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  • Auto Parts Suckage

    WTF?

    "Hi! Thanks for calling [auto parts store], how can I help you?"

    "Finally! You're fucking open. I've been calling for the past 30 minutes. I'll call you back when I know what I need.<click>"

    And...you've been calling for a half hour before we open and bitch me out when we finally open at our normal hours and getting totally upset...all the while being clueless about what parts you need for your car. Enjoy that ulcer you twat.

    Talking out their ass

    This one isn't sucky but it was interesting. Woman comes in asking about how much a smog pump on her truck costs. I quote her a price and she says "It's only that much? Wow!" then informs me that her garage told her that "We're not sure what that is, but it'll cost $270 to fix."

    $270 to fix something you don't know what the hell it is? Time to find a new garage or keep doing what you're doing...doing it yourself. At least that way you're not ricking getting ripped off...unless you're like Sybil or something.

    Well why the fuck don't you carry that part!

    Customer calls in asking for a part for a 2007 vehicle and it's a part we don't carry. It's one of those "special" parts that you can only get at a dealer if you hand over several thousands of dollars, sacrifice small animals to pagan gods, sell your youngest child to the gypsy's, and perform fellatio on the parts manager.

    Customer then tells me the title of this segment. Here's what I wish I could tell him

    "Why don't I carry that part? Because I'm a rotten bastard and I relish the thought of taking one more SUV off the road to save the rest of the drivers your 'I drive a SUV therefore I am a God among men and you should bow down to my awesomeness' attitude. May your SUV rust in the deepest bowels of hell"

    Why is your price so high?

    Actually I looked. Online, at the competitors, the dealerships, etc...This is the cheapest master cylinder you are EVER going to find. Yes it is cheaper online, but you're going to pay $8 for shipping or you can get it from us for only a dollar more than the online price at "Bob's Big Budget Car Parts". Your choice Bucky $31 from us or $38 from them.

    Oh and did I mention that we can put it in your hands today and not wait a week to have it shipped from New Mexico?

    Jackass

    Why are your prices so low

    I swear there is no pleasing some people. Our parts are so low because we want to crush our competitors and to see them fleeing before our awesomeness.

    Actually our prices are low since we use remanufactured parts. If you want a new part I'll be glad to sell you one and watch you get anally violated by the parts manufacturer for the cost of a new part with a year warranty instead of buying the cheaper re-man part with the lifetime warranty. Can you squeal purty for the manufacturer? They like that. Oh and I'd advise against resisting...that's foreplay for them.

    That's all for now...

    Mongo
    I never lost my faith in humanity. Can't lose what you never had right?

  • #2
    And this is why I only buy remanufactured parts, and I NEVER buy parts from a dealer. Hell, if the car is old then I'm buying all kinds of things at the scrap yard, screw new parts on an 'old an' busted'. Except for things like belts and gaskets and filters, of course.

    I don't find having bewbs to be a handicap, either. If they're staring at my chest while babbling on about stuff I don't need or outright lying to me, I just smile and walk out.

    I would buy parts from YOU, Mongo. Too bad you're not handy Halifax somewhere.
    What colour is the sky in your world and how high of a dosage do you need before it turns back to blue? --Gravekeeper

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    • #3
      Dear god, I can relate with everything you just said.

      Anybody argued with you that they needed a part for their truck?

      Their truck.

      You know, their bleepin' truck.

      It's a bleepin' truck, girl, four wheel, an engine, a box! How many bleepin' trucks are there!

      Never mind, I'm going to (CW that's been there for 15 years) SHE knows her job.
      Now would be a good time to visit So Very Unofficial!

      "I've had so many nasty customers this week, my bottomless pit is now ankle-deep."-Me.

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      • #4
        Quoth mharbourgirl View Post
        Hell, if the car is old then I'm buying all kinds of things at the scrap yard, screw new parts on an 'old an' busted'.
        Depends on the car. Scrapyards are great for panels, glass, and those annoyingly hard-to-find bits. However, some electrical items are better bought new. For those who don't know, some British bits (Lucas, aka the "Prince of Darkness") were questionable even when new...and sitting around in a scrapyard doesn't do them any favors. I can remember going to scrapyards years ago with Dad...all those 1940s, '50s, and '60s cars rotting in fields. Lines of VWs, including many Type 3s, Beetles, etc....all of which are collectible and rare now. Now, most of those yards contain nothing but 1980s and early 1990s junk
        Last edited by protege; 11-12-2008, 04:07 PM. Reason: That damn quote tag again...
        Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines. --Enzo Ferrari

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        • #5
          Quoth protege View Post
          Lines of VWs, including many Type 3s, Beetles, etc....all of which are collectible and rare now. Now, most of those yards contain nothing but 1980s and early 1990s junk
          Which will be rare and valuable in another 20-30 years.
          Any day you're looking down at the dirt instead of up at the dirt is a good day.

