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Old 06-30-2007, 08:10 PM
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"Illegal" 3rd Dist. Rep.
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Onalaska, WI.
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Exclamation *** New pre-job requirement... ***

Have the customer pop the hood (even if they only want you to check the tires' pressure or wipe the bugs off the windshield) and go over anything that looks/smells/sounds a bit "hinky" while they're standing there.

Have them sign-off on the original repair. (Yeah, like that'll happen...)

Sounds like you almost have to have in-house cameras and employee-carried cameras to document your truthfullness.

Then, again, some customers would demand a complete "repaint" if they found a scratch on the car that was there before they "gave" it to you to do what you needed to do.

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Rule #1.) The customer is always right.

Rule #2.) See Rule #1.

Rule #3.) If the customer is still an @55 AFTER you've shown them Rule #1 and Rule #2, fix their problem, then kick their whiney-little @55 out of your shop and forbid them to ever return. Most of their acquaintances ALREADY KNOW THAT THEY ARE WHINEY-@55ES, so what they say will probably never affect your business or reputation.

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Life's too short to worry about idiots like that...as a business-owner, you still get to pick who you like to play with.

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'10 - Dakota SXT - Daily Ride / ≈ 172.5K
.'76 - 450SLC - 107.024.12 / < .89.20 K
..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125

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