Body shop trying to SCREW ME!!! Help!

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

So I go to the body shop yesterday, theyve had my car for a month. i get there and they said they would fix the alarm, it worked fine just that for some reason the horn would cut out, but they said they will take care of it....well apparantely the guy had forgotten sayin he would. Anyways, the car is running when i get there, i turn it off and try the alarm, and NOTHING works. they tell me the battery is dead (kinetik hc 1400). They said that its becuase it wasnt used for a full month, thats when I told them its only 3 months old and I have another one sitting in my room that hasnt been used for almost a month and a half and its sitting voltage is 12.9V. So they then said theyll take care of it as well as other things (like scratches that werent there before on the vehicle). This morning i get a call from them and they said the battery is possibly "defective". i ask them how thats possible and they said because of the rear impact (i got hit on the freeway while i was stopped, person hit me at about 60mph), possibly the cells moved or something. I told them i drove the car for a full week after the accident, never had any problems, and you guys told me that you drove it around the shop afterwards from different departments and it was fine...and one day there it stopped working. So he keeps repeating sayings its probably defective and he cant give me a reason why. Then he tries to say the metal things i have on the battery posts (ring terminals from my big 3 and power wire) could have caused that, which is bullshit; how do people run a system without using a ring terminal or without having to attach something to the posts for their power wire? what can i say to defend myself, what should i do if they tell me its not working? They are charging it right now and will do so till i pick it up, im just worried it wont be working when i get there or it will die out on me later, at which piont im screwed.

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[Coolwazabi 10+ year member]

hmmm...

sounds like a dee dee dee !

sorry bro...

wern't u *****in bout them like a month ago too ?

 

[04_edge 10+ year member]

how did you drive your car after getting hit at 60 mph, or better yet, how was it not totalled?

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

I got really lucky, it was just the rear that was damaged. Trunk, rear quarter panel, rear floor were all pushed in. Bumper was just hanging by a single clip.

I dont remember *****ing about them before..only thing i've *****ed about them before is why would it take 4 weeks to do this, but hey maybe something came up, but it was on their "high priority" list, but it just doesnt seem that way.

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

Only reason why we went to this shop was because the owner last time we were there, which did an awesome job and got it done quick, was my dads high school friend. Maybe now because of being under new management it sucks, who knows.

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

Anybody else got input?

 

[inapontiac 10+ year member]

just bend over. they are taking your money like it or not

 

[danolimitpro 10+ year member]

Anybody else got input?

yeah get your car outta that **** shop, and go somewhere else. because there tryin to screw with you a lil to much....

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

I'm not payin for anything, insurance is...and I guess anytime someone trys to screw you over you'll let them????

Why would i just say okay fine its my battery even though it was working before the accident, after the accident, while in their possession and then during the time it was in their possession it stopped working. How is that my fault, or how is it not their fault?

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

just piss and moan like an impotent jerk, then bend over and take it up the tailpipe

*$1 in paypal to the first person who PMs me with the movie that line is from*

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

I'll see if I can get it out, is just that its an insurance settlement and its one of AAA's "trusted" body shops...well they certainly wont get a good review from me, doubt it would make any difference.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

call AAA, tell them their rating system sux donkey's dick

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

this is so gay..i got all my audio shit ready to put in....why did some stupid bish have to hit me from behind? why couldnt she just pay attention.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

well did u beat that bish's *** yet?

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

no...im tryin to refrain from violence