Date:         Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:08:54 -0800
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Fast German ruined my dash, now what?
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I have to agree. Any shop can and does make mistakes. I learned long ago
to check the work before leaving and do as much as I can myself in the
first place. Every local shop I have trusted eventually went down hill
for whatever reason. New mechanics, family problems, ownership change,
whatever.

My experience over the years is that a good shop tends to get too much
business after a while and add more help to take care of the extra
business. The long trusted guys then turn fewer wrenches and do more
paperwork. The newer guys turning wrenches make more mistakes or take
more shortcuts as it is not their reputation to worry about in the long
run.

If the mistakes are not made right then it is time to find another shop.

I could tell plenty of sad stories but I think most of us have enough of
our own.

Mark


"Loren A. Busch" wrote:
>
> You can have problems with even the best run and most honest shops.....
> I only tell this rather long tale to point out that even the best shops
> can have occasional problems.  It's how they handle them that counts.