this is not the story i've heard like this. i know someone whose car was similarly kidnapped by a transmission shop. i wonder if they have some sort of professional journal or something similar that is advocating this con.
she has a modern xj8 that was not shifting to her satisfaction so she brought it in to a local big transmission place for their "free" evaluation. the explaned how they see this all the time and it can be fixed for a few hundred dollars. then it turns out that upon further study that the transmission is totally hosed beyond any repair and $4k would be required for a new tranny. she figured that at this figure she really needed to get a second opinion and explained that she was coming to pick up the car. then the fun started. the shop explained that the car that she had driven in could not be driven out as the transmission had been disassembled as part of the diagnostics and labor for this disassembly and reassembly would be $1700. should she not pay that amount, not only would she not be given back the car, but a mechanic's lien would be filed. she then hired an attorney and now is trying to recover her car via this attorney. we live in a world of thieves. know who you are dealing with in any transaction. On Jan 22, 2008 9:23 PM, Hans Neureiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <How much did you agree to pay in writing? > *All verbal* > > <Did you give those morons your only key? > *No > * > <Is your car where you can get to it? > *It's locked up in their shop. > * > <They haven't hooked up the cable like you agreed > to pay them for, they don't even have the cable, and you didn't look at > the car to verify the cable was linked up right before you agreed with > them that the tranny was toast. > *Not that simple. It was a Junk Yard tranny, so I trusted them to say it's > toast and agreed for a rebuild. Price is not an argument. Getting them to > deliver is the problem.* > *First I was confident but than encountered Lies, Excuses and Smoke > Screens > (reason for delay: Fine tuning the valve body because it will not shift in > 3rd?). That got me to question their integrity. Now I am the bad guy and > can't get my car back.* > > On 1/22/08, Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hans Neureiter wrote: > > > At 5:00 PM I got a call saying the tranny is trashed and needs a total > > > rebuild for $ 2100. > > > > Time to run, run, run. If you were going to pay $2k for a tranny, > > you'd buy it from Rusty and have somebody reputable install it for you. > > > > Time to do some searching on the state gov't web page, anything I > > tell you about Michigan law wouldn't be applicable and might be > > out of date anyway. > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX > '82 300SD, '95 E300D > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
