Waiting for my car Snarry art

[tripperfunster]

Man alive! I took my van in today, because the airconditioning wasn't working. I asked them to take a look at the cup holders, because they both fell apart, and damnitall, I MUST DRINK MY TIMMIES every day! And it's too hot to hold in my lap.

Anyhoo, FOUR HOURS LATER, they tell me that they need to order parts for the AC, and it's going to cost $1300.00 WTF? It finally ended up that it is covered under warantee, but only after I made him check out my warantee, because I was pretty sure we'd purchased the extended one. Stoopid prick was going to charge me out of pocket!

And guess how much it was going to cost to 'fix' the cupholders? $239!!! Bwahahaha. After I snorted and choked, he informed me that the price INCLUDED labour. I then asked who was doing the labour, Justin Timberlake?

Needless to say, I will be balancing my steeped tea on my lap.

While I was waiting, I met a lovely older lady, who oohed and aahhed about my art. She wondered who the people were, and I said they were friends of mine. :D

Later on, another man peeked over my shoulder and said; "Very nice!" A couple of minutes later, while he was reading the paper, he was kind enough to point out to me that some lost Beatles interview had been found. I was kind of WTF? Why the hell would I care, then he pointed at my Snarry and said; "That's John Lennon and Yoko, right?"

Uh..yeah! Of course it is! *snerk*

Comments

[arcanetrivia]

Fixing modern car A/C is pretty expensive. Something about the technology and the coolant not being the good old ozone-destroying type of Freon. Proper removal and disposal technique, all that.

Shop labour for car repair is expensive stuff. We do all our own car repair in our house, so I can understand why. It takes knowledge and skill and it's just effing hard work sometimes. Oh, and sometimes it just ain't a done job until the metal beast has drawn blood from you.

For cupholders it's a little silly, but usually they're charging a 1-hour minimum or like that. I wouldn't be surprised if their rate is like $85 an hour or something. It's more than just the guy's wages in that, though. It's benefits and insurances and the fact that they have to turn a profit and yadda...

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

I know they need to make a profit, but it's not MY fault that automobile sales are down, and they feel the need to make up for it in repairs. I'm pretty sure we fixed the AC last year!