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You probably are!

Chilton and Motor both call for less than 4 hours. What am I missing here?

That is my conclusion! How could this job take 12 hours?

phynny's pricing is not out of line the national account pricing we have for conventional Valvoline is less than his price.

May everyone be blessed this weekend and this Sunday!

Is anyone using Vavoline and if so what are you paying. We have a new National Account program and I wonder how it compares.

I received this quote this week from a local vendor. BRAND PRODUCT NAME SIZE NOTES CURRENT PRICE PER Kendall GT-1 HP Syn Blend (Ti) Bulk 5w20 Synthetic Blend 5.580 GAL Kendall GT-1 HP Syn Blend (Ti) BUlk 5w30 Synthetic Blend 5.580 GAL Kendall GT-1 HP Syn Blend (Ti) Bulk 10w30 Synthetic Blend 5.580 GAL Puratech SAE 5w20 GF-5/SN Bulk Synthetic Blend 4.990 GAL Puratech SAE 5w30 GF-5/SN Bulk Synthetic Blend 4.990 GAL Puratech SAE 10w30 GF-5/SN Bulk Synthetic Blend 4.990 GAL PureSYN SAE 5w30 Dexos 1 Bulk Dexos 6.700 GAL I had a different vendor offering PEAk Synthetic Blend at $4.11 per gallon.

Joe, VAST is the software that Monro uses.

Great place to learn, laugh and share. Welcome on board.

It is a great story well worth repeating.

The reason Mayberry was so peaceful and quiet was because nobody was married - Andy, Aunt Bea, Barney, Floyd, Howard, Goober, Gomer, Sam, Earnest T Bass, Helen, Thelma Lou, Clara, and of course Opie - all single. The only married person was Otis, and he stayed drunk.

Understand that being able to manage a business is more important than being able to fix cars. Read the Emyth before you start at least then you may have some understanding of the challenge.

Carx has offered something on brakes like that. It would be similar to offering road hazard. The problem would be what to do with out if town stuff.

Why didn't I think of that.

Since I am from kentucky I will poke a little fun at ourselves: Murphy applied for a fork lift operator post at a famous distillery based in Bardstown, Kentucky. An Indiana Hoosier applied for the same job and since both applicants had similar qualifications, they were asked to take a test and led to a quiet room with no interruptions by the Manager. When the results were in, both men had scored 19 out of 20. The manager went to Murphy and said, "Thank you for coming to the interview, but we've decided to give the Hoosier the job. Murphy,... "And why would you be doing that? We both got 19 questions correct. This being Kentucky and me being Kentuckian surely I should get the job. Manager, "We have made our decision not on the correct answers, but on the question you got wrong. Murphy, "And just how would one incorrect answer be better than another? Manager "Simple; on question number 7 the Hoosier wrote down, 'I don't know. You put down, 'Neither do I. "

Quit before you get fired.

Good one! Here is another one Gonzo. Why is it - Customers ask you to do things for themselves that you would be embarrassed to ask someone else to do for you? Wednesday it was pouring down in rain, the wind was about 30 mph, temperature about 36 degrees, and it was not fit weather for man or beast. A man comes walking into our shop about 4:00 carrying two fuse panel covers. He says that he was driving down the road when his Chevy pickup truck died and he had checked all the fuses. The proof was the covers in his hand (when was the last time a vehicle died on anyone and the problem was a fuse????????????????). He had also sprayed carburetor cleaner into the intake. He was doing all of this while setting on a heavily traveled four lane street. This guy was standing there and expecting us to "help him". "Help him" meant going down the road to his truck and standing out in this weather without any proper tools and waving a magic wand and making it come to life "abracdabra". None of us were volunteering to go out in that weather and "help him". The "help him" we offered was to call a tow truck and have it towed in and we will look at it. That wasn't satisfactory so he walked back out into the rain mubbling. What are the chances that a guy who was too cheap to call a tow truck would would pay the $600-$800 it takes to diagnose and install a modular fuel pump on his truck if that was the issue. However, he didn't mind asking us to come out into some really nasty weather to save him a buck.

More likely e coli!

Sounds like the both the mechanic and the insurance company are throwing her under the bus. Here in Indiana I would go to small claims court if it were me. I believe the judge would award something for the shops negligence.

Credit cards are about 70% of my business.

I have been dealing with a woman today that is really weird. Her car has a misfire on cylinder #2. Probably needs plugs and maybe a coil. She keeps acting like we should have found this problem when we did a used car inspection prior to purchase. THat was in August 6,000 miles ago and it wasn't missing then. She acts like a $40 prepurchase inspection should guarantee she would never have another problem with the vehicle which is a 12 year old car with 146K. Some days are like that.

Jeff, you would be a great addition I am sure. My point in posting these is that almost all the ads you see are written from the aspect of what we want. If you put yourself in the candidates shoes and write an ad based on what they want you will get a better response. We came up with these two ads based upon what an experienced tech said about how he would write an ad.

Try this ad on Craigslist. It is generating calls for me. Want to make more money than you are now? Bring us your W-2 and we will talk and see if we can't beat your current pay. IMMEDIATE OPENING for a full time Automotive Technician / Mechanic. Great working environment, paid holidays, vacation, guaranteed base pay. Must have tools, valid drivers license, and experience. Call ???????????? This ad has drawn seven responses in three days: .

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