Kwik Fit - Bushey - Watford Reviews Summary

Category: Tire shop

Address: Watford Arches Retail park, Lower High St, Watford WD17 2SD, United Kingdom

Phone: +441923249892

Rating: 4.5
based on 155 reviews.

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "Rishi, the Manager, welcomed me with a handshake first thing on Sunday morning, very pleasant experience."
  • "Good communication from the fitter and front desk."
  • "Friendly helpful staff showed me the worn part which required replacing."
  • "The very professional manger and supervisor got me a quote almost instantly."
  • "The customer service was friendly, efficient and polite."
  • "Dealt with Rishi the manager at the reception desk, his customer service and knowledge is excellent."
  • "The professionalism and dedication to excellent service were truly commendable specially from Rishi."

Cons:

  • "The only thing I will say is that you get a very cold reception not overly friendly."
  • "Every time i called i got ignorance and rudeness! I highly recommend that you look somewhere else to get your car done."
  • "These individuals are arrogant and unhelpful."
  • "So came back today for some advise, as I walked in & went to speak to a man named Frank he straight away cut me & said 'you can’t be in here go speak to someone in the office, this area is off limits to customers'."
  • "Very poor customer service, we have booked for MOT and arrived just 15 mins late due to trapping in traffic."
  • "Unprofessional and incompetent staff."
  • "Very unhelpful staff with no customer service skills assistant kept going outside to spit."

Efficiency and Timeliness

Pros:

  • "They had it fixed, explained the problem in detail and I was rolling out 30 minutes later."
  • "First and foremost he was friendly and completed the job very quickly."
  • "They replaced and balanced the tyre within 20 minutes only."
  • "Car had been jacked up within 10 mins of arrival."
  • "The MOT took 1h which was the time I was told it will take so happy with that."
  • "Tyre was removed and refitted and the problem was solved within 10 mins."
  • "I left 10 minutes later with the car working perfectly."

Cons:

  • "We were then called to chase us up about when we were picking up the car - even though we hadn't been asked to come back quickly."
  • "Test started later than booked."
  • "Advised at 8:30am that I would need to wait until 2:30pm to get an emergency puncture repaired."
  • "I, unfortunately had a really bad experience where I went in at 4pm to get my tyre replaced and after waiting for nearly 2 hours, the Manager came back and said they don't have the tyre in stock. Nearly 2 hours wasted! Wouldn't recommend"
  • "Didn't call me to tell me they couldn't change my tyre till I got down there."
  • "Had appointment for 09:00, work on car not started until 09:30."
  • "What I thought would be a 2 hr visit at worst, ended up being a 4 hr visit."

Price and Value

Pros:

  • "Ordered new tyre to fit following day, at a competitive price."
  • "Prices are reasonable."
  • "Good value for MOT and aircon regas."
  • "All done for a great price."
  • "Many servicing company whom do tyre fitting and balancing tend to damage the alloy wheel with the machine but Kwik Fit did a brilliant job and they didn't do any damage."
  • "I received a full refund for the wheel alignment and half the money back for the breaks and they will still have the lifetime guarantee."
  • "Fixed everything which needed fixing and at a reasonable price."

Cons:

  • "Be careful with the prices because the first person told me £110 for the alignment and the second person asked me for £70, strange."
  • "I booked in for an MOT which they failed and said it would cost £1122.10 to pass."
  • "Basically I was made to believe my van would not pass the MOT unless I had the wheel alignment and break pads done."
  • "They had my car over 2 weeks!! When i asked for evidence of a diagnostic sheet to prove what was wrong with the car they said 'they don't provide them'."
  • "Got front brake pad and disc replaced; total cost £410 which is expensive than actual dealer.. big mistake of going to them."
  • "I feel, charging 32% extra for the same day service was a bit too much."
  • "They tried to charge me £300 + to change 2 tyres and do a wheel alignment."

Professionalism and Expertise

Pros:

  • "All of the employees I dealt with were professional and pleasant."
  • "The fitters were great and very helpful. Especially Cameron who was very knowledgable about cars in general and gave me some great advice."
  • "Really honest and helpful."
  • "The mechanics were very professional and informative."
  • "I came across an incredibly professional person."
  • "The guys were very professional & on time."
  • "Always found Kwik Fit very good and the people who work there very professional."

Cons:

  • "As well gentleman hassling me to get work which was not even required.. NEVER AGAIN"
  • "Not great experience, they don't care about customers."
  • "They did not have the honesty to even admit it."
  • "Complete rip off wanted £1200 for repairs needed."
  • "When Kwik Fit had my car my quote went up x3! They said more things were wrong with my car than actually were!"
  • "Garage incharge was rude and initially told me that it will take 1 hour to fit tyres as he has less staff and offered to reschedule the appointment."
  • "Bad experience at this Kwik Fit."

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