4 years ago
Disgusted. April 20th, 2020, took my car in for se...
Disgusted. April 20th, 2020, took my car in for service, they are not offering shuttle service for which I was NOT informed of over the phone when making the appointment or in several e-mail confirmations of my said appointment for 8:00am. While I understand that these are unprecedented times with the COVID-19 outbreak and that the service centers may be understaffed and upon arrival to my scheduled oil change, I noticed signs posted of instructions on safe procedure, where to leave my vehicle and drop off keys, but after speaking with an associate who just happened to be walking through the parking lot at the time, informed me that for safety concerns they were not allowing people inside in the waiting area also there was no shuttle service or loaner vehicles available and that patrons are welcome to stand and wait in the parking lot for my vehicle or find my own arrangements to get back to my home on the other side of the city, but assured me that because I made the appointment and that because that it was just an oil change that it wouldn't take long for them to get me in and out so I agreed to wait for my service to be completed. After approximately 2 hours of waiting and no update on the status of my vehicle, I inquired about my vehicle to a different service center associate who just happened to be in the area at the time, who then informed myself and other patrons with similar appointments and inquiries, that what we thought were "appointments" for service were instead "vehicle drop-off time" and that vehicles would be taken in when they are able also if you did NOT write down that you were in the parking lot waiting for your scheduled service to be completed that my vehicle is not high on their list of priorities and there was nothing they could do to compensate for the inconvenience, even despite showing the employee my several confirmation e-mails where NONE of the details he just gave me are listed or the pictures I took of the safe procedure instructions on-site that also did NOT display the information the employee had just given to myself and several other patrons there at the time. 3 hours into my wait and still no update on my vehicle I decided to call about my inquirie and after 30 minutes finally able to speak with a less than helpful manager (Cody) who upheld the ideal that there is nothing they could do to compensate for the inconvenience, but informed me he would look into the status of my vehicle, and finally after 3 hours and 45 minutes a mechanic came out to parking lot to inform me that I need more than just an oil change and that my vehicle would need to be kept until the next day. So now I am out of pocket to get home across the city and to come pick up my vehicle when my service is actually completed. As I said before I understand that during this uncertain time that businesses may be understaffed but I was under the impression that when I made an "appointment" for a service to be done, I would go in on the scheduled time and date and proceed as planned, not have to wait 3 hours 45 minutes standing in the middle of a busy parking lot on a chilly morning not even able to sit or use a washroom, just for an update on what was originally just supposed to be an oil change. This is not the first time that Oakridge Ford, London ON, has provided less than exceptional customer service with no form of compensation for their own incompetence where something as simple as a free oil change upon my next service or even to offer to pay for my cab ride home would have sufficed. Upon speaking with other patrons who shared similar and worse experiences with that establishment added with my experience today, I can confidently say I will no longer be conducting business at that location.