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Originally Posted by 86 911 Targa
You are correct.
I had a "run-in" with two shops.
And, did involve the California Bureau of Automotive repair.
Received a full refund on all of the "work" performed
on one case, and they shut down the other shop.......
But what I found to be most interesting was,
at that time, the automotive repair folks
lobbied our politicians for a law which prohibits
the Bureau from disclosing any prior complaints.
So, we cannot obtain any prior history on repair
shops in California........
Gerry
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Hey Gerry, I was searching the forum for something else and came upon this thread.
I am here in Palos Verdes and about a decade ago got scammed from a shop in West LA.
On my way to work my 84 started smoking, parked it at work and came down at lunch and it wouldn't turn over, which I found out much later was due to hydro-lock.
Anyway, scoured the Internet for shops and found one, had the car towed there and was told I needed a full rebuild for $8k.
I paid it, got the car and still did not run right, took it to Accutrack in Manhattan before they sold it to that other guy and they showed me hw the cases were never opened and laughed at the invoice I was given, just a mish-mash of parts. I apparently only received a top end and had a bad valve replaced.
I contacted the BAR and a great guy went and look at my car but couldn't determine that the work was not completed and after speaking to Accutrack I begged him to please go and look at it and they will prove to you it was never rebuilt.
The guy from the BAR then understood what was going on and contacted the shop, which I did as well and told them I bought domain names and am going to plaster the Web with their scam.
I got all of my money back.
The BAR cannot force a shop to return the money but they are a valuable asset to have on your side once they realize you have been wronged.