One more remedy I would use is your local TV News station. Here we have a segment devoted to local people who get scammed or poor service and they send out a reporter to investigate the complaint. We call it "Action 9" here. They get results too. If you even tell them you have contacted them it might get a quick response. It's like the local equivalent of 20/20, 60 mins. or Primetime TV. -----Original Message----- From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of anthony romano Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 12:49 AM To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: IML: Am I getting screwed? I'm sorry this has happen to you and all of us for that matter. I'm so grateful we have this club to depend on to assist each other in our repairs and situations. All I know is that we've all been there obviously but the pour out of responses-- unfortunately more then once. Some good advice was given and here is mind: Ask for a refund as a dissatisfied consumer, call headquarters, and last but not least -Pray for them! -Anthony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hardrick, Brian" <HardrickBG@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 6:37 PM Subject: RE: IML: Am I getting screwed? Fellow Imperialist, You definitely got taken for a ride in your own vehicle. In no way shape or form should you take such a car to a Midas or as we call them here half-a-screw-tight-shops. There assumption is just like the old saying ( it will make an a** out of u and me) will always lead to additional cost for something they have no knowledge of and may not have the literature to find out. BattleAx 65 Imperial Crown Coupe -----Original Message----- From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of *MEG* Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 10:36 AM To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: IML: Am I getting screwed? If I wrote out all the details and the whole story it would take pages, so here is the brief summary. I took my '63 Custom to get new brake shoes on the front and the rear at Midas. They called me and said that I also needed 4 new wheel/brake cylinders. I don't know anything about brakes really, so when they told me I was leery. I mean, the car was stopping, granted it sounded like hell, but it was still stopping...if all of my cylinders had gone out would the car still stop? Whenever I went to pick her up last night I felt really uneasy about the whole situation, they just weren't giving me the comforting feeling that they knew what they were doing or that something was going on. They took her off the lift and had me test drive it because the brakes seemed mushy to them. I was scared to death, she wouldn't stop and we almost wrecked. I took her back and they came up with some crap about while bleeding the brakes in old cars sometimes the valve in the master cylinder will go out and that I needed a new master cylinder. The master cylinder was fine whenever I took it in there. That, and I just payed $846 for new shoes and the 4 wheel cylinders. I believe I was already screwed on the price, but I just want the input, advice and insight any of you may have. My boss told me that there wasn't a valve that they are speaking of. Please help anyway. I want to be prepared whenever the guy calls me about Ms. Pearl today. 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