Taking It
October 2nd, 2007What is it about car audio repair that feels like you are dealing with the shadiest people alive? Way worse than buying a car is the experience of dealing with installer shops. I dropped my car off at 9:15 this morning. Called at noon to get an update. Hadn’t even started. Called again at 2pm. “Give us an hour.”
Gave them two. Heather dropped me off and after waiting 15 minutes to get help, the front guy assigned to my action tells me that no one has touched my car for two hours.
I put off coming in to this place for this very reason. At least I had the prescience to bring my headphones. And I’m on a free wifi node. o
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October 2nd, 2007 at 4:22 pm
I’m with you. It’s hard to trust people who target their ideal demographic by shouting and shaking the camera a lot.
October 2nd, 2007 at 5:27 pm
I remember my one experience getting my car stereo repaired in a similar manner: I left the place feeling like I needed an incredibly long shower.
Some market sectors seem to attract cretins like bug lights attract moths. I wish I understood why.
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:14 pm
I think those places are run by mafia dropouts.
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Car audio repair = most definitely taking it. Especially places with pricing schemes that differ with the method of payment.
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:58 pm
To be fair, they finished 20 minutes after I posted this. $30. Hours it took me to not find the problem? 11.
Should have done this weeks ago.
It’s still sketchy there.
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:53 am
OK, I have to brag a little here.
My husband is the manager of a car audio chain here in Memphis. He has many famous clients and some clients that still call him from across the country to get his opinion. He and the owner get into fights on a daily basis because hubby REFUSES to be dishonest. If you ask, he will show you his cost, the competitions cost, and explain everything in simple to complex detail.
Last July I was about to take a 13-hour road trip with my (nearly) 3 year old son. I pulled out of the gas station at 5:45 am and turned on the DVD player only to find it wasn’t working correctly. Since I was only a few blocks from the house, I turned around and went home. I woke hubby up (2 hours earlier than usual) and asked him to fix it. I couldn’t drive 13-hours with a 3 year old and not have Elmo! He got up, took the entire dash apart in my Jeep, fixed one little wire and had us on our way within 45 minutes.
Just saying there are some good ones out there!! If you have any questions, he would be more than happy to answer them to the best of his ability so you don’t have to ‘take it’ anymore.
Have a great day~
ps. The day before my trip, I was cleaning the interior of the Jeep and my son put some change in a blower vent. I had to take the vent cover out to get the change out. I jarred some wire loose when I shoved it back into the spot. Just saying the loose wire had nothing to do with the original installation…
October 3rd, 2007 at 4:34 pm
This is why I am a woman. Hope it (eventually) was fixed.