Rip off mechanic

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by masraum

Yep, but you'd be surprised, they'll try to pull that stuff on just about anyone and everyone, doesn't much matter if you're male or female, young or old. I assume the one thing that they assume is that an oldster may better be able to afford stuff and less likely to question things.

I've been to plenty of places for tires or whatever and been told "you need new brakes." It's almost a standard response for them any time they get a car.

In my single days I was dating a school teacher that had some generic econo box Japanese car. She was having some dealership change her oil as she got "free lifetime oil changes" when she bought the car there.

They told her she she needed new brakes and it was going to be $1,200 and she was in a panic. I told her to to tell them not right now, and she brought over the car for me to check out. I popped off a wheel, and the front pads were down, the rears were fine, time to replace the fronts. I drove her to the local FLAPS and asked for the top quality pads, and a set was well under under $100. I put them on in an hour, and changed her brake fluid as well. I did not get paid in cash, but was well compensated for saving her $1,100.

[creaturecat]

BMW dealer on Burrard in Vancouver - charged wife to replace the brand new rotors i had installed 2 weeks earlier. i had marked the rotors when installing them. they musta put the very same marks on the new rotors. 900 bucks.

[asphaltgambler]

Years ago I worked for a large independent 'chain' of auto repair centers. In the manager's meeting room at headquarters there was the giant 'white board' mounted on the wall. In one particular meeting the message written in huge letters " Lie until they Buy" no joke.