First World Problems

[kevinbahnz]

Originally Posted by M_Six

What, that takes skill to piss them off that badly. What did you say?

haha, i just told him i wasn't interested in the $10,000 loan he was offering. I recognize his voice and he's the same guy that called me last year.. I have his number saved so if he calls next time I'm gonna string him along and then change my mind..

[John 070]

Originally Posted by Billup

Unfortunately I didn't. Myself and a couple guys ended up at the Tilted Kilt because it was within walking distance, and that was probably more than I needed that night lol.

That's funny, we went there on a business trip in PA. The waitress sat down at our table and talked to us for over 30 min. Is that normal? It does sell more beer.

[Billup]

Originally Posted by M_Six

How tall is the crawlspace? Are we talking 15" or 4'? Is there access to it from outside the house? Do they know if the leak was from the furnace or from the oil tank? If it was from the tank, was the tank sitting against an outside wall where the oil may have migrated outside?

From my understanding it was from the furnace. Crawlspace is probably about 2-3' I'd say, I was pretty comfortable under there, but I'm not a big guy, so yeah. There's an access panel on the side of the house that's locked up.

Originally Posted by John 070

That's funny, we went there on a business trip in PA. The waitress sat down at our table and talked to us for over 30 min. Is that normal? It does sell more beer.

Yes. Very normal. They sure as hell aren't going to get bigger tips just by serving a beer and walking away, now would they.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by Billup

They sure as hell aren't going to get bigger tips just by serving a beer and walking away, now would they.

Depends on the view of the kilt from that angle

[Billup]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Depends on the view of the kilt from that angle

I'd imagine the only person with a valuable reason to go there would be Verne Troyer with that logic.

[John 070]

I just had a hockey stick shipped to work. When I brought it out to the car, I slid the box through the ski pass, and the ski bag completely fell out onto the rear seats. Upon calling the dealership to see what I need to do now, they said that the entire vehicle must now be replaced, they don't simply fix a ski bag that has fallen off. While I understand that BMWs are expensive to maintain and repair, now I have to have my au pair take time off from watching my son, and go and pick up a new car. Seems a bit unreasonable that the dealership doesn't have a valet sales department....

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by John 070

I just had a hockey stick shipped to work. When I brought it out to the car, I slid the box through the ski pass, and the ski bag completely fell out onto the rear seats. Upon calling the dealership to see what I need to do now, they said that the entire vehicle must now be replaced, they don't simply fix a ski bag that has fallen off. While I understand that BMWs are expensive to maintain and repair, now I have to have my au pair take time off from watching my son, and go and pick up a new car. Seems a bit unreasonable that the dealership doesn't have a valet sales department....

Mine does. I traded in two vehicles for my C300 and they sent out two folks in my new car with all the paperwork. I signed everything, swapped keys, and sent them on their way with my two cars. The whole thing took about 30 minutes.

You need to find a new dealership.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by John 070

I just had a hockey stick shipped to work. When I brought it out to the car, I slid the box through the ski pass, and the ski bag completely fell out onto the rear seats. Upon calling the dealership to see what I need to do now, they said that the entire vehicle must now be replaced, they don't simply fix a ski bag that has fallen off. While I understand that BMWs are expensive to maintain and repair, now I have to have my au pair take time off from watching my son, and go and pick up a new car. Seems a bit unreasonable that the dealership doesn't have a valet sales department....

Sounds like a guy I helped out last week. He took his orange Vette into the dealership for an oil change, came home with a sharkskin grey one.

His children are all grown, so he doesn't have an au pair to do this work for him. I was there to fix his computer, and kindly offered to drive the new car around, if he needed it broken in before any road trips.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Sounds like a guy I helped out last week. He took his orange Vette into the dealership for an oil change, came home with a sharkskin grey one.

His children are all grown, so he doesn't have an au pair to do this work for him. I was there to fix his computer, and kindly offered to drive the new car around, if he needed it broken in before any road trips.

Did he buy you a bottle of Scotch? If not, dump him.

[John 070]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Mine does. I traded in two vehicles for my C300 and they sent out two folks in my new car with all the paperwork. I signed everything, swapped keys, and sent them on their way with my two cars. The whole thing took about 30 minutes.

