DO NOT TRUST.
A salesman approached us in a car park, shoving flyers advertising a $199 voucher redeemable at any location. Normal servicing is expensive, and this makes it free for 3 years? It’s a steal, right?
When I called a Midas location (not this one) to redeem it, they said, “we don’t offer this at our location… it looks like they lied to you.”
So I called the Midas Oakleigh team. They didn’t pick up. Called again. No pick up. Called again and again. Still no pickup.
Fine, i’ll drive down myself and ask them about this.
The receptionist "didn't know" anything.
"Our manager will call you later today to explain it." No call.
Another lie.
I can’t even trust you to honour your word. “Don’t worry, we’ve done this for years, we’ll fix your car properly…” How can i trust that?
If you fix my car wrong, i’m the one that gets into a car crash or is stuck in the middle of the highway.
I’m getting a refund. Because if anything can confirm if something's a scam or not, it's whether you can get your money back.
I pull up again another day.
Guess what?
The receptionist man “doesn’t know.”
Only that one salesman can refund me.
But i’ve already called the number on the voucher. No response.
He gives me the number of the salesman. Whom i text. And they reply, up until i tell them i want a refund because “i’m simply not interested anymore”.
Then he goes cold turkey. Full-on ghosts me.
I wait a couple minutes in case he’s typing a reply.
Minutes go by.
Nothing.
No response.
I follow up. “Hello? Are you there?”
No reply.
More time goes by.
At this point, 20mins have gone by and no response at all.
Who suddenly drops out in the middle of a conversation?
Someone who has scammed you of your money and doesn’t want to return it.
I know that if i don’t resolve this now, this salesperson will never reply. Because they don’t intend to. Because they don’t want to return the money.
So i go back into the store and tell the receptionist.
He tells me to text the salesperson myself from his phone.
He passes the phone to me and on it i see tons of other people already having asked for this refund. As a matter of fact, when i came in earlier today, two men were asking for a refund because “suddenly, last minute, for some reason, they had to move states all the way to NSW!”
Please.
So the salesperson ends up calling me.
I pick up the phone expecting “sorry for the delay in response, my boss called me out for a second but i should have given you a heads up before leaving you hanging, let me help you out now.” But instead I am met with, “i don’t appreciate you bombarding me with texts and saying that i’m ghosting you.”
Wow.
Now i know that this definitely is a scam. That put the nail in the coffin for me. I have to get my money back now.
He goes on to say a bunch of nothing, still yelling at me, talking down to me, saying “i don’t have to do anything you say”.
After a bunch of getting yelled at, i am just so done. I don’t deserve this.
He says, “we'll reach out to you.”
Well, it’s been 4 days, i’ve followed up once already, with, surprise surprise, no response.
So you tell me if this is a scam.
I'll remove my review once i get my money back! Otherwise, you'll know.