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          • #6
            Quoth Mongo Skruddgemire View Post
            and perform fellatio on the parts manager.
            Power corrupts.......

            What is a smog pump?

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            • #7
              Quoth AriRashkae View Post
              Which will be rare and valuable in another 20-30 years.
              I don't know about that. Many of those cars were made in huge quantities, and rust isn't the problem it once was. Meaning, there will probably still be plenty around then
              Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines. --Enzo Ferrari

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              • #8
                WTF?

                "Hi! Thanks for calling [auto parts store], how can I help you?"

                "Finally! You're fucking open. I've been calling for the past 30 minutes. I'll call you back when I know what I need.<click>"

                And...you've been calling for a half hour before we open and bitch me out when we finally open at our normal hours and getting totally upset...all the while being clueless about what parts you need for your car. Enjoy that ulcer you twat.
                I can just imagine the guy 30 min. before you open. He calls to find out when you open. He doesn't listen to the recording (or, just in case, someone forgot to set the recording, or you have a Cisco phone and the recording doesn't come on or it gives some weird hours no one knows where they come from). He decides he needs to know when you open and thinks the opening time could be 6:35, 6:36, 6:37, 6:38 6:39...6:56, 6:57, 6:58 6:59. Well doggy! he lucked out at 7am! Now he knows when you open so know he can go back to his truck to see if it's a 4 or 6 cylinder.

                Yeah, that guy was nucking futs.
                Time! Time! Time is what turns kittens into cats.

                Don't teach me a lesson; all I learn is that you are an asshole.

                I wish porn had subtitles.

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                • #9
                  Quoth Mongo Skruddgemire View Post
                  WTF?

                  crush our competitors and to see them fleeing before our awesomeness.

                  Mongo
                  You forgot about hearing the lamentations of the women...


                  /someone please tell me they get that so I don't feel old....

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                  • #10
                    Quoth protege View Post
                    Depends on the car. Scrapyards are great for panels, glass, and those annoyingly hard-to-find bits. However, some electrical items are better bought new.
                    Then again, if I'm buying parts for the old '89 Beretta, I'm not likely to FIND them anywhere but a scrapyard now. That's how I got the weird alternator, and the fan motor, and a practically new rear fender. But I can't argue with new electrics being better. It just depends on the circumstances. Besides, I like scrapyards, aside from the odd looks I get when I'm poking around. Some guys aren't used to seeing women in such places.

                    Quoth Howler View Post
                    You forgot about hearing the lamentations of the women...

                    /someone please tell me they get that so I don't feel old....
                    Dude, you just made ME feel old because I definitely got that. AND I know that Conan was just ripping off Temujin (Genghiz Khan) with that quote. Oh dear. *goes to peer in mirror looking for grey hairs*
                    What colour is the sky in your world and how high of a dosage do you need before it turns back to blue? --Gravekeeper

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                    • #11
                      Quoth Bramblerose View Post
                      What is a smog pump?
                      The "smog pump" is part of a car's emissions control system. It's used to force air into the exhaust manifolds to burn off unburnt fuel. This is called air injection.

                      As to old cars, I still find it amusing that even though the last MGB roadster was made in 1980...I can still get most things I need within 2 days. Can't do that with a modern car. When I still had that stupid Mazda, things would take weeks to arrive! Not so years ago--when we first got the MG, the parts situation wasn't as good. Dad was into older cars then--we had a VW-based kit car. Quite a bit of time was spent going to scrapyards with him.
                      Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines. --Enzo Ferrari

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                      • #12
                        Quoth Howler View Post
                        You forgot about hearing the lamentations of the women...


                        /someone please tell me they get that so I don't feel old....
                        *wanted to say that herself*
                        You beat me to it!
                        *lament, lament, lament*
                        "I call murder on that!"

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