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Mechanic carried out work which he had already previously done!

larry53 · 2011-09-21 11:50:21

Hello, i recently took my car for its service to a mechanic who is a family 'friend'. he advised me that i needed my cambelt changing as the car had done 104,00 miles. he asked me if i had had the cambelt replaced before, i said i wasnt sure and that if so he would probably have done it. he checked the engine and said that…

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Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite

22 September 2011 at 7:47PM

larry53 wrote: »

as i said, i thought that this mechanic was a good family friend, so i trusted his judgement. i still feel that i have been taken advantage of but looks like there is nothing i can do. moral... dont mix business with friends / family!

What utter rubbish. I do hundreds of laptop repairs and sales a year. I can't remember what I've done to whose a month later let alone a year or two later.

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