Jiffy Lube exposed

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » June 18, 2007 9:53 am

Anybody seen this?
THIS IS NOT GOOD.
And apparently Snopes.com says that this is a true report. So, please be aware!

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/jiffylube.asp

Jiffy Lube? Ever wonder if they really did what they are charging you for?
Here's a report from California that shows that FIVE out of NINE Jiffy Lubes charged for work that hidden cameras and marked fuel filters prove they didn't do.

http://mfile.akamai.com/12924/wmv/vod.i ... 3.200k.asx

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » June 18, 2007 9:54 am

Serves people right for being too lazy to change their own oil.

STL PARROTHEAD · Post by **STL PARROTHEAD** » June 18, 2007 9:56 am

I'm always wondering if they did something they said........
sometimes I guess, depending on what they did, you can't tell.....

AdamBomb8 · Post by **AdamBomb8** » June 18, 2007 12:35 pm

rednekkPH wrote:Serves people right for being too lazy to change their own oil.

I can change the oil in my truck in about 20 minutes. Only time I have to get under the thing is to take the old filter off and screw the new filter into place

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » June 18, 2007 1:14 pm

Sounds like a sex euphemism.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » June 18, 2007 1:23 pm

SharkOnLand wrote:Sounds like a sex euphemism.

Lubin' Jiffys?

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » June 18, 2007 1:46 pm

rednekkPH wrote:Serves people right for being too lazy to change their own oil.

That's about the only self-maintenance I do anymore. I no longer recognize most of the other parts.

citcat · Post by **citcat** » June 18, 2007 1:48 pm

SharkOnLand wrote:Sounds like a sex euphemism.

*whew* !!!!! I'm not the only one who thinks like that.

captenuta · Post by **captenuta** » June 18, 2007 2:23 pm

I KNEW IT!!!!

sy · Post by sy » June 18, 2007 3:02 pm

Since they have that nice window you can watch through, I watched them not rotate my tires, not vaccuum the inside of my car, and not change the front headlight that I asked them to.

Then I watched them try to charge me for all of it. It was the last time I ever went to them.

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » June 18, 2007 3:38 pm

sy wrote:

I like your sabretoothed lime.

sy · Post by sy » June 18, 2007 3:41 pm

SharkOnLand wrote:
sy wrote:
I like your sabretoothed lime.

One of the few who knew what it was!!!

comtnfish · Post by **comtnfish** » June 18, 2007 6:58 pm

The last time I went to Jiffy Lube, they took something from me - my air filter. I took my car to my regular mechanic for something else a couple of weeks later, and they asked if I knew it was missing....

drunkpirate66 · Post by **drunkpirate66** » June 18, 2007 7:08 pm

change your own oil. problem solved . . .

I still change mine in the dead of winter on a really cold island. Not bragging . . . but too many people drop 30 bucks for an oil change which is just sad.

Get Your Hands Dirty People!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sy · Post by sy » June 18, 2007 11:10 pm

drunkpirate66 wrote:change your own oil. problem solved . . .

I still change mine in the dead of winter on a really cold island. Not bragging . . . but too many people drop 30 bucks for an oil change which is just sad.

Get Your Hands Dirty People!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, but for the price (20 at my mechanic), I can get my oil changed on my way to the other handful of errands that need run, and get my tires done, and it saves me the time, effort, and the extra trip to get the supplies to change it. For me, it's time management.

blackjacks wife · Post by **blackjacks wife** » June 18, 2007 11:15 pm

sy wrote:
drunkpirate66 wrote:change your own oil. problem solved . . .

I still change mine in the dead of winter on a really cold island. Not bragging . . . but too many people drop 30 bucks for an oil change which is just sad.

Get Your Hands Dirty People!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, but for the price (20 at my mechanic), I can get my oil changed on my way to the other handful of errands that need run, and get my tires done, and it saves me the time, effort, and the extra trip to get the supplies to change it. For me, it's time management.

you're supposed to do something other than put gas in it???

Skibo · Post by **Skibo** » June 19, 2007 7:10 am

There have been reports of this practice since the 90's - that's as far as I can remember.

drunkpirate66 · Post by **drunkpirate66** » June 19, 2007 8:00 am

sy wrote:
drunkpirate66 wrote:change your own oil. problem solved . . .

I still change mine in the dead of winter on a really cold island. Not bragging . . . but too many people drop 30 bucks for an oil change which is just sad.

Get Your Hands Dirty People!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, but for the price (20 at my mechanic), I can get my oil changed on my way to the other handful of errands that need run, and get my tires done, and it saves me the time, effort, and the extra trip to get the supplies to change it. For me, it's time management.

is that like getting your hair done?

I don't think I have ever had my "tires done" . . . got my friend "done" once at a bachelor party but that is like totally inappropriate.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » June 19, 2007 10:18 am

blackjacks wife wrote:
sy wrote:
drunkpirate66 wrote:change your own oil. problem solved . . .

I still change mine in the dead of winter on a really cold island. Not bragging . . . but too many people drop 30 bucks for an oil change which is just sad.

Get Your Hands Dirty People!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, but for the price (20 at my mechanic), I can get my oil changed on my way to the other handful of errands that need run, and get my tires done, and it saves me the time, effort, and the extra trip to get the supplies to change it. For me, it's time management.
you're supposed to do something other than put gas in it???

What's gas?

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » June 19, 2007 10:50 am

I actually busted them once. Back when I was 18 or 19.

Can't remember if it was Jiffy Lube or Q-Lube or what, but....

After having them convince me to change my air filter on several visits in a row, I tested them. I went to the auto parts store with someone who knew about cars (I didn't at the time). We bought an air filter, changed it, then drove 2 BLOCKS to the Jiffy Lube place.

They came out with a FILTHY air filter and told me it needed to be changed. I stood up for myself, and spent the next year getting FREE service from Jiffy Lube. I took the coupons, and used them at a different location....