How do I alert others about my experience?, (Scott Burnett/Kahiko Customs & Restoration) |
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How do I alert others about my experience?, (Scott Burnett/Kahiko Customs & Restoration) |
Cairo94507 |
Jul 16 2018, 07:17 AM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 9,750 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California |
So next week will be 1 year since I pulled my car from Scotty's shop, (KAHIKO CUSTOMS & RESTORATION, Scott Burnett, 106H Roxbury Industrial, Charles City, VA 23030) and I am still missing parts Scott has still never found in his shop....
Though Scott has admitted he owes me money, and I have asked him to send what he said he owed me, I have never seen a single penny. I paid Scott $29,600 and traded him my 3.0 running motor ($7,500 value?) for work- not an insignificant amount. I have copies of the checks, pictures of the motor, an invoice from Scott showing work I was charged for, etc. I have avoided posting a lot of the pictures of the condition in which I found my car when I picked it up after Scott had it for 61 months, but I can. Trust me, Kent has now got over 350 hours into getting the chassis ready for paint. I am aware of two other member who experienced similar trouble with Scott and pulled their cars from his shop as well. When I first began dealings with Scott he seemed to be a solid dude who had done some great work in the past. However after he injured his back, maybe 1.5 years into my build, it seemed like everything changed dramatically and he never got back to what he may have once been. I want to post about my experience so anyone searching for a shop in the near future can make an informed decision regarding their shop selection. How would you go about that? Where would you post that- specifically, what other car forums should I alert, if any? Looking for helpful suggestions. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) |
flmont |
Jul 16 2018, 08:45 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 879 Joined: 21-October 08 From: Tucson,Az Member No.: 9,676 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Sounds like fraud to me,I would have the cops all over that guy quick..!!
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mepstein |
Jul 16 2018, 09:04 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,270 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Sounds like fraud to me,I would have the cops all over that guy quick..!! In my case it would be difficult. Most of the interaction was verbal until he sent me a final invoice that he constructed the way he wanted it to look. Verbally he said I had paid all that was needed to get to a certain point but then the final invoice had him owed more money. My PM box had filled up so I had deleted the PM's from him. I switched banks years ago so no way to show I had paid and he sat on the money for years. My attorney friend always says whoever documents the best is the winner. In my case, that's not me. For me, part of the pain is having accepted excuse after excuse for years and giving him a pass. I saw him getting done other peoples work (smaller jobs) while mine sat. He kept on saying that he was planning on spending X amount of weeks on mine but it never happened. So I got suckered but like Michael, I don't want it to happen to others. Like Michael says, Its not easy to stand up and say I've been scammed. When I picked up my car, I was so disheartened by the way it looked, I shoved in in the back corner of the shop for 2 years. |
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