[V8] need legal advise

[William Gutierrez]

Ed,

Spoken with a voice of reason and experience.  When all is said and done, 
you will spend hours dealing with a small claims court action and in many 
jurisdictions, Ed is right, there is a right of appeal for the defendant to 
the next court up, where the defendant can be represented by counsel.  If 
time is money, a small claims court action for this type of money is like 
throwing good money after bad.

In our area, there are local TV stations that will harass business people 
like this for their business tactics.  If I were you, I would pursue that 
route. You may not get your money back, but you will bring more negative 
publicity to this company than they bargained for with that smart a$$ 
comment to you.

Good luck.

Bill Gutierrez


>From: "Ed Dekker" <dekkere at fuse.net>
>To: <v8 at audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: [V8] need legal advise
>Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 19:25:54 -0400
>
>Allan,
>     Years ago, I jointly sued a dealer and VW in small claims court over a
>car radio.  As is allowed in Ohio, the dealer kicked it upstairs to Common
>Pleas Court, where you need a lawyer to have any chance.  Luckily, VW
>intervened to avoid bad publicity and we came to agreement.  I never
>returned to that dealer.  Even if you would win in Small Claims, I doubt 
>the
>sob would pay the court judgment.  Your lawyer costs will grossly exceed
>$150.  Frankly, I think you're morally right but don't have a chance and
>write it off as a bad experience.  Sorry.
>Ed
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "UR32VQUATTRO" <allanvega at adelphia.net>
>To: <v8 at audifans.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:06 PM
>Subject: [V8] need legal advise
>
>
>Fellow listers ,I need some help/advise here. Like most of you, I do most 
>of
>the work on my v8q except for those time where you cant help but have to go
>to a shop.In this case, I needed an alignment. Before bringing the car in, 
>I
>replace the rear camber links and front tie rod ends. I tried to free up 
>the
>front adjusters as well. I was only able to get the left one free. I just
>figured they would pop[ it out and adjust it that way at an extra cost of
>course. No problem right?
>  $150 later I get the car back and now pulls to the right and wheel is
>cocked to the left. They did pop the tie rod end out like I thought(and
>charged me for it) . But in doing  so they tore the boot. Now listers, how
>do you tear a tie rod boot if your using a puller? exactly....they used a
>pickle fork. big no no when saving a new or good tie rod. They said they
>would repair it. I wanted a new one for fear that they also damaged the
>plastic lined socket. they said no. to make matters worse, they never
>adjusted the rear wheels( toe adjustments bolts on the  lower control arm
>are rusted solid(no evidence a wrench has been on it in years) Called back
>demanding a refund as well as a new tie rod end. The owner Ron told me 
>"your
>sh*t out of luck" then hung up. What should/can I do? thanks. Allan
>
>fyi  the shop is a privately owned Goodyear in Waterbury,CT
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