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Setting Boundaries and Managing Customer Expectations (w/ Tonnika Haynes)

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In this episode, Tonnika Haynes of Brown's Automotive in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, discusses boundaries and expectations. Every shop needs to have a protocol on how to help customers who don't fully understand what shops can and cannot do within reason. 

Tonnika discusses:

  • Being a second-generation shop owner
  • How she decided to get into the industry and taking over her father's shop
  • How she manages customer expectations
  • How she handles difficult customers
  • Helping customers understand the difference between the dealership service model and how independent shops work
  • How to set personal boundaries
  • How overwork put her in the hospital and why shop owners need to take time off
  • Why she loves shop ownership
    • ...more
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