For the short story, JUST DO NOT GO TO THIS PLACE. Because people there are not honest, they just want a quick cash crab from tourists.
For the long story, here we go.
Lets start with the conversation I had with them, I will use the simplified word to keep it short.
"Could you tow my car?"
"Yes, are you a tourist or a local?"
"I am a tourist."
"Ok, where are you we will get our tow truck right there."
"I'm in Yellow stone..."(told her where we are)
"Alright our truck will be right there."
"Wait should you tell me the price of the towing first?"
"Oh yes, it will be around 300 - 400 depend on the traffic condition, we will sent our truck right now, see you later."
"Could you wait a second please, is there any good auto-shop that you could recommend in Jackson?"
"We can also do auto repair, too if you want to, once your car got there we will start working on it."
"Sounds good, see you later."
Then I waited for two and half hour for the tow truck, which is understandable consider there might be a heavy traffic, but I check the map, it is 42,6 miles and should took an hour.
Then the tow truck arrived, towed our car, during the ride I talked to the tow truck driver and he told me they are also do auto service, he told me once our car got there they will check the car right away and fix it as soon as possible, and there are mechanic in the shop 24 hours.. Everything works great till what happened next.
I arrived at the workshop at 3:30 p.m. I said the front desk that is it possible for someone to take a look at my car, he said no, because the shop is closing soon (which is 4:00 pm) and the mechanic is going home, then I ask the truck driver that he said there are mechanic here 24 hours, then they said only if its an emergency they will have their mechanic working over night, and the mechanic have something important happened in his house so he have to go back. I ask that the lady I had telephone with said once our car got into your shop you are starting to working on it. Then the front desk guy started to lie in front of my face and says that he is the only guy taking the phone and he did not say that, he start to roll his eyes and lose his patience. I tried to tell him there is another lady talked to me on the phone but he insist he is the one on the phone. Then their boss shows up and says "I hear you on the phone with our girl, and we will take a look on your car now and get back to you tomorrow.". During that conversation, I can tell two things, first, there mechanic is still in the shop otherwise they can not work on my car, second, the front desk guy lied two times in front of a customer's face. But I still leave my car to them because I have no other solution.
Later that day, I got a new friend through Uber and he told me he know another auto-shop and I should try my luck at that place. I said lets see what this will cost me first.
Next day morning, I went to this auto shop again, and they said it will take three day and $2800 to fix my car because they have to order the part from somewhere else, the price they told me is that the parts will cost me $1400 and rest of it is labor and storage fee. I looked at their computer screen for the parts they need and I saw the price is $800, and the front desk start yelling "You should not look at the screen! mind your own business." And finally I gave up on this place, told them I will pay my towing fee and go to anther place. The final price is $680, including the price for checking whats wrong with the car, towing price is $480 rather than the $300-$400 I was told on the phone. At that time I was too tried to argue with them. Then they told me I have to pay in cash because their machine is broken, so I went to a bank can got the cash. When I got back from the bank I saw someone using card to pay them, but when I go in they said their machine is down. And again, I was too tried to argue with them. For people do not know, pay with cash can let shop skip the tax for that deal. Shame on you.
Then I went to another auto service shop, cost my $700 and one night for them to fix my car.
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