Zero stars. Furious, actually... there's no other word to describe it. I brought my car here after a minor accident for about $500 of body work. Because I don't have rental coverage, I was strategizing about how to drop off my car to have the work done without being stranded at home for three days. It occured to me that I had a trip out-of-town on labor day weekend and that I would be not needing my car for five days. Excellent. So I ran the car in for an estimate, was in and out fairly quickly, and on my way. Checked in with my insurance company, they were willing to compensate that shop... good good... and I was all set.
I call up One Stop and begin to explain my situation... the person on the phone was clearly distracted and only half paying attention to me. I repeated myself several times and just got "okay, okay, that's fine" without any sense that he was really hearing what I was saying. I very clearly explained that I was going out of town, that I wanted to drop the car off on Friday morning, the 3rd... that I'd be back on Tuesday morning, the 7th for it. "That's fine, just bring it in". Um... can I schedule that? "No, it's cool, just bring it by, that's fine". Oh really? I don't need an appointment? "No, no that's not a problem sir, just drop it off on Friday."
Um... okay then... if that's all I need to do...
Friday morning comes. I'm there at 7:30am sharp. "Hi, I'm here to drop off my car" - give them my name - they look it up in the computer - "Okay, here it is... no problem" Okay, great, my insurance adjuster will be here before noon today, it should be all set up, and I'll be back on Tuesday morning, then, to pick it up.
"Oh, we don't work on weekends and we're closed Monday for Labor Day. We won't even get to it until Tuesday. You can pick it up on Friday (a week from now)."
I attempt to explain that I had an in-depth conversation about my travel plans, the reason I waited a MONTH to get the car fixed, and that they agreed to those dates/'times when I made the arrangement. I got nothing but a blank stare. "Uh... yeah, we're never open on weekends. Just the repair shop not the auto shop. And everyone's closed Labor Day"
I attempt to explain how inconvenienced I was by this. More blank stares. Obviously this guy could care less. He was dismissive, ambivalent, and finally I just gave up and left... anyway... I now had to run my car home, have my friend follow me BACK to my apartment, then take me to the airport. We almost missed the flight because of the extra time that we needed to re-park my damaged car back at home. Unbelievable.
I return from my trip and call them up today. I begin to explain the situation to the manager who answers the phone. He turns out to be the same guy from Friday. Cuts me off several times, keeps repeating "We're closed on weekends, we always tell everyone that (no) and we always tell people to drop their cars off on Mondays (no)" Again dismissive. Again ambivalent. I tell him that because I have no rental car, I needed to have the work done while I was out of town. It's my only car, I commute 30 miles per day and public transportation isn't an option... ask him what they can do to make this situation right. Silence. A chuckle. "We can't do anything, we didn't do anything wrong".
Actually, they didn't do anything right. They were unprofessional when I got the esimate, inattentive and unengaged on the phone, didn't hear anything I told them when setting up the appointment, rude when the mistake was discovered, and unaccepting of any blame in the situation. As I was ending the call I hear a voice in the background say "What? He wants us to make it up to him? Pshhh..." My blood boils at this point. I said "Well, please know that I will be taking this up with my insur..."
*CLICK*
They hung up on me.
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