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Was I asshoe or unreasonable?

Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:12 pm
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
38923 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:12 pm
Car was pulling to the left after I hit some debris in the road following the last storm. Last Wednesday I called a new, to me, shop to try them out, and the receptionist asks if I can get it there for 8 am the next morning.

Bring the car in at 8 and walk to a coffee shop with my work computer. Drink some espresso, work, get some coffee...after 3 hours I call, same girl says no it’s not ready we need to keep it. Fine, I get a ride...drive by the shop and the car hadn’t moved.

I call Friday at 3 and she tells me the rim is bent, and they can’t align the car with a bent rim, wants authorization to fix the wheel. I question why I wasn’t called...she says she was going to when she had time. I said fix it.

I call Tuesday at 10 and they said the wheel had come in late the day before and they’d get to it that day.

I call today at 3 and they said the car would be done late, close to 5. I show up at 4:50. Car hasn’t been touched. I asked for my bill and that I want my car back. Pay $275 for the tire repair and wait for my car. They seemed put off by my request. I didn’t think I was being an asshoe, I just wanted my car.

Anyway, the repaired rim fixed my alignment issues.
This post was edited on 1/20/21 at 6:14 pm
Posted by stlslick
St.Louis,Mo
Member since Nov 2012
14054 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:14 pm to
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Was I asshoe or unreasonable?


no
Posted by FearTheFish
Member since Dec 2007
3753 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:15 pm to
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asshoe
Didn’t I date you in college?
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
65587 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:17 pm to

4-5 working days for that? No, you werent unreasonable. You let them off easier than myself and many here would have. That's bulsh.
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
38923 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:19 pm to
I really thought it was a 2 hour job. Why ask me to come in by 8 if you don’t have an opening?
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
55969 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:20 pm to
So, you were without your car for an entire week? No, you were not unreasonable. Be sure to leave them a bad review on Yelp or something....just to make you feel better!
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
8125 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:21 pm to
Did this need a thread?
Posted by zephry801
Member since Dec 2017
434 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:22 pm to
Do you need an account?
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
19236 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:25 pm to
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Pay $275 for the tire repair


You hit something in the road and had to give your car up for three days and pay $275.00

The Pussification of America - BIDEN Voter no doubt
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:25 pm to
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rim is bent


So heat it up and fix it

quote:

and they can’t align the car with a bent rim,


bullshite

quote:

Anyway, the repaired rim fixed my alignment issues.



For $275? Thats not a bad deal IMO
Posted by Notnac
Vidalia
Member since Nov 2020
881 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:26 pm to
I would have been furious. You were not an a-hole.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98117 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:26 pm to
They thought you were a pushover. Should have gotten your husband to take it in.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
43318 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:28 pm to
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. Fine, I get a ride...drive by the shop and the car hadn’t moved.



This is the point you should have stopped being the nice guy .

Posted by potent357
Prairieville
Member since Jan 2010
4029 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:30 pm to
You're an a-hole for not naming the shop
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:31 pm to
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rim is bent


BTW if your rim was really bent you would have had a flat tire
Posted by Tigers0891
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2017
6541 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:33 pm to
So what did you pay for ? You got bent over dude

When it comes to mechanics, don't be a pussy. They are scumbag liars who hire dumbass girls to answer phones so that they can take the heat

And now with the edit your story is all over the place. Thought you were the BMW car expert ? Guess you're just a metro with more money than sense.
This post was edited on 1/20/21 at 6:35 pm
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
38923 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:35 pm to
Crazy part...i blew the tire when I hit the debris, got a new one, and the tire balanced. This was the other side.
Posted by NPComb
Member since Jan 2019
27244 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:36 pm to
Pics of girl on phone?
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
38923 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:40 pm to
How else was I supposed to get my car back?

I can’t do some things, I did just tear into it...much past this stage, this is the last photo I took though. I had already done the other side of the cooling system (new expansion tank in the photo.

Posted by Fusaichi Pegasus
Meh He Co
Member since Oct 2010
14563 posts
Posted on 1/20/21 at 6:49 pm to
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