Terrible experience with the service here. This place is very near to my work, so I decided to stop by for an oil change about 3 months ago. I was going on a weekend trip, so I had figured it would be most convenient to stop there on my lunch break. I pulled in, told the man that I just needed an oil change and went to the waiting room. There wasn't a whole lot of communication with anyone there, they all pretty much ignored me and went about fixing the waiting cars. Okay, fine.
Imagine my surprise when I was brought to the register to pay after the oil change was complete- And was told that my total was about $74. I almost fell over - Never in my life have I ever paid that much for a basic oil change. I was FLOORED. I asked the guy if this was really the total for just a quick oil change. He just nodded and didn't make any effort to elaborate or explain the charges. As a sidenote, I have REGULARLY visited the Kwik Kar on MacArthur Boulevard in Irving and the service is like night and day. Great guys, excellent care and I have never paid more than about $30 for a standard oil change. So, naturally, I was in shock at paying more than double at the same chain for the exact same service.
A closer inspection of the receipt confirmed the incredibly unethical practices that the technicians are using at this Kwik Kar - They took it upon themselves to use the most expensive, high-end and top-of-the-line oil in my car despite the fact that I did NOT specify to use this oil and nobody came to me during the service to ask what oil I wanted to use. Naively, I assumed that, because nobody really said more than 5 words to me until I was being checked out, that they were using the basic oil that I have always gotten. In fact, one would think that, if they were really trying to sell this premium, expensive oil, they would have asked me first or, at the very least, presented it as an option - Instead of taking it upon themselves to dump it into my car and then charge me up the you-know-what for it.
$74 for an oil change is ridiculous. Forcing a $74 oil change onto an unassuming customer by using the most expensive oil option and not asking them ahead of time is, at best, unethical and, at worst, cheating your customers. Had someone come to me and asked what type of oil I'd like to use, I would have said the basic kind. Had someone offered the very expensive premium oil before dumping it into my car, I would have politely declined.
I will never be back to this location and I'm leaving this review so others know how customers are treated and exactly what type of business practices they are teaching their staff. Shame on you, Kwik Kar.
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