Oil Change Scams

[EScanlon]

I was sent this via e-mail, but I've checked it against Snopes:

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Getting caught once is STUPID, getting caught twice is IDIOTIC,

but to get caught

THREE TIMES IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS???

That makes it Company POLICY. Judge for yourself.

Do you use Jiffy lube? Check this out!

http://mfile.akamai.com/12924/wmv/vod.ibsys.com/2006/0503/9152183.200k.asx

Here's the link to Snopes that takes you to the complete 3 part story where Jiffy Lube responds with "aggressive" retraining (irony intended).

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

Also a second link to EZ Lube getting caught as well.

http://www.knbc.com/news/3737863/detail.html

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FWIW

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[sblake01]

Glad I do my own maintainence.

[AndysPlit]

Glad I do my own maintainence.

Wow. Glad I do my own oil.

[Zak's Z]

I saw those reports on TV a while back. Makes me wonder how many times I've been taken for a ride with stuff like that. I stopped going to the Mr. Lube here when a guy convinced my wife her car 'will crash' if she didnt change her fuel filter right now. I told her when she got home I changed it 6 months ago...she was all upset and they charged (around) $45.00 to change it. I actually drove back to find out what evidence this guy had a 6 month old filter would make a car crash and how he gets off scaring a poor girl into getting the filter changed. He wasnt there anymore conveniently and no one would really give me an answer.

After that I change my own oil on all our vehicles.