There are too many people with their hand out at the dealer besides the owner. Parts manager, Service manager, counter parts guy, service writer, lady that takes your credit card or check, and last, and probably least, the mechanic.quote:
Originally posted by Louie's gone fishing:
I know a young fella that works at a new car dealership and I get the feeling that they think the customer is like an apple tree, and ripe for the pickin'.
I prefer LubeXXX™ myself.quote:
Originally posted by Gary Allan:
Lube-N-Go!
And the best part is that you can just drain the oil onto the ground on the customer's propertyquote:
Originally posted by Vilan:
Is that where you go door-to-door asking if anyone in the house needs their oil changed?
Actually, that's not a half bad idea. Convenient for people since they don't need to take their car anywhere. And they can watch what you're doing to see if you're really changing the oil. Just the small problem of having to carry around 53 kinds of filter and 17 brands of oil to make sure you have what they want. But you could stick a fair selection in the back of a van and go that way. Stick a set of ramps in the back too, and voila, a travelling oil change station.
Who wants a franchise?
At least on a national level (the Jiffy Lube thing was local)...quote:
Originally posted by johnsmith:
You guys like exposés? Let's do one on NBC; I'm sure they're totally forthright all the time too. (Just playing devil's advocate... I've bashed Iffy Lube enough times with good reason, just like everyone else.)