have used in the past. When he went to pick it up the next day, he paid $120 CASH to be told that it was out of gas! Not only that, but the mechanic that worked on it left a shop light on the floor and melted the custom carpet!!! Good thing he didn’t tell me until we had left the shop. He possibly averted some bloodshed!!
July 5, 2007 at 2:26 pm
That’s unbelievable! How could that happen???
Sue their asses! I mean, what’s more fun than a lawsuit…when you are on the money-getting end!