Common Brake Repair Scam in Major Name Tire Centers

My wife took the civic into Jiffy Lube for a oil change, the guy told her she needed fuel system flush, new fuel filter and there is no water in the radiator. I instruct her to get it on paper in hand (evidence) and to call me. So I called and acted slightly stupid as I listen to him tell his bs, i asked why the fuel needs to be flushed and new fuel filter. He said the filter is rusting and contaminating the fuel, then I asked about the no water in the radiator, he said yea, no water. I said, well we dont have the time today i can bring it back to tomorrow. We just came back from los vegas in the summer and ac on the whole way as it was hot outside. So she gets home and I pop the hood to take a look, the filter on the firewall was gloss black and had a very light dust on it, zero rust, 100% bs, then I pop the radiator cap, and the water was 1/2 inch below where the cap sits, more steaming pile of bs. I could not add more than a half oz of distilled water. So i called him back and told him what I found and told him about my recent 400 mile trip to vegas and had zero stuttering or temp problems with ac on up the hills and asked for the corporate phone number, he offered me 2 free oil changes instead, I said you will not see my car ever again, he finally gave me corporate phone number, I said you will be hearing from me, he begged to take the free service, I refused his scam. Calling corporate, I told him the story and he said, that is one our best stores, I said yea, ripping people off. Then he said he would give a couple of free oil changes, I said I already told him I turned down the guilty offer. I always get names and position before I let him have it, turns out, he was not in corporate it was his buddy after I looked up corporate phone number and told then the story, he questioned me about proof my story was legit, so I took a photo of the scam paperwork and fuel filter and sent it to him, he said he would call back, I said fine, but do not offer service as I already turned that guilty plea down. Two days later he was truly sorry what happened and fired the manager at the store and asked what I wanted, i said for my trouble $300, he said check was in the mail. I said i will be going by that store and verifying that manager is gone, and he was, took a week to get my check. About 6 months later I saw FOX new had a segment called "fox wants to know" and this would of been perfect to get on the air, I passed as i already cashed out and had sold that car a month before. Too many scammers out there.

Another scammer, my garbage disposal started rattling, a roommate tried to fix it when I was on a trip, the drain pipe that goes into the wall broke off, the threads rusted and they stayed in the wall, so he called a plummer, $75 to show up and give a quote,,,,,$8200, yep! Said the floor needs to be ripped up to fix the issue. When I got home, I took a drywall knife, opened up a clean 6" by 6" square hole, there was no way the threads were coming out, I took some measurements (O.D. of the pipe and O.D. of where it screwed into), headed to home depot, I bought a 4 level step down rubber coupler that comes with 4 hose clamps for $4 (well I bought 2 of them, one for a spare), I used a knife to cut off the steps i did not need, clean the seating areas and in less than 10 minutes was back in business, saved a reamming, its still going for 17 years.

Just like when a doctor tells you something is wrong inside your body!! What do you do ? Get a second opinion!! Same with your car or anything else GET A SECOND OPINION!!