In December I sold a used convertible (button push) to a long standing customers wife. Sold it for 4.5k. It was a good price for the customer and
almost a 1:1 give through. I did not really make money off the car and I normally do not sell used cars but I saw that one and bought it because it
was a beauty. I made some on the new tires but that's neglectable. It was supposed to be the summer car for the wife.
It's not about the money here but the expectations. Her husband btw, had no idea about it all, until today.... Typing this down, it feels like the
wife is grudgy about her husband spending all the money and now she wanted a nice thing too and thinks I am her servant on call 24/7. But here is what
happened:
Three weeks after I sold it, she called. In first week of January. The roof makes trouble, does not open up. I said to her, well, it's -10°C outside,
ice and snow, not the ideal weather for a roof retraction, I told her not to worry and I told her not to play with the roof in winter because it's
really bad for the plastic window in the roof and for the roof, the folding section and it's seals in general. But she wanted me to look at it. And I
#ing did.
And everything worked. I only did it because her husband is a long standing customer. A few days later she called that the steering is suddenly soft
and it was the ECO mode button that was doing this, making the steering softer instead of stiff, like it is in sports mode.
Then she called a third time in January. Busy a lot for a summer car..just saying... The driver side back window fell down. I said bring it over and
gave her a car to use for free in the meantime. Okay so I dismounted the roof to get to the back window that fell down and see that the metal holder
is bent and the slider is twisted too. This means, 99% of the time, someone leaned on the window and bent the metal holder, so the glass fell out of
the slider and fell down.
I repaired it and swore myself that this is the last time I do anything on the car. She brings back the lent car (that was my private ICE car) dirty
outside and inside, fuel tank empty and an avrg. fuel consumption of 20L/100km. It's 4 times the amount the car needs when driven normally, in case
you can not relate to the numbers. I plug in my notebook and read out the last 30km and she's been flooring it with oil temps ~40°C (80°C is okay).
Reving it into the rev limiter and then shifting a few times because the car threw a few error messages, probably a CRY OUT TO ME FOR HOW IT WAS
ABUSED.
I now get uncomfortable to her and tell her a few things about how one treats others things, especially when it's not just some trashcan but a good
kept car. And I wrote a bill refilling the tank. Then I had my peace. Until today. Today she called that the RED oil lamp came on and that since this
happened the car is driving like it has no power.
Died for a second here, because please folks RED LIGHT = STOP ASAP and SHUT OF THE #ING ENGINE. DO NOT #ING DRIVE AROUND. I told her to STOP NOW and I
will hurtle out. Husband still in mind. What you do not do for good customers...
I poured 2L of oil into the engine until the measuring stick showed anything. All the while, I was dying inside because of the neglect and the
obtuseness of this woman. And also freezing my ass off. She is super rude to me and wants 1000€ back. I told her to close her eyes so she can see
what she will get from me (nothing).
I called her husband, who has a car trailer and a hatch, to come pick us up. My own trailer was in use and frankly I had no mood to unload it for her.
The wife drove home with his car we used my truck to pull the trailer to my shop. I grabbed two beers from the fridge and had a little talk with the
husband. Turns out he had no idea about all the trouble. He visibly was embarrassed about his wife. I offered him to buy back the car for 3.5k because
I frankly do not know what she did to it in the last months and how she treated it. He declined and excused, we had a talk about the upcoming season
and he made an appointment for a few things.
A few hours later...my phone rings. Unknown caller. I do not react to unknown callers... Several more calls and then the husbands number is on my
phone. I pick up and it's her. She had her little "AHA!" moment until I told her to just send the number and every sane person will pick up but that
most do not pick up unknow caller ID calls, because it's #ing rude to do.
She complained about the enema her husband just gave her because of her behavior and making me jump to her fiddle like a puppet on strings. And
announced that "the fun is over". What she meant was her husband spending money at my shop. I told her, at this point, I do not care but I would like
to her that from her husband, who I know is earning the money, and not her.
Oh damn she EXPLODED lol. I just hung up.
BITCH.
edit on 18.3.2023 by TDDAgain because: do not put #ing arrows in your posts, it will make your life hell