May 19, 2000
Customer, car wash in disagreement
I bought my husband a $40 gift certificate at Mariner Car Wash in St. Petersburg. I purchased an exterior detail that included full wash service, buff and wax, Armor All the exterior, vacuuming and windows for $34.95. We dropped our black 1998 Mitsubishi Montero off on Jan. 29 at around noon and came back at 3 p.m. to pick it up. It had not been touched and we were told to come back in a couple of hours. We ran some errands and driving by Mariner Car Wash, noticed that our vehicle's turn did not come until 5 p.m. The carwash closes at 6 p.m., so an hour was spent cleaning, buffing and waxing it. In other words, it was a rush job, and the detail work was terrible. The total price: $52.75.