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Originally Posted by Soundy

Knowing what they know now... probably not.

Then again, if you offered them $800 today for that work, knowing what YOU know now, then, well... you and your money deserve to be parted.


Let's remember the entire chain of events here:
1. "Mechanic" (for lack of a better generic term) never solicited his services to OP.
2. Mechanic was minding his own business when OP regularly pestered him online for free advice.
3. OP then asked mechanic to do the job of his own volition.
4. Mechanic agreed to do the job probably despite his better judgement.
5. OP offers cash; mechanic pulls a number out of his ass; OP agrees to it.
6. Mechanic finds himself in over his head but still puts in a best effort.

Having been in a "similar position" to "mechanic" here, the only thing I see that he did wrong was to take the job in the first place... not because he didn't know what he was doing (apparently he did have a fair clue, but was just unfamiliar with this car), but because he already knew OP was going to be a pain in the butt.

Far as I can tell, he took the job as much to be a nice guy and help someone out, not FOR the money... a professional might know how long such a job SHOULD take and could price accordingly, but you're right, "mechanic" is NOT a pro and so had to guess and what his and his buddy's time might be worth.
OP was fine with the quote at the time, and if things hadn't gotten complicated, nobody would be complaining about it, would they?



I've done the same... guy on another forum offered cash to figure out a problem with his Jeep not starting... he was nearby, so I offered to do it for a dinner.

I've also recently done a radio install for cash... took a lot longer than I planned, and a return visit, but I got it done, and the person is ecstatic with the results.

Spoilered for the kind of long post, but yes I agree... I took on the underestimated the job and all of the things that came with it and should not have taken it in the first place :/ Didn't want to back out after we all spent so much time talking about it and other stuff, but I should have regardless. Lesson definitely learned

Originally Posted by Grim

regardless of what happened, its not us; the community to say whats right or wrong.
its up to the customer and dealer to sort it out. our opinion is nothing greater than 0.
to OP, you're an idiot for paying the amount you did, and the way you scheduled the payment. i hope this lesson taught you well.

Well it seems to me like the whole point of the thread was to make the thing public and to get a public opinion on the situation :| There's nothing that me and the op can really solve at this point, I am communicating with him through text, and have always been open to communication there. Sorry if I keep repeating myself throughout my last few posts but I still feel like there is a bit of misunderstanding