Epic Coin Fail...

Carl. I hear what you're saying. I should mention that this is a dealer garage. All new OEM parts, guaranteed work. It would be very difficult for this garage to do anything "hinky". Its the main reason I use only them for all my cars. I bought that car at that dealer. They are the only people to open the hood on this car since I bought it. I just didn't think they wanted to be paid in coinage.

I wonder if the mechanics were already coin collectors or they just saw big bags of jingly stuff and it turned them into collectors. I've been surprised to find out people I work with (and even family members) are coin collectors and I never knew it.

On a side note, whenever I go to the shop to get my oil changed, I ALWAYS discreetly put my initials on my oil filter in sharpie. That way, I know they changed it. I did it for awhile with not catching anyone doing anything shady, but finally it paid off. I caught the "bad people" (replace "bad people" for appropriate swear word)charging me for a filter change and it was my original one. I showed them the intials and they danced around trying to find an excuse. It's not terribly easy to initial everything on a job like yours, but I highly advise any of you to do exactly as I did. It paid off!