Posted by DeltaRed on February 29, 2020 at 08:05:46 from (67.41.195.87):
In Reply to: Kansas mechanic needed posted by notjustair on February 29, 2020 at 05:44:09:
Our local JD dealership has gotten that way too. What was once(10 years ago) a small/medium sized family dealership is now a mega dealer with 6 stores. They closed two other dealers in neighboring towns and built a huge multimillion dollar building.They control all the JD dealers in western Colorado. Everything from the continental divide to the Colo/Utah border.Service sucks,you don't even get to talk to the mechanic anymore. Parts guys don't seem to care if they talk to you or not.They carry very little to no used equipment,they wont trade unless it is a late model JohnDeere.They got rid of all 'in house' charge accts,you now have to use JohnDeere credit.they no longer sell baler twine,oxygen/acc,welding rod,hardware…the things that brings customers(me) in the door. If it don't say JohnDeere on it,they wont sell it. Now,about 'flat rate'. It sucks. Maybe a useful tool to help estimate a job. But the mechanic who works under it only gets paid for what the flatrate dictates. Any extra time he eats. So naturally he cheats/fudges.But it he comes under flat,he doesn't get paid for the flat,only the time actually used.so any particulary difficult situation(rusted ;broken bolts,etc) he get screwed.I once worked for a shop that did that practice.Both as service writer and mechanic.They could never keep a mechanic,and quality suffered badly.They eventually went broke and moved to a much larger city.
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