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Initial Complaint
11/26/2022
- Complaint Type:
- Customer Service Issues
- Status:
- Unanswered
i brought my car to Ric'z Transmission and muffler shop after being ripped off by another mechanic for $400. I explained this to **** when I left my car with him. I did not know he was a sleazebag of the highest order and a straight up thief. I thought he might understand the hardship this already had caused me and wouldn't rip me off , again. Well. I was wrong. As soon as he found out the car was not registered to me yet, he knew he could steal my car by putting a lien on it.So, he told me I had a perfectly round hole in my oil pan. he quoted me $900 to fix it. I talked him down to $550. I said everyone else said $300, but he said he could charge whatever he liked. I owed him $120 just for looking at it. That was supposed to come off if I got it fixed there, but it didn't.Long story short, I ended up in the hospital a few weeks later and I got a call telling me there was a lien on it. I asked him , didn't he have to wait 30 days? He said, "no I can put the lien on it as soon as I like".I was beginning to notice a theme.When I got out of hospital I went there only to hear I owed him $900 , the original price he quoted me ...again, for a hole in my oil pan.So, he stole my car from me with a lien and because it was not registered to me, I couldn't even fight to keep it.. THAT CAR WAS ALL I HAD.
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Contact Information
Palmdale, CA 93550
Customer Complaints Summary
1 total complaints in the last 3 years.
0 complaints closed in the last 12 months.