Jmcmahon66

Thanks SeanR for a more detailed explanation. I am also new to 928 forums, and have been watching this thread and your playground closely. Question for elderwood, The printed invoice has more parts/labor than the original handwritten invoice. By about $1800+. When was this work agreed upon? When were you notified that those items needed attention, and did you give consent? I'm sorry that this happened to you, and the horror story that goes with it. I hope you get your car back soon.

richvm

Let me chime in here really quick as someone just pointed out to me that this post is going on here on Rennlist and I am not on Rennlist at all nor do I get notifications. I am the owner of Garage928. As you guys saw the invoice already I am still wondering what this talk is all about.
I send Mr.Woodcox the total invoice with the remaining balance to be paid on June 26.2020 and had a shipper paid to deliver his car to his house with an scheduled pick up at my shop for July 1. After nothing has been paid I called the shipper and canceled the pick up. As of today, July 8.2020 I have not heard back nor was the invoice paid! Additional to the invoice there where so many small things done to his car I did not invoiced for and will stick to my word he has not to pay for it. I have hundreds of pictures and videos on his car from the work executed.
Instead he reported the car falsely as stolen to the Police and to his insurance company! I filed for a mechanics lien after hearing all these stories and the car will remain locked up under a cover in my shop until the remaining balance is paid in full!
Thanks for all you ppl of chiming in and giving your voice over something you have no idea about and badmouthing me!
I am not sure how Mr.Woodcox will explain all this to the Police or his insurance company but spreading lies about me, my shop and slandering my business here and on some FB pages will not do you any good.

As of now I have a lawyer involved and will not say nor provide any more info on here or somewhere else.

Rich

Shark2626

It doesn't matter which lien holder has the title, why even share that? How is it relevant? But if what you are saying about your insurance company reporting your car to the police as stolen is true, you should try to stop that ASAP. The car wasn't stolen; and there could be criminal penalties for filing a false police report or having your insurance company unwittingly do so on your behalf. I don't think you are doing yourself any favors with that stunt, the car is going to find its way back to you after you pay the invoice or you get a Judgement in your favor, but it may have (certainly will have soon) a severely blemished record. Once a car is reported stolen, the insurance company will declare a Total Loss to its VIN, that will show on its CarFax Report, forever. CarFax will not remove the event without an Act of God to force them to do so. It will of course show on any other report as well.

I have to point out that it is fair for a shop to charge a daily storage fee if you fail to collect your car in a timely manner. That's because they need it out of the shop to accommodate other customer vehicles that need to be stored inside overnight. It's really basic.

The above is just some hopefully useful input. There seem to be two very different stories playing out and I'm not taking a side at all, but one does make much more sense than the other.

Petza914

Rich, post some of the photos you say you have of the bulk of the work completed - the new shocks, the new radio installed, the new brake rotors and pads installed, the shiny detailed and ceramic coated paint, and a photo of the car in your shop. A few major pictures showing all of that completed and the car still in your shop would certainly add credibility to your position in this matter. Seems simple enough, right? That would be better than making a statement like "As of now I have a lawyer involved and will not say nor provide any more info on here or somewhere else" which doesn't provide any evidence that you've completed what had been promised or that the car is even still in your shop and hasn't been whisked off to the secondary secret storage location - yeah, word gets around.

richvm

tried to upload video from today with a recipe showing todays date. Wont let me. If you will text me I will send you videos to post here for me. 770-309-5203 Rich

richvm

tried to upload video from today with a recipe showing todays date. Wont let me. If you will text me I will send you videos to post here for me. 770-309-5203 Rich

Petza914

Yea, videos are too large. The best way to do videos on Rennlist is to upload the video to YouTube, then insert the link here. If you want it to only be visible by people who have the link to the video, register it as Unlisted when you upload it instead of Public, then it doesn't show up in general searches and only people with the link can see it. Don't do it as Private as no one will be able to see it.

