What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Nebraska
Recently, my fiance had an unexpected seizure while driving and his car went into a ditch. After being towed to the impound lot by police, we went to pick it up and it wouldnt start. We towed it again to Firestone Auto in Omaha to have it looked at and to be fixed. After staying for a while, one of their employees finally told us that they looked at the car and that the transmission was the problem and, since they dont work on transmissions, there was nothing they could do to fix it. They told us that on a car like ours, a new transmission could run up to $2000. The car wasn't even worth that much, It was an older acura that had seen better days. (we bought it 5 years ago for less then $4000) After talking to him and expressing how disappointed we were, this employee told us that even though the transmission was out, the engine was still good. He told us he was personally interested in buying the engine from us so that he could put it into his Honda, and this would save us from having to pay to tow it to a scrap yard and get barely anything for it. Both of us know little about cars, and trusted his professional advice about what a money pit the car was and truly nothing could be done. We agreed to sell him the car for $500 so that he could take the engine out and tow the rest to scrap. We had no choice but to go buy a different car and really put a dent in our savings.
Less then a week later, we come across the acura listed for sale on craigslist for $2400, noting that the only thing wrong with the car was some motor mounts, and that this had been fixed at firestone. We even called the number listed and talked to the guy that had just told us our car was unfixable (posing as potential buyers). He raved about how nicely it drove, they had done some minor repairs at his job at firestone, changed the oil, replaced the motor mounts, and it was good to go.
People get screwed over all the time, but this was a guy in an auto repair shop, using his professional expertise to manipulate us into selling him our car for his personal gain. The title has already been signed over to him. PLEASE help, is there anything we can do?! We'd love to just get the car back if it runs, and we would have paid to have it repaired at that shop. Sadly, we never got that option.
-Steph
Recently, my fiance had an unexpected seizure while driving and his car went into a ditch. After being towed to the impound lot by police, we went to pick it up and it wouldnt start. We towed it again to Firestone Auto in Omaha to have it looked at and to be fixed. After staying for a while, one of their employees finally told us that they looked at the car and that the transmission was the problem and, since they dont work on transmissions, there was nothing they could do to fix it. They told us that on a car like ours, a new transmission could run up to $2000. The car wasn't even worth that much, It was an older acura that had seen better days. (we bought it 5 years ago for less then $4000) After talking to him and expressing how disappointed we were, this employee told us that even though the transmission was out, the engine was still good. He told us he was personally interested in buying the engine from us so that he could put it into his Honda, and this would save us from having to pay to tow it to a scrap yard and get barely anything for it. Both of us know little about cars, and trusted his professional advice about what a money pit the car was and truly nothing could be done. We agreed to sell him the car for $500 so that he could take the engine out and tow the rest to scrap. We had no choice but to go buy a different car and really put a dent in our savings.
Less then a week later, we come across the acura listed for sale on craigslist for $2400, noting that the only thing wrong with the car was some motor mounts, and that this had been fixed at firestone. We even called the number listed and talked to the guy that had just told us our car was unfixable (posing as potential buyers). He raved about how nicely it drove, they had done some minor repairs at his job at firestone, changed the oil, replaced the motor mounts, and it was good to go.
People get screwed over all the time, but this was a guy in an auto repair shop, using his professional expertise to manipulate us into selling him our car for his personal gain. The title has already been signed over to him. PLEASE help, is there anything we can do?! We'd love to just get the car back if it runs, and we would have paid to have it repaired at that shop. Sadly, we never got that option.
-Steph