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Buriram Province - General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: toffo on November 29, 2012, 09:12:58 PM

Title: **WARNING RIP OFF CARWASH AT BIG C *****
Post by: toffo on November 29, 2012, 09:12:58 PM
Driving on a new road other day that was still wet with the tarmac stuff and it was allover 1 side of my car... Would of taken me hours and didnt seem to come off that easy.. sooooo i take it to Big C ....Put my window down and they must have thought $$$$$$$$.... my  wife said how much to clean the side of the car... The reply was a whopping 2000 baht as they had to use a special liquid.. I just laughed at her and said go feck yourself... Today it got cleaned off another car wash that charged me 300 baht for a full clean in and out... Found out that the special liquid they used to get it off was called WATER.. What a bunch of crooks they are at big c.... This is the 2nd time now that they have done this so beware...
Title: Re: **WARNING RIP OFF CARWASH AT BIG C *****
Post by: toffo on November 29, 2012, 09:14:52 PM
Oh and one more thing.. The guy even came to my house to collect the car and dropped it off.. great service
Title: Re: **WARNING RIP OFF CARWASH AT BIG C *****
Post by: Nobby on November 29, 2012, 10:23:45 PM
Quote from: toffo on November 29, 2012, 09:14:52 PM
Oh and one more thing.. The guy even came to my house to collect the car and dropped it off.. great service

If the car was collected and delivered, how do you know all they used was water to remove the tarmac? Most places use petrol.
Title: Re: **WARNING RIP OFF CARWASH AT BIG C *****
Post by: Alan on November 30, 2012, 04:22:39 AM
Quote from: Nobby on November 29, 2012, 10:23:45 PM
Quote from: toffo on November 29, 2012, 09:14:52 PM
Oh and one more thing.. The guy even came to my house to collect the car and dropped it off.. great service

If the car was collected and delivered, how do you know all they used was water to remove the tarmac? Most places use petrol.
Oh dear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: **WARNING RIP OFF CARWASH AT BIG C *****
Post by: chudless on November 30, 2012, 06:30:52 AM
I have had the same issue with the tarmac on the car,took it to my usual cleaning place in town,no problem they charged me the normal 140 Baht plus 40 Baht extra per bottle of petrol think the extra was 200 Baht 5 bottles.
Title: Re: **WARNING RIP OFF CARWASH AT BIG C *****
Post by: Starman on November 30, 2012, 08:12:21 AM
The car wash at BigC is a specialist place. Even their regular prices are high. They use all sorts of stuff to stop UV rays and the like.

There is a price list there . I doubt it was a "rip the farang off" episode. 
Title: Re: **WARNING RIP OFF CARWASH AT BIG C *****
Post by: nookiebear on November 30, 2012, 09:16:56 AM
Come on Fatboy ...'A Specialist Car Wash'.......You've been eating too many bananas
Title: Re: **WARNING RIP OFF CARWASH AT BIG C *****
Post by: smoooth2 on November 30, 2012, 12:40:25 PM
In my previous life I was involved in the heavy transport game.

To remove tar, bitumen, and other difficult stains like dried road kill blood ... (Thai scooter riders ??) ... we simply used
kerosene. It works really good, and is cheaper than most truck wash detergents.

Never did any damage to the paintwork. I would have no hesitation in using kero on my car to remove tar spots.
Title: Re: **WARNING RIP OFF CARWASH AT BIG C *****
Post by: toffo on November 30, 2012, 12:52:56 PM
2000 baht that some specialist car wash then... It was a rip off FACT.... They saw a big fat bald Falang and thought they would try it on..  If I'd have paid that insane sum of money then thre wouldn't have been any Chinese curry sauces for me this weekend lol
Title: Re: **WARNING RIP OFF CARWASH AT BIG C *****
Post by: toffo on November 30, 2012, 12:54:55 PM
My water comment was sarcasm