My car was left unatended .... abandond, by the body shop. im still shaking (cant believe) Options

[jsayre914]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) I feel sick, im still shaking from disbelief....

i am getting the hood painted just befor the hershey show, dropped it off yesterday, they said i could pick it up friday. So today I drive by for a sneak peek. I walk into the office and ask if i could take a look. Woman says paint shop is not here it is two blocks away, and she says no problem... I am next to the getto. the paint shop is inside the getto. google earth if you dont believe me.

caroline and bank st. baltimore md 21231

anyway, i drive by to notice my car, with the front hood missing sitting on the side of the road. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)

i park and run over to take a look... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

my subwoofer is sitting there out in the open, next to my battery jumper box, new cv axle, and polished fuches wheel with brand new rubber on it. I couldnt believe it, there was nobody around. Then i try the door handle and sure enough it is open, my tech tips, bosh fuel injection, and chiltons were on the seat. My cd player face was in the glove with my cds.

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I go inside the building and find nobody, just the smell of paint, i call out hello.... nothing, i walk into an adjascent building and there are 4 guys sitting at a table talking, none of which speak english. I am angry, they cannot help me.

I walked outside nobody followed me, and i cleaned out my car, took the spare, left only the tireboard and 2 seats. then i locked it and left.

what would you do??

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[charliew]

I have a friend who's a civil engineer his company makes big bucks. He bought a 62 chev 4x4 1/2 ton pickup from the original owner Cranfils Gap Firedept. For I think 1500.00. It doesn't have a square foot of straight sheetmetal. I think my friend was born in 62. His dad, him and I hunted together for about 33 years. The truck was rough but ran. He started sanding it in his driveway and his wife decided she didn't want the neighbors thinking they were like that. He found a guy who showed him a 60 chev he said he painted. My friend gave him 500.00 to start. He then bought two parts trucks. Then he bought a case of undercoat. Then he gave the guy some more money and after about a year the guy left the area and disappeared leaving the truck setting out side untouched and the parts trucks gone. My young friends father said the truck was worth 12500.00 fixed up. I told him it probably was if they spent 20k on it. I ended up with the truck at my house I guess forever, it is completely apart as he decided he wanted me to redo it. He thought I needed something to do I guess. For about 10.00 a hour. My son and I completely dissassembled it in about three days. I trailered it home free. I sent him a bill for 400.00. He decided to leave his company and start his own which is doing very well. He was doing most of the work at the company he worked at and his new company ended up with most of the other company's employees. He decided he wanted to wait till he got all his trucks and office stuff purchased, he got a big loan which I'm sure he has paid.He is very honest. I've known him and his dad since he was 12. Our last conversation went like this. He said do 3000.00 worth and lets see where it's gotten to. After we took it apart it sat in my shop 4 months, I had to move it out of my shop because it was in my way. The body is off the frame. It was a year till he decided to work on it again. I haven't touched it. He said he lost 3500.00 with the first bodyshop. Part of the problem is vehicles are really not important to him. I guess it was a novelty and his dad thought he could get it rebuilt for 2500.00.
This guys surveyors won't show up for less than 500.00.

The jist of this is a cheap job can get very expensive.