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Originally Posted by ALstew
Yes of course. I brought my vanagon to jerry's shop in july 2017 after verbal quote to rebuild the engine and trans. After the van was on his lift he was pressuring me to sign the quote and give a deposit. I didn't like the pressure and he emailed me and texted me wire transfer and texted me after I left that "he should've grabbed me for the deposit" ... But I reluctantly signed the quote and the check was in the mail 2 days later. After that check I get a requote and the head is bad, pistons are not reusable, and other things need replacing. Then the quote jumps up dramatically (things listed on there twice) and he needs another deposit to move forward. After that he just went silent, and when he responded, he was offering his "racers rush" and would finish for more money on the weekends. Now it's 7 months later and numerous trips to the shop and he's not there. His helper is there but won't give me my property back without authorization.
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I'm sorry to say it's probably going to get worse.
The next thing that's going to happen is you will be charged storage fees and given time, your van will be sold in a mechanic's lien sale to pay off your "debt" to the shop.
Contact the CA BAR and an attorney ASAP.