Justin -
I saw that you posted my text message that I sent you about Peggys car, and the issues with the A/C. Having spent $2,800 of my hard earned money on this, I guess now I have to respond to defend where she is coming from.
I did get your voicemail yesterday, and your text message as well yesterday. Considering the short week that I have post Labor Day, I thought that the 2 year, 24,000 mile warranty had value and I did not have to jump through hoops to get right back to you. I would hope you would respect that fact. Prior to yesterday, I do not recall getting a call or message from you since Peggy brought her concerns to you a number of weeks ago.
I did send you the text on 7/28, and I did make reference to Peggy being happy. I got way ahead of myself on that one, and let me clarify what I meant (as it was a busy week and I was trying to be respectful at that time and get back to you). She had not driven the car yet. I had driven it from your shop back to our home, and during that ten minute drive the A/C unit did seem to be working OK. I had assumed (stupidly, in hindsight) that it was fixed and noted that she was happy. She was happy I got the car back. She was happy I had (in theory) gotten the car fixed. She had not driven it, though. When she did for the first time, the A/C was NOT working. That is when she brought it to you with her friend.
I will own the text, and how it is interpreted. I put Peggy in a bad spot by assuming it was fixed, assuming she would be happy when she drove the car, and assuming that it was actually good for the 2 year 24,000 mile warranty on my invoice that I paid $2,800 for. That is on me for assuming, and sending that text accordingly. I wish we got what we paid for and it was working as I assumed it would for that kind of money. By the way, I have taken the car to a number of places and they have said the same thing, that we have taken really good care of the car. Stating that it is 19 years old with 140,000 miles on it is irrelevant to the issue at hand.
She is upset, and has a right to be. I cant just jump on 24 hours notice to get back to you on when I can the car to you. As it stands now, I have no intention of bringing the car to you to be reevaluated. Your welcome for the $2,800 I spent. If you are gonna post my texts, which you have a right to do, I guess, then be sure to post this response to your airing out my text for all to see. I honestly hoped she would be happy when she drove the car for the first time a number of weeks ago. The A/C works worse now that it did before we brought it in, so neither of us are happy. I will figure out the next step on how I get this fixed so we have proper working A/C in the car. read more