Re: Anybody ever paid to jump to the front of the service line?
In the real world, people get moved up the line all the time. They don't talk about it.
Have seen it. Yes, sometimes to others' inconvenience. Yes, prominent members of the community, and the rich will get preferential treatment.
Have done it. Its called customer service. Or putting up with the short deadline in order to get the revenue, and keep the customer.
And I've been moved up. I lost a windshield the afternoon before leaving on vacation, new windshield was delivered at 4am, my truck was ready to go by 6 am. Yes, they came in 2 hours early, at 5 am to put it in my truck. An extra $50 in that man's shirt pocket, and I was 600 miles away by nightfall.
You want to talk about honest and ethical shops, then lets talk about the ones that say they will get to your boat in 8 days, but in reality, they know they won't even touch it for 3 to 4 weeks.
To make matters worse, they make you leave the boat sit there for a month, when you could have been using it, and drop it off when they are ready for it.