Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Revived...
Haha... so here I am blogging just to make sure I'll remember these events that happened...
Sunday 16th Dec 2007
Amazing day with the record high (my record in AA) of 1 ft worth of snow... My poor Focus can barely more 20 meters before I gave up. Must be because it's still early in the morning at 8am that I'm not thinking straight. Good that I gave up and decided to bash through the snow-covered pavement to the Bursley bus-stop. Managed to get into service on time but didn't help with the set up of equipment since I'm effectively late for that.
Monday 17th Dec 2007
Dug the car out and decided to change the tires. Never thought that changing tires can be such an adventure. Went to discount tires at Arborland Mall and, like all my first time purchases, was talked into buying a set of 4 Falkan tires instead of 2 Barum tires we initially decided on. Anyway, we are supposed to get 50usd for trading in 2 of the old tires. BUT, the sales rep did not key in the $50 rebate (MISTAKE #1). So we had to wait for an hour before we can collect the car. And we got it 50 mins later. When we got the car, it's kind of fishy since we got Barum written on the tires. Didn't take it really seriously and went home but felt that it is necessary to confirm. Lem found out that they are the cheaper Barum tires (MISTAKE #2). I called in and ask them about mistakes 1 and 2. After putting me on hold for a min, they told me to go back. So I drove 3 miles back. Here is the most horrible part. The sales rep had the cheek to tell me that the ones on my car are actually the same grade as the Falkans I'm supposed to have. So I insisted that the internet showed that the Barums are 20usd cheaper per tire on THEIR website. This is the most dishonest part. Anyway, if we did not do a proper check, we would be paying 50 + 4 x 20 = $130 more when they happily deny any responsibilities... Anyway, I'm really pissed at this point and demanded for the extra 30usd discount we found on the website. and they gave us back 160usd in all. I do understand that businesses can be protective of themselves and deceptive, but all these that they did to me is really horrible since they probably know that I'm new to this tire-changing thing.
Lesson Learnt: Be really careful when dealing with sales and check the products you receive. It can save you almost half of your $$.
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Sunday 16th Dec 2007
Amazing day with the record high (my record in AA) of 1 ft worth of snow... My poor Focus can barely more 20 meters before I gave up. Must be because it's still early in the morning at 8am that I'm not thinking straight. Good that I gave up and decided to bash through the snow-covered pavement to the Bursley bus-stop. Managed to get into service on time but didn't help with the set up of equipment since I'm effectively late for that.
Monday 17th Dec 2007
Dug the car out and decided to change the tires. Never thought that changing tires can be such an adventure. Went to discount tires at Arborland Mall and, like all my first time purchases, was talked into buying a set of 4 Falkan tires instead of 2 Barum tires we initially decided on. Anyway, we are supposed to get 50usd for trading in 2 of the old tires. BUT, the sales rep did not key in the $50 rebate (MISTAKE #1). So we had to wait for an hour before we can collect the car. And we got it 50 mins later. When we got the car, it's kind of fishy since we got Barum written on the tires. Didn't take it really seriously and went home but felt that it is necessary to confirm. Lem found out that they are the cheaper Barum tires (MISTAKE #2). I called in and ask them about mistakes 1 and 2. After putting me on hold for a min, they told me to go back. So I drove 3 miles back. Here is the most horrible part. The sales rep had the cheek to tell me that the ones on my car are actually the same grade as the Falkans I'm supposed to have. So I insisted that the internet showed that the Barums are 20usd cheaper per tire on THEIR website. This is the most dishonest part. Anyway, if we did not do a proper check, we would be paying 50 + 4 x 20 = $130 more when they happily deny any responsibilities... Anyway, I'm really pissed at this point and demanded for the extra 30usd discount we found on the website. and they gave us back 160usd in all. I do understand that businesses can be protective of themselves and deceptive, but all these that they did to me is really horrible since they probably know that I'm new to this tire-changing thing.
Lesson Learnt: Be really careful when dealing with sales and check the products you receive. It can save you almost half of your $$.