It is 5:09 in the morning and I'm up worried, worrying wondering all weekend how I'm gonna pay for my vehicle that they fixed without my permission.
I had my vehicle towed there on Thursday, May 7, because it hasn't been running.
I received a call from a young man named Tony who asked me what did I think was wrong with my vehicle I told him that the battery and the starter needed to be checked and also I needed new brakes and probably rotors to because my brakes pedal was going to the floor.
The next day I get a call from a young lady I guess their front desk person telling me that they need to do a diagnostic test on the vehicle that would cost me $310 that would go towards the repair if I decided to let them perform it. I was skeptical so I ask to speak with Tony to further explain what they were asking, Tony gets on the phone and he tells me that that's something that they need to do to find out what's going on with the vehicle so after a while of me questioning him I did give him permission to run the test expecting to hear what they found, never heard anything Friday nor Saturday. On Monday May 10th my son called them and they said they had nothing yet to tell. On Tuesday morning the 11th my son calls that morning again they still have no news. Around 2:48 while I'm driving to pick up my grandkids from school I see that I had a couple missed calls I get home and I call the Roseville number back it's AutoMasters, Tony gets on the line telling me they have my vehicle started and if I wanted to keep it started I would need a major tuneup that would cost $400 "mind you this is the only part of the repair work that they have called and asked permission to do" because right after that Tony precedes to tell me that I already have a bill for $1147. What? Telling me they fix my vehicle, again no one called me to give me any information on what this diagnostic test supposedly found I said supposedly because at no time when speaking with Tony that day did he ever mention the findings when speaking with him. When I asked him who told him to fix my vehicle he was about to say I did but caught himself before it came out his mouth, but then said they had to get it started to see what was wrong ( I thought that was what the $310 diagnostic test was for) and I was told by Tony and the young lady that the price of the diagnostic test would go towards my bill if I decided to allow them to do the work if not I would have to pay for the test the example given to me by Tony was " if your repairs are $510 then the $310 would reflect on your bill" but on Wednesday the 11th when I asked him will the $310 been taken off my bill he told me that's not how it works because it's not like I gave them $310 down he kept acting like something was wrong with my comprehension
I told him that's what you said to convince me to even agree to the test in the first place and that is what ever my repair job would be if I would allow them to fix it the $310 would be reflected.
Well now he's telling me that that's not how it works then I asked what did they do for the first $1147 he said they put in a brand new Starter (I don't believe at this point it was new), changed the starter wire, and something under the dashboard, remember I told him to check the battery and the starter and I knew I needed a total brake job which was the reason I wasn't driving it. But I was told that I didn't need a battery mind you "their" tow truck driver tried to jump it and it wouldn't start. He then tells me that there is nothing wrong with my brakes in fact he had been in my vehicle and he found nothing wrong with them, my response to him was are you serious I know the brakes are gone! They were going to the floor I would literally be a half block to the light and start pumping in order to stop.
So not only do I have to pay these people $1547 that I don't have I will still have to get my brakes done. And the only thing he has to say is we finance. Really!!!!!
I'm not saying that Tony is a bad guy I don't know him personally and never have met him this was all over the phone communication. He's doing his job and will say what he needs to. But if this is the way they do business I wouldn't recommend them to a dog!!!!! read more