So, I tried to do this the nice way, because I have been doing business with Joe Cooper Ford of Yukon since I bought my current vehicle years ago and like the people there, but I'm beyond annoyed at this point. I went in last week to have my car serviced and was literally robbed, because I was in a hurry and didn't take the time to read the invoice before I paid.
The first thing I told them was that I needed the back passenger side tire patched. The I needed an oil change and the battery checked. They called me 10 min later and said there were $1,400 in needed maintenance, the brakes and battery were shot, the filters all needed replaced and all the fluids needed flushed. I told them to fix the brakes, battery, change the oil, change the filters, and patch the tire - and that was it, the rest could wait. They said it would be $600 to $700. Fine. I get back 2 hours later, and the bill was $1,000. I was annoyed but paid and left.
Two minutes after I left, the tire pressure light and alert went off, but I had to take my mom to a doctors appointment and didn't have time to go back at that moment. But after I got my car from the valet at the hospital, the back passenger side tire - same one as before - was really low on air. I thought that was strange as on the invoice it showed they rotated the tires - this got me concerned. That's when my friend went over the invoice line by line and found even more problems.
The invoice showed that when the original test on the battery was done it registered as good, yet they told me it need replace and they replaced it. It show that the rotors were resurfaced and then replace - why would they do both - and that I was charge labor for both. Clearly was dealing with a padded invoice and unneeded replacement, as well as a tire rotation that didn't actually happen. It's as if they clocked the clueless gay dude as soon as I walked into the day.
So, I called the next day and spoke to the service tech who took care of the car. He tried to convince me that all was correct and that "when brakes are that bad, the the rotors have to be resurfaced and replaced." And that the battery test was from "after it was replaced," which was clearly a lie. After admitting that I was overcharged for labor, he said "well if you had mentioned it before you swiped your card we could have fixed it." At that point I told him that I wasn't paying for his mistake and he invited me to come back to the dealership and speak to his manager.
When speaking to the manager I only contested the labor charge for the resurfacing when the rotors were actually replaced. I decided I would need a new battery at some point and that there was no need to cause further issues. The manager also blamed the charges on "those girls," meaning the cashiers. Well, this wasn't true, I watched them ask the techs to close their tickets. The misogyny in this annoyed me. When all was said and done, the manager said the reimbursement check would be cut Monday - yesterday - when "Mr. Cooper" signed it, and they would call me. Well, the manager texted yesterday and said the check wasn't ready yet. I went by at 5 PM and he got annoyed and told me he would text me when it was ready. He has yet to call, after everything else, I'm more annoyed and feel I'm being given the run around.
At the end of the day, beware of Joe Cooper Ford in Yukon. I'll be calling my acquaintance Scott Hines at KFOR-TV to see if this is a regular occurrence.
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