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Originally Posted by vipor
I did most of my installer time at Circuit City (before they screwed everything up) and we constantly fixed BB's work. I'm not saying CC as a whole was better, but I know our shop was. BB uses a lot of shortcuts to get things to work and tries to do as little as possible especially on things like alarms and video installs. Just because the installers have that gay MECP patch on their arm does not mean they are a quality installer, it just means they know what color handled tin snips they need to use for a left cut. Yes, that's a real question on the test.
I later went on to Sub for some high end dealerships after I got laid off and that was definitely where the fun stuff was. Especially working on cars on the floor of HIN 
Basically, do your research, talk to the Techs at the shop, and see who you're comfortable with working on your car. The guy that slams HU+2's into Civics all day is probably not your best bet. |
Mad props for being a self proclaimed installer review board for all of BB. It really really really depends on the douche bag that runs the shop. Down here, installing was a bit of a pride war. The better the job you did, the more jobs you got. I worked a BB install bay for 3 years. Many repeat customers and many jobs came by word of mouth.
That last comment of yours is spot on. OP, Do that research, talk to the guy that would actually end up working on your car. Scope it out first if you really want to recon a good installer. Watch the foot traffic on the install bay on Sat/Sun. If its stupid busy, then that's the place you want to be. If the installers are up at the front of the store... "selling"... then you don't want to go near that place for anything but batteries. Good luck with this one.