Someone Just Knocked On My Door

"Denver Is Stuck In The 90s" (denver80222) 11/14/2014 at 16:40 • Filed to: None

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They were from a local auto repair shop. They offered to change my oil and rotate my tires for eleven dollars. They are having some kind of promotion. I said I do my own maintenance and he went on his merry way. Ten bucks says that wasn't legit.

ttyymmnn > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/14/2014 at 16:43

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That's no owner's manual.

It's not legit. They get you in the door, then tell you your car needs thousands of dollars of work or you'll die a fiery death.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > ttyymmnn 11/14/2014 at 16:44

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Thats what I was thinking

jariten1781 > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/14/2014 at 16:45

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We had a problem years ago where guys would come through the neighborhood over night and let a little air out of the tires and then the next day they'd come by and say they were mechanics who would do an inspection in your driveway. They'd point out the low tire and conveniently have a compressor in the car then you could pay them 50 bucks to pop your hood and poke around for a bit.

Assholes.

ttyymmnn > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/14/2014 at 16:46

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I have a friend who took his car to a shop for a minor repair. When the shop called him later that morning, they had a laundry list of "critical" repairs that needed to be done. My friend said, "Wow. It's a miracle that I got to the shop at all! I tell you what, just do what I asked you to do."

Rainbow > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/14/2014 at 16:47

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They puncture all of your tires and replace your oil with Pepsi. Then, what do you know; they're having a sale on new tires and oil!

ACESandEIGHTS > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/14/2014 at 16:47

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I've seen garages sell cards (buy 10 oil changes for the price of 8 or whatever) but man, I hate door-to-door. It's over, it's just over. Stop knocking on doors. Had a guy come by once claiming to be with "the power company" though it turned out he was with a power re-seller and was trying to get me to switch power carriers for, get this:

A savings of like less than 5% annually.

I was incredulous and started just stonewalling. Nope. Don't need it. Peace.

If your whole business plan is to try to steal your competition's customers by promising to save them like $100 a year , then you're out of your f'ing mind and should start a different business.

SteveLehto > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/14/2014 at 16:51

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Do you own a car? Maybe what they were offering to do for you was a basket of weird euphemisms. I have never heard it called those things before but you know how the kids are these days with their slang and whatnot.

If you had said Yes, you'd be out $11 and left dangling from the ceiling in a leather harness, covered in Maple syrup, wearing a blindfold.

Rainbow > jariten1781 11/14/2014 at 16:53

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I would team up with my dad to have one of us distract the guy while the other empties HIS tires.

For Sweden > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/14/2014 at 16:53

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Hello sir, have you heard of the MX-5?

ACESandEIGHTS > ttyymmnn 11/14/2014 at 16:53

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Sounds like every express lube ever. Hey, we noticed your wifebeater belt is worn and your fluxer is at capacity, bro, you should really have $1,000 worth of work done. Shoot, even the local tire place that does $20 oil changes tries that garbage.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/14/2014 at 16:54

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Call the shop they claimed to be from to find out if it's real. They might be casing your neighborhood.

ttyymmnn > ACESandEIGHTS 11/14/2014 at 16:54

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It's the automotive equivalent of "Do you want fries with that?" Upselling for the win.

cazzyodo > ttyymmnn 11/14/2014 at 16:55

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Similar thing happened to my family. HOLY CRAP I'M LUCKY TO BE ALIVE! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/14/2014 at 16:59

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I'll never let another man touch my car's intake manifold.

JWLane83 > SteveLehto 11/14/2014 at 17:02

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Sounds like a party!

SteveLehto > JWLane83 11/14/2014 at 17:03

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Where they make their money is: $11 gets you up there. You want down? That will cost you.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 11/14/2014 at 17:10

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Tru dat

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > SteveLehto 11/14/2014 at 17:14

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I dont own a car, but My dad's Odyssey was in the driveway as usual. It gets driven maybe 10 miles a week. I'm taking the drive test tomorrow. If I get my license, that thing will be driven like it deserves

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Rainbow 11/14/2014 at 17:15

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lol

MonkeePuzzle > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/14/2014 at 17:16

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$11 says that's not legit! :P

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/14/2014 at 17:19

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I was hoping for a 'Knock-Knock' joke...

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 11/14/2014 at 17:20

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Well he went Knock-Knock and acted like a joke.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 11/14/2014 at 17:28

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Its not worth it. I have security lights on every exterior wall of my house and a double tumbler lock, reinforced steel front door. We also have a 2 inch thick lexan rear sliding door with a lock thats only accessable from the inside. We have that over a security system. No one is breaking into our house

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/14/2014 at 18:10

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Yeah, but your neighbors might not be so fortunate.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 11/14/2014 at 18:11

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But what if I don't Like my neighbors, lol. You're probably right

My citroen won't start > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/14/2014 at 18:18

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Have you heard of our god Lucas?

Sn210 > ACESandEIGHTS 11/14/2014 at 19:15

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I had a kid do this to me. He rolled up on a skateboard and had a printer-made id badge in a lanyard. He wanted me to "lock in" at a rate higher than what I had, because my supplier now might raise their rate higher. He also complimented my TL-S and told me he was looking to get the same, but got an Infiniti instead. Yet there he was, on a skateboard...

The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/14/2014 at 19:58

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Packed full of other people's kids (on the way to the underpass in "that" part of town, for a game of "The Rusty Sandusky")?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner 11/14/2014 at 19:59

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LOL, no I'm goin canyon carvin

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/14/2014 at 22:37

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When they said oil, did they say what kind of oil they'd be using? They would probably use like canola oil or something like that.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man 11/14/2014 at 22:45

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Lol canola

Zibodiz > Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man 11/15/2014 at 02:21

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Or maybe snake oil?

claramag, Mustaco Master > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/18/2014 at 11:20

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I tried selling these things. They're...grey area legit. Either way though...

Piero Giorgi > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/18/2014 at 18:10

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An Odissey.
Of course, what it deserves is to be driven 10 miles per week top, and sit in the driveway the rest of the time.

Piero Giorgi > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 11/18/2014 at 18:10

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With an Odissey, it will be "canyon diving".
Once.

Brian > SteveLehto 11/19/2014 at 06:46

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I think the putting you in aleather harness, hanging them from the ceiling, blindfolded and covered in maple syrup services normally charge $400 an hour, but need to ask Charlie Sheen.