Hours of operation not observed, less than desirable costumer service(no follow up), poor, safety and substandard service. Coercion and blackmailing. My son and I arrived at Audio Zone Inc. on July 25,2015 at address 1230 N Belt line Rd. Irving, TX. 75061 at 9:30 am, per the hours of operation posted, and parked at the front of the store. An older gentleman,who apparently looked to be the owner, and a young child showed up to the store at approximately 10:10 am to open the store. The older gentleman asked how he could help while giving orders to the child to do some chores inside the shop. I requested for the installation of the wiring for the fog lights I bought previously online. I told him that two weeks prior to this date, Jeff who is the installer, had agreed to charge $65 for the service. The older gentleman then took what look to be a receipt and wrote down the service order, including the price agreed of $65, as I gave him the truck key. At that time, he did not specify the form of payment, cash or credit card, and there was not a sign posted for a preference for either one. Before even I gave my key to him, a discussion on the phone about an employee coming in late, took place. It was 10:30 am before some noise in the back of the shop called my attention. I went towards the back. In between screeching of tires as they were moving (assuming costumers cars) to clear the space to work on my truck who was already in the back of the store I tried to tell Jeff about what I wanted done and the specifics of the service needed for the truck. He never acknowledged me and tossed the wiring I gave him on the floor in front of the truck, rudely and with disregard to the service requested as he stormed off into the shop. Neither man came to explain their recommended services for the truck, or options for the service. Around 11:30 am the older man finally called my name to say..."your truck caught fire..., we need to contact your insurance company". Alarmed and in disbelief I asked " Are you serious?" and he laughed asking me for the money..., "in cash please" he replied. I said,"I have a credit card to pay"..., his credit card machine was sitting right between us. He said,"Do you want me to charge you taxes?"! implying a tax break for cash..., he continued pushing me to visit the Walgreens located few blocks up the street to obtain cash before seeing the truck's job end result. He even threatened to raise the cost of the service by charging me $10 more to inspect the work performed in the truck before I paid the agreed $65 fee. I finally ended up walking out and almost ready to submit to his coercion before the truck arrived driven by an employee to the front. At that time, I took the key from the employee and took it upon myself to look inside the hood. To my amazement and disbelief I saw wires running, hanging out of the fuse box compromising the electrical safety, and causing a fire hazard in my vehicle. I'm not a professional electrician by any means, neither a "professional installer", as Jeff admits being, but rules of common sense and basic knowledge would advise against the poor unsecured work that I observed. In my discussion with him about the poor quality of his work and how it was a fire hazard for my vehicle, he prompted the employee to rip the wires out of the fuse box while I was standing and he was telling me..., " I'm not going to give you a free job!" I was appalled and shocked. Based on multiple concerns: the integrity of the electrical system, their billing & collection practices, and possible tax evasion practices, I got out of the shop to never come back. read more