Overcharged and refused to honor what they quoted me. Short version, they overcharged $10 dollars, refused to budge, seems they cared more of the $10 dollars than a customer. For me, it was a matter of principal, not the $10 dollars. If you say something, then you need to honor it.
Long version: I don't normally go to oil change places but been in a time crunch lately and car needed one urgently. Saw they had this place with $20 off. The price is $52.99 up to 5qt and then extra for each quart. In this case, it was $7.99. I figured around $67 after taxes without the $20 discount and around $45 with the discount.
Well, they have a shop service fee of $3.99 which they didn't disclose, which is fine, most places do, so that would've put me at around $50 tops. Not the cheapest but not overly priced seeing as I was saving some time.
The customer service was amazing and provided me with all the info. Then, as all shops do, they began offering extra services. One was the cabin filter, which they quoted at around $42 dollars. I know for a fact I can get cheap ones at Amazon for $10 bucks, so I declined. So he came back with another $20 off so it'd sit around $22. I was really happy with all the service so I figured I'd give him the upsell and figured after going to AutoZone in traffic, it was worth it, especially since they were so doing so great. I'd figure I'd end up around $70-$75, and for the great service it was worth it.
It did cross my mind, $40 off, that's hard to believe, well it was.
As you can see by the picture, oil change was $52.99, service charge $3.99, extra oil $7.99, then cabin filter at $42.99. That was a grand total of 107.96. Then, 2 discounts, $20 off the oil but only $10 off the cabin filter. Then I checked out the model and it was the one I had seen in Amazon for $9.41, so it was going to be 3x as much. I figured it was a mistake, asked the guy and he tried to explain how it was correct and after I explained to him the math, he was still refusing, saying it was correct.
I went to a Jiffy Lube 2 minutes away last year, not as good customer service (not bad but just not as good) but they honored their prices and I even got a bit more of a discount an inconvenience unrelated to the work on the car.
Needless to say, it's highly unlikely that I will come back here. It was a matter of principle, not the money. But clearly, they cared more about the $10 dollars and not acknowledging that they messed up. Or even, that they thought they could do $40 off and they couldn't so it was only $30, but they didn't even admin that.
I was prepared to come here whenever I was busy and even recommend it, as it wasn't a bad deal with the discount. If someone asked me, I'd say, take your chances but whatever you do, check your bill and ask for a breakdown of the prices before you pay. I'd rather go to Jiffy Lube, pay a few extra bucks knowing that I'm going to pay them. read more