• JThw8
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Topic: Strange way to get "free" parts

Ok, so I had to get some stuff for the wife's car today and the counter person at the local franchise was actually one of the good guys who let me behind the counter to parts hunt. So while I had the run of the candy store I decided to poke through radiator hoses for one I had in mind for the cooling system on the Wartburg.
Anyway, I found the hose, went to check out with a bunch of other stuff and when he rang it all up the stupid computer system wouldnt let him sell me the hose because according to the computer it wasn't in stock and therefore couldnt be sold....weird.
So he put it in my bag and said "freebie"

It was just like a $9 hose so its not a big deal but now I dont have a receipt for my records.

My standard MO has been to be terrible at record keeping but I've been anal retentive with receipts on this car, more for GRM than Lemons, so it just fields weird now to have an undocumented part.

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Re: Strange way to get "free" parts

At all the dealerships I have ever been there are accounting errors at either the dealership level or the manufacturer level, and you always end up with free parts.  Take it and run with it, I don't think that anyone should question it. And at the Lemons level, that car is on such a different level of greatness, I don't think that anyone is going to quibble about a $9 hose

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Re: Strange way to get "free" parts

JThw8 wrote:

it just fields weird now to have an undocumented part.

Undocumented cars...  just sayin'

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Re: Strange way to get "free" parts

Yeah, not to worried on the Lemons level, got a lot more to 'splain than a $9 hose wink  But we're trying to do GRM legit and I'm a bit OCD so not having my receipt bugs me.  The GRM guys all said don't sweat it so I wont.  Now I just need to figure out how to make more parts not register in the computer so I can get em for free smile

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Re: Strange way to get "free" parts

JThw8 wrote:

Yeah, not to worried on the Lemons level, got a lot more to 'splain than a $9 hose wink  But we're trying to do GRM legit and I'm a bit OCD so not having my receipt bugs me.  The GRM guys all said don't sweat it so I wont.  Now I just need to figure out how to make more parts not register in the computer so I can get em for free smile

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Re: Strange way to get "free" parts

JThw8 wrote:

Ok, so I had to get some stuff for the wife's car today and the counter person at the local franchise was actually one of the good guys who let me behind the counter to parts hunt. So while I had the run of the candy store I decided to poke through radiator hoses for one I had in mind for the cooling system on the Wartburg.
Anyway, I found the hose, went to check out with a bunch of other stuff and when he rang it all up the stupid computer system wouldnt let him sell me the hose because according to the computer it wasn't in stock and therefore couldnt be sold....weird.
So he put it in my bag and said "freebie"

It was just like a $9 hose so its not a big deal but now I dont have a receipt for my records.

My standard MO has been to be terrible at record keeping but I've been anal retentive with receipts on this car, more for GRM than Lemons, so it just fields weird now to have an undocumented part.

i just wanted you to know, you deserve a hand hug.

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  • From: Choctaw, Oklahoma
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Re: Strange way to get "free" parts

Every time I try to buy parts it works the other way around. I check online and it says they have it in stock. I drive into town and "Oh, it says we should have that in stock, but it's not back there." I oughta get a freebie for that!