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I assumed there was much more. If they are so close you might want to give it just one more push; or maybe not depending on the situation.
As far as the other part goes hopefully others have relevant advice. If the final job is OK you might have a tough time getting anywhere unless there was a performance contract. If you dispute it and have good grounds maybe you'll get some considation. However, there is probably no reason to expect them to be accomadating in this regard given the history. Certainly at least file a BBB complaint and related (perhaps to the state) if you feel appropriate so at least others might benefit and it might perhaps get a review at some point (most likely if a number of complaints recieved)
If there is a problem with the work or issue with the billing then certainly purse it but I am not sure even a small claims court filling would be worth it otherwise if they finish the job soon. You might well end up loosing the filing and your time.
It is a tough situation but it coud be worse. The sis had a car that was basically held hostage by a mechanic. He had the tranmission all apart, probably had more work in the shop than he could handle, and was having some sort of personal issues (basically disappearing for days at a time, not answering phone calls, or returning calls even when he was around). He apparently had been considered a good mechanic but went off the deep end or something. There were other people having issues with him too. At one point they tried to have the car retrieved by a tow truck but as soon as he knew they were coming he blocked it in with another vehicle and left; after that he pulled it back in the garage (perhaps to work) and it spent a week or more just sitting in the air on a a lift. They had the Sheriff out to the garage and other people had also contacted the Sheriff about their vehicles. The Sheriff said sure they could try to get an order to retreive it but (a) it is going to take a number of days, (b) it is going to be in pieces and you might not even get them all and (c) he has a mechanics lien on the vehicle so he is going to be coming at you and it may get tied up in court. They stuck it out a little be more and it did get finish it and apparently the work was OK but it was a month plus of H311.
posted by 69.130.195...
, Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:47:14
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