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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.
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Tell me to MTFU in an amusing way.
Just send him a link to your endless postings on the subject and if that doesn't make him cave in nothing will 😉
Get your wife to do it?
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Drop a cog and floor it!
Maybe in future, when getting your car fixed, you could prioritise someones ability as a mechanic before how personable they are?
Just a thought
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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.
Just wait for a clear bit of road and overtake.....
wait, wrong thread.....
Get your [s]wife[/s] husband to do it?
FTFY.
RM.
Don't bugger about phoning him up. Get yourself down there and have it out with him.
Post it on here then email him the link you wus. 😆
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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.
Have a few tins of strong Polish lager, you'll be marching down there in no time.
Just threaten to argue him to death if he doesn't refund you (not say there's predendent for that or anything....) 🙂
you have a car ?
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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?
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!!! 😈
that he knew wouldn't help ?focus on the 87.5% markup he put on the thing..
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
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.
Don't be fobbed off either.
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.
I think anonymous threats is the way forward.
Start perhaps with a spark plug covered in blood through the letter box.
Touch his bum. He'll ask you to leave.
Result?
erm - what if he doesn't????? 😯
Refund and paid? 8)
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.