I'm so old I Remember when:

[R2elk]

.how many of us remember when MTV actually played music videos all day every day.

I remember when there wasn't MTV.

 

[SkyAJK]

I remember when something had a issue that was fixed and you called the person out to fix it, they would fix it.

I also remember the first time we had someone refuse to fix bad work. My Dad had a special modification done to his minivan so he could use it. It started having issues. We took it to a specialized shop two hours away to get it fixed. They did some work on the steering, and we got the van back. Dad could not drive it. He told them. It took several times before they got it into a usable state for Dad. And the guy who ran the place wasn't very nice either and didn't want to hear that his shop did bad work. We ended up finding out there was another shop two hours in the opposite direction, and they ended up doing a very good job of fixing the car. And they actually figured out what was wrong.

With services now I often ask my families, friends to recommend.
Now a day the quality and services are low standard, and trust is eroding big time.

 

[BDutch]

I am so old that I remember:

I used to put change into my purse without counting them when the checkout person give me the change. Now I have to count every cent as they often give me incorrect/less change than it should be.

I remember we paid with cash for everything.

In the Netherlands we pay with bank cards nowadays (except a few who don’t) It became the standard with covid restrictions.
The only mistakes I encountered in the past years faults in discounts.

 

[Alaskan]

My Subaru started having a glitch... it thought the back passenger door was open... when it was closed.

I went to the local Subaru guy (not licensed to do warranty work, he said the licensing costs too much), asked him how much it would cost to fix.

He said a new sensor would be X dollars plus labor, or he could disconnect it in less than a minute for free.

I asked for free.

Nice, local "real people" who actually own the place where they work... it makes a difference.

 

[sdm111]

With services now I often ask my families, friends to recommend.
Now a day the quality and services are low standard, and trust is eroding big time.

First feat is getting someone to actually show up. That's the first hurdle

 

[notabitail]

My Subaru started having a glitch... it thought the back passenger door was open... when it was closed.

I went to the local Subaru guy (not licensed to do warranty work, he said the licensing costs too much), asked him how much it would cost to fix.

He said a new sensor would be X dollars plus labor, or he could disconnect it in less than a minute for free.

I asked for free.

Nice, local "real people" who actually own the place where they work... it makes a difference.

Huge difference. And usually they are much more friendly.

 

[Rick589]

I remember we paid with cash for everything.

In the Netherlands we pay with bank cards nowadays (except a few who don’t) It became the standard with covid restrictions.
The only mistakes I encountered in the past years faults in discounts.

With me it all cash all the time with a few rare exceptions.

 

[notabitail]

First feat is getting someone to actually show up. That's the first hurdle

Don't even get me started on people being late.

 

[SkyAJK]

First feat is getting someone to actually show up. That's the first hurdle

I stopped count the number of times waiting for people to turn up, then call them and they tell me that they will be a bit late, and so late and late that they did not turn up at all.

They did not bother to call back for another day and I did not bother to call them ever again. The problem is that it takes forever and ever to find decent people.

 

[sdm111]

Today is " replace it" as opposed to fixing. We'll yeah when they not paying for it that's easy to say