Aircon Repair: Mario Reyes

**Flagg** · July 28th, 2006 07:12 AM

Originally Posted by BoEinG_747

Bro Seona,bago naman daw ang belt sabi ni Wateewawee,sa naexperienc eko noon nag palit din ako ng bago iyon pala kulang pa sa tension ang belt kaya mejo may ingay pa

Check din ang belt dressing. Minsan, pagkulang o sobra lang nun ang problema.

**retiree** · July 31st, 2006 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by wateewawee

... pero mang mario did a good gesture of returning my P7,500, at tapos ibinalik nalang sa dati yung compressor ko..

I have been following this thread with interest. Wateewawee, sana I will have the same experience as you. Mang Mario installed a fabricated cooling coil in my car after saying sira na yung original cooling coil ko. Malamig lang pag-alis sa shop niya, pero nararamdaman ko yung init as I drive.

Taga-Baguio kasi ako & mahirap pumunta kay Mang Mario. Tarlac pa lang mainit na. Naka 2 balik na ako, ganun pa rin. Dinala ko kanina sa Banawe; walang leak yung cooling coil ko. Ang leak nasa hose na nakakabit sa compressor. Pina-install ko na uli yung original part. Ibabalik ko kay Mang Mario yung fabricated part niya. Sana naman magbigay rin siya ng refund.

Lesson learned: Kahit mahal, doon ka na sa sigurado.

I'll keep you guys posted.

**reuelc** · July 31st, 2006 04:53 PM

Di lang pala ako ang nagkaron ng not so good experience. Mga 4x na din ako nagpunta kay mang mar. To cut the story short... parati din nawawala yung lamig. Sa banawe din ako napadpad dahil dun ako bumili ng parts and dun ko na din pina check and install yung mga kailangan palitan. All in all di ko expect na gagastos ako ng 8k since kay magn mar usually di ako lampas ng 2k, pero hangang ngayon 2months na nung pinagawa ko sa banawe wala naman problema.

In fairness naman kay mang mar mura talaga sya kahit saan mo pa kumpara. Observe ko lang kasi usually yung mga tao nya nalang ang gumagawa kaya usually di napinpoint problema. Tapos pwede mo nga ibalik pero pag malayo ka at kung parati mo naman kailangan ibalik talo ka pa din.

**sirkosero** · July 31st, 2006 10:17 PM

yung pinagawa ko dati na shaft seal (nung time na bilib na bilib pa ako kay mang mario), ayun bumigay. nagleak dun sa ginawa nila. 5months pa lang yun. sabi dun sa shop na pinagawaan ko, di daw maganda pagkakagawa dun sa shaft seal... di ko na binalik kanila mang mario dito na lang sa amin.

**raine** · August 1st, 2006 01:35 AM

Well ang masasabi ko lang base sa mga post dito na nabasa ko, lahat ng shop just like kila mang mario lahat sila tao lang, kaya hindi parin perpekto kaya maaaring meron silang ginawa na pumalpak, pero kung talagang hangang ganoon nalang ang magagawa nila at aminado naman sila sa pagkukulang nila ay iyon ang tama, wag lang yung ginagawa ng ibang shop na lolokohin ka sa mga pinagagawa mo, kaya ang best tihing na magagawa nating mga owners ay kung merong gagawin sa sasakyan natin ay meron tayong kaunting kaalaman tungkol dito para hindi tayo maloko, ang sabi ng ni ka Erni (SLN) "knowledge is power, without knowledge you have no power"

**orly_andico** · August 1st, 2006 03:01 AM

i think it's relatively straightforward -- mang mario is cheap, so don't expect the repair to last a long time. yeah, it sucks, but one gets what one pays for.

i've been lucky so far -- my compressor clutch rebuild and dryer replacement both went without a hitch and no screwups so far on my unlucky (13-year old) car. but i would not be surprised if the A/C gave way tomorrow. cost/benefit lang yan eh..

**retiree** · August 2nd, 2006 11:14 AM

Update: May kasama na si Wateewawee. Galing ako kay Mang Mario kagabi to return the fabricated cooling coil & he refunded the full amount, no questions asked. I was surprised & offered to pay yun 2 karga ng freon man lang. Hindi na raw bale.

Mabait naman kausap si Mang Mario. Sabi nga ni rsnald, if you talk to him nicely, he will reciprocate. I guess nakarating na nga yung mga complaints sa kanya.

When my car was there last week, may kasabay na babae na galit na galit. Naka ilang balik na raw siya, nawawala pa rin ang lamig. I know its hard to keep a cool head kung walang aircon but if you approach him nicely, you'll get farther.

**baiskee** · August 2nd, 2006 11:22 AM

yep..maayos naman kausap si mang mario.

**rlp1099** · August 2nd, 2006 01:14 PM

maayos kung sa maayos

hinde naman yung ang issue

ang issue bakit sumasablay trabaho

ala naman mag aalburuto kung maayos trabaho

**artpogi** · August 2nd, 2006 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by orly_andico

i think it's relatively straightforward -- mang mario is cheap, so don't expect the repair to last a long time. yeah, it sucks, but one gets what one pays for.

We, those that has bad experience with Mang Mario's workmanship, are not expecting anything beyond normal from Mang Mario. Alam namin that it's a cheap alternative and we are not expecting casa like longevity or workmanship.

What we are so frustrated about, is his inability to solve the problem in just one repair session. I have an A/C technician na sa tabi lang ng iskwater ang shop, but he solves my problems in just one repair session. I never had backjob from him. But in Mang Mario's case it's the exact opposite. The hassle of going back and fort to Mang Mario's place is very frustrating on our part. Imbis nag-e-enjoy na kami, hindi, kasi kailangan pa namin bumalik sa kanyan at gumastos ng gasolina dahil meron "mali" sa ginawa nila.

We went there expecting good results, not spectacular results, just good results. But what we got is ****.

But anyways, I will never touch that place again even with a ten foot pole.