Hey all Happy new year and play it safe
thought i would give you all a heads up about ]
they have a full page yellow pages add here in QLD, and work mainly from Beenleigh to Tweed areas mobile
first a mobile mechanic was called who said it was a coil issue coils or modules or both
and advised a auto sparky was needed
so theseL guys got a call out telling us it would only be a call out fee plus parts no labour as its included in call out fee for an hour or so
the guy rocks up tests a few things and sez strait away its the cas sensor (crank angle)
takes the old one out and dissapears for a day , spending maybe 25-30mins on first visit
returns following day spends a further 30 mins trying to start car after replacing cas sensor the car still wont fire and just turns over
he turns around and sez he needs more info etc and cant fix it now ,
you will have to pay for whats been done or when the car is fixed,
i said ok i will pay when the car is fixed, to his reply it doesnt work like that 300 please
i said im not paying until the car is fixed as thats what was promised
and i now have a car thats cost 300 and is not running
he sez, are you going to pay?
i said no im not paying you,
so he walks over to his van and grabs a set of pliers/cutters
and returns to the my car and threatens to cut all my wiring etc
i said if you do that your going to have some big issues(a little more mouthy thou )
and you probly wont walk away from this buddy
and you still wont get paid
i will pay you what was agreed you take your money and piss off,
he refuses and wants 300 , i close bonnet lock car and walk away
thinking he is going to get paid he wait 30mins then takes valves out 2 of my tyres and drives off
nice guy
so after letting him know his actions have been documented and reported to authorities ,
he cries innocents and never wanted the money for the part he claims to replaced
i would of paid the agreed amount if i was sure he had replaced the sensor and that was the problem
the car was taken to a reputable work shop now and found he had replaced nothing and it was
the coils and moduals as the first mechanic had diagnosed
the car cost the same to fix and is now actually running!!!
the reputable work shop also told me they fix atleast 3-4 cars a month after
have ripped people off and the cars are still not running
i feel alot better for getting that off my chest
hope it helps save some trouble for others
remember the nad tell your mates never call these people
this was my personal experience and im simply sharing it with others ,take it or leave it
cheers