6881, Report:
#4734
Posted Date:
Mar 21 2001
*CONSUMER ALERT! Your guide to buying a new car.
*CONSUMER ALERT! Your guide to buying a new car.
by [email protected]
Auto Buyers Consumer Advocate
1. Get printed documententation of your 10-day payoff window on the car you currently drive--that shows how much you still owe on it.
2. Find out the tr...
Entity
*CONSUMER ALERT! Your guide to buying a new car.
Categories: Auto Dealers
6882, Report:
#2457
Posted Date:
Mar 16 2001
DeFranco Asphalt Paving Contractors, Inc....Took my money & never came back to do the work...
I called Robert DeFranco for an estimate on a patio made of interlocking paving stones and received a very professional consultation and a very fair price of $7050. The first day he showed up to work he asked for $1000 to cover the gravel and the labor which I gave him a check for. ...
Entity
DeFranco Asphalt Paving Contractors, Inc.
Categories: Builders & Contractors
6883, Report:
#4630
Posted Date:
Mar 07 2001
Lexus of Manhattan Auto Rip-off Dealer *Consumer Advocate responds ..most service advisors are burnt out car salesmen
I took my brother's, Lexus ES 250, for a tune up on Tuesday, February 13th, 2001 to Lexus of Manhattan. I told them that there is also a problem with the leaving the car and the not being able to start it again after a few hours. I mentioned that it could be the battery or the fac...
Entity
Lexus of Manhattan
Categories: Auto Repair Service
6884, Report:
#4372
Posted Date:
Feb 05 2001
automotive dealer crossroads motors selling cars with bad engines
purchased a used car from crossroads motors.within 1 week it went through 3 gallons of antifreeze. thought it had bad head gasket put in shop to check. was told had a cracked engine block. notified dealer of problem he told me bring it back i will put you into another car.he wanted ...
Entity
Crossroads Motors
Categories: Auto Dealers
6885, Report:
#4283
Posted Date:
Jan 26 2001
aamco took me big time * Consumer Advise
I have included what I sent to the aamco customer relations department. If you want or need any more info please contact me. Please let me know if i am way off base. Maybe I am wrong but as a consumer I feel that I never got my $1300 worth of repairs.
I will dispense with the ope...
Entity
aamco
Categories: Auto Repair Service
6886, Report:
#4268
Posted Date:
Jan 22 2001
Precision Engine Inc. Automotive Ripoff
Actual time of repair doctored(poorly).Repair time of two hours whited out to read 6.5 hours.Replacing oil pump on 1985 chevy blazer(fullsize 4x4)with 305 engine.Time highly exagerated.
Entity
Precision Engine Inc.
Categories: Auto Repair Service
6887, Report:
#4185
Posted Date:
Jan 12 2001
Carberator rebuild scam.
Took my Truck to this man first time ,kept it over one Month.I picked it up as I thought he had rebuilt it,very shortly after picking it up,It started stoping while driving.I took it back to him Thig time he said that some one ripped him off,on the re building.It's still not running...
Entity
Danny's Automotive
Categories: Auto Repair Service
6888, Report:
#4161
Posted Date:
Jan 09 2001
NTB Destroys Tire Fixing a Flat, Refuses to pay for SAME DAY problem
I took my 1999 Honda Accord into the NTB at 8002A Research Blvd. at lunchtime on January 3, 2001, to fix two slow leaks in the two rear tires (NTB Invoice Reference # IN4913728.) While I was driving back to work THE SAME DAY the tire went flat. I had NTB come out and pick up the car...
Entity
NTB: National Tire & Battery
Categories: Auto Tire shops
6889, Report:
#3881
Posted Date:
Jan 07 2001
Auto repair fraud at Palm Beach Linc/Merc in West Palm Beach, FL
Greetings fellow Rip-Off Report readers. It's the car inspector again. I was dispatched by a major automotive extended warranty company to examine the air conditioning system on a 1995 Lincoln Mark 8 at Palm Beach Lincoln Mercury in West Palm Beach, FL.
The dealership had call...
Entity
Palm Beach Lincoln Mercury
Categories: Auto Dealer Repairs
6890, Report:
#3834
Posted Date:
Jan 03 2001
A Computer Helper Computer Service & Repair Atlantic Beach, Fl employer rip off
I worked for A Computer Helper and was working for commision based on the amount of service that I provided. A week before my termination of the employment, I printed out a service report to give me a total of my service rendered from the beginning of the month to that time which wa...
Entity
A Computer Helper
Categories: Computer Service & Repair