i had a somewhat similar experience at goodyear gemini in west seneca. these guys not only fucked up my alignment (in all 3 tries), they jacked up my freshly painted car on the FENDER where it clearly says “DO NOT JACK HERE”. i still have the paint chips in my tool box with “DO NOT JACK HERE” clearly imprinted into them.
we tore them a new one, but they just don’t understand. there are very few places i trust with my car. i feel for you
Post up the name of the guy that you talked to so that we can all call and say thanks to you not refunding James you will never have my business. I would bet after about 10 of those calls you may get a call offering you the $.
ugh, it’s like they want to fail. Don’t they realize that not taking care of one pissed off customer when you screw up costs you at least 10x more in negative word of mouth?
not sure of the name, but i know it was the (or one of the) shop managers… sadly i’ve been there so many times I know his voice versus the desk jockey.
forgot to mention that i told him about the lug nuts and he said no idea why we would have loosened those… uh… yea…
the guy seriously was just prepared to offer nothing. as soon as i started telling him what happened he was like well, sorry about that, not much we can do.
oh and geoff, that nut is $6.50. only place you can get it from is subaru dealership, trust me i tried every store imagineable. they won’t have it in stock but it is the same part as the lower control arm nut, which they do have.
i am just thankful that my suspension didn’t come apart on the thruway or something… if i had to eat a grand worth of body damage, and 3 grand worth of wheel/suspension/brake components i’d probably be in cuffs for being there in person stabbing the dude in the face instead of a phone call.
they would try to retain you if you were 70y/o and had a vette … the guys their are all assholes They would not even work on a problem I had at one time b/c my car was modded
i know the family that owns it…they live on my mom’s street…they cant refund you money because then they cant buy gaudy rims and other chrome nonsense for shitty SUVs and C4 vettes and bad motorcycles