The prices are great
The people are very friendly and knowledgeable
Seating/waiting area are as expected (nothing special)
Parking is tight (probably tighter in the winter)
Appointment times... That's a whole other story.
If you make an appointment, ensure that you ask whomever you're speaking with, if your vehicle will be going directly into the bay to be worked on and ask how long it will take for the service. If you don't, you might be waiting 3+ hrs for your appointment before any work is done. My service should of been an hour tops, not almost 4 hrs for a 1 hour job. That's not how appointments should be conducted, you have scheduled and unscheduled services dedicated teams and bays.
Workload will be heavy one way or the other (depending on the day) and you can shift your people onto the higher workload as needed (I get that) but you don't push back on the scheduled appointment times just because you have walk-in customers, it defeats the whole purpose of making an appointment in the first place. If you are having customers that often miss their appointments and that's why you prioritize the walk-ins, then you either call those customers back 2 hrs or so before their appointment as a reminder/check or you call the folks who have appointments and notify them that there will be a longer waiting period and to come at a particular time. Expectation management is a real thing and should be taken seriously.
Always have a dedicated bay and person/team for scheduled services/appointments, it's easy to see because you should/will have the schedule typically the day before or at least before closing.
Mavis has to get their scheduling back on track, your customers are busy as well and can easily go to another shop instead if you can't meet certain standards.
Lucky there's a nice little diner down the street that you can go to and waste an hour or so (highly recommend).
I also recommend asking a friend for a pickup and a drop off.
Sorry it's 3/5 for now and I won't be making any future appointments at Mavis until there's a response back. I'll spend the little extra somewhere elseParking is tight (probably tighter in the winter)
Seating/waiting area are as expected (nothing special)
The people are friendly and knowledgeable
And the prices are great
Appointment times... That's a whole other story.
If you make an appointment, ensure that you ask whomever you're speaking with, if your vehicle will be going directly into the bay to be worked on and ask how long it will take for the service. If you don't, you might be waiting 3+ hrs for your appointment before any work is done. My service should of been an hour tops, not 4 hrs for a 1 hour job. That's not how appointments should be conducted, you have scheduled and unscheduled services dedicated teams and bays.
Workload will be heavy one way or the other (depending on the day) and you can shift your people onto the higher workload as needed (I get that) but you don't push back on the scheduled appointment times just because you have walk-in customers, it defeats the whole purpose of making an appointment in the first place. If you are having customers that often miss their appointments and that's why you prioritize the walk-ins, then you either call those customers back 2 hrs or so before their appointment as a reminder/check or you call the folks who have appointments and notify them that there will be a longer waiting period and to come at a particular time. Expectation management is a real thing and should be taken seriously!
Always have a dedicated bay and person/team for scheduled services/appointments, it's easy to see because you should/will have the schedule typically the day before or at least before closing.
Mavis has to get their scheduling back on track, your customers are busy as well and can easily go to another shop instead if you can't meet certain standards.
Lucky there's a nice little diner down the street that you can go to and waste an hour or so (highly recommend).
I also recommend asking a friend for a pickup and a drop off.
Sorry it's 3/5 for now and I unfortunately won't be making any future appointments at Mavis until there's a response back. I'll spend the little extra somewhere else to save me time.
I'll come back and update my review, if I recieve a response and get a resolution on how they plan on solving this in the future, otherwise future customers should be warned. read more