Posted by dave in Plano on Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 15:19:54 :
In Reply to: Re: thats just it... posted by Todd Wilson on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 21:53:51 :
well, he did a lot of little crap here and there
Basically he wasted his time on small piddly a** stuff that kept adding up.
For instance. He played with a broken shifter knob for a while, trying to extract the broken bit of thread, etc to save the stupid shifter knob that cost like 5 bucks to replace!
I agreed to his 75 per hour deal upfront, but thats becuse he sugar coated the job times and I figured the cost wasnt worth my time these days.
For instance, he was to replace a rear wheel cylinder.we agreed afull vbraske job back there would be best while it apart. I asked up fornt, how long?
Oh, no more than 2.5 hours.
NOT 5 hours! he "ran into problems" was his answer.
stuff like that..
also, the exhaust manifold was cracked. I told him 2 days before that if he has any more issues that arrise out of the ordinary, to call me and Il chase down parts as required.
Oh no.
He evidently found a huge crack in the exhause manifold.
he didnt answer his shop phone for 2 days. When I got there, he had the manifold all off, cleaned and welded.
he said he took 3 hours of time to repair this.
I told him I could have gotten a brand new one for 220 bucks!! thats LESS than his 75 / hour rate.
And he WOULD NOT COST itemize his list of parts.
He is no doubt an unscupulous mechanic.
and a bad one at that.