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[TorqueAutoMotiv]

I run a basic mobile repair side bussiness with a couple guys from school we only do basic stuff but more then once ive gotten work with an EMERGENCY usually some guys car diiing on the way home from the bar at 3am
Well last night 245 guy calls says his car dies can i come now
Im beat but i go any way drive 40 minutes to the guy after loading my tools and sh!t get to the guy open the hood The guys battery cables loose so i tighten it jump the car and he Gives me 10 bucks and tells me since it only took me 10 minutes thats all he would pay
#1 I dont deal with drunk people but this is rediculous
#2 i have a 2 hour min when i travel out of stockton regaurdless

He got in his car and sped off

F^c& AS$H@LES

[SlowM90]

I would have opend the hood back up and started cutting crap...then say wellll looks like you got another problem! then close it and drive off with his 10.00 for gas!

[JoshMcMadMac]

Call the police at that point. A good note for you business that you have now learned is that they turn over the keys when you get there and do not get them back until payment is made.

I know a guy that is a mobile locksmith, and a damn good one. he can be into a car very quickly. A guy called, locked out of his car in a parking lot. Vern went out and had it open in under a minute. The guy refused to pay the $50, since he did not feel that Vern spent enough time to get him into the car. Vern took the keys, tossed them in the driver seat, and locked the car back up. The guy called the police. Vern is a local guy, and knows just about everyone. The officer came out and put up with the arrogant little twit and his mouth. Once the guy shut up, the officer calmly looked at Vern and told him to unlock the car. The little twit must have been grinning from ear to ear. Vern popped the door again, in a matter of seconds, and retrieved the keys. The officer then calmly looked at the guy and told him to pay Vern...twice, since Vern had to do the job twice. Vern now makes it look like more work to avoid nonsense like that.

[flash527]

wow... id be mad as hell. but ya def take their keys b4 u do the work!! he can't call the police considering he's drunk anyway haha.

[TDCRacing]

Man that does suck. sorry to hear about that. And that was a pretty funny story Josh

[TorqueAutoMotiv]

Yea in general I take the keys input info on the laptop and get situated and get to business but it was 3am and class starts at 7 plus i havent had much sleep so it was a misjudgement that wont happen again.

I mean today at school a guys honda died at the exit of one of the parking lots I asked if he needed help
Said his car just died so i checked a few things and found a blown ecm fuse swapped it with the hazard lights fuse and the kick kicked my 50 bucks for 5 minutes work.

Plus the way i charge is all flate rate if the job says it runs 1.5 hours and i finish in .5 It will still cost 1.5 hours thats my experiance coming through and at times ill cut someone a break but Ive worked to hard to gain my experiance to just give it away

[GTPJOE90]

i love the story josh hahahha

[eddie97gt]

yes sometimes people dont realize they are paying for the experience someone has

[dagger]

Honestly I'd have followed the guy and called the police and told them what happened. I'd be pissed that I'm up at 3 in the morning helping someone and they give me $10 for my efforts.

[TorqueAutoMotiv]

Honestly I'd have followed the guy and called the police and told them what happened. I'd be pissed that I'm up at 3 in the morning helping someone and they give me $10 for my efforts.

See theres also the catch that im flying under the BAR radar and not exactly paying taxes on what i do Thats also why i dont charge any mark up on parts

85% of mechanics that i know may have regular jobs but all of there real income is side work untaxed and unlicensed

[BillBoost37]

that's one of the reasons why a mechanic doesn't wan the customer hanging around while the work is done. Customers have no problem paying for work when they drop off the car and pick it up working well, if they realize how easy most stuff is, they might get on the internet, read up about their problem and fix it themselves.

Since lazy pays, there's no reason why you shouldn't be paid for your time, effort and experience.