Rating = F - - -
If I could leave 0 stars I would, but I can't.
I just moved back to the greater Eugene area from Las Vegas. In the process my truck broke down. The shop I chose to take my truck to recommended Baby Face Towing.
I called to schedule a tow at 11:30 am. The person who answered the phone was slurring his words so bad I could barely understand him. He said he could not be there until after 4 pm so he would have time to pick up his child from school. Since my truck was parked in a safe place (a relatives house) and the repair shop (only 12 miles away from said relatives house) closed at 5, I told him that would be fine. Mind you said relatives house was 45 minutes away from my location.
I arrived at the location of the truck at 3:50 to meet Baby Face towing and proceeded to wait until 4:45 when I finally received a phone call saying he was still 10 minutes away because he had gone on another call. I said no problem, then continued to wait, and wait, AND WAIT for another HOUR when I received another phone call with another excuse. Someone had supposedly removed the tools from his truck and he had to go back to the shop to get them?? Wait, I thought you were just on another call? What other tools do you need.
The driver (who ended up being the same person I spoke with on the phone at 11:30 am slurring his words) FINALLY showed up at 6:15pm, still slurring his words. He then proceeded to tell me what a pain this tow was going to be because it was an automatic transmission and he would have to disconnect the drive train because it was too tall to put on the flat bed.
Since the transmission was the problem anyway, I offered to let him tow it WITHOUT disconnecting the drive train at which point he reaffirmed that there would not be a discount... he wanted to be paid the additional fee to disconnect the drive train for work he was not even going to do! I told him I thought this was absolutely ridiculous and that I should be receiving a discount for having to wait for him all day, let alone LESS WORK. He wanted sympathy for trying to make money for his family by making me wait while he went out on other jobs. What about the time I spent waiting for Baby Face Towing that I could have spent making money for MY family??
I had enough. I told him to leave, at which point he tried to charge me his FULL FEE. I refused, so he threatened to hook up my truck anyway and tow to police impound. I reminded him he was on private property, trespassing at this point, offered to call the police for him myself, and he finally left.
I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND Baby Face towing to anyone. In fact would pay DOUBLE whatever Baby Face wants to any other towing company simply to not have to deal with the biggest self employed jerk I have met in a long time.
You have to EARN the money I pay you for your service; you don't just get to show up whenever you want and demand it because you have a truck. There are a lot of other trucks out there that can do the exact same job with drivers, owners, and employees who actually care about the service they provide. read more