Sands Auto Sales

I have been discriminated against over my rent location in Bradford!
I waited until January 30^th to post this to see if I would get a response and think about posting this to let people know how other people feel when they aren’t treated with respect.
On January 22^nd of 2016 I called Jake Olsen at Sands Auto Sales on his cell phone. Asked if he was hiring an Auto Technician and he said «Yes, he is going to hire a mechanic to work in the shop now.» Told him I had training from local vo tech, experience and tools. This was about 3pm and he told me to call back Monday morning after 9am. I waited until noon because maybe he was busy with customers for the morning. Called him and he said «How about meeting around 3pm»? I said «That was fine, see you then.»
I got there and we talked for a short time and he brought his partner into the conversation who was in the shop. He met me waited a couple seconds, got something from the desk and walked away out into the shop. This I thought was bizarre behavior for a guy to leave an interview meeting to do something and not tell us to wait a minute.
Jake and I talked for a bit and I told him that I went to school at local votech and have a degree, high school diploma, 30 years experience, prior ASE and GM training and a ten year history with GM. I also said «I don’t smoke, do drugs or spend every day getting drunk and have a good head on my shoulders and good common sense.» You don’t make it ten years at any dealers if you aren’t any good at your job.
He liked this GM training because they sell trucks and alot of GM’s so this was good. Told him I had over $ 50,000.00 in tools and good reputation for being honest with my customers. I run a mobile auto repair service out of a large step van but it slows down in the winter because I can’t work outside and I was looking to get back into a shop full time. He was excited at this point I was there because I had everything they needed for the shop that they didn’t have.
He walked me out into the shop and I looked around, It was clean and nice place but didn’t have alot of usual equipment so I mentioned a few things but mainly a press, tire balancer, bench with vice and grinder and he said they will buy stuff we need if the repairs are done right and the guy works out. I told him the wheel balancer is a must because alot of vibration issues are out of balance tires from lack of rotation. He knew it was needed and said yes it was in the budget. We talked a bit in the shop, I brought up uniforms if he would consider getting on a uniform program and we would get shop rags, the uniforms are under 35.00 a week and we would get shop rags for under 8.00 a week and he said that sounded like a good idea. I said because I would rather not ruin my clothes and pay for laundry if you pay the setup. He agreed it was a good idea.
We went back up front-​few feet behind me was his partner and Jake asked me where I was staying and I said «I don’t want to say because the house I am at here in Bradford has a bad reputation and I just moved in here before Thanksgiving to help the lady finish the remodel project on the house in exchange for paying rent each month and I am hearing this from alot of people and I don’t have any mental issues.»
He was sitting at his desk now and leaned forward to put his head on the desk like he was going to pound his head on it and said «He knows where now.» At this time he looked at his partner and said to me «Lets do this, let me speak with my partner and call us tomorrow.»
The house where I took a room for a few months is a house that houses a few people with mental, drinking and drug issues. I am not one. I don’t smoke, do drugs and rarely drink.
I went home feeling good because im clean cut, shaved and dress nice for job interviews. I called his cell phone the next day around noon in case something came up that morning. He never answered the call so I left a message asking if they made a decision. NEVER GOT A CALL OR RESPONSE, NOT VERY PROFESSIONAL IF YOU WANT TO HIRE GOOD TECHS. This kind of tells people something. If he is going to discriminate against where a person is living, then they are doing this same practice in their business selling cars. Who knows, what if a handicapped person went into their business to buy a van to meet his needs, maybe he wouldn’t get treated well if Jake Olsen thinks that way about where people live.
I wanted this job and it was close to home and I have the tools and training.
With social media being so powerful, the time has come to start alerting people to avoid these places to buy anything. I read a few of their reviews here and there is a pattern here.
Too bad you didn’t keep a ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ attitude Jake, you just lost a good, honest tech who has everything your shop needs on a laptop. My laptop is set up with the ALLDATA program from 2008 back to 1983, this includes labor rates, technical support diagnostic flow charts, how to remove and install anything, codes AND MORE.