Car Toys
13720 E Mississippi Ave
Aurora, CO 80012
Alright so time for the good, this chain does carry some great brands, Alpine, Kenwood, uhhh and it pretty much ends there.
Now for the bad, I called to get a quote on what the installation fee would be on a CD player for a car I just purchased. They told me that it could be anywhere from $30-$120 but the tech really needed to see the vehicle in order to give me an accurate quote. No big deal right, of course not, I appreciate someone being honest with me instead of doing the smoke and mirrors routine. Upon arriving to their store, a guy by the name of Mike introduced himself to me and asked how he could help. Besides his used car salesman like appearance, and overwhelming scent of Drakaar Noir (or however the shit you spell that cologne's name) he was geared up to help me out. Upon tracking down an install technician, the three of us walked out to my car so they could give me an accurate estimate. The shop tech and Mike started talking back and forth about how "difficult these cars are to do installs on" They were really laying their act on thick, and it was a piss poor effort at best. The shop tech let me know that he wouldn't be able to keep the factory wood trim on and would have to remove it. Besides the fact they told me that they would essentially destroy the dash of my car leaving a huge gap where the wood trim would have been, but it would "only cost me $215 in parts and labor." Best part is he said it in that excited Billy Mays voice from the T.V. infomercials. "Don't just get it clean, get it Oxy Clean!" Don't just grab it, GoPher it!" Then he started rambling on about all these "special installation techniques" he would have to use because my car has an internal amplifier and so on . Keep in mind, if your car comes with an internal amplifier and your stock speakers still sound really good, DO NOT BYPASS THE AMP. That amp was placed there so you "the owner" could enjoy the best sound possible that your amp and speakers can provide. All you need to do, or any install tech should do, is run a filter to your amplifier. Upon doing this, your car will sound really damn excellent. According to this douche muffin of an "install tech" he said "If you don't bypass the amp, your car will sound like shit. I used to have a 2002 BMW 5 series and it sounded like crap when I tried to filter it and run it through the amp." Wrong, that is an install tech being lazy and not wanting to run wires to the amp, from your CD player.
In conclusion their $215 install cost and the $200 CD player I wanted to purchase was an extraordinary rip off.
Instead, I went to Ebay and bought a CD player, "same one Car Toys was selling, but for $60 less" Then I bought the wire harnesses and mounting brackets from (I'm sad to say Wal-Mart) for $28 and installed the deck myself in about an hour and a half. So minus the cost of the 2 beers I drank while doing the install, I saved around $240. Oh, and my car still looks factory, and sounds great, so thanks for offering to tear off the wood trim in my new vehicle Car Toy's.
Good luck Car Toy's, I'm sure with business practices such as yours you will soon run your organization into the ground.
13720 E Mississippi Ave
Aurora, CO 80012
Alright so time for the good, this chain does carry some great brands, Alpine, Kenwood, uhhh and it pretty much ends there.
Now for the bad, I called to get a quote on what the installation fee would be on a CD player for a car I just purchased. They told me that it could be anywhere from $30-$120 but the tech really needed to see the vehicle in order to give me an accurate quote. No big deal right, of course not, I appreciate someone being honest with me instead of doing the smoke and mirrors routine. Upon arriving to their store, a guy by the name of Mike introduced himself to me and asked how he could help. Besides his used car salesman like appearance, and overwhelming scent of Drakaar Noir (or however the shit you spell that cologne's name) he was geared up to help me out. Upon tracking down an install technician, the three of us walked out to my car so they could give me an accurate estimate. The shop tech and Mike started talking back and forth about how "difficult these cars are to do installs on" They were really laying their act on thick, and it was a piss poor effort at best. The shop tech let me know that he wouldn't be able to keep the factory wood trim on and would have to remove it. Besides the fact they told me that they would essentially destroy the dash of my car leaving a huge gap where the wood trim would have been, but it would "only cost me $215 in parts and labor." Best part is he said it in that excited Billy Mays voice from the T.V. infomercials. "Don't just get it clean, get it Oxy Clean!" Don't just grab it, GoPher it!" Then he started rambling on about all these "special installation techniques" he would have to use because my car has an internal amplifier and so on . Keep in mind, if your car comes with an internal amplifier and your stock speakers still sound really good, DO NOT BYPASS THE AMP. That amp was placed there so you "the owner" could enjoy the best sound possible that your amp and speakers can provide. All you need to do, or any install tech should do, is run a filter to your amplifier. Upon doing this, your car will sound really damn excellent. According to this douche muffin of an "install tech" he said "If you don't bypass the amp, your car will sound like shit. I used to have a 2002 BMW 5 series and it sounded like crap when I tried to filter it and run it through the amp." Wrong, that is an install tech being lazy and not wanting to run wires to the amp, from your CD player.
In conclusion their $215 install cost and the $200 CD player I wanted to purchase was an extraordinary rip off.
Instead, I went to Ebay and bought a CD player, "same one Car Toys was selling, but for $60 less" Then I bought the wire harnesses and mounting brackets from (I'm sad to say Wal-Mart) for $28 and installed the deck myself in about an hour and a half. So minus the cost of the 2 beers I drank while doing the install, I saved around $240. Oh, and my car still looks factory, and sounds great, so thanks for offering to tear off the wood trim in my new vehicle Car Toy's.
Good luck Car Toy's, I'm sure with business practices such as yours you will soon run your organization into the ground.
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