ARRRRRGH!!! why do people ask me if they don't wanna heed my advice? - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

rscurtis · #16 06-11-2009, 08:44 PM

Sometimes people will only follow advice that they paid for even if it is wrong.

barry123400 · #17 06-11-2009, 09:16 PM

Somehow or other you did not say what she wanted to hear. I have no particular biases yet she is female. Slightly different logic seems to apply ocasionally.

Remember we love them because they are different.

Now if your wife had told her it would have been a slam dunk. Probably just in over your head like the majority of us.

Your frustration is showing.... You also may not be alone.

vstech · #18 06-11-2009, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel911

I hope someone has not said this yet; but, I think People ask for advice but take the advice that backs up what they wanted to do anway or advice that relieves them of responsibility/decision making/blame.

believe it or not, the guy who did the damage to the car is the one calling the shots on this one...
I told him to get a pair of good used calipers from a junkyard, and I would put them on for 50.00... he decided to call in a favor with a garage he works with,
and have them do what is needed to fix the brakes. it looks like they are going to change the open caliper and put on a rebuilt one... the lady says she will take the car back if it pulls. I tried to explain to her she may not notice it, but it will put extra strain on the entire car, and could cause an unsafe stopping condition in a panic situation...
whatever...
she wants me to go over the car and get it up to snuff when it gets back from the shop.
or after she gets back from california... whatever again.
I just gotta say it's gonna be cash up front...

scottmcphee · #19 06-11-2009, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rscurtis

Sometimes people will only follow advice that they paid for even if it is wrong.

BINGO! This is bang on.

If you charge for your advice, it would be more likely to be followed.

compress ignite · #20 06-12-2009, 12:08 AM

GF's Mother,MIL ...Second Cousin's stepgirlfriend...BLAH !

You're a PROFESSIONAL, let them take their ANGST elsewhere.

(1st time someone wants a second opinion when I've offered my "Pittance"
Gratis ...A Pox on them !)

It's a free country...and you're free to avoid all the B**l S**T .

Believe me (AND I Know you understand this) it's a No Win Situation.

MBeige · #21 06-12-2009, 12:39 AM

That's how we get cheap used MB's

rcounts · #22 06-12-2009, 01:11 AM

The only thing that frustrates me more than someone who asks for your advice on something (because they know nothing about it, and you do) and then doesn't follow it (because it isn't what they wanted to hear) is someone who asks for advice and then ARGUES with your answer.

I have been known to "question" others advice, which I solicited, but only when it is something I am already relatively knowledgeable about and I'm asking for their opinion as a "sounding board". If I don't know anything about it and ask someone more knowledgable I'll generally take their advice as long as it makes sense.

pawoSD · #23 06-12-2009, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by strelnik

My ex father-in-law always knew better and laughed at me.
Now he's dead.
I don't care.

Just wait them out.

Wow....

pawoSD · #24 06-12-2009, 02:22 AM

People usually only ask me computer advice, but then they question what I tell them after I say it. These are people that have a hard time turning on the PC or using a web browser.....its very annoying.

Car advice I don't give often. Usually I just lay low like Gollum and let people make fools of themselves with junky cars.......they can never understand why I drive a 27 year old car....its almost surreal to them.

t walgamuth · #25 06-12-2009, 06:03 AM

.Most people ask but only really want a positive confirmation of what they want to do anyway.

One of my best friends asked me what to buy new. I advised him to buy a new opel, which he did and kept for at least ten years until it had bags of miles.

Thats about the last time I can remember anybody asking me what to buy.

1974.

Diesel911 · #26 06-12-2009, 02:39 PM

Slighly off subject
The guy that used to live behind me was a Mechanic with the State Rapid Transit Bus Line.

He would fix cars on the side but he found a way to avoid that "not listening to his advice".

He would tell people to take their Car some place that they trusted to diagnose the problem and bring it back to him and that is what he would fix; for less money.

If the diagnosis was wrong they could not blame him and he still got paid. After that he got to fix what he though was wrong and got paid again.

compu_85 · #27 06-12-2009, 03:11 PM

I have a friend who once had a very clean 97 Jetta 2.0. Nice car, very clean, ran great. VW uses an oil / coolant heat exchanger to cool the oil, and there is a rubber seal in there that fails after 10 years or so. It will start weeping then generally let go, dumping out all the oil. This happened to his car has he was driving down the highway. He saw the flashing oil light and heard the loud no oil pressure alarm, but because he didn't smell anything or feel a loss of power he kept on driving... until the motor quit.

He then had it towed to a shop who told him that the motor was done, and that the 2.0 motors were hard to come by. I think he sold the car to the shop for $100. He tells me this a month after the deal went down and I inform him I know of 4 2.0 motors for about $200 each in local junkyards.

Oh well... Now he drives a Cobalt.

-J

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