CROOM'S FLEET SERVICES (Combee Rd)
Never again...
Checked the reviews and thought I'd give them a shot, you know, to go with "local" rather than big corporation.
The a/c went out in my RV, so I took it to Croom's on Combee Rd on a Wednesday. Went over a list of things with Shane that I wanted to see if they could do--the most important being fixing the cab a/c. Some stuff they couldn't do (roof-top a/c needed checking/cleaning), which I can understand. Some stuff was not necessarily mechanical, more cosmetic, but I asked if they could do it because you never know if you don't ask. Shane said they could check on it and give me some estimates.
I specifically asked that he call me and give me an update when I went over my list with him before lunch.
Come Friday afternoon (2 pm), I hadn't heard anything, so I called Shane. He wasn't at the shop, but said he would get with the mechanic and get more info and call me with an update when he got back there. He did tell me that they were having trouble finding some parts, and that the a/c compressor needed to be replaced. He also let me know that it would be a few hundred dollars, and coupled with the fact that they charge $115 an hour, and the job would take about 10 hours, they didn't want me to have a heart attack. Too late.
I waited for Shane's call, expecting to hear from him before they closed shop for the weekend. No one called.
Monday morning, I still hadn't received a phone call. I called before lunch and spoke to Harold. Told him I needed to come and pick up the rv. He was nice enough to let me know that I needed an alternator belt, as it broke. It was not broken when I dropped it off.
Get there to pick up my rv but the front door is locked; had to hunt down someone around back who was on his lunch break & he takes me into the office. Don't know the female's name, but I ask for the belt so I can take it to the parts store for replacement (easier when you have the old belt if there are questions as to the size). She calls one of the guys and tells him to go & get my belt from the ground out in the parking lot! At this point, I don't even know if it WAS my belt. I paid them for 2 hours of "checking out the van" and it was probably the easiest money they ever made, in my opinion. I took it to another shop that fixed it IN ONE DAY, even with having to special order a line for the a/c. AND they charged me less than half of the approximate $1200 that Croom's quoted me!
(this review was from an my experience in 2018; it was such an awful experience that I had to document/post) read more