richvm

the handwritten initial "ESTIMATE" was just a quick write up for the customer to see and to understand that a car this age and sitting for that long needs a lot of work which he agreed upon on. Many small items have been replaced as well and not billed for like small speaker cover driver door, new radiator cap, valve stem covers with Porsche logo and much more. Many many hours on cleaning old grease, oil, 30 year of residue out of the car not billed to him because I stand to my word and I am delivering good work. A $1000,- Dollar special customer discount has been given as well as seen on the final invoice and I am paying half of the shipping bill! All the work executed on this specific car has been approved by the owner and furthermore he wanted me to keep and drive the car for around a month to make sure everything is alright and ready for him to drive on the road! I did drive it for maybe 60 mi to have the suspension settled in and to drop it of at the alignment shop.I do have witness to his words. He is plain laying to put him in a good situation. Laying to the cops I am dismantling his car and never did any work to his car. Laying it was stolen and to his insurance company, which I talked to this morning. Why is he not posting any pictures of his car or videos I send him along these time? Ask him for the video with the new radio installed a few month ago he claims I never purchased! Ask him for the wheel and tires I purchased and installed on his car along with the new red Koni shocks, new brakes all around, oil pan gasket replaced and many more! Ask him for the pictures of the cleaning, paint correction and ceramic coating done to his car several month ago.
You are all jackasses jumping in on some maniac posting false statements and lies against me and my shop! He is mentally unstable.That is slandering business and will have consequences!


Horror story?? Just pay your invoice and get your car back!

richvm

Thx, I will upload to my Garage928 facebook page and Instagram and post links here.

richvm

You are a psychopath and lair and that will have consequences! You jackass don't even have manly pants on to call me, receive a call or talk to me in person! Fake German? Come tell me that in my face! Mr.Krajeswy is next in line. As for an Officer Kirby there is no case nor anything on file. Just spoke to the Forsyth Police Department this morning and your insurance company is not happy about your stories.

richvm

Here is a link to my Garage928 facebook page. I uploaded some videos as well as more pictures into the different post

richvm

He hasn't gotten a bill for nothing! Work is completed and since he is such a jackass I will bill him every day 25 Dollar indoor storage fee.

GregBBRD

I don't know anything about this story or anything first hand about Garage 928.....just what I am reading, here.
I do have a little bit of advice to offer....

Rich, if you actually have a legitimate attorney involved in this (not your brother in law or next door neighbor over the fence), you might want to run your "posts" past him, before you push the "send" button......calling someone a psychopath and a liar, online, is not going to remotely help your position, down the road. In reality, this "trumps" anything and everything you have to say about him slandering you. Seriously dude....have a teaspoon of class.

I have no idea of the laws regarding repair work, in whatever state you are in, but in California, a hand scratched "estimate" without the owner's signature giving you permission to do the work is.....less than toilet paper. Additionally, every time you "alter" a signed estimate, you need to record the time, the date, the contact information of the owner, and how much additional cost is going to be involved....and specifically for what. "This 35 year old car was greasy and required additional cleaning" isn't going to cut it....it's assumed, going in, that a 35 year old car is going to be oily, greasy, and dirty.

Rich: Again, if you have a legitimate attorney looking this over, you might want to find out your legal obligations, in your own state, about what is required for a repair shop to do business. You may be "digging yourself" a very big hole, here. Most states have "stepped down hard" on repair shops and have specific obligations for the repair business to follow. This is due to the high amount of fraud that occurs in the automotive repair industry.
For instance, In California, the "Bureau of Automotive Repair" would be at your shop in a New York Minute, to pull your license and shut you down.....with one phone call from the owner of the vehicle. And the owner would owe you......absolutely zero....for all the repairs you performed.....you would have to refund the original deposits, without signatures on the work orders! (When we are done with some 928 jobs, there are sometimes multiple supplements that are sent to the owner, with either his/her signature on each one, or a time and date that the owner approved the additional work.)

Mr. Elderwood:
You are dealing with the incorrect people. The police and your insurance company have nothing to do with this (the police might become involved, depending on the outcome of what you should be doing.)
Immediately call whatever state agency controls automotive repair, in the state your car is located. Tell them the story. Did you ever sign any paperwork? Did you ever get an official estimate (not hand written on toilet paper?) I suspect, from what has been posted by Rich, you have a tremendous amount of "power" in this situation....but you are playing your hand, incorrectly.

richvm

Thank you for your commend. Someone needs to tell him to pay his outstanding invoice and car will be on its way to him. He did not mentioned here that the invoice was send on June 26 and shipping of his car was scheduled for July 1.with a shipping company. He never paid and I decided to not ship the car.

richvm

wonder who told you to do so? Yeah right you can't say