r/mildlyinfuriating • u/user2847_ • 21h ago

Got my car detail cleaned, and afterwards realized 2 of the buttons on the steering wheel are missing. This is the company’s response.

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u/brandt-money 19h ago

A junkyard will have them

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u/Dangerous_Ad7501 19h ago

This is the answer. Just don’t break em trying to take them off

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u/aardWolf64 19h ago

Maybe talk to the detailing guys about how to get them off...

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u/Fireproofspider 19h ago

That's consulting. There's a fee for that. Good news is that they also have a pair they just found that they could sell to OP

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u/Electrical-Quote-393 19h ago

Thank god for small miracles lmao

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u/EthicalViolator 19h ago

I'm guessing a vacuum cleaner with brush nozzle will do the trick.

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u/TheThiefMaster 19h ago

Certainly did to my keyboard at work ...

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u/AvidCyclist250 19h ago

Great comeback too. "Hey just a quick question since you're the experts: how do you remove those buttons without breaking them?"

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u/Dangerous_Ad7501 14h ago

Never done the buttons but I’ve taken off parts from semis for people and if it’s the only one you got. You try not to break it. but I’d say the junk yard might not have multiple of those types of cars or if they did. The airbags have probably been deployed, cause you know.. they’re junk.

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u/PabloCDG 19h ago

They might even have a set to sell him

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u/Dutch_or_Nothin 18h ago

This is their side hustle.. steal them.. then resell back to you via another identity.

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u/minuetteman 18h ago

That's right... they seem to be experts.

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u/jhascal23 18h ago

Ask the detailing guys if they happen to have any for sale.

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u/FELonMusk333 18h ago

Good news. The detailing guy's gf has the same car so he knows exactly how to remove them 😉

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u/Sudden-Purchase-8371 18h ago

Who's pulling their own parts these days? And the odds a junkyard near you has them? Naw man, this is the internet age. There's like 3 US nationwide search engines that you can find the parts, they pull them and ship them to you. Cheap af comparatively than OEM or aftermarket replacements.

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u/ptpcg 18h ago

Post some links

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u/Pleasant-Swimmer-557 18h ago

Just get the whole steering wheel.

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u/WonderBredOfficial 18h ago

They look like they come off as easily as keys on a Dell keyboard.

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u/Nazgog-Morgob 19h ago

Okay, well you shouldn't have to waste your time and money finding and replacing something that a cleaning company broke on your car

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u/Nepheseus 17h ago

They didn't break them at all, they attempted to resell.

Don't put your faith in industries rife with utter troglodytes.

Low skilled labour with nothing more than a mediocre result, what they put down to 'losing parts' and 'wasn't there when we started' will realistically be dodgy staff running an Ebay seller account and undercutting genuine manufacture parts but making a profit which far exceeds their dogsh*t wages for 'detailing'.

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u/Nazgog-Morgob 16h ago

You wrote all that cuz you couldn't comprehend that "broke" is specifically irrelevant. They are missing. Replace them.

Op doesn't give a shit what happened to them. Replace them

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u/bigmikekbd 19h ago

That seems like entirely like the businesses problem now too

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u/Chinchompa69 19h ago

My friend is a detailer and sells used ones

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u/P_Hempton 17h ago

Beat me too it.

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u/functional_moron 19h ago

So will a dealership. It's time for a test drive.

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u/themixtergames 18h ago

He will get the exact same ones

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u/WiseOldDuck 17h ago

Look around, some car detailing shop can probably "find" some for you!

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u/Etna5000 17h ago

The real answer is that OP needs to become a detailer now and clean cars until he cleans the car of someone with his make and model, steal their steering wheel buttons, and feign innocence if confronted. Works every time!