$2200 Bill to have 6 Dash Pieces Painted!!

[ForcedFirebird]

unwhittingly put in the brake mastercylinder that ultimately brought them to us.

HAHAHAHAHA, Did they want to know why their brakes were "suddenly locking up" every few miles. My father did that on a truck he had when he was young, and grabbed the same size container of what he thought was brake fluid. He still tells the story of cruising on the highway and a few seconds after touching the brake, the tires would lock (in the 70's this was also 4 wheel drum, lmao).

I'm not sure how much clout BBB has other than publicizing bad buisness but your local department of agriculture should be able to help you.

In Florida that department handles buisness issues of the nature you have. When I worked as a sales person at Sears Automotive years ago, I had two complaints filed against me which went through the Department of Agriculture and Sears was required by them to respond, possibly because these people alos issue buisness license.

Fortunately for me, I was never driven to rip people off and in each case it was proven that by the documented book rate and store policy I had actually under charged the customer for the service and it never went further than just letting me know the complaints had been filed. What happened was these individuals showed their bills to someone who had never seen the bad parts or inspected their vehicles and loosely said they had been ripped off, never mind the transmission fluid they unwhittingly put in the brake mastercylinder that ultimately brought them to us.

The signature means everything, so I wouldn't worry to much about being sued by them.

On a different note, any buisness that would do work for a customer without a written estimate is not a smart buisness or is out to rip you off by allowing you to get yourself in a jam with them by giving them something you really need (your car for instance) resulting in the likelyhood that you will pay their outrageous quote.

If you can't give me a written estimate with the condition that you will not do anything that will cost more without my consent, you can't do work for me.

Never agree to any service without knowing the cost before hand, it's asking for trouble.

[strtrydr]

wow ... usually the BBB is better than that ... i feel bad for ya man

[Rhedalert]

unbelieveable!

[blackbombshell95]

I called and they just told me to file a complaint. In which I did. But that doesn't matter. I've moved on and bought an A pillar with a triple pod already attached from easytoremeber

[85_305]

Call the BBB? I got their phone number last night and i'm waiting until 9:00 a.m. when they open and i'm going to call them.

Did you call? What happened??

And before I left, I asked him. "If you told me that you would charge me $2200 for this job right when I handed you the parts, what do you think I would say??" He immediately looked at the floor and went onto another subject.

And not only that. He claimed he called 2 shops this morning and tried to get quotes. He said both shops don't do that type of work. One of the shops he mentioned was Maaco. After our arguement I stopped by maaco and noone called to get a quote for dash painting. Maaco quoted me $250 plus tax to paint the 6 pieces. And I've already paid in the past $150 to have a universal pod mounted/molded/painted to my stock A pillar and shipped to my home.

So $450 at the most

[prophiseer]

holy shiite, man - that's ridiculous all the way! But, yeah, if you never signed a work order, don't worry about going to court. Even if they did get the balls to subpoena you, they wouldn't have a leg to stand on for those rates. We've got shadetree ricer shops around here that would do that kind of work (albeit ricer quality) for about 1/3 of what the guy is trying to charge you.

I'd go looking through the bonehoards, consider it a lesson learned. But, if you ever need custom interior fabrication/painting done, it's prob best to stay away from shops more known for audio work - most of the kids working those shops couldn't tell the difference between the (+) and (-) terminals on the battery.

[blackbombshell95]

that's nuts...


and to think, 2 cans of black spray paint, a little can of bondo-glass and some sand paper.. at the most 2-3 hrs of work. I wouldn't pay them shit

Well fuhqing said. I've been calling and visiting wrecking yards all day

[Superdave]

that's nuts...


and to think, 2 cans of black spray paint, a little can of bondo-glass and some sand paper.. at the most 2-3 hrs of work. I wouldn't pay them shit

[patgizz]

he can't sue you for anything.

nothing is in writing. the parts are now his to do with as he pleases and you go to the boneyard and get new ones. this is why machine shops have to sell off parts all the time, because people bring stuff in and tell them "do it" and when the $1000 bill comes back they can't pay.

[IsaacHayes]

Man that is crazy. Time to learn how to fiberglass yourself!

[blackbombshell95]

Get this. I just got back from that shop and I told him flat out that I'm not paying that amount. And he said that he is going to sue me for fraud. And that it will cost me double what the bill is for!!!

And before I left, I asked him. "If you told me that you would charge me $2200 for this job right when I handed you the parts, what do you think I would say??" He immediately looked at the floor and went onto another subject.

And not only that. He claimed he called 2 shops this morning and tried to get quotes. He said both shops don't do that type of work. One of the shops he mentioned was Maaco. After our arguement I stopped by maaco and noone called to get a quote for dash painting. Maaco quoted me $250 plus tax to paint the 6 pieces. And I've already paid in the past $150 to have a universal pod mounted/molded/painted to my stock A pillar and shipped to my home.

So $450 at the most

[blackbombshell95]

Ya man.. you better bitch to them about it. Call the Better Business Bereu, do whatever you have to. That's fuckin' horseshit man.

Call the BBB? I got their phone number last night and i'm waiting until 9:00 a.m. when they open and i'm going to call them.

[85_305]

Ya man.. you better bitch to them about it. Call the Better Business Bereu, do whatever you have to. That's fuckin' horseshit man.

[Rhedalert]

Maybe it's a joke put on by a radio station? Is Ashton Kutcher going to come out from the back, and you be punkd?!? I'd seriously think that if I were in that situation.