Finding a good auto mechanic is very difficult, and often if you go to the car dealership where you bought your car their rates are simply too high, and they end up selling you all sorts of things you didn't want. No, not all auto dealerships are like that, but they are in business to make money, and the car dealerships maintenance department generally runs a separate business model from the sales department.
Yes, they feed off of each other but they are definitely in business to make money, and just because they made a lot of money off of you when you bought your car, doesn't mean they're going to give you a good deal on the maintenance as you move forward. Of course, when it comes to auto mechanics in your local area not all of them are totally reputable, and many have said that they completely take advantage of women customers who may not understand the inner workings of their own vehicle.
Now then, what we need is an iPhone app, or a smart phone app which will help individuals find the best qualified auto mechanic in their area. Now then, the other day I mentioned this at our think tank, and we tried to devise a way where the application would not get gamed by those who run such businesses or their friends voting them into the top spot. In other words it had to be actual customers from the maintenance facility that did the voting.
Although we didn't come up with a solution for this right away, I had thought about it later, and my concept would be this: people can now pay for things using their ATM through their smart phone or tablet computer. At the point at which someone pays for their maintenance at the local auto mechanic they would be able to vote as long as they spent more than $500. They would later be able to change their vote within the next two weeks in case the car broke down again and it was the same problem, and they had to take it back.
For instance if they voted five stars and they were happy when they picked up their cars, but then it broke again later, they could re-vote one time. This would prevent anyone from gaming the system, and provide a fair assessment of each local auto mechanic based on their merits, and how they served real customers. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think about it. There should be an app for that.
