$2200 Bill to have 6 Dash Pieces Painted!!

[tijuana_no]

man sorry to hear you having a tough time with those people .over 2k sounds loke a lot of money for that job ,perghaps you should start doing some of those jobs your self and avoid some of this kind of hussles ,but thats just me.
hope the best.

[95SleeperAcheiva]

I work in the industry and can tell you the law for the state of Ohio. If your in Ohio you must sign to have them even look at your car, and you must sign for agreement of work to be completed via your authorization of either specifically written or oral estimate. If you didn't sign anything, then they were not authorized to do ANY work and your not liable to pay them a cent. Bottom line, if you gave no signature they screwed. BUT, if you signed something not all hope is lost, read their fine print, you may have only given them permission to inspect or estimate the future work, not to have the work done. So again, they screwed. And for $2K it better be gold plated.

[Ajaxus]

viva la revolucion!

Same here, I prefer this setting than having 50 replies on one page, makes it easier to find a post, later.

[strtrydr]

i got 4 pages too

[blackbombshell95]

I dont think he has them to show you.

Correct

[Ajaxus]

This is all one page. Change your settings in the user CP.

I dont think he has them to show you.

you people are weird..pages=ftmfw! lol

[SappySE107]

This is all one page. Change your settings in the user CP.

I dont think he has them to show you.

[Ajaxus]

I went through all 4 pages and no pictures? I want to see what a $2k+ ripoff looks like

[TazMan]

MONICAZ34 seems to have the best advice, technically it is all accurate. They won't give you back the parts because you won't pay for something you didn't agree to, which sounds flat out illegal.

Agreed! Aside from it maybe not being worth the time if you already got the parts done the way you wanted them for cheap, I don't see why you couldn't sue for your parts back. If there's nothing in writing then as far as your concerned you were waiting for an estimate, not a repair. I would attempt to get a receipt of some sort for the work they did if you don't already have one so they don't lie and say you never gave them any parts. Obviously don't sign it. You can claim that your Job or your dad or someone needs to see it before the'll pay. If you say you were just waiting for an estimate, I don't think any judge is going to believe the shop when it says your lying, AND, you VERBALLY agreed to pay $2200 to have some plastic painted and what not; Especially if you bring in some other estimates.

[skinrock]

Verbal consent won't hold up in court. Not sure if this is the law, but I have noticed that at the local tire and quick repair shops around here, they all have a notice saying they are required to give you a written estimate that you agree to if they know the job is going to be more than like 25 bucks.

MONICAZ34 seems to have the best advice, technically it is all accurate. They won't give you back the parts because you won't pay for something you didn't agree to, which sounds flat out illegal.

[dohcfiend]

ya for $2200 bux, tell them they can have your parts and start over.

without a signed work order and you get a few quotes from other places, their case is weak and they know it.

their threats are weak too. if he threatens to take you to court, tell him it will cost him more b/c you will bring his entire crew to court as witnesses, you will drag on the case for as long as possible with multiple continuences and with all that missed time we'll see who it cost more when he loses.

also if you want to really fuck with him and you do not mind paying to do it, you can pay $45 i think to sue him 1st then offer to settle for that quote you already have. but make sure you are ready to do battle in case he calls you on it.

[rx191]

federal law says if you didn't sighn a estimate you are not required to pay for items serviced, i would do liek a few others said and call the police and take them down there tell them they where not authorized to do the work and did it anyway then treid to charge, and charge way!!!!!!!!!!! too much. f.... them they suck

[MONICAZ34]

Canadian tire fucked me outta 2500 dollars! Do not let anybody touch your car without a written quote or work order that you keep a copy of!

If they break something and you don't have a work order, you suck up the cost!

Not to mention that it is Illegal! (its their way of staying off the books)... Here in canada, there is a ministry of labour or whatever guide that is available to the public that ALL mechanics must adhere to, it governs how much per hour and how many hours you can charge per event per vehicle. Period.

[MONICAZ34]

Here's what I'd do, call the police, tell them that they are holding your property without consent, have them go in with you to get it, when they say that he didn't pay this he didn't pay that, tell the police that you did not agree on ANY price let alone 2200 and that you were not given a work order or an estimate. You get your parts back!

My buddy's dad took his sons standard Z34 lumina to a high price tranny rebuild shop, the shop rebuilt the tranny, and asked for 5000 dollars. My buddy found out where the car went and just showed up with the police and said thats my car, I don't know how it got here! Police verified the vin and verified that it wasn't his signature on the work order, and poof.. Truthfully speaking this father is an idiot tho, thought he was gonna do something nice for the son without asking him, knowing that he didn't have the money to pay for it.