MIDASwell get the job done elsewhere! Rob.
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Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:35
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Subject: Re: IML: Am I getting
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Midas was the man with the golden touch. Everything he touched
turned to gold.
-----Original Message----- From: fljoslin@xxxxxxxx To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent:
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:16 PM Subject: Re: IML: Am I getting screwed?
What does the name Midas mean anyway? And for whom?
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Original Message ----- From: "Chris Strohmeyer" To:
mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: IML: Am I getting
screwed? Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:00:57 -0800
My experience
was when I called around for a muffler replacement Midas was TWICE the
price of a private outlet. I figured a chain store would be cheaper,
well they're NOT. Chris Strohmeyer 67 Imperial Convertible -----
Original Message ----- From: To: Cc: "Woolf,Richard T(Contractor)"
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 9:37 AM Subject: RE: IML: Am I
getting screwed?
> Did they replace drums or turn them.??
> Really need to know more of what they did. > If they replace
the master cycl, wheel cycl > and shoes only, and adjusted them it
should > not have been more than $400.00. If they > replaced
drums then you could be looking at > $800.00 with the rest of the
brake work. > Midas is the last place I would go to. Find > an
independe shop with an older mechaic and > checck with
them >> > >> 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. >> Megan >> >> >>
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