I paid $5,701. - Jazzmanbubba
I paid $5,701.37 for a Herd Aero bumper grill, professionally installed on my Peterbilt 579. The work was completed, I paid in full, and drove an hour back home--only to find the hood would not open fully because the bumper had been mounted too high.
When I called Charlie, the boss, he said they'd fix it if I drove the truck back. I asked if they could send someone to me or at least compensate me for the time and cost of running a semi back to Pukwana. His response was, "That ain't gonna happen". About the failed professional install, he said "hey, these things happen".
When Natalia at Herd Manufacturing followed up on my behalf to speak with C&S, she was told that the person who had taken the order wasn't working there anymore, so there was nothing C&S Truck Sales could do. The shop guy mounts it wrong, and C&S blames the guy that took the order.
What makes this worse is that while I was waiting for my install, I heard Charlie tell an employee that one of his guys in the shop wasn't doing good enough work, and that he might need to start doing quality control on him. Sure enough, that's exactly what I got: poor work.
Herd's operations and sales leader, Leo Nelson, told me it would be fair for C&S Truck Sales to compensate me for the extra time and expense to return with the truck, since they had already been paid to professionally install. When I brought that back to Charlie, his response was: "You sound like a real xxxxxxx."
For a $5,700+ job, I expected professional work and professional treatment. Instead, I got a bad install, zero accountability, and open disrespect from the boss.
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