I will (and have) put my money where my mouth is. Open and inspect my self-inspected tank. If it needs remedial, I'll pay full cost. If it is fine, you eat the cost...
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Agreed. But do you evaluate the same person that gets on your boat time and time again? I could understand evaluating the 1st VIP, after that there's no reason to.
This is apples to oranges....
But I'll continue.
Did you charge them extra to evaluate them, or was it all part of your standard operation?
This is specifically singling out, and a blanket discredit to trained inspectors...
Yes. And if you were personal friends with Mike, and were hanging out on the couch drinking beers, you might get a pass. But this is the case of a shop who had to make a policy. I had policies as well, none about cylinders except they had to be in Hydro (we didn't care about VIP, they aren't the law). So we didn't fill cylinders not in hydro. We had written procedures, however, that applied to everyone and those procedures were onerous to some. We lost customers over it. They allowed me to keep my insurance policy and sleep well at night.
Mike has not even lost a customer. Even you would stop into DRIS if you cruised by his shop. He's been forced to create a procedure and he's following it.
To allow another shop to do a vip and fill and then they fill is no different than @Marie13 doing a vip herself. There's no way to "know" if someone did it right, and I'd put $$$ on it that she would do a more thorough job than the "other" shop because she owns and depends on those tanks.
Mike...'s been forced to create a procedure and he's following it.
As far as the other po-dunk shops you may need to get a fill at in the future, you can call ahead and double check they are good with your generic VIP stickers. I suggest you approach this conversations carefully - its not like you are ever going to be their VIP customer anyway.Just found out the repair dept guys will stay late on a weeknight.
As far as the other po-dunk shops you may need to get a fill at in the future, you can call ahead and double check they are good with your generic VIP stickers. I suggest you approach this conversations carefully - its not like you are ever going to be their VIP customer anyway.
The absolute worst is when shops get in a spat and actively refuse to accept each others certs (for VIPs or anything else) - seems like ridiculous dive politics and it is.