Dear Michael,
Well, you needn't use violence to screw with him. I'm sure with a little
thought and subterfuge you can mess up his credit ratings, get
contraband sent to his house in the mail and arrange to have the DEA there
when it shows up, etc ;-)
"Never Ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance."
John J. Peloquin
Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Michael Graziano wrote:
> hey all. I just thought I'd share this one with you all.
>
> I had a few problems a few weeks back with the clutch hose going from the
> master to slave cylinder. It chaffed against a hole in the engine bay that
> had a missing grommet.
>
> Unfortunately, it happened on the highway. $70 later I'm at this 24 hour
> repair shop in the jungle (I mean Bronx) facing a shady mechanic. He
> insists that the slave cylinder and the hose are both bad, the cylinder as
> a result of the hose. THis is saturday so of course he cannot get the
> parts so I'm forced to leave the car there. On monday I go there and he
> gives me the news. $600 to change the hose and cylinder. If I supply the
> parts (which will be inferior) he'll do it for $165 in labor (3 and 1/2
> hours approx) plus storage at $25 a day until I get the parts. THis was at
> 8pm after I spent the day calling with him not returning calls.
>
> the next day I show up with a flatbed and bring my baby home. $70 on my
> charge card before he'll release it. I'll be disputing those. That day,
> I order the hose from Moss for $20. I get it Wednesday.
>
> 1/2 in labor, and 1/2 to learn how to bleed the line. No problems with
> the cylinder. It's been two weeks and 100 Miles since. THat SOB. I plan
> to call Consumer affairs.
>
> MIke
>
> '78 Midget
> '87 300zx (No, not a '97 like in my last post.)
> '98 Toy Poodle/Chock
>
> PS HE PUT A BIG F#*@ING SCRATCH (To the metal) ON MY DRIVER'S DOOR!!! But
> of course he didn't do that. ANyone know how to make a pipe bomb?
>
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