Most of the offers to potential customers discussed in this material boil down to a simple phrase in an Internet ad or on a street banner: “replacement of anything out there is free.” Such a technique attracts individuals who are ready, believing in the existence of a “freebie”, to try to save on something. Moreover, citizens are often prone to such behavior, which can by no means be classified as low-income or narrow-minded.
The most common “free” service is associated with changing the engine oil. Well, it sounds nice: “change the oil for free”! Subconsciously, a potential customer expects to come to such a gas station and leave with new oil in the engine without paying a penny. Of course it doesn’t work that way. “Free” can only work on replacing engine lubricants. And then only on the condition that the customer buys it on the spot. If you take the bus, you will have to pay 500-1000 rubles for the work of the master to replace it, depending on the complexity of the operation.
Well, if you still decide to buy oil at a gas station, you will find that it costs much more here than even in a neighboring store. Just about the amount that corresponds to paying for the work of the master … You should go for a “free change” of oil in the engine, only realizing this fact, and also be sure that at a car service you will not just sucks out a part of the lubricant currently in the crankcase through the dipstick hole motor.
And in a normal way they will unscrew the oil filter, drain the old “sludge”, install a new filter element and only then add new grease. Otherwise, it is not worth contacting the “free replacement”.
There are also advertisements for a free antifreeze replacement. In this case, the meaning of “cunning” is exactly the same as in the case of motor oil: the operation itself is free. But only if you buy a new coolant at a gas station – at an inflated price. Otherwise, that is, having arrived there with refrigerant canisters purchased in advance, you must be ready to pay 1200-1500 rubles for the replacement operation.
But perhaps the most shameless “free replacement” has to do with the brake pads! They too, it turns out, offer to change “for free”! Only in this case will they try to “suck in” the gullible car owner that the brake discs of his car simply urgently need a rotational movement – so that the car slows down more smoothly and in general. In some places this is done without removing the disc from the car, but somewhere – with disassembly. In any case, “for a circle” you will have to pay about 1,500 rubles for each processed disc. And – yes, the pads are replaced for you free of charge at the same time. Old – to the ones you brought …
Most of the offers to potential customers discussed in this material boil down to a simple phrase in an Internet ad or on a street banner: “replacement of anything out there is free.” Such a technique attracts individuals who are ready, believing in the existence of a “freebie”, to try to save on something. Moreover, citizens are often prone to such behavior, which can by no means be classified as low-income or narrow-minded.
The most common “free” service is associated with changing the engine oil. Well, it sounds nice: “change the oil for free”! Subconsciously, a potential customer expects to come to such a gas station and leave with new oil in the engine without paying a penny. Of course it doesn’t work that way. “Free” can only work on replacing engine lubricants. And then only on the condition that the customer buys it on the spot. If you take the bus, you will have to pay 500-1000 rubles for the work of the master to replace it, depending on the complexity of the operation.
Well, if you still decide to buy oil at a gas station, you will find that it costs much more here than even in a neighboring store. Just about the amount that corresponds to paying for the work of the master … You should go for a “free change” of oil in the engine, only realizing this fact, and also be sure that at a car service you will not just sucks out a part of the lubricant currently in the crankcase through the dipstick hole motor.
And in a normal way they will unscrew the oil filter, drain the old “sludge”, install a new filter element and only then add new grease. Otherwise, it is not worth contacting the “free replacement”.
There are also advertisements for a free antifreeze replacement. In this case, the meaning of “cunning” is exactly the same as in the case of motor oil: the operation itself is free. But only if you buy a new coolant at a gas station – at an inflated price. Otherwise, that is, having arrived there with refrigerant canisters purchased in advance, you must be ready to pay 1200-1500 rubles for the replacement operation.
But perhaps the most shameless “free replacement” has to do with the brake pads! They too, it turns out, offer to change “for free”! Only in this case will they try to “suck in” the gullible car owner that the brake discs of his car simply urgently need a rotational movement – so that the car slows down more smoothly and in general. In some places this is done without removing the disc from the car, but somewhere – with disassembly. In any case, “for a circle” you will have to pay about 1,500 rubles for each processed disc. And – yes, the pads are replaced for you free of charge at the same time. Old – to the ones you brought …
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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