BlackElantraGT said:You know exactly how everything works here in SoCal. In miles they're not very far away, but add in traffic, a lot of places take 20-30 mins to get to around here.
Let me ask you something. When you go shop at Costco, Walmart, the mall, etc do you call first to see if they're closed? I'm going to guess no because you know what their normal store hours are. If something were to cause the shut down for the day, that's something you have no control over. Those occasions are rare anyway. How would you like it if most retail stores you go to didn't post up a sign with store hours and instead you had to ask someone. For such a basic question, you shouldn't have to ask anyone.
Yes, you are right there is time spent, so that is why it is even more important to call first. No, you do not call Walmart, but that's very bad example, they are not anywhere near Walmart when it comes to number of employees that are available on call to keep store open all the time. That is the case with every "small" business everywhere. Many of them don't even have the Web site! They post business hours on their door. How do you find business hours for those before you are in front of the door? Same way you would before Web laziness, pick up a Yellow Book, find number, call and check.
BlackElantraGT said:Yeah, you're right about it being just a small office and maybe they want to leave early on some days, but if that's the case, then this statement shouldn't be on the front of their homepage:
"ChemicalGuys.com - your online factory direct wholesale warehouse for professional car wash chemicals & auto detailing supplies is open to the public & car care enthusiasts.
Please notice it says "online". Not "retail store".
BlackElantraGT said:Your customers depend on you and put their trust in you so how can they trust the business if they only worked whenever they felt like it.
There is a big difference between "working whenever they felt like it" and "not being in office". As they take orders, ship orders, and answer phone calls they are obviously fulfilling trust. They can be in their warehouse at that time though, they dont have to be in the office to be working.
And you know what is funny? Some people are here getting worked up over that while forgetting it is really nothing considering they provide decent products for decent price and do have great customer service. As I said, who cares what Web site says as long as bottom line of what matters is kept? Who needs extremely urgent life or death detailing question answered at 3am PST anyway? This is all a non-issue getting blown out of proportions.