My Walmart Oil Change From Hell

Here's Jiffy Lube at its best. Quality control isn't their issue. Fraud is their issue. And they do that quite well.

i would never take a volvo to a jiffy lube... for fear of gettin' "lubed" myself....

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Hardly. Wealth creation is rarely a function of penny pinching behavior. Penny pinching generally ends up being counter productive and pulls a person's wealth down over time, not up.

John

I find it hard to believe that you do not have access to a single competent independent who specializes in European cars. Perhaps my view is colored by the places I have lived (New Jersey, upstate New York, Texas and No. California). Everywhere I have ever lived there have been several well regarded competent European import specialist independent repair shops. Even the small town of 25,000 people I live in now has a shop which all of the Euro car owners know to be competent.

Your money. Your time. Your choices. I think you will do better having someone who knows what they are doing work on your vehicle, even with something "simple" like an oil change.

John

the term for that is "tight wad" or miser......

imho....

John Horner wrote:

there are many great ind volvo shops along the colorado front range...they would love your business...pick up a copy of rolling mag or come by and have a beer w/the local volvo club meeting to see what shop is closest and best...word get around w/volvo owners.....good luck !!....

John Horner wrote:

Many people who are wealthy are frugal.

Sam Walton was known to drive an older pickup as his daily driver, when he was a billionaire.

Sure, if something is important to them they spend the money, but many are thrifty, industrious and basically not at all extravagant by nature.

To the truly successful, all money is good for is a means of keeping score.

Nothing wrong with that.

"To the truly successful, all money is good for is a means of keeping score."....

well stated....

snipped-for-privacy@comcast.net wrote:

"Sam Walton was known to drive an older pickup"

and i would bet dollars to doughnuts he had a trusted mechanic.....

snipped-for-privacy@comcast.net wrote:

What you say should be true, but in practice is not. Stripped oil drain plug bolts, improperly seated oil filter and incorrectly refilled engines are but a few of the things I have seen done by the morons you are so fond of.

John

Actually you get less than you pay for in many instances!

John

Didn't Mercedes quality problems begin with the company changing their name from Daimler-Benz to Daimler-Chry...r ?? One can only wonder what influences that came ino the company.

Johan Plane Uppsala, Sweden

- where all have the same social benefits regrdless of whether whole- or parttime employed, whether union- or nonunion worker...And with no higher tax pressure than in the US, when all costs for education, health insurances and such are taken into account.

No, they really don't. A friend of mine worked at JL for a while. Really, their attention to detail is quite lacking.

As far as performing oil changes is concerned, no.

Well, that's two bets you'd loose. Colour me shocked.

That asinine statement is like saying unions are to blame for the mess that GM's in now. No, the problem is that GM builds shitty cars. Hell, there was a Frontline episode about the mess that GM's in now. One of the GM veeps made some comment that labour costs aren't dramatically higher for GM when compared to their competition. As far as I'm concerned, GM knew that they'd have to make good on the benefits packages they've offered for the better part of thirty years now. In those thirty years, you'd think that maybe, just maybe they could have produced a few profitable, quality, popular cars. Take the Fiero for instance. When they stopped making it, there was talk about how Americans didn't want a sporty two seater. Of course, the Miata

Why? Opinions are a dime a dozen, and I'm sure he already knows where he's screwed up. The general emphasis on marketing over quality is a good place to start. The severity of the exploits released for Windows and Office are a pretty negative impact. Look at the various state and local governments that have standardized on non-Microsoft file formats.

Well, let's see. They've encouraged employees to use Medicare and other welfare programs as a means of sustenance. Sure, they provide benefits, if you work full time. They'll try their damndest to schedule you just shy of full-time however (and thus disqualify you for benefits).

If you think that WM's burden on the state welfare systems isn't significant enough that you'd have to pay higher taxes to make up for it... think again.

wal mart should stick with what they do best...sell crappy goods from asia for 200% mark ups, and employ un educated folks at minium wage...i would recomend they stay away from servicing high end autos....its a bit too much for them...

Alex Zepeda wrote:

LOL

And which "morons," exactly, do you claim I am fond of?

Fact is, I have nothing but contempt for anyone too lame, ill equipped or unskilled to change their own oil.

What, you think you need to be certified to do this task?

Christ on a cross, a ten year old on Ritalin could do it.

Just change your own oil, problem solved.

GM has been raped and pillaged by the unions and I agree that management is worthless also. GM never offered anything in terms of benefits. Unions either got what they wanted or shut GM down. This is still going on. Legalized extortion. Unions are the number one reason the entire airline industry is in the situation it finds itself.

I think my point must have sailed right over your head.

Again you're talking total BS and have a deep lack of understanding on how the American system works. You're screaming the union propaganda so well it makes me think you wrote it.

I'll bet you can't wait for the day Walmart is finally defeated by the Unions. Have you tried to organize Microsoft also?

if you study the history of unions in america, you will see it is the only reason most employees have medical, vacation, and limited hours/breaks today...duh....i wouldn't be too quick to deamonize all union activity...

Most Americans have medical, vacation etc because they work for a company that provides them. The overall bulk of this is provided to non-union employees of private companies. Next in line are the recipients of government medicare/medicaid programs. Next are government employees and way down the list are employees of unionized companies. This is in terms of over all numbers.

I'm sorry but you will have a hard time convincing me of any value a union brings to the table in 2006. I've seen too many industries totally raped by these organizations. Look at France. They basically shut the economy down over allowing employers the right to more easily fire young workers. The government finally repealed the law. By the way we shut down our French office and now service France through our German offices. But even in Germany it takes us 6 to 12 months and a lot of money to get rid of a bad employee. It's no wonder the French economy has been on a steady downhill slide for two decades.