My husband took our vehicle to GoodYear Tires located at 101 Rockaway Turnpike, Lawrence NY 11559 on 8/14/19. Our car was overheating and we needed our vehicle for the weekend to attend an event. We brought our vehicle here a 2nd time because it was convenient, simply 10 min away from my husbands job, and early enough to get a diagnosis of the problem fixed so we could be set to leave for the weekend. My husband received a call from Harry (the mechanic) that same day, Harry said he figured out the problem and that our radiator fan needed to be replaced for $531. My husband gave him the go ahead to fix the problem since he is the expert and the fact that we wouldn't have to worry about any more maintenance for awhile. So hours later my husband received a call from David (the manager) stating "the fan has been replaced but unfortunately they came across another problem", what?! (Our thoughts exactly) says his mechanic Harry caught it, the water pump is leaking. Tell us how? Why? What could possibly be the cause of this? As I explained to and pleaded with David via phone to look at things from our point of view, because the 1st impression wasn't the best (they were already refunding us back $60 because of a mistake on their end prior) and now not only do we need to pay $531 but now David said that Harry found another problem that'll cost us $700 on top. This doesn't add up. I explained to David we our missing a 3rd link in this conversation and that is Harry (the mechanic), This seems to me the oldest trick in a scamming auto repair shops book (because I've worked alongside of bodyshops in the past and am aware of underhanded things they do to new and vulnerable customers) and that's fixing a non existent problem only to bring up the real problem at the end to get paid double. Which is unfortunate, assuming they've tried this technique with other people who fell victim. David informed me he had no clue of the conversation between my husband and Harry regarding the fan (which was suppose to be the initial problem in the 1st place). David went and checked the fan himself, got back on the phone with me while my husband was at the establishment, and said "he checked it himself and that the problem was never the fan, in fact, our fan was in good condition, looks like the problem was always the water pump". After that, red flags went up. I got back on the phone with David, I said I told you that we were being scammed, and not that it's your fault but you need to evaluate the people you are hiring, they are the face of this business. That is when David verbally said to both my husband and I that he will put the original fan back because it was never the problem and that he would fix the water pump with no charge as a customer service courtesy, however, he'd have to keep it overnight. At that point, although it was a big inconvenience, we were appreciative that he acknowledged the problem. My husband received a call Saturday 8/17/19 from David who informed him that the car was ready. Today, Sunday 8/18/19, both my husband and I went to pick up the car. David nor Harry were present. Neal, who was supposedly aware of the situation was present. Unfortunately, Neal was not fully aware of the situation because we were presented with the original $531 bill although after all that was said and agreed upon, David needed to be called. After reinerating our conversation from a couple of days ago, he then said "we ended up not putting back your old fan to avoid any other problems so that's why you have to pay $531". I asked why wasn't my husband and I informed of this? Maybe that would have avoided this problem but we were under the impression that we would be charged absolutely nothing because of the misdiagnosis by Harry and David knew that. David then realized this was in fact his idea to replace the new fan with our old fan and waive the water pump work so he told Neal to give us our keys and go on our way. They would not give my husband the paperwork with the work that was done, after all the frustration we simply left with our car. Although we were not asked to pay for any of the labor, this whole situation has not only inconvenienced us but has also stressed us out. Going back and forth stating our case, I felt like we were in a court room. Mechanics are suppose to be trustworthy and honest, we are trusting these people with our livelihood (yes, a car is a necessity given circumstance) we absolutely need our car, and to be taken advantage of not once but twice is tragic because I can just imagine how many fall victim to this at that shop. Something needs to be done about this. read more