A friend recently got ripped off by her local mechanic–he not only failed to fix the problem and overcharged her $100, but it turned out that the problem he failed to fix was a broken caliper and brake fluid that had leaked onto her brake pads–an accident waiting to happen, according to my trustwort…

First decide what you are going to report, is it something criminal? (actually criminal, not what could have happened). Make a 'sandwich board" and walk the sidewalk in front of his place. TV stations and newspapers could care less, these type things lost their ability to draw viewers long ago.

Be careful about making a “public” warning. It can be used to sue you for defamation. I know it’s tempting to do but the courts take a dim view of public opinions. Public opinions are records that can be used in court. The guy may be the worst mechanic in the world and a thief to boot but don’t lose…

I agree with oldschool. There is a difference between dishonesty and incompetence. There is no law against the latter.

Yes, well, I’m not suggesting that the bad mechanic be put in jail. I just want to warn others not to patronize his shop. We assumed that his $100 overcharge was an honest mistake until we discovered that he had lied to us outright–telling us he checked the problem, twice–when in fact he couldn’t ha…

It sounds clearly like he made a mistake more than a malicious act. Also $100 overcharge in what way? Remember prices differ shop to shop and parts used differ also. You also are not the direct part involved and may be missing some information between (unless you were there).

The $2,800+ bill was itemized. My friend checked the auto shop’s arithmetic–she added up all the amounts on the bill–and the total she got was $100 less than the bottom line on the bill. She went back to the shop and they refunded her the $100 overcharge. I am not accusing the shop of “malice” in f…

Word of mouth is very effective here in “Mayberry, USA.” Even though Brookline is likely a much larger town a bad reputation would still likely keep the shop owner beat down to catering to the junkiest work at the rock bottom price. It’s funny how that works.

I don’t think it’s just the mechanic who’s incompetent. You took it back TWICE? That makes a total of three visits when you already had a “trustworthy mechanic.” You’ve already posted the information about the shop and the mechanic, so there’s your free online resource. It might be interesting f…

Well, gee, thanks for your input, ZombieWoof. My friend whose car this is is a new friend to me. We’ve known each other about 4 months, and when she told me about her experience, I suggested we take the car to my mechanic, who solved the problem. We have of course “walked away” from the auto shop. …

Where to report a bad, dishonest mechanic

Maintenance/Repairs

jtsanders April 26, 2010, 11:09pm 6

About the best you can do is to warn your friends and neighbors not to use that mechanic. That will result in lost business. If enough people have bad experiences and warn everyone they know about the place, it will eventually go out of business.

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Where to report a bad, dishonest mechanic

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