Unlucky/Lucky - Page 2

richlevy · 04-23-2006, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by tw

Meanwhile I also worked as a parts department manager. They told me to get out my warranty parts because GM was sending someone to negotiate. Negotiate? Yeph. We got about $0.20 to $0.25 for every dollar of warranty. I believe DeLorean discussed this in his book. GM decided that dealer profits were too high. Therefore GM dumped warranty costs on dealers. If you took a warranty problem to the dealer, then dealer must do everything possible to dump that warranty cost on you. This directly traceable to GM that too long has been run by bean counters.

Well, my son had a warranty claim denied by Volkswagen, with a nice volley between the dealer and national. In the end he had to pay out of pocket for the entire repair from a third party shop.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-23-2006, 03:36 PM

There's been a history of tension between manufacturers and dealers. Manufacturers trying to shave the costs by holding the dealers to minimal flat rates and dealers trying to make up the loss by inflating needed repairs.

Boeing waited a month to tell us the info was lost. If they'd recovered the laptop, we'd probably never known.
Everyone got a report from all three credit bureaus and 90 days of credit activity monitoring from one, but we had to opt in for that.

wolf · 04-23-2006, 03:40 PM

One of the helpful tips in the book they gave me is "never store personal information, such as social security or credit card numbers, on a laptop."

I assume no one ever listens to that one.

TiddyBaby · 04-23-2006, 03:49 PM

yes,.... never on a laptop

Rock Steady · 04-23-2006, 04:41 PM

Back to the luck thing. I recently let a number of domain names expire on purpose. I got a message from Network Solutions that they resold one of them during my grace period and that I will get a commission of $19.99. Sure enough the check came in the mail. It's small potatoes, but considering I just made money from inaction, that's about as easy as it gets.

04-23-2006, 03:36 PM	#17
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There's been a history of tension between manufacturers and dealers. Manufacturers trying to shave the costs by holding the dealers to minimal flat rates and dealers trying to make up the loss by inflating needed repairs. Boeing waited a month to tell us the info was lost. If they'd recovered the laptop, we'd probably never known. Everyone got a report from all three credit bureaus and 90 days of credit activity monitoring from one, but we had to opt in for that. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-23-2006, 03:40 PM	#18
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	One of the helpful tips in the book they gave me is "never store personal information, such as social security or credit card numbers, on a laptop." I assume no one ever listens to that one. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-23-2006, 04:41 PM	#20
Rock Steady Day Tripper Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 784	Back to the luck thing. I recently let a number of domain names expire on purpose. I got a message from Network Solutions that they resold one of them during my grace period and that I will get a commission of $19.99. Sure enough the check came in the mail. It's small potatoes, but considering I just made money from inaction, that's about as easy as it gets. __________________

04-23-2006, 03:49 PM	#19
TiddyBaby The internet's like a bra, underneath ya find a boob or two Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fl Posts: 326	yes,.... never on a laptop

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