Owners/Managers Seeking Information and Opinions From Customers

Unregistered said:

Rack that up on the lies list
Since that original post, I personally have requested many times for someone to provide the list of Top 20 Canadian Retailers to prove it even existed. It's since been proven that it DOESN"T exist, and that the report was made up. There is no Top 20 Canadian Retailers report or list. Faker advocate ct hater liar - LIED!
Nobody ever said we are on the list, because there is no list.

Nobody took pity on us lol all they did was provide a link to a report of global top retailers, in an attempt to mislead us, and consumers, saying they never claimed it was a Canadian report.

If taking pity means lying, good luck!

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Holy are you guys ever that thick because it does exist and you CT guys aren't in it lol. See it starts off with a couple of graphs talking about who the market leaders were how it changed in the mid 90's how it affected the incumbent the coach potatoes here who couldn't move fast enough to survive and stats on current market place, depth, what they were 10 - 15 years ago and every year since and what's powering them. Predictions on who will be the next market leaders if the trends continue blah blah blah. How consumer loyalty, consumer perceptions have changed and who'd got it right and who's got it all wrong and what's shaping the next decade in retail space, etc and then to the top 20 ranked by multiple criteria real dry read.So yeah it does exist.

As for CT franchisee's who keep thinking it's a ruse just like your returns policy, keep making fun of people, keep expanding those stores so that it'll be 5 minutes away instead of the 15, and keep making those acquisitions. .

Unregistered said:

Holy are you guys ever that thick because it does exist and you CT guys aren't in it lol. See it starts off with a couple of graphs talking about who the market leaders were how it changed in the mid 90's how it affected the incumbent the coach potatoes here who couldn't move fast enough to survive and stats on current market place, depth, what they were 10 - 15 years ago and every year since and what's powering them. Predictions on who will be the next market leaders if the trends continue blah blah blah. How consumer loyalty, consumer perceptions have changed and who'd got it right and who's got it all wrong and what's shaping the next decade in retail space, etc and then to the top 20 ranked by multiple criteria real dry read.So yeah it does exist.

As for CT franchisee's who keep thinking it's a ruse just like your returns policy, keep making fun of people, keep expanding those stores so that it'll be 5 minutes away instead of the 15, and keep making those acquisitions. .

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Late night posts should be disallowed. No sense there that I can understand.

Unregistered said:

Holy are you guys ever that thick because it does exist and you CT guys aren't in it lol. See it starts off with a couple of graphs talking about who the market leaders were how it changed in the mid 90's how it affected the incumbent the coach potatoes here who couldn't move fast enough to survive and stats on current market place, depth, what they were 10 - 15 years ago and every year since and what's powering them. Predictions on who will be the next market leaders if the trends continue blah blah blah. How consumer loyalty, consumer perceptions have changed and who'd got it right and who's got it all wrong and what's shaping the next decade in retail space, etc and then to the top 20 ranked by multiple criteria real dry read.So yeah it does exist.

As for CT franchisee's who keep thinking it's a ruse just like your returns policy, keep making fun of people, keep expanding those stores so that it'll be 5 minutes away instead of the 15, and keep making those acquisitions. .

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It would be nice to actually have a link to the graph, and know the criteria for the rankings.

Because rankings by revenue and similar criteria put Crappy Tire in the top 10.

On the other hand, this topic gave the Crappy People a reason to tell another flurry of lies, and again trash their own credibility. So it was a "win" in that regard.

Unregistered said:

Holy are you guys ever that thick because it does exist and you CT guys aren't in it lol. See it starts off with a couple of graphs talking about who the market leaders were how it changed in the mid 90's how it affected the incumbent the coach potatoes here who couldn't move fast enough to survive and stats on current market place, depth, what they were 10 - 15 years ago and every year since and what's powering them. Predictions on who will be the next market leaders if the trends continue blah blah blah. How consumer loyalty, consumer perceptions have changed and who'd got it right and who's got it all wrong and what's shaping the next decade in retail space, etc and then to the top 20 ranked by multiple criteria real dry read.So yeah it does exist.

