Flamingo Stop

SCAM ALERT: DO NOT USE ROCK’S 76 FOR SMOG

Upon arrival I told the guy that I wanted a smog and for them to do my registration renewal online since both were due, and I wanted a car wash. I was told to leave my car in the Smog Corral where, once in, you could not leave as there were cars in front of you and behind you. TRAP #1

Once inside he plopped a flyer in front of me and asked which special I wanted. “I want a smog where you do the registration renewal online since they’re both due today and I need a car wash. Which special is that?”

$23 included a car wash. That’s what I usually paid at Jiffy Smog for the services I requested, it seemed okay to me. He was ringing up the sale and I asked him if he needed my card yet for the registration renewal fees. He told me I had to wait because they had to do the smog first. That seemed reasonable. The charge slip left room at the bottom for a tip, so I left a $5 tip assuming it was for the car wash attendant. Wrong, tip was for the smog guy I was told, afterwards. I’ve never heard of anyone tipping the smog guy. TRAP #2

A few minutes later he came back with my smog certificate. I asked him if he needed my card yet to process the registration renewal payment online. THIS IS WHERE THEY REALLY F*** YOU.

He admitted they CANNOT do online renewal registrations, but they would drive to the DMV to process the payment for AN EXTRA $460 IN ADDITION TO the $640 registration fee. I thought I was being punked…Jiffy Smog and Smog Busters include registration renewal payment processing in with their $23 fee. TRAP #3.

In Vegas, WE CALL THIS A SCAM.

I left and went to Jiffy Smog to have them take care of it, except…the system would not allow them to do my smog since it had already been done; and no, they could not do the online registration renewal because THEY HAVE TO BE DONE TOGETHER. TRAP #4

I am sure that weasel at Rock’s 76 thought I’d be back, but I just went home and did it online FOR FREE.

ROCK’S 76 SMOG IS A SCAM!