Mechanics hate to admit it, but they continually rationalize the outrageous car repair prices they charge. As if maintenance costs aren't high enough...
The following article is a humorous, but realistic discussion on the car repair industry.
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The Top 10 Rarely Voiced
Justifications Mechanics Use
When Ripping You Off
The
following is a list
of ten excuses that mechanics use to justify excessive car repair
prices.
This list is the result of numerous interviews and
question and answer sessions with a variety of automotive technicians,
shop owners, and managers across the world. A bit of humor is
used to highlight the insanity of it all.
Number 1: The costs of doing business are
outrageous!
The number
one
rationalization mechanics use to charge excessive car repair prices is
their own costs. When the bills roll in for them, they roll
them
out to the service customer. Don’t get your car
fixed
during tax season.
Number 2: It’s not easy, you
know!
After
mechanics are done
crying about how much it costs them to rip you off in the first place,
they lament about how hard their jobs are. It’s
dirty AND
there’s so much technical mumbo jumbo to keep up with.
Number 3: Industry pricing guidelines are
unfair!
Not
satisfied with the industry experts, mechanics emphasize the guide in guidelines
to justify their prices, and to guide them to ever increasing profits.
Number 4: The car’s rusty!
This
unfortunate
characteristic of metal is commonly used to defend a host of
charges. Those pesky nuts and bolts accumulate a lot of rust,
you
know!
Number 5: The repair didn’t
include that!
Mechanics
frequently use
this “hazy ignorance” when justifying multiple
charges on a
repair that was supposed to include the multiple
charges.
Number 6: The guy’s a jerk!
There’s
an old adage in the industry: Never Piss-off a tech!
Number 7: I can get away with it!
No remorse
here.
Number 8: I screwed up!
Charging the
client for mechanic errors…it’s like paid
training!
Number 9: Somebody else screwed up!
I’m
not paying for the wasted time! Damn parts guys, delivery
guy, machine shop guy, owner guy….
Number 10: Everyone else is doing it!
Finally!
The TRUTH!
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-Theodore P.
Olson ©
http://www.repairtrust.com/
MLA Style Citation:
Olson, Theodore. "The Top 10 Rarely Voiced Justifications Mechanics Use
When Ripping You Off" RepairTrust. 19 February 2007. http://www.repairtrust.com/articles_excuses.html
APA Style Citation:
Olson, Theodore. (2007, February 19). The Top 10 Rarely Voiced Justifications Mechanics Use
When Ripping You Off. RepairTrust. http://www.repairtrust.com/articles_excuses.html
Chicago Style Citation:
Olson, Theodore. 2007 The Top 10 Rarely Voiced Justifications Mechanics Use
When Ripping You Off. RepairTrust (February, 19), http://www.repairtrust.com/articles_excuses.html |
