This why businesses go broke
Bit of a rant. So I look up one of the main battery suppliers in Perth as I want to renew both boat batteries with my boat refurb nearing completion. Ok so find a branch in Bentley which is on the way home, great! So drops in there,this is how it goes: " G'day mate looking for a couple of these batteries" Showing the guy a photo of my 640CCA batts. "Hmm he says I've got the 620's or you have to jump up to a bigger battery, we usually have the 640 but out of stock" Me "Yeah, I deffo want the 640's" Him "Yeah sorry pal can't help you"
Oookay my mind is ticking over, he's about to say he can get them in but no nothing, I'm not asking that's his job as a sales assistant. So where's the effort to make money and business? Obviously very comfortable with his job and paycheck every week, not sure he realises where that's coming from.
Anyways I go to an auto shop just a little further down the highway, same thing no stock but "Really sorry mate but I can have two for you here first thing Thursday morning if that helps?" " I can offer you a $20 per battery discount for the delay"
Absolutely! A nice $460 sale for him and happy to make me an earth lead up then and there. Gee it doesn't take a lot or am I expecting too much 
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Faulkner Family
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gees no names mentioned. mut
gees no names mentioned. mut have bitten your tongue a bit while in the store. good to see it worked out for the better in the end.
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Matt T
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Name the good shop
Always good to give the good ones a boost!
sea-kem
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Yeah Autopro Bentley, the
Yeah Autopro Bentley, the two guys there were all over it.
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Darren253
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Funny things!
I have done EXACTLY the same for high capacity fuses at the EXACT same two shops!
Willlo
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Pity you aren't down this
Pity you aren't down this way Andy if we didn't have them , which we do by the way . They would be delivered to your house or business the next day including the $ discount.
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sea-kem
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Not hard is it mate.
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Bodie
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See this all too often
See this all too often unfortunately.
Run a managed IT services company and am always dealing suppliers or clients who's current IT provider who just dont go the extra mile to help the client.
One i heard the other day was "Our IT compnay charges us double for managed services per month for our apple mac's machines because its not the standard platform they support" and if they didnt like it they could find another company, needless to say they are our client now!!!
duncan61
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Sand
I needed a truck load of sand and the first place I called said "cant you get it some where else"
just do it.
Jackfrost80
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Sounds like the old boys from
Sounds like the old boys from Whitworths Leederville are now working in a battery supply outlet in Bentley.
Must be a bad store out of a good bunch. I've had nothing but brilliant customer service from Battery World in Balcatta and Malaga including after sales advice.
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
dodgy
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Always got good service
Always got good service there. When I had vhf problems with one of their cheap standard horizons they couldn't of been more helpful. Multiple calls back trying to sort the problem. Got a good response from their supplier and organised a refund.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Savarna
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Service and price matching.
Battery World Joondalup. I wanted Optima batteries for the boat, online delivered were cheaper than their retail, matched the price, boom, sale. Used them for our vehicles. Great service. Unfortunately tards exist in every industry and are easy to spot. Sellers of product should never adopt an attitude of selling what they have on hand and instead providing exactly what the customer needs and deliver in good time.
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all to common andy
all to common andy unfortunatly
on a positive note for small shops, i popped into shore catch today for some bait to take to steep in december. customer service second to none
id mentioned to hutch few days ago that id be popping in during the week for bait, i then received a call from callum to talk a plan and when i rocked up today i find out what i mentioned had been hand selected for me and the fishing we will be doing.
also had a chat to mick for 30min and showed of my nice new clears and bimini
clogwog
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poor service is the norm.
poor service is the norm. I've picked up approx 7 jobs in the las 6 months due to trades not showing up.
you need to go the extra mile in this economy or you'll be left behind.
Shimka
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Dollars to doghnuts it was
Dollars to doghnuts it was Battery World Bentley that this problem was with. I've dealt with them in the past & the service was horrendous. Fortunately it seems to be just that one store because I now deal with the Balcatta store & Malaga occasionally & they have given me top notch service every time. I deal with Autopro a fair bit & AutoOne have never had reason to complain about their service. They always seem to be willing to go the extra yards to keep the customer happy. You really would think that these businesses would work out that repeat business is key to success & if the service is crap, the customer isn't coming back.
bellony
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These days I go straight to
These days I go straight to Challenge Batteries in Osborne Park. Always had good advice and prices.
Stevo81
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scubafish
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Too Happy!
Had a job not too long ago where the boss call me in the office and said the customers where saying that I was "too friendly",
could I just come to work and just do my job.
My reply was are you joking,
NO !
I said:
You DUM ASS,have a nice life and walked out .
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meglodon
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This is a joke ..right
I would have thought that he would of called you into the office to say what you are doing is great.
I can understand him if you were wasting time talking about the weather or whatever but if it's business related he's lost the plot.IMO
Vinesh87
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Only place to go is
Only place to go is Goodchild industries and jandakot. Bought my last 20 batteries there!
backlash
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yep
gteat service from this business !!
dodgy
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I use yhi power in canning
I use yhi power in canning vale. Wholesalers but they will sell direct. Far cheaper than anyone else I've ever come across.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Vinesh87
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Cheaper than Goodchild...
Cheaper than Goodchild... nah your dreamin! They are wholesalers too probably same same ill have to get a pticw from them next time too
sea-kem
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They sell to the public Vin?
They sell to the public Vin?
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dodgy
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Marine batteries $250 for
Marine batteries $250 for the pair for my rig.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
sea-kem
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I'm guessing a reliable
I'm guessing a reliable brand? Not some unkown Chinese crap.
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dodgy
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Been reliable for me. The
Been reliable for me. The pair in my 200 have been in for 3 years. The pair in the boat have been in a bit over a year. Branded as yhi.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
backlash
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Name Brands
Goodchilds - My last deep cycle battery was a Bosch
they cater for most budgets; but during my quick lookaround they have mostly quality gear, including CTEK Chargersi
dodgy
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Bosch made in China too.
Bosch made in China too.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Vinesh87
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Yep They can get any
Yep
They can get any battery. And are much cheaper than anywhwre else i have found.
I am using the ssb ultras been awwsome but they also do remcos and optimas