EDIT: Since the owner has tried to discredit my criticism, I've provided proof. Please see this album of screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/JDgS3w0
1. My text timestamps show that I reached out at 3:42 PM. He responded at 6:05 PM and offered to come out THURSDAY (not Friday). Since that wasn't good for me, we decided on Friday.
2. At no point did we discuss him coming back on Saturday. On Friday, he reached out to me at 11:07 AM to let me know he wouldn't be by that morning (he previously agreed to 9:00 - 10:00 AM). When Friday didn't work, I requested (NOT the owner) for him to come on Monday.
3. On Monday, I reached out to him to see what time he'd be by, since he didn't tell me prior. After some back and forth, at 11:15 AM he tells me he won't make it. Around noon, I told him I was fed up and wanted a partial refund. Two hours later (i.e., after the time where I told him I'd be unavailable), he responded with a flurry of messages and calls. I didn't "refuse" to answer your calls. I was busy. I told you this.
4. I left this review to warn other customers about poor business practices. My money's been spent, and it's clear that things won't be made right by giving me a partial refund like requested.
5. These messages speak for themselves, and I think it says volumes how the owner's statements conflict with my proof. Apparently facts are "misleading." Buyer beware.
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I needed my car cleaned before selling it, so I made an appointment to get the Washington Detail on 8/08 (Wednesday). Two men showed up the day of and got to work. Around 3:00 PM, the guy cleaning the interior let me know that he was done and that the exterior guy had to head out to another appointment, but he could come back to take care of any spots that I noticed needed touching up. A little unusual, but okay. As a show of good faith, I paid the interior guy in full (+20% tip). I then noticed that quite a bit still needed to be done-- the bottom trim of the car was still dirty, the trunk area hadn't been cleaned, the rear passenger's door and side mirrors were still dirty, and all of the windows were really streaky. I contacted the exterior guy at 3:42 to ask if he could come back to finish the job. I told him I would need to head out at 5:30. At 6:05, he said he could come by the following day, which didn't work for me, so we agreed on Friday at 9:00 - 10:00 AM.
Friday, at 11:00 AM, I get a text that he's going to try stopping by that afternoon. Apparently a guy called out. Not ideal, but things happen, and I'm trying to be patient. No word that day, so that night, I say I need to head out at noon on Monday, and I ask if he can have it done by then. He responded with, "Yes sir." Monday at 9:00 AM, I ask what time he'll be here. He asks me when I'm leaving. I say (again): noon. At 11:15 AM, he asks me where I'm heading, because maybe he can meet me. I'm not available for the rest of the day, and I'm fed up, so I tell him I can't wait any longer-- I need to sell my car-- and I tell him I want a partial refund for not receiving the service I paid for.
Two hours later, my phone blows up with five messages and two calls in a 15-minute period. I get excuse after excuse: the weather's been a problem, he's had guys call out, the interior guy for my car took took too long originally, I'm not answering my phone to address this issue (I said I wasn't available). I respond via text that I get that things happen, but this is a business, and I haven't gotten what I paid for, so I want some of my money back. He says he won't respond anymore, but I need to call him, because, "You received full service there are just some areas that need to be touched up I understand that.. but it has not been a week I told you I could come the very next day and that did not work out for your schedule."
To be clear, the work that they DID do is great. I take issue with the business' management. The job wasn't finished the day of, and that's frustrating in and of itself, but set that aside for a moment. I totally understand that problems come up in a business, but it's inappropriate to string a paying customer along for nearly a week, then offer multiple excuses (never taking responsibility for stringing the customer along), then ignore the customer's requests for a partial refund, then minimize the facts of the issue ("it has not been a week," "you received full service"). Take responsibility for the issues and make promises that you can keep. And when a customer asks for a refund, acknowledge that. read more