GTM reviews on Yelp
 

So in my online travels I was directed to check out the reviews for GTM on yelp.com. They are not good at all. Now I know many of us here are GTM fanboys but reviews like that should not be ignored. Moreover, they were not answered to nor followed up on by GTM or the poster on yelp.com. Anyone have any additional info? The $26k for 400whp review is especially concerning.

Not long ago, two problem customers took to google reviews and put Lou Fusz on blast.

This is one of the reasons why I don't trust online reviews. You can get a small sample size of the few people out of thousands who have an issue to post negativity. Or you can also have unethical fake posters who either lie about a bad experience or give props to a company because they're on someone's payroll. Oh, and then you have your garden variety internet troll who's bored and looking for attention.

I don't know about GTM personally. But I generally ignore interweb reviews.

The problem is that, while a small sample size, the reviews are well written and echo each other. I'm not bashing GTM but frankly if it was my business I'd respond. Yelp.com is a well known site and something I've relied on and found to be accurate in the past.

And if GTM has never heard of yelp?

I mean, I only heard about it a month ago. If they don't know it exists, how are they to respond?

Google GTM and you'll find it, its been up long enough that a reasonable business owner would have come across it especially if he cares even 1% about the public image and response to his business.

Let me google that for you

I don't see it in the results.

Look, what if, instead of flaming them publicly for not responding on a review site, you sent them a message to the effect of, "hey guys, yelp is flaming the crap out of you."?

I'm sure they care about image, but I'm also sure they have better things to do all day than go through product reviews, especially if they've never heard of yelp.

Do people put weight in yelp reviews for performance shops? I think most customers turn here first.

Yelp is for finding cheese tacos or beer.

First off I didn't flame I asked a question. You're response is oh well maybe they don't know about yelp. What's next? They don't know about the customers in question? At one point I brought up similar concerns about things I had read and heard about a local well known shop who is a sponsor on here. They responded as any well to do business would by answering my questions and concerns and not pretending that I was just another insignificant potential sale. So yeah, good best shops and businesses know what people are saying about them and we are not talking about private blogging websites. Word of mouth and networking is always the best advertisement strategy so really cut the crap, not even the hardcore GTM fanboys would provide the "they don't know" argument.

You are flaming them. You're suggesting that they're deliberately ignoring these harsh reviews when you haven't even brought it to their attention. I'm no GTM fanboy. I have no real intention of going FI or purchasing their services. I think you're being ridiculously unfair in this case.

Whatever hardon you have for criticizing them, I have no idea. Unless you're trolling. I don't know. I'm done with you.

First post, "anyone have any additional info?" In the form of an interrogative sentence. Now I know what RCZ feels like.

5th post, "any reasonable business would ... blah blah blah"

As if this was some reflection of their customer service because they don't respond to the site that you happen to like.

Grow up, 2-tone.

Sam, I know you're looking, could you please respond. That's Mr. Carbon Two Tone to you buddy.

meh people only post negative reviews anyways, I don't think I ever went to review a location with a positive review.

People still use Yelp?

Seriously who uses yelp???? I never do!

I wish i had your time, I guess education does not give you common sense .

Sam

:ugh2: I commented on the autoblog article on the Stillen SC kit and posted a statement saying the GTM kit was superior. A reply stated that before I get all up on GTM to read their yelp reviews so I did. Man, all I did was throw on a GTM compliment on a well known car blog and follow where it went.

:drama:

every company is going to have its good and bad reviews.

If u have an account (pay) with yelp they hide the bad reviews. They call this filtering

Nice Sam, you could have taken the high road and said that either you knew about the reviews or didn't and if I wanted to discuss my concerns further I could call you at the shop. I read something negative about GTM, posted about it on here asking hey guys look what I found and got flamed. :owned:

So where do we go for the best nachos?

Really? You think Baltimore knows how to make good nachos? Pleeeeeease....:stirthepot:

No, I searched yelp for the best nachos near my area.

make sure the nachos have chicken..

You got the answer you wanted. If you had sent them a heads up in a pm you would have received a more courteous answer. The reviews you mention are the first ones that i've heard being negative towards GTM. Also, this is the first I've ever heard of yelp, so is it too unreasonable that they never heard of it either?

serve it in a waffle bowl too ;)

:roflpuke2: <3 BB

In my experience, pretty much every auto shop and/or aftermarket performance parts company of note has some nasty reviews online somewhere. Bad experiences are inevitable, and often caused by the customer just not having realistic expectations, or a one-off problem, etc. You know there are always those "some people" who are going to have a bad experience anywhere, and it's basically their own fault. And once someone's pissed off, of course they're going to spin their story to sound far worse than it may have actually been.

I haven't even read the GTM yelp.com thing, and I don't plan to waste my time on it. Sometimes, when there's an overwhelming mountain of bad reviews from different pissed off customers, I take note. But one or two guys, meh, could be anything and it's pretty normal to find that.

I think this would be the best place for info, not two reviews on a website....

I got bored and looked it up. There are only 3 reviews on that site and all three were negative reviews. Judging from what people have to say here I would still be inclined to use them due to the overwhelming positive reviews here. And honestly I would go to a car forum for info on a shop before i would go to anything like yelp.

There's a GTM store on YELP THAT GOT 1 STAR. I don't see GT motorsports on there. Lmao.

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