I was involved in an accident a while back so I got a lawyer. They placed a business card from Roosevelt body shop in my paperwork so I thought this place was reputable. I took my truck over there singed some papers and left the rest to my lawyer.
After seeing that my lawyer wasn't getting anything done I chose to go with a different law office. I was told the other party's insurance would cover my vehicle damage since it was his fault. So all this time my truck is at the body shop and the owner says everything is fine.
After a few months, I start getting letters from the department of motor vehicles saying that my vehicle is reported as abandoned. So I call the owner of the body shop and he says everything is fine. After finding out about that no work is getting done on my truck I call the shop but the owner is out of town. So I call ford because i was still making payments and they tell me that they sent two tow trucks to pick up my vehicle but the people at the shop didn't let them take it. And for the vehicle to be reported as abandoned someone has to fill out the proper paperwork.
So I wait until the owner comes back and I tell him the situation. He said that while he was away the person he left in charge put the vehicle under their name. And he would call that person so that they may or may not give me my vehicle back. I tell him I'm on my way. At this time I am furious as I go into the office the owner is sitting there and I tell him. "I'm watching my back out in the streets so I don't get robbed by theifs and car jackers and you want to keep my truck for free. The only way you're going to keep my truck is if I die right now". I was a different person back then and we're both lucky nothing violent happened. As I looked him in the eyes I knew he knew what I meant. So he said "let me make a phone call to the person that has your truck. "
I waited outside and here comes my truck with parts missing off of it. All I wanted was to get out of there. We go to the bank to change the title over to my name and part ways.
So be careful where you take your car to get worked on. And if you receive letters from the dmv saying your car is reported abandoned even if the shop says everything is fine. Don't believe them. read more