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Is Your Mechanic Ripping You Off
The level of corruption goes from the small white lies to the large customer rip offs. Below is a list of the many popular scams run by mechanics that are costing you money.
- Regularly we have customers coming in asking for quotes for their brakes to be changed as they have been told they need to be replaced ASAP, when in actual fact there is nothing wrong with the breaks at all.
- Spray paint your own vehicle parts and then sell them back to you as brand new
- Extortionate markups on parts
- Joyride customers cars while there in for a service or vehicle inspection
- Ignore faults because the jobs is too difficult or doesn’t pay enough
- Sell you flushes for your vehicle, and then don’t actually put them in
- Offering a full service for less than what the parts cost to do the full service. This means that for starters, you know the right parts aren’t being replaced.
- Reducing the time spent inspecting the car to reduce the time taken by the service. On average, our standard service will take 2-3 hours some competitors have been performing services in 15 minutes!
Hence, it is no surprise that many people are hesitant to trust mechanical servicing and repairs businesses.
At CMM Automotive, we receive a large portion of our new customers from word of mouth. We retain over of our 90% clientele with many clients having been with us over 10-15 years. We are the mobile mechanics in Perth that locals can trust. This is our slogan and we live by it.
A detailed prioritized summary of what needs to be repaired/done, how much it will cost and what needs doing first. So you don’t feel pressured.
A cost effective service every time!
We let you know what needs to be done and how much it’s going to cost before we fix it
We will be brutally honest about whether your pride and joy worth the cost of the repairs.
We are fully licensed and insured mechanics with both a workshop and mobile capabilities. We also provide a range of services such as;
