Honestly not worth your time or money. He's unprofessional, greedy, and tries to take advantage of women by charging them for more.
Give Harold a car and he won't fix things up correctly the first time because he doesn't have the proper equipment to find the problem quickly and efficiently. He just guesses around which is why his prices are cheap in the short run and high in the long run. Go to a place where the mechanic will get you a proper read out of what's wrong and get it done right the first time. He complained about having to come after the car that he 'fixed' twice when it broke down and left my roommate abandoned along the interstate. The second time it broke down was on the way to Harold's shop to get it relooked at and my roommate called him. He was left for three hours (it was a forty minute drive to his shop) and kept getting told 'Oh Harold is on his way with a tow' by the receptionist when he would call to check in. Then a worker (who was not Harold) showed up (hours after we were told he was on his way) with just a battery (no tow.) Harold had to come later that day because the battery didn't do any good. Didn't appreciate being lied to, Harold. In reference to the worker that came, Harold felt the need to text my roommate that an 'African American man' was on his way so we 'wouldn't be scared'? I feel really sorry for the people he's got working there if he supports racist points of view.
So Harold takes the car in. My roommate told both the worker that came to get it and the shop receptionist (when we called to check on the car) that he just wanted Harold to check the new alternator he placed in the car, and that he didn't want to sink any more money into the car because it would be traded off soon. When we went to pick up the car, we are presented with an approximately 200 dollar bill because Harold changed a hose and put radiator fluid and coolant in?? Two of those things of which I would have been happy to do myself?? I told Harold that it wasn't fair because he didn't ask for consent before doing this. I told him that I understood he needed money for his supplies and then asked him to take off the labor because like I said, my roommate didn't want to spend any more money on the car. He raised his voice at me and asked me 'Who are you to talk to me like this' and started yelling about doing us 'favors' by coming after the car twice. 1) This is my roommate's car, and he was too scared and guilt tripped to speak up to this man. That's why I spoke up. It doesn't matter who I am, Harold was doing wrong and I called him out on it. 2) Harold had to come get the car twice because he didn't fix it correctly in the first place. He didn't do any 'favors.'
I left after he started yelling at me, and my roommate got 50% knocked off her labor charges. My roommate ended up dropping about $700 from his savings for a new car on Harold's 'repairs,' and we're personally taking the car to get another mechanic to inspect his work. It was pretty cool to get back into the car and find that the gas petal was undone as well as the radio. I personally fixed the non-working radio myself. It had just been undone. : ) Word of advice, don't raise your voice at a woman when she expresses concern over your work and overcharges. read more
