gregslow318i

[87e30]

Yeah, paying $90/hr., you would expect a 12,000mi/12mo warranty, and some liability insurance on the labor suppliers end.

No mechanic/technician makes $90/120 bucks an hour, they make ~$18-28, and the rest is overhead for the shop, insurance, lift's, tool cost's, consumables, etc. The labor costs alone for this job, not counting any of the other issues is quite exorbitant, and bordering on ridiculous. It's too bad you can't call the BBB on this guy, you are stuck with only the ability to vent on a forum, because this guy is flying by night, and taking people for a ride.

Just MHO.

There were other parts in the deal besides just a swap. I don't know the exact numbers so you may be close on your hourly wage, but I think its pretty inflated...

[StereoInstaller1]

Actually, Greg has a business license, but as far as I know, no liability or shopkeepers insurance.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Actually, Greg has a business license, but as far as I know, no liability or shopkeepers insurance.

Well, I would be calling the BBB then. They will mediate the issue between both parties.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Furthermore, I would write a letter to the ASE, and inspect the laws in your state, listed here...

http://www.atg.wa.gov/uploadedFiles/Home/Safeguarding_Consumers/Consumer_Issues_A-Z/Cars/AutoRepairBrochure.pdf

Under the law, the following specific
actions are unfair, misleading
or unlawful:
• False, deceptive or misleading advertising.
• Misstating the estimated price for a specific
repair (“low balling”).
• Keeping a customer’s payment for parts not
delivered or installed or for repairs
not performed.
• Using a customer’s vehicle for purposes not
related to repair or diagnosis without their
permission.
• Keeping payments from the customer and the
warranty provider for the same covered part
or labor.
• Failing to post required notice of rights sign.
• Failing to materially comply with the written
estimate law.
• Failing to retain invoices and/or estimates for
one year.
• Failing to give a customer a copy of any
document they signed upon request.
• Charging the customer for “unnecessary”
repairs. For purposes of the law, “unnecessary
repairs” means those where the repair shop
represented the repair as needed (as opposed to
merely recommended) but for which there is no
reasonable basis for performing the service.

I can go deeper into the law if you'd like, but I assume this will suffice.

This whole ball of wax got a lot bigger when I found out he has a Business License, and is doing this stuff, I thought it was just some kid dicking around at home, but he is trying to play like the big boys, so he has to follow their rules, not some rules of social systems in a forum setting, but the court of law.


EDIT: More WA state info... http://www.atg.wa.gov/ConsumerIssues...utoRepair.aspx

[Killacortes]

from my experiences with greg the motor he sold me ran solid. he swapped it in and everything and it ran great. I dont think hes a bad guy, but to each his own. I dont think his rep should be fucked from this one swap. I dont know who else this has happened to, but from other people ive talked to they didnt have a problem with him. He was really helpful when something went wrong with my car and no not the motor. little things like the heater blower and what not, he always answered my questions and was usually right about it. he would give me advice on what to get and what not to get.

[StereoInstaller1]

from my experiences with greg the motor he sold me ran solid. he swapped it in and everything and it ran great. I dont think hes a bad guy, but to each his own. I dont think his rep should be fucked from this one swap. I dont know who else this has happened to, but from other people ive talked to they didnt have a problem with him. He was really helpful when something went wrong with my car and no not the motor. little things like the heater blower and what not, he always answered my questions and was usually right about it. he would give me advice on what to get and what not to get.

I know Greg has treated many people right, but he sure fucked Chris and refuses to man up about it.

[ck_taft325is]

Here, I'm digging into my car a bit trying to get it running, AGAIN... here's what I found in the fucking harness:








This is his wiring. These are open wires just hanging out. One of them is a used connection that has a VERY OBVIOUS SPLIT/CUT in it.

[ck_taft325is]

You see that big piece of crap hanging out of the harness? That's my CEL. Yeah.

[Farbin Kaiber]

That blob of electrical tape?

[ck_taft325is]

That blob of electrical tape?

Bingo.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Is there an LED or a flashlight bulb attached to it, like an underhood CEL, or does it go to the cluster?

[Killacortes]

yea mine didnt look like that it was pretty clean.

[ck_taft325is]

Is there an LED or a flashlight bulb attached to it, like an underhood CEL, or does it go to the cluster?

Underhood. Not to the cluster.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Underhood. Not to the cluster.

That is 100% fucking bullshit. I was making a joke. I had no idea it really was, I was just saying what the most ghetto thing I could EVER think of was.

[ck_taft325is]

yea mine didnt look like that it was pretty clean.

For the record, while that looks clean at first glance it's actually not. There's a bunch of things not in their proper place. Hell, there's things that SHOULD be places and they are not. Take your harness to fuse panel adapter area. It's not supposed to be hanging there. At all. It's even got a God damn bracket. Why the hell isn't that put in?

Did he wire in a CEL to the cluster? Or was it chilling in your harness?

For over $5,000 I think wiring the fucking CEL into the cluster is a must.