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  • Courage, I lack it
  • molgrips
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    It’s come to the point where I have to phone up my dodgy mechanic and ask him for a refund. I’m quite intimidated by the thought of having to get unpleasant with someone who’s useless with cars but otherwise quite personable.

    🙁

    Tell me to MTFU in an amusing way.

    nick1962
    Free Member

    Just send him a link to your endless postings on the subject and if that doesn’t make him cave in nothing will 😉

    5thElefant
    Free Member

    Get your wife to do it?

    glupton1976
    Free Member

    😉

    bigyinn
    Free Member

    Drop a cog and floor it!

    binners
    Full Member

    Maybe in future, when getting your car fixed, you could prioritise someones ability as a mechanic before how personable they are?

    Just a thought

    😉

    kudos100
    Free Member

    You happily post your opinion on anything and everything, but won’t phone up a mechanic?

    I have an idea for you, how about growing a pair of balls.

    piemonster
    Full Member

    Just wait for a clear bit of road and overtake…..

    wait, wrong thread…..

    rogermoore
    Full Member

    Get your wife husband to do it?

    FTFY.
    RM.

    Bregante
    Full Member

    Don’t bugger about phoning him up. Get yourself down there and have it out with him.

    bikebouy
    Free Member

    Post it on here then email him the link you wus. 😆

    binners
    Full Member

    molgrips
    Free Member

    Maybe in future, when getting your car fixed, you could prioritise someones ability as a mechanic before how personable they are?

    If only there was a way of seeing how good someone was with cars by looking at a website.

    patriotpro
    Free Member

    Have a few tins of strong Polish lager, you’ll be marching down there in no time.

    boblo
    Free Member

    Just threaten to argue him to death if he doesn’t refund you (not say there’s predendent for that or anything….) 🙂

    trail_rat
    Free Member

    you have a car ?

    Nezbo
    Free Member

    Windmill in

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcx-DL8-jAs&sns=em

    Warning: swear word content…

    althepal
    Full Member

    Engage bastard mode. Hes ripped the piss out of you despite the co that supplied him with a replacement ecu saying thst wouldnt fix the problem..
    This is the car that wouldnt stop running we’re talking about here?

    molgrips
    Free Member

    I don’t have a bastard mode!

    Yes, it’s that car, al. I’ll just focus on the 87.5% markup he put on the thing.. grr.. I am a tiger.. raarr!!! 😈

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    focus on the 87.5% markup he put on the thing..

    that he knew wouldn’t help ?

    allthegear
    Free Member

    Complaining is all about preparation…

    1. Have a really good list of exactly all the issues you have and when they happened.
    2. Understand exactly what would be an acceptable outcome of negotiations for you
    3. Do the same for him – what do you think would work for you both
    4. Find out when he is busy in the garage – lots of customers in etc
    5. GO THERE IN PERSON, look professional
    6. Be vocal but do not argue angrily – try to be a reasonable one
    7. Make sure everyone in the place hears all your grievances
    8. Come to a mutually beneficial outcome – influenced hopefully by the fact he wants to keep all of those other customers, too…

    Rachel

    hoodie
    Free Member

    Suggest a testdrive, get him to follow a couple of cars back, wait till a slower moving vehicle holds you up for about 15 miles, when he floors it past I’m sure you will be in the right frame of mind to give him both barrels.

    bigyinn
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    Don’t be fobbed off either.

    molgrips
    Free Member

    that he knew wouldn’t help ?

    I honestly don’t know if he thought he knew better than the specialist or if he was trying it on. I suspect the former, unless his story is true and the specialist lied to him. Doesn’t make much sense though for them to do that. Plus he definitely lied about the cost of the part, but he may innocently be thinking that’s how he should be making his money as he did bot charge me for any labour.

    samuri
    Free Member

    I think anonymous threats is the way forward.

    Start perhaps with a spark plug covered in blood through the letter box.

    hora
    Free Member

    Touch his bum. He’ll ask you to leave.

    Result?

    allthegear
    Free Member

    erm – what if he doesn’t????? 😯

    hora
    Free Member

    Refund and paid? 8)

    TuckerUK
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    It’s come to the point where I have to phone up my dodgy mechanic and ask him for a refund. I’m quite intimidated by the thought of having to get unpleasant with someone who’s useless with cars but otherwise quite personable.

    This used to be me. 100%.

    But after having counselling for depression and ‘finding me’ (such a cliche, but so true) I’m the polar opposite. Now, I can’t wait to have an opportunity to flex my new found powers. Powers? I believe in me. I believe I have rights. I believe other peoples rights don’t trump mine, regardless of their size, strength, power, position, education, contacts, etc.

    I now accept that sometimes I’m going to have to put my foot down when someone tries to deny me my rights (like the right to have work that I paid for completed to a decent standard), and I don’t feel bad about that, why should I?

    P.S. The pen IS far mightier than the sword! Conversations can go pear shaped, letters, when written carefully, can be very powerful indeed.

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