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  • jeremyryan

    Member
    May 10, 2012 at 11:26 pm

    and what would be a good reason to fire a customer?

  • tomkloss

    Member
    May 12, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    Leave and don’t come back. Preferably in a non-hostile way.

  • tomkloss

    Member
    May 12, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    I believe every customer is a valuable customer. That said, not every customer/repair shop relationship will work out. If you try to provide customers a fair level of service and are pushed beyond a reasonable and healthy relationship, then firing a customer is sometimes the best way to go.

  • rhopp

    Member
    May 12, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    One of the reasons I’m no longer allowed on the front desk…

    My overwhelming desire at times to tell a clueless human “Please leave &

    don’t come back… By the way, please tell all your friends because they

    must all be a$$holes too”.

  • jeremyryan

    Member
    May 13, 2012 at 9:43 pm

    what would be a good reason to fire a customer?

  • gmjauto

    Member
    May 21, 2012 at 6:14 pm

    We have had to fire a customer. Every time the man would come in he

    would be a grump. If he had a complaint we would bend over backwards

    to try and make him happy, whether it was a legitimate complaint or

    not, and it happened every time he was here, no matter what services

    we performed. I finally decided that he was the type of person you

    would never be able to please and he was hoping to get all his

    services for free. The last time he was in I apologized again for

    something he was unhappy about and told him that since he did not seem

    to be happy with our services that maybe it was time for him to find

    somewhere else to go. He was totally shocked and stuttered and

    stammered about being happy with our services but he left and we have

    not seen him again since. I don’t miss him at all, I hope he is

    making one of our competitors very happy.

  • scohen-sc-rr-com

    Member
    May 21, 2012 at 7:38 pm

    The reason for being in business is to be able to make enough money

    to pay your employees, pay the overhead and make something for

    yourself. If a customer is so difficult that is cost you money to

    meet his or her requirements or maybe you just don’t have the

    expertise to service the vehicle it is time to “fire the customer”.

    One way to do that is to just raise the price so high that they go

    elsewhere. Or you might just tell them you won’t do their work

    anymore. It is a free country and you have just as much right to

    refuse there business as they have to go to another repair shop. If

    you have the right computer system in place, you can tell which jobs

    are profitable and which are losers. Take in the profitable jobs and

    pass on the ones you lose on. You will stay in business if you know

    what you do best.

  • Alan Ollie

    Member
    May 21, 2012 at 7:44 pm

    We use our remarks section and keep comments about many customers.If we

    see they are not quality customers we make it hard for them to make a appointment or say i am sorry but we are backed up for a week. That usually works without to much hassle.

  • geowitt

    Member
    May 22, 2012 at 10:42 pm

    Not everyone who comes into a business is a customer. There are some people out there who get out of bed with the deliberate intent to defraud a business.

    It’s the old “waiter, there’s a fly in my soup” syndrome.

    A person who is always finding fault with the service and seeking some sort of monetary adjustment is someone whose business you can’t afford to have.

    Now, some people complain about everything and I’m not necessarily talking about them. Some people complain because it’s what they’ve always done and as long as they don’t seek monetary compensation or bother the help, so what? You can complain and still be nice about it.

    It’s time to draw the line when they think that paying money entitles them to abuse the employees or get something extra for nothing.

    I have 3 rules for doing business with me. First, you have to have a vehicle…. Next, you have to be willing and able to pay for repairs or maintenance on it. Finally, you have to be nice. That’s a short list, but it’s important.

    None of our workers will ever be rude to a customer and I won’t tolerate customers being consistently rude to to the workers. We all have bad days and we all have misunderstandings.

    I do draw the line and, once it’s crossed, you’ll never be allowed back.

    I am the only one allowed to do this, but I’ll tell the offender that I’m not able to make them happy and it’s time to stop trying. I’m not the shop they’re looking for, they’re going to have to try another one. Now, bear in mind that this is about one in a thousand people, so it’s rare. But we do flag them and they will never again get their car serviced here. I just tell them that I’m not able to make them happy. It’s all my fault….

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