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Thread: My dealings with Mt Eden Motorcycles! (Not all pleasant!)

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    They should have rung you to let you know what was going on. Not good enough to wait weeks and hear nothing.

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    Is Ricky still in the workshop?

    Mike, Chris, Wiggles and the boys are really good upstairs, but the workshop sometimes gets a bit stretched and Ive found you have to be on their case, a lot of the time, or things just sit there.
    “- He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by justsomeguy View Post
    Dealt with them many, many times before. Awesome bunch of guys.

    They didn't get to be one of the best reputations in Auckland by fluke.

    Mike and Chris run a very good shop - I'm surprised if this was their fault at all.
    Even "good bastards" can decide to treat some customers differently than others. I have recommended bike shops to other riders, who have absolutely hated the service/people etc. There are personality clashes, and all sorts of things to take into account. It's rare as hell to find a shop that will just treat everyone the same way..... fuck, I'm guilty of it where I work, but then again, I'm a complete tosser, so that usually explains half of it.
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    From my experiance of 37 years in workshops,and more than 25 years running them - any customer under 40 is a compalining areshole.Any customer over 50 is a pleasure to do work for - They thank you for finding enough things wrong to more than double their bill,for not ringing them up with every little thing,for doing the work in the same day....they pay in cash and never complain.By the time they have reached that age they realise owning a vehicle costs money,they have enough experiance in life to know shit happens....they have learned if they trust someone,they will be trusted in return.Never met a 25 year old who's happy with the work I do,never met a 60 year old who would complain about my work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Motu View Post
    From my experiance of 37 years in workshops,and more than 25 years running them - any customer under 40 is a compalining areshole.Any customer over 50 is a pleasure to do work for - They thank you for finding enough things wrong to more than double their bill,for not ringing them up with every little thing,for doing the work in the same day....they pay in cash and never complain.By the time they have reached that age they realise owning a vehicle costs money,they have enough experiance in life to know shit happens....they have learned if they trust someone,they will be trusted in return.Never met a 25 year old who's happy with the work I do,never met a 60 year old who would complain about my work.
    Dementia?....

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    Quote Originally Posted by SixPackBack View Post
    Dementia?....
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    I wonder how many people work in the shop that has 50 cars through a day? With each car getting charged 3 hours labour I guess there must be at least 18. That is a big garage.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SPman View Post
    Is Ricky still in the workshop?

    Mike, Chris, Wiggles and the boys are really good upstairs, but the workshop sometimes gets a bit stretched and Ive found you have to be on their case, a lot of the time, or things just sit there.
    Ricky still works for them but he now works for the their wrecking shop. City Motorcycle Wreckers in Grey Lynn somewhere me tinks. Hes a good boy.
    Loopy is as Loopy does!

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    Quote Originally Posted by zeRax View Post
    shit happens, theres always gonna be waits and delays, u sound like a whiney bitch

    Attitudes such as this are the reason workshops get away with shit service.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SixPackBack View Post
    Attitudes such as this are the reason workshops get away with shit service.
    They (as you can clearly see from this post) don't. Well, not for long anyway.
    I've been in five different bike shops over 20 years, and none of them would purposely fuck someone about or rip anyone off.
    The bike industry is too small, and too competitive to have that attitude.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loopy View Post
    City Motorcycle Wreckers in Grey Lynn
    I bought a shock off them (It was posted that someone there might be a bit grumpy ) but i found them great to deal with and got a good price.
    They were playing some kind of modern music a bit loud when i got there,if it has been Elvis or something i would have given them a 11 out of 10 rating.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Motu View Post
    ...any customer under 40 is a compalining areshole.Any customer over 50 is a pleasure to do work for...
    I am left to wonder what the 40-50yr age group is like...
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    What idiot leaves their "new" motorcycle in 150 kmp/h winds during a storm? HELLO !!

    Say no more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SwanTiger View Post
    What idiot leaves their "new" motorcycle in 150 kmp/h winds during a storm? HELLO !!

    Say no more.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SwanTiger View Post
    What idiot leaves their "new" motorcycle in 150 kmp/h winds during a storm? HELLO !!

    Say no more.
    Someone just starting out on their first bike?
    We all make mistakes and learn the 'hard way' when we start out mate!

    Mind you, in Wellington....you could've taken your bike to work on a beautiful
    sunny morning and parked it up nicely....only to have it turn to shite in around an hour and have it blown over!

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