As for CT franchisee's who keep thinking it's a ruse just like your returns policy, keep making fun of people, keep expanding those stores so that it'll be 5 minutes away instead of the 15, and keep making those acquisitions. .

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Wow that's some pretty detailed information for a report you're unable to produce LOL

Unregistered said:

There was a claim about 'How about the CT owners aren't millionaires', and it was "KILLED"?

Really?

First of all, what exactly was the claim?

That not a single CT owners is a millionaire?

(That would be a risky claim to make: you'd think somebody would have at least inherited some cash ....)

Was the claim, that fewer than half are millionaires?

That not quite all are millionaires?

That there are 1 or 2 that aren't yet millionaires?

Because, you really can't "kill" a claim without saying what it is, exactly.

But lets press on.

So, where's the proof of exactly how many CT owners are millionaires?

For starters, is there a list of all the owners, along with their net worth? I don't recall seeing one. Please re-post that link - thanks!

Remember: it has to be a verifiable list from a reputable source.

You know, unlike those so-called "defect rate" posts, where somebody claiming to represent CT writes, 'Yup, not many o' them there "Simonize" washers come back - maybe, oh, 1 in a hun'red, I 'spect'.

Looking forward to the abundant and compelling proof that you apparently posted, but I somehow missed.

Thanks in advance!

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LMAO nice back track Jack (ass)
For months you call us wannabe millionaires, call us liars, ask for proof and claim CT franchises aren't wealth generators. Over and over and over! NOW - after having been shown a report that shows $600,000 average you're stepping back and adding parameters.... not ALL CT owners are millionaires? how many are billionaires? Verifiable list? - In case you missed the memo, we are all private corporations. only two places have that information, my filing cabinet, and my accountant. Not even the Corporation gets the bank account information of all of its franchisees. So no, the list does not exist... nobody collects it, nobody is entitled to it.

back pedal much?

Unregistered said:

Verifiable list? - In case you missed the memo, we are all private corporations. only two places have that information, my filing cabinet, and my accountant. Not even the Corporation gets the bank account information of all of its franchisees. So no, the list does not exist... nobody collects it, nobody is entitled to it

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So, you are unwilling to prove your claims.

That's your call - just retract the claims, and apologize for having called anyone a liar, when you are unable to provide any evidence.

Thanks you!

Unregistered said:

LMAO nice back track Jack (ass)
For months you call us wannabe millionaires, call us liars, ask for proof and claim CT franchises aren't wealth generators. Over and over and over! NOW - after having been shown a report that shows $600,000 average you're stepping back and adding parameters.... not ALL CT owners are millionaires? how many are billionaires? Verifiable list? - In case you missed the memo, we are all private corporations. only two places have that information, my filing cabinet, and my accountant. Not even the Corporation gets the bank account information of all of its franchisees. So no, the list does not exist... nobody collects it, nobody is entitled to it.

back pedal much?

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Back pedaling is your specialty, as you've done it all over this site and others. You blokes back pedaled when you denied that owners never lost money, or that no stores were closed, or that CT garages are open and honest etc. Until a few people posted links and video from credible sources substantiating those claims . What have you shown? An article? Is that all you have just an article saying that somebody saw something? I guess that trumps news reports, hidden cameras, lawsuits, settlements and honoring receipts and store policies, you know, things you tend to ignore and deny when it doesn't go your way.

Unregistered said:

It would be nice to actually have a link to the graph, and know the criteria for the rankings.

Because rankings by revenue and similar criteria put Crappy Tire in the top 10.

On the other hand, this topic gave the Crappy People a reason to tell another flurry of lies, and again trash their own credibility. So it was a "win" in that regard.

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These documents I'm referring to are much more than top 20 lists. It's a strategic plan of sorts that takes into account what things are going well with the competition at the time, what isn't and how to replicate those same outcomes in their own stores, an evolving recipe as it were. The list by itself is worthless when it's not actioned properly. Walmart had such a list and executed well - not perfectly. Contrast that to let's say The Hudsons Bay company which was floundering for many years, lead by blundering, incompetent canadians with half assed plans executed half assed. Until it was taken over by NRDC equities and Jeff Sherman cut out all the dead wood and turned it around with recipes in hand.

