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Posted by admin on March 6th, 2010 No Comments

The Quality of an RAC Car Inspections

You make the phone call and eventually after option 1, option 4, option 35, and the rest you get to speak to a person. This person will take all your details and money over the phone and tell you that an engineer will get to it straight away. This person although employed by the RAC is not an engineer and knows very little about the vehicle you are having inspected. If you have told them that you have concerns because the drivers door fell off when you opened it and that there is a swimming pool in the drivers footwell they will not understand, or care.

You have given them the registration number, ABC 123, vehicle location Hinchley in London and point of contact as a Dave at the Vauxhall Dealership there. The car you're hoping to purchase is a Vauxhall Vectra

The job they have done has been completed and processed and on to the next phone call.

Your details then eventually get to dispatch and they then eventually decide which engineer is going to get the job and when he is likely to get the inspection started. Maybe today, maybe tomorrow depends on the weather and general chit chat with associates.

You have now had four or five different people deal with your inspection process and off goes your engineer to the Vauxhall Dealer in Hinckley just outside Birmingham. He then spends ages trying to find the salesman and vehicle but to no avail.

The engineer phones to dispatch, the sales team, his team leader, the accounts department, friends and family and eventually works out that he is in the wrong place.

All this time you the customer think everything is going well. You make the phone call back to the RAC going through option 7, option 5, option 12 and again eventually managing to speak to a person who has no idea about you or your inspection.

They cannot get a hold of the engineer He may be inspecting the car as we speak, he may be stuck in traffic, he may be finished the inspection, we really don't know and don't particularly care but we will try to find out and phone you back.

Eventually they get a hold of the engineer and he tells them the story and they tell the sales team and the team leader and so on.

At last your vehicle has been inspected and you get a call from the engineer who is using his own personal mobile phone to call you, which the calls are charged to him. You can guess how long the conversation lasts! Then if your lucky, four or five days later through the letter box comes a report. You will understand very little of it and you pick up the phone and call the RAC, Option 1, option 4, option 7 and eventually you get to a person who once again knows nothing about you or your inspection. From sales, to dispatch, to the team leader and eventually the engineer might call you back but only when he gets ten minutes.

This is the RAC process from the experiences of their old customers who found other more customer focused car inspection companies

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Questions To Ask A Construction Contractor

Are you in need of a repair or renovation to your home? If this sounds like something you are dealing with, you will more than likely need to contact a construction contractor. By doing this, you will be able to get further information on your project so that you can make a decision on whether or not you want to proceed.

Construction Contractors

When you are hiring a construction contractor, there are a few questions that you will want to be sure to ask. In other words, never hire a construction contractor without asking them questions about price, details, and prior experience. If you do, you may end up wasting a lot of time and money in the long run.

1. The most important question to most people is how much the project will cost. When you ask this question, make sure that you get specific answers. It is better off to get the answers up front instead of finding out half way into theproject that your construction contractor needs more money. Get all of the pricing details in writing so that you can fall back on it if necessary. It's important that your contractor lay it all out for you on paper. Get a total estimate of theproject as well as a breakdown of what each stage will cost you. That way, you can check to make sure that your on track throughout theproject.

2. Ask what type of experience they have. Even though a construction contractor may have a lot of experience with certain projects, they may be out in the dark when it comes to what you are asking for. To take things a step further, you may even want to ask for references. Many people are afraid to do this, but it should be a common step in the hiring process. Don't just choose whoever does it the cheapest. If you choose someone who is cheap, but they don't do a good job, you'll have to redo it which will cost you more money in the end.

3. Make sure that your construction contractor has enough time to complete your job in the time frame that you need. At this time, construction contractors are in great demand. You will want to make sure that they will be working on yourproject as scheduled in order to ensure timely completion. By setting a completion date up front you will be able to avoid any problems as far as this is concerned.

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