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Old Dec 14, 2007 | 02:31 PM
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Being Gratuitous

As a young, first-time owner of a Mercedes
I'm not too sure when to give gratuity, though i am a gratuitous fellow.

I just recently took my car in for service (my first one being) and i was pretty taken aback in regards to such quality service\atmosphere.

Do you ever tip your service advisor?

If you get a ride home from the dealership, do you tip the driver?

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Old Dec 14, 2007 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Mad_Game
Being a young, first-time owner of a Mercedes
I'm not too sure when to give gratuity, though i am a gratuitous fellow.

I just recently took my car in for service (my first one being) and i was pretty taken aback in regards to such quality service\atmosphere.

Do you ever tipped your service advisor?

If you get a ride home from the dealership, do you tip the driver?
I don't tip the driver, yet the driver is always very nice to me and everytime he picks me up we talk about girls and parties and cars lol.

I have tipped my service advisor in the past but it was only because he covered work on my car that should have been voided.
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Old Dec 14, 2007 | 03:19 PM
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it depends on what you want to do. only you can tell yourself what you wanna do
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 12:09 AM
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I don't tip the service advisor. I've never been in the courtesy car, so I'm not sure. That one's up to you, because it's kind of like a cab ride. I do tip the guy who washes my car though.
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Old Dec 16, 2007 | 09:17 PM
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I give a gift (like hockey tickets) to the guy who works on the car....and I do not let them wash the car.
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