For the record, obviously I can't give zero stars...
I've personally been a customer of Tires Plus for over a decade, handling I'd say 90% of my general maintenance, and have never been taken for in regards to services or charges. No longer will I refer, give business to, or spread kindness of the company. ESPECIALLY this location.
I recently referred my fiance` to stop in here for an oil change, of which she's never visited. She set an online appointment for the next day and went in by herself.
Shortly after she was there, I receive a phone call from her stating they were taking care of a transmission leak. Problem A here....there was no visible leaking or spotting in the garage, and trust me, I'd be well aware if there was leaking on my garage floor. Problem B, the cost was outrageously quoted. $430? So I swing over to see what's going on. I'm explained to that there is leaking or beading of transmission fluid around the pan itself. Which, it's Minnesota, and the car is a handful of years old, it's bound to begin beading a drop or two. All it is, is a gasket. What? 6 or 8 screws to drop the pan and replace the gasket? Reattach? Done.
So I basically stare at this guy, and he instantly drops $55 for the cost of the part. Oh, thanks. So still there's nearly $400 in labor to do this? What, are you mechanics $200/hr mechanics?
We proceed to let them go at it, thinking that since it's just a gasket, they were covering their backside in case there was something more detrimental. Go about our merry business, and call 2 hours later to check on the status.
The lady answering the phone had no record of my fiance` in the system. Instead, her car was listed under some guy's name from Minneapolis. We stated what the car was in for to prove it was her's. We're told it's done and head in to pick it up. So still, on the invoice, it has this guy's name, address and so forth, with my fiance` now listed under his account. So problem C in the scenario is customer privacy. We now have some other person's information. Good work. Secondly, what if they called this guy and said his car was done? Is he a stand up guy? Would he have just came and grabbed the car? Again, good work. Worst case scenario, because this is 2018 and I have to blow things up, this guy goes ahead and jacks the car and runs drugs or some BS.
The bill? Still $430, $378 of which in labor alone. Anybody out there ever drop a transmission pan before? Replace the gasket? Unless they had three guys working on this for 2 hours, it's not worth $378 of labor. Moral of the story is, sales margin is more important than customer service and potential repeat business, not to mention ruined future referrals and my ten plus years of maintenance service with it. Taking advantage of people, not entirely educated on less than normal maintenance is a terrible excuse of a sales person.
Tires plus, re-evaluate your business ethics, and bring in a sales trainer, maybe a sales manager who can lead and train people to generate business rather than take advantage to of the business you're scraping in.
Congratulations on your lost business, and remember, one upset customer means 10 bad customers, and it will take one happy customer 100 visits to bring you future business. Truth in the world of sales. Good riddance. Taking my business to somebody who cares. And if you feel obliged to hand out free this or that services, eat it. Not interested, but thanks for refunding $270 to make things "right".
The story behind the refund is that you charged us incorrectly, as in "we charged you for an engine gasket, not a transmission gasket and blah blah blah..."
Well, 2 hours of labor is 2 hours of labor. Since when does a different gasket cost $270 more in labor for the same amount of time? And oh, by the way, the invoice says "oil gasket". Give me a break here, admit your fault and don't try to hide behind some "make it right" response your poor sales and customer service training taught you.
I'd write more, but I'm at my character limit. Enjoy the novel. read more