You need to find a new dealership.

Well, I did what you said, and I called another dealership. They told me that's crazy, just because the ski bag fell off, I don't have to buy a new car?

So they took my credit card info and said they will overnight me instructions on how to put it back. Once again, they don't have anyone available to drive the instructions over to my office.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Did he buy you a bottle of Scotch? If not, dump him.

The last time he asked how much, I told him $20. He handed me $50. This last weekend I went over and removed the fax portion of his HP printer and selected the solo printer as his default on his laptop. Again he dropped $50 in my hand. I aint going nowhere

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

The last time he asked how much, I told him $20. He handed me $50. This last weekend I went over and removed the fax portion of his HP printer and selected the solo printer as his default on his laptop. Again he dropped $50 in my hand. I aint going nowhere

What was his address again?

[NEFARIOUS]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

The last time he asked how much, I told him $20. He handed me $50. This last weekend I went over and removed the fax portion of his HP printer and selected the solo printer as his default on his laptop. Again he dropped $50 in my hand. I aint going nowhere

I love customers like that.

[John 070]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

The last time he asked how much, I told him $20. He handed me $50. This last weekend I went over and removed the fax portion of his HP printer and selected the solo printer as his default on his laptop. Again he dropped $50 in my hand. I aint going nowhere

Back in the 90's, I backed a RWD rental car into a ditch, in rural Quebec. We went door to door, asking if somebody could help us, and nobody spoke English. My buddy and I scratched our heads, and a lightbulb turned on. If we take off our Toronto Maple Leafs jerseys, and hold out Andrew Jackson, maybe we would be able to communicate. Yep, suddenly a farmer was right there with a pickup and chains and towed us back onto the road in < 5 min.

[Billup]

Trying to order brake pads and it said free shipping. Get to the final part of the checkout and it added $34 for shipping. Now I need to find my assistant and tell her to look again for a better deal.

[John 070]

Originally Posted by Billup

Trying to order brake pads and it said free shipping. Get to the final part of the checkout and it added $34 for shipping. Now I need to find my assistant and tell her to look again for a better deal.

For that I just do it myself, got Akebonos for the other two cars (not the BMW) from rockauto.com....was cheaper with shipping, than other places with free shipping.

But I let my assistant handle stuff like windshield replacements. There is always this argument about OEM Saint Gobain Sekurit BMW, vs. just Saint Gobain, vs. replacement glass. I get too angry going through the hoops to get the OEM. The assistant just puts it on speaker phone, doesn't get all riled up, and she gets er did.

[Billup]

I ended up doing it myself anyways. She pulled up the shopping cart, but all she had in there were pots, pans, and new clothes cleaning equipment. Clearly her priorities are in the right direction, just a little misguided.

I ended up finding some Hawk ceramic front and rear pads for about $180 shipped with promo codes and free shipping, so I'm relatively happy about that. It's only a DD, so as long as the car stops and isn't loud, I suppose I'll be alright.

[John 070]

Originally Posted by Billup

I ended up doing it myself anyways. She pulled up the shopping cart, but all she had in there were pots, pans, and new clothes cleaning equipment. Clearly her priorities are in the right direction, just a little misguided.

I ended up finding some Hawk ceramic front and rear pads for about $180 shipped with promo codes and free shipping, so I'm relatively happy about that. It's only a DD, so as long as the car stops and isn't loud, I suppose I'll be alright.

Your assistant is only a DD? Isn't that good enough?!

[Billup]

Originally Posted by John 070

Your assistant is only a DD? Isn't that good enough?!

Nothing will ever be good enough for me. Nothing.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Billup

Nothing will ever be good enough for me. Nothing.

Not even bacon?

[Billup]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Not even bacon?

I stand corrected. As a token of my appreciation, I give you 1 reps.

[John 070]

Well, after paying that dealership to overnight me instructions on putting the ski bag back, I decided to try to do it myself, knowing that my assistant is at Breckenridge through next Wed. It was really hard to figure it out, but I managed to snap it back in place pretty easily. I'll be asking my assistant to get my CC credited for those instructions on how to put the ski bag back in place, $495 is ridiculous. I can't believe the first dealer told me the car needed to be replaced and didn't have a sales valet.