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> From: SCHERRER, TIM <TIMS@ACADEMIC.TRUMAN.EDU>
> To: mil-veh@skylee.com
> Subject: [MV] Ford-Volvo engine/getting screwed HELP
> Date: Thursday, April 16, 1998 7:35 AM
>
> OK--this is the situation I am facing now. It's a sticky one. My
> mechanic took my Ford-Volvo engine which will be used in my jeep to a
> machine shop connected with an auto parts store to have it rebuilt. He
> took it in late December, and they gave him a ballpark estimate of
> $500--which he paid up front.
>
> Two weeks ago we went to the shop to look at the completed engine--and
> the bill came to $1668. I about fell over. My mechanic (not connected
> with this shop) told me he that it was going to come in more like $1000,
> or $1100 but that would be with new pistons--as good or better than new.
> He was expecting a $1000-$1100 bill.
>
> Since then I've spoken with owner of the store/machine shop. He is
> claiming their salesman told my mechanic $1200 minimum to start and it
> went up from there--while my mechanic says no one ever said anything
> over $1200.
>
> The store is claiming the engine is an "odd manufacture" and required
> special order parts from one company--basically a Volvo supplier. The
> engine is a F-V 1379 (?) with 94 BHP. Is this that odd of an engine?
> Are parts non-standard and hard to find/expensive? What vehicles was
> this engine used in? What are some other suppliers for parts? This
> place is a AAA Auto Parts dealer whom (up until recently) my mechanic
> used regularly with success.
>
> The owner is standing behind his salesman despite my mechanic claiming
> the salesman is lying. I spoke with the mechanic yesterday--and
> reminded him of a couple things--first--that there is no written
> agreement signed by anyone regarding this--and if he is expecting my to
> pay $1668 he needs to remember that oral contracts over $500 are not
> enforceable in court. Also, there is a mirror reflection clause in
> contract law, thatsays both sides must be the same in the start as the
> end on both sides for it to be enforceable. Oral agreements are
> acceptable as long as both sides agree to abide by them if over $500 but
> not enforceable in common law. The Uniform Commercial Code does not
> apply to oral contracts.
>
> Basically I am in a difficult spot--they've got $500 and my engine. The
> mechanic was going to go talk to the owner yesterday. (He didn't
> particularly like talking to me). I told my mechanic to try and strike
> a deal for $1400 and get it out of there--or to have them pull any parts
> still wrapped in original packages out to get the cost down and get it
> out of there. Anyone have any further suggestions?
>
> I am curious about the rarity of the engine--and any additional
> ammunition any of you can provide me--or dealing in similar situations
> anyone has had. Basically this is derailing my schedule and budget and
> I would like to get it resolved, while to awarding themfor bad business
> practise s. Of the $1668, $175 was labor and the rest was parts if that
> says anything.....
>
> Thanks in advance--Tim
>
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