Here is a copy of ONE of my emails to the owner(s) of Eastern Auto Co.
"What was interesting is that Nabil spoke with both Jennie and myself at different times. What he didn't realize is that we were sitting across the table from each other and the phone "speaker" was on. Eventually, we discovered that Nabil was caught lying to Jennie twice. He even tried to stand up for Mark when I was speaking with Mark in your office, saying that all he heard was Mark saying he would "work with us." That was almost funny, Mark hung up on us! I am STILL discovering lies by Mark. One Example: When going over the paper work on the car, there have been 4 previous owners, not 3 as emailed and verbally stated by Mark. Therefore, the lies go on and on and on.
IN THE VERY BEGINNING, the very first phone call, Nabil said he didn't want to get in the middle of this because "Mark was a friend and he didn't want to cost him a sale". Well, he didn't, but should have! Later when we were at your shop, he denied this, but I HEARD HIM SAY IT. The second one, was that Nabil told Jennie that the "carburetors were done and it sounded great." Jennie even had him repeat it, to make sure that I heard what he said, that was obviously a huge lie too!!! We based our decision to purchase the car on all the lies that Mark emailed us, the fraudulent picture and Nabil's statement that "it sounded great."
I now wonder if Nabil and Mark may have been working together on this. They both lied to us and by doing so, they have both extracted funds from me. Concerning this deal, nothing would surprise me any longer, even the "Balance Due" bill. Jennie has been working in this business for 26 years and has never run across such fraud, lies and deceit. Now that is saying alot. I don't know if Mark and Nabil would be proud of this or not.
THURSDAY; Nabil told us that the carbs were done and that it "sounded great!" Based on that statement, we bought the car!
FRIDAY: Nabil called and said he "almost had the motor out". At that time he was told POINT BLANK, by me, NOT to finish taking the motor out AND to put it back! I was in shock!
SATURDAY: Nabil calls talking about how much work the motor needs and that it was going to cost about $2,000 to fix it and I could NOT believe it! I asked him what happened? I had told him NOT to take the motor out. I completely lost it, again! Then he says that it was "so far out that he couldn't stop it." You and I both know that was a lie and made no sense whatsoever. Taking a motor out of a car isn't like having a baby! They bolt in and bolt out. Bolts can be unscrewed and they can screwed in. But I just got "screwed" big time!
MONDAY: Nabil calls and says the "oil pump looks bad and needs to be replaced. I just went nuts this time! First, you can't tell by looking at an oil pump's exterior as to whether it's "bad", yet another lie. Second, he shouldn't have ever seen the oil pump! Obviously, we were being taken for a ride and being taken advantage of by Frank and his "friend" Nabil. Two hours later we were packed and headed to Detroit to put a stop to the lies, fraud, financial abuse and exposure.
After paying, I even had to ask for a bill. Then, when I received the "bill" for the funds paid, it states at the bottom, "Balance Due". Then I was assuming that you are going to attempt to extort more funds from me and I'm still not sure that isn't the case. After all, in my 46 years of doing business I have never seen or heard of a bill that states "Balance Due", with a dollar amount showing, without there being a "Balance Due."
If you were on the other side of this, what would you call all of this, if not "extortion"? Funds were extorted from me, on work that I continually declined, tried to verbally stop and should never have been done, period! Nabil made a threat to hold the Porsche if the bill wasn't paid, therefore, funds were "extorted" from me. If you have another term for this, please advise, I would be very interested as to what you would call it.
I NEVER APPROVED ANY WORK on the car and as you and everyone else knows. Your estimate for an overhaul was done AFTER THE FACT, NOT BEFORE the work was done; work that was never requested or approved and had actually been denied multiple times by me. NOT BEFORE AS INDICATED IN THE BILL/RECEIPT YOU SENT ME. We both know that the motor was already partially, but mostly packed in boxes to be placed in the bed of the truck before you presented an estimate."
--- I could not place all of the email here due to size restrictions. But I think you get the point and I highly suggest you find another place to do business. I NEVER received a receipt that reflected the FACTS and don't think I will. read more