What cheeses me off

[Pushka]

Many South Aussies buy Fleurieu milk. The best milk around imo.

 

[VPS]

Many South Aussies buy Fleurieu milk. The best milk around imo.

One of the other good things about the Adelaide Central Market because you can buy it in refillable glass bottles

 

[MARTINE]

When the pilots arrive at boarding time for an international flight.

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Pilot on the right needs more Napisan to wash his shirt

 

[Hvr]

Yep any "milk" which does not come from a mammal (cow, goat, camel) should need to be labelled nut/bean/fruit juice.

 

[DejaBrew]

When the pilots arrive at boarding time for an international flight.

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Love the look from the flight attendant on the left, almost as if to say "...Seriously?? You're only just turning up to the flight now??"

 

[DejaBrew]

Had my car in for service and rego check today. Failed on tyres - naturally, all 4 of them - and wipers. I already have a set of replacement wipers at home, but just for giggles, I requested a quote. $140!!!

Next we turned to tyres. Said I would be ringing around and likely go elsewhere (as car dealerships are not known for being charitable), but again, just for a point of reference, quote me please. $1924. Now before you spit your coffee out at the computer screen, this was in the ballpark of reality.

Started shopping around for prices and couldn't find anything at the same cost. Even Bob Jane were quoting $576 per corner. Ended up talking them down to $487 per corner, but even then, the car dealership was ahead and the bloke from Bob Jane was observing he couldn't match the price, couldn't find anywhere else close to it, and couldn't understand how the dealership was selling for that price?

Double and triple-checked with the dealership that we were replacing like for like, in-stock, not old stock and they could do it there and then, I gave them the go ahead and mentioned I was quietly surprised at how competitive they were on price. Quietly, the bloke in the service department admitted he was similarly surprised.

Car finally ready, I settled up and headed out to my car. Took one look at the tyres and.... !!!!!! Wrong tyres!!

Marched back in and explained. Reminded them I had confirmed everything with them prior to giving the go ahead. Service guy goes into the workshop and comes back in a few mins later. To their credit, no arguments, no bickering or excuses.... immediate acknowledgement of the error and that it's on them and they'll fix it. No questions asked. Tyres on order and when I bring the car back to finalise the rego check, they'll do the tyres at the same time. In the meantime, I'm free to drive off with a set of brand new tyres on the car that they can no longer sell (as new).

For the record, the tyres they stuck on the car - whilst very good - are being sold by Bob Jane for $386 per corner. No wonder the dealer was "competitive" on price

 

[Pushka]

Had my car in for service and rego check today. Failed on tyres - naturally, all 4 of them - and wipers. I already have a set of replacement wipers at home, but just for giggles, I requested a quote. $140!!!

Next we turned to tyres. Said I would be ringing around and likely go elsewhere (as car dealerships are not known for being charitable), but again, just for a point of reference, quote me please. $1924. Now before you spit your coffee out at the computer screen, this was in the ballpark of reality.

Started shopping around for prices and couldn't find anything at the same cost. Even Bob Jane were quoting $576 per corner. Ended up talking them down to $487 per corner, but even then, the car dealership was ahead and the bloke from Bob Jane was observing he couldn't match the price, couldn't find anywhere else close to it, and couldn't understand how the dealership was selling for that price?

Double and triple-checked with the dealership that we were replacing like for like, in-stock, not old stock and they could do it there and then, I gave them the go ahead and mentioned I was quietly surprised at how competitive they were on price. Quietly, the bloke in the service department admitted he was similarly surprised.

Car finally ready, I settled up and headed out to my car. Took one look at the tyres and.... !!!!!! Wrong tyres!!

Marched back in and explained. Reminded them I had confirmed everything with them prior to giving the go ahead. Service guy goes into the workshop and comes back in a few mins later. To their credit, no arguments, no bickering or excuses.... immediate acknowledgement of the error and that it's on them and they'll fix it. No questions asked. Tyres on order and when I bring the car back to finalise the rego check, they'll do the tyres at the same time. In the meantime, I'm free to drive off with a set of brand new tyres on the car that they can no longer sell (as new).

For the record, the tyres they stuck on the car - whilst very good - are being sold by Bob Jane for $386 per corner. No wonder the dealer was "competitive" on price

Now that is shonky. Bait and switch.

 

[DejaBrew]

Now that is shonky. Bait and switch.

I'm willing to give benefit of the doubt here. I think it was more a lazy but otherwise innocent error. Service guy was saying-without-saying that they were not going to be competitive on price and my intention to look elsewhere was a good call, but ultimately, their quoted price was easily the best I could find. Of course we now know why, but still, I gave them plenty of opportunity to realise the mistake and correct the quote accordingly (in which case I would have been visiting Bob Jane).

And in terms of product names, we're talking about Michelin Pilot Sport 5 (an excellent - albeit cheaper - tyre) vs Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 (which is in a completely different league). So again, if you're being lazy looking at the product names, I can understand the mix up. And again, to give them credit, they're rectifying the issue without any argument or pretense that it was somehow an error on my part.

Saving grace here is that I needed to take the car back again anyway for rego to be finalised, so I'm technically not being forced to make an unnecessary return trip.