On January 23, 2017 I booked an appointment to have the oil changed and tires rotated on my 2007 Toyota Prius. This appointment was confirmed through an email. The main reason I choose to use a Goodyear service center was the tire rotation that was included. For $45, I thought this was a great deal, and decided to try and use a Goodyear service center for the first time. The store I choose was located at 2824 Bee Caves Rd. in Rollingwood Texas.
I have some pretty thick skin, so when the front desk attendant, Phil, was rude and short with me, I took it on the chin and didn't let it bother me. We all have bad days, and you have to let the little things slide. I was still happy with the price I was paying for a synthetic blend oil change and tire rotation. I sat down and waited for my car.
Now here is where things get bad. I had seen undercover investigations on TV where people were charged for services they never received. With that in mind, I decided to put a big "X" on my two rear tires. If those two tires were still on the rear of my vehicle later, I would know they hadn't been rotated.
After a reasonable amount of time I was told my car was ready. I first asked Phil if the tires had been rotated, to which he replied yes. As the technician who delivered my car to me left my vehicle, I asked him to confirm that the tires had been rotated. He was a young kid, probably in his late teens or early twenties, and was very nice. He said yes they had been rotated.
Before I got into my car, I checked those X marks. They were still on the rear tires. Upset, I asked to speak with the manager. Aubrey Jordan, a large man with an imposing demeanor, immediately became aggressive with me. He started yelling "We did the rotation! Are you calling me a liar?" Shaking, I showed him the x marks. That made him switch to a different tactic. "Well those tires are no good, we don't rotate bad tires!" he yelled at me.
I was afraid. I felt threatened by Mr. Jordan as he stood over me and raised his voice. However I knew what I had paid for, and I stood my ground. I told him I wanted my tires rotated. He said no. I said that I wanted a refund and I wanted to talk to his Manager, whom I later found out was Tom Girard.
This made him even angrier, as he could see I wouldn't just shut up and go away. Fuming, he yelled at some of his workers to take my car back into the shop and rotate the tires. I couldn't believe what was happening. I was getting yelled at and was feeling threatened for simply asking Goodyear to do what I had paid for.
I had called out three Goodyear technicians on a lie, including the manager Aubrey Jordan, and I was getting yelled at for it. I called the Rollingwood Police Department, who said that unless something had been stolen from my vehicle they couldn't help. They were, however, interested in the situation since the Goodyear location I was at was the same one used for all the maintenance on their police vehicles. I then left a message for the District Manager, Tom Girard.
Being lied to, by three different employees, is one thing. What made this inexcusable was feeling threatened for pointing it out. You can't treat customers with such disrespect forever. Sooner or later a customer is going to do something about it. read more