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Old Mar 2, 2019 | 03:17 PM
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Scammer's " Rich "" the manager " in service department , They told me my Brakes are violently shaking the front of the bike because I put after market bar's on the bike " crazy i no "" , then they said they put a brand new tire and rotor's on my bike " it was a take off from another bike " and the bike still shook like crazy when using the front brake over 50 mph " They wanted me to pay 6 + hours labor to take of aftermarket bars , " I said no way and took my bike " Now I bring to another Harley dealer 2 hours away and they say it's the rotor's from the get go, so they replace under warranty and guess what , the front brakes dont shake the bike anymore , The worst part of this is that all Palm Beach Harley wanted to do is make $$$ off me when it was covered under warranty that they didn't want to go threw
 
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Old Mar 2, 2019 | 03:34 PM
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Wow, I was just there on Tuesday and it looked like a nice Dealership. All they got me for was a T and I ran. Sorry to hear of your experience there
 
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Old Mar 2, 2019 | 04:10 PM
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Wow, I was just there on Tuesday and it looked like a nice Dealership. All they got me for was a T and I ran. Sorry to hear of your experience there
Very nice and clean place , both the sale's and the part's guy's and girl's are great , It's just the service department is where I got screwed
 
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Old Mar 2, 2019 | 04:39 PM
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So instead of making the money on a warranty job as well as keeping you as a customer, they let you walk forever. Knuckleheads.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2019 | 04:41 PM
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So instead of making the money on a warranty job as well as keeping you as a customer, they let you walk forever. Knuckleheads.
The where being greedy and like you said lost me as a long term customer
 
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Old Mar 2, 2019 | 05:32 PM
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I would do the owner a favor, inform him of your issue. He needs to know his service manager is costing him money and customers.
Be nice, explain you were forced to drive/ride two hrs to get your complaint taken care of.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2019 | 05:43 PM
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Probably should notify Harley Headquarters as well if you have the paperwork to back you up.
 
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Old Mar 2, 2019 | 09:26 PM
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We have a new Farm & Fleet store near my house that is awesome, except for their service department. The manager there is bringing down the business big time. I went to their website to post about my bad service review (tire and battery purchase) and found almost a hundred bad reviews just on the service department alone. How the heck does a family owned business allow someone like that to work there?

I guess that bad managers and service people exist in all types of businesses.
 
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