So yes the basics of being lean, efficient, green, mixed price points, "touching the customers lives" etc are decades old and may have worked in the past. But it's not enough these days.

In less than 20 years Canada's already lost 4 major Canadian retailers/ distributors with more companies headed to bankruptcy in these extended lean times.

As for seeing it the top retailers should already have it, or maybe they just ignored it and think that customers will always be there.

Unregistered said:

These documents I'm referring to are much more than top 20 lists. It's a strategic plan of sorts that takes into account what things are going well with the competition at the time, what isn't and how to replicate those same outcomes in their own stores, an evolving recipe as it were. The list by itself is worthless when it's not actioned properly. Walmart had such a list and executed well - not perfectly. Contrast that to let's say The Hudsons Bay company which was floundering for many years, lead by blundering, incompetent canadians with half assed plans executed half assed. Until it was taken over by NRDC equities and Jeff Sherman cut out all the dead wood and turned it around with recipes in hand.

So yes the basics of being lean, efficient, green, mixed price points, "touching the customers lives" etc are decades old and may have worked in the past. But it's not enough these days.

In less than 20 years Canada's already lost 4 major Canadian retailers/ distributors with more companies headed to bankruptcy in these extended lean times.

As for seeing it the top retailers should already have it, or maybe they just ignored it and think that customers will always be there.

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So now it's not a Top 20 Canadian retailers report anymore ? Now it's some kind of retail overview for the country?
Please provide this....as your claim of what existed and when keeps changing. It sounds like very interesting information to read. I look forward to it

Unregistered said:

Back pedaling is your specialty, as you've done it all over this site and others. You blokes back pedaled when you denied that owners never lost money, or that no stores were closed, or that CT garages are open and honest etc. Until a few people posted links and video from credible sources substantiating those claims . What have you shown? An article? Is that all you have just an article saying that somebody saw something? I guess that trumps news reports, hidden cameras, lawsuits, settlements and honoring receipts and store policies, you know, things you tend to ignore and deny when it doesn't go your way.

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Here's where I think we are gapped
The loss incurred by dealers, in the US expansion were those dealers that accepted US franchises either as US citizens or Canadians who moved South. Yes they lost money, lots of it! Those dealers who were not involved, did not lose money and were not impacted.

As far as closed stores go, they are usually replaced by bigger stores close by. That does not qualify as 'closing stores' lol If we were in the habit of closign stores, our count would be shrinking not growing.

This thread exemplifies why Canadian Tire should just go ahead and change their name to Argument Tire or something like it. Or how about TCIAW (The Customer Is Always Wrong)? You could call is TC's for short.

The Crappy People are looking for some help, fellow consumers.

They believe that the following report shows a "50% failure rate" among garages (but I haven't checked this for myself).

CTV Calgary- Auto repair rip-off - CTV News

Their question is this:

Unregistered said:

how do you explain a 50% failure rate on this mystery shop?

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I assume that they are looking for proof that they only suck as much as other garages, at over-charging customers and failing to find obvious problems.

Anyone care to help them out?

Unregistered said:

The Crappy People are looking for some help, fellow consumers.

They believe that the following report shows a "50% failure rate" among garages (but I haven't checked this for myself).

CTV Calgary- Auto repair rip-off - CTV News

Their question is this:



I assume that they are looking for proof that they only suck as much as other garages, at over-charging customers and failing to find obvious problems.

Anyone care to help them out?

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That's a nice backwards way of looking at things in an attempt to turn the tables back on Canadian Tire.

The facts are simple, you're just avoiding them because they don't support your hatred of CT.
12 Garages tested - check
6 garages pass - check
6 garages fail - check

As usual you have no justifiable explanation for this. You just make up some BS that canadian tire did it wrong, failing to acknowledge that 4 other garages failed as well. I'm not justifying the failure. If you diagnose a car wrong, you haven't done your job as a technician. The point is not that company A sucks like company B. the point is Why is Company A seeing same results as Company B?

