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Originally posted by long board
Excuse me for being a fuddy duddy, but may we stay on point? I am facing the loss $1,000's & $1,000's of dollars for work that I paid for and for work I will need to have redone. I could use as much advice, thoughts, opinions, ideas, as possible that would help me take the proper path of action. Thanks
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Point taken and it's my fault.
You're gonna have to do the routine, which is file a
Consumers Affairs complaint with the Bureau of Auto Repair and start an investigation on YOUR behalf. Hearsay and a buck will buy coffee only. With the BAR reporting in favor of you, a small claims court case should be a slam dunk. The new laws allow you to file in your jurisdiction. So, they either come to your town or default. Max is $7500.
Then, you have to collect the judgment. I did some research and apparently CA auto repair shops don't have to have a bond as required in some states. If they did, collecting a judgment is as simple as calling the bonding company.
Since that won't work here, you'll probably have to enlist some professional help at this point. BTW, if you win a SC court judgment, they can appeal. The matter moves to Superior Court where attorneys can represent the involved parties. This is when it gets expensive for you.
So, you proceed with your judgment in court to obtain a writ of execution and take that to the LA County Sheriff's office. As you can see, it's a long ass, involved process that few have the stamina for. Contractors and repair shops know this and use it to their advantage minimally complying when needed. The bulk of the cases are never completed.
I'm pretty sure at this point that MM works the laws of probability. That is to say some of the motors will fail and probably nothing will become of it other than a bunch of talk. I guess one probability hasn't occurred yet, and that is they haven't built a bad motor for a local attorney. Or maybe it has and they quickly settled.
Sounds like a well worked out business model for a person of no scruples.
One last thought. I initiated some PM's with thinkfloyd about my own comments. While I think he is wrong in posting what he did, I am not singling him out. I'm sure there are some other off-the-cuff remarks here in this thread that suggest less than the proper way to do business with a company like MM. I told him that my comments should in no way disuade him from coming out to any of the many Porsche events to meet many fine folks. He asked that I get off his back and that's what I'm doing and hoping he won't be worrying about what my opinion means to others that may, in turn, judge him.