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Tourer
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It's remarkablys easy to get on the HD website or open up the parts catalog, find what you want, write it down, take it to the dealer and say "I want this," hand them the paper, get part, check part #, and go home with what you intended to go home with. When you rely on others you are more often than not dissappointed. Much better off relying on yourself.
Road Warrior
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I had a kick *** parts guy at my dealer, would kill himself to get everything right and always got me 10% off. Was pretty sad the day I went in and he was gone.
Definitely not all created equal.
Definitely not all created equal.
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In theory, I agree. Only difference is I (and hopefully you) get paid a premium wage for our skills/knowledge/education, while most guys behind the parts counter are likely near minimum wage.
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And . . .
<-- THATS WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE MINIMUM WAGE ARGUEMENT, HE GETS PAID TO FLIP THROUGH A BOOK AND GET ME THE CORRECT PARTS FOR MY BIKE I EXPECT NO MORE AND NO LESS
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From: NCWV
CORRECT BUT SO DOES THE GUY WORKING AT WENDY'S, McDONALDS, AND BURGER KING, AND YOU EXPECT THEM NOT TO MESS UP YOUR ORDER AND WHEN THEY DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO CORRECT THEM. WHY SHOULD THE PARTS GUY BE ANY DIFFERENT? <-- THATS WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE MINIMUM WAGE ARGUEMENT, HE GETS PAID TO FLIP THROUGH A BOOK AND GET ME THE CORRECT PARTS FOR MY BIKE I EXPECT NO MORE AND NO LESS
<-- THATS WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE MINIMUM WAGE ARGUEMENT, HE GETS PAID TO FLIP THROUGH A BOOK AND GET ME THE CORRECT PARTS FOR MY BIKE I EXPECT NO MORE AND NO LESSWow.
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But to answer your question, when I do go to places such as the one's you mentioned, I do not expect them to get it right. I go to to those places expecting the worst and sadly, more often than not, my expectations are met. I make sure it get's corrected, but it shouldn't come to that.
Nothing wrong with the way you feel. Or the way I feel. You're what they call an "optimist," and i'm what they call a "pessimist." No big deal.
I saw a funny quote the other day. Something to the likes of "The pessimist is right as often as the optimist, but the optimist has more fun."
Last edited by Hollywood Ball; Dec 16, 2010 at 09:52 PM.
Road Warrior
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Must be contagious, had to get some simple parts for my bike, guy couldn't even find it in the manual, asked him to get the manual for my bike and showed him what I needed..... And I'm no genius by far.
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Actually, Bobber is dead on bro, you were the one spoutin off making excuses for the jack legs because they are too incompetent to look up a part and write it down or order it. Minimum wage or not, they get paid money to do a job, if it aint done right, then shape up or ship out. I mean cmon, looking up a part isnt that hard now is it? And like Bobber said, they **** up your order at Mickey D's, they better make that **** right!!! 
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