Unregistered said:

As usual you have no justifiable explanation for this. ... Why is Company A seeing same results as Company B?

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The Crappy People want a 'justification' of why other garages seem to suck almost as much as Crappy Tire does.

There might be some useful information over on www.KalTiresSucks.com, www.FountainTireSucks.com and www.MidasSucks.com.

Any takers?

(Actually, if they are looking for consumer's opinions, I'd recommend they look at fixing their own shops first, and they try to find flaws with their competition once they've cleaned hose. Just one consumer's opinion, though)

Unregistered said:

once they've cleaned hose.

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Sorry about that, LOL!

Obviously should have been "cleaned house".

Need ... more .... coffee!

Unregistered said:

The Crappy People want a 'justification' of why other garages seem to suck almost as much as Crappy Tire does.

There might be some useful information over on www.KalTiresSucks.com, www.FountainTireSucks.com and www.MidasSucks.com.

Any takers?

(Actually, if they are looking for consumer's opinions, I'd recommend they look at fixing their own shops first, and they try to find flaws with their competition once they've cleaned hose. Just one consumer's opinion, though)

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I'm pretty sure the math was being pointed out to you, as you seemed to have missed it, yet again.
Funny how you just seem to ignore the math, facts, truth and pepper this site with your opinions.
That's why you're a faker, that's why you're irrelevant. Well maybe relevant to litigator wife, the sorority, the church group, CTh8r, DavidLer, Grampa, Gizzard, and the rest of your personalities you post under.
Cheers
And don't forget to donate! It's important....LOL.

Well, the owners really do seem interested in why other garages seem to sucsk almost as much as Crappy Tire does.

They've posted some basic stat's that they've gleaned from this article:

CTV Calgary- Auto repair rip-off - CTV News

Can someone check to see if there really was a "50% failure rate" among garages?

Then, the Crappy People want someone to "justify" why that is.

Keep in mind, no matter what any consumers write here, one of the Crappy People will say it's wrong.

Or just post stuff about "donate" buttons, LOL!

But, any takers?

Anyone at all?

The Crappy People are waiting!

Unregistered said:

Well, the owners really do seem interested in why other garages seem to sucsk almost as much as Crappy Tire does.

They've posted some basic stat's that they've gleaned from this article:

CTV Calgary- Auto repair rip-off - CTV News

Can someone check to see if there really was a "50% failure rate" among garages?

Then, the Crappy People want someone to "justify" why that is.

Keep in mind, no matter what any consumers write here, one of the Crappy People will say it's wrong.

Or just post stuff about "donate" buttons, LOL!

But, any takers?

Anyone at all?

The Crappy People are waiting!

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Shops that failed the APA test:
Midas: 624 16th Ave NW
Canadian Tire: 3516 8th Ave. NE
Canadian Tire: 388 Country Hills Blvd. NE
Kal Tire 3712 Edmonton Trail NE
Kal Tire 404 42nd Ave SE
Fountain Tire: 425 40th Ave NE

Shops that passed the APA test:
Fountain Tire: 7007 MacLeod Tr.
Canadian Tire: 250 Shawville Way SE
Minit Tune & Brake: 152 Crowfoot Gate N
Midas Auto Service: 3378 32nd Street NE
Fountain Tire: 4911 Northland Drive NW
Delta Auto Car and Repair: #206, 255 28th Street NE

50% - that's pretty simple.

now pay attention. This isn't about justifying the mistakes. If it wasn't repaired or diagnosed correctly, the technician has not done his job. That's black and white, right or wrong. The point being, if Canadian Tire is soooooooo terrible in your opinion, how do you explain four other garages who screwed the same test?

Unregistered said:

how do you explain four other garages who screwed the same test?

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obviously those 4 others have gone down hill to the point where they finally suck about as much as crappy tire does

next question!

Unregistered said:

obviously those 4 others have gone down hill to the point where they finally suck about as much as crappy tire does

next question!

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There must not be any good businesses left, given the 600 sucks.com sites and multiple complaint blogs....LOL
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