I just got home from visiting the North Beverly location. I scheduled a 330pm appointment via their app to get my tires, which were all bought at this location and cost almost $700 less than a year ago, checked because the two front ones have been losing air. Due to COVID, my car has only been driven for a little over 3,000 miles in 2020 and on the same track in 2021, so they are almost brand new. When I scheduled the appointment via the app you can add notes. I included the above that the two front tires were losing air and I wanted to have all of my tires checked. I arrived for my appointment about 5 minutes early, told the guy behind the counter that I had an appointment, and then he says, "Which tire is it?" I told him the two front ones were losing air, I needed all of them checked, and that I had bought the tires there. He says, "Well we wouldn't have time for that today. Is one worse than the others?" I asked him what he meant that they wouldn't have time, I scheduled an appointment and clearly stated what the appointment was for on the app. He said "Yeah, we wouldn't have time for that today." I walked out. I hate this place. When I scheduled my appointment on the app there were at least 10+ available appointments throughout the day available. The 330pm appointment was available and it was when I could get there. What I don't understand is ... if they didn't have time to do this today, at my scheduled appointment, why wouldn't someone reach out to me (I provided my email and cell phone number, and said they could text me - when I scheduled on the app) and tell me that they were sorry that they wouldn't be able to do this job at the time I scheduled or on the day I scheduled, and then reschedule the appointment?? Rather than me going all the way there and being told they can't do it? While I waited to talk to the guy at the counter there was a customer in front of me. He walked in, without an appointment, and asked if they could check something on his car. The guy told him yes. The customer asked how long it might take and the guy told him about 45 minutes. WHY, would a customer that doesn't have an appointment take precedence over a customer with an appointment AND THEN the customer with the appointment is told "We wouldn't have time to do that today."???
This isn't the first time I have had problems with this location. I had written a review years ago over another issue, and last year I had to get a battery checked. Dropped the car off the night before because we were quarantining and I asked them to do everything contactless, which they agreed. They didn't follow safety protocols, and I ended up being forced to go inside AND open the door of a contaminated car - when I specifically asked them to leave the windows down and lock the keys in the trunk (as I had a spare set). They agreed but didn't do it. They called me, told me the car was ready and that it would be outside. But instead, it wasn't when we arrived - because someone went to lunch.
I have dealt with the owner of this company directly to get information and a letter regarding work that had been previously done, due to a dealership replacing something that didn't need to be replaced and was clearly labeled under warranty. I requested this of the North Beverly location and they weren't the least bit willing to help me. The owner was WONDERFUL to deal with. He REALLY cares about his business, wrote me a clearly stated letter - completely backing me in what I needed and it was absolutely apparent in our email discussion that his business and his customers were his top priority. Unfortunately, only being able to speak about the North Beverly location, the people that manage/work at the counter at this location always seem like the customer is a chore to them. This is now the 3rd+ problem I've had at this location. I will never go there again. Sadly, since I bought the tires at Hogan, I will now have to drive to another location to have my tires looked at, but I'm not dealing with North Beverly again. No wonder there were 10+ appointments available today (as of the night before) ... others must be going elsewhere, too.
I hate writing bad reviews, especially knowing that the owner of this company is a pleasure to deal with, but I'm just so sick of the "Your problem isn't our problem." attitude at the North Beverly location. read more