On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:51:27 -0400, speedy <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I'm with you Mike. I hate to say it but that ASE certification while
>important to you seems to be wasted on many others with the same seal.
>Heard too many stories and went to work on too many cars that were
>totally messed up by the guy with that patch on his shirt.
Sometimes the issue is not the certification, but just the fact that
they are bad businessman. I once had an ASE guy quote me flat rate for
a pan replacement, then tell me that he was going to charge me flat
rate labor to replace the rusted out front pipe as an additional job
he'd have to do. The front pipe already had to come on and off as part
of the flat rate pan job. Guess he thought I was ignorant and he'd get
away with it.
Took my car to another guy on another date, it came back with a little
bump in the hood. It was obvious that someone had dropped the hood
with a wrench in there sticking up on top of the engine and it created
a pimple. Of course he told me all about it and offered to pay for the
repair when I picked it up (NOT!).
>I've been doing repairs on most everything I do out of self-defense.
>Almost anything I have PAID for someone to do had to be done over.
hear, hear. Hired a carpenter to do some framing, then spent a couple
hours squaring and reframing the door frame to a size that would
actually hold a conventional door.
>2nd complaint is the complaints you get when you KNOW what a job entails
>and know that very few can do it right but they still whine and whine
>about prices or time.
Flat rate works in one direction. As soon as there is something
difficult, they charge extra for it.
>I also found out early in life that when you call a company and find
>someone in their employ who has a brain and can actually HANDLE an order
>or problem properly, they wont be employed there for very long. <sigh>
>Craftsmen do NOT get the respect they deserve, or the compensation.
Nope. They go out a start their own company. And a good craftsman
doesn't make a good businessman, so they don't all survive.
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