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I'm in a bit of a pickle.
I bought some paint at an auto store back in November, just before Thanksgiving to get my car painted. The guy who is restoring my car was going to pick it up from the store. I see the guy about every other week. Well with the holidays I did not see him until Monday. He askes me if I brought in the other gallon of paint.
What?
He had gone to the store to pick up the paint and they only gave him one gallon. I bought two gallons. The guy at the store told him that I had the other gallon. I had left before they even mixed it. Now that I find this out I go to the store to find out what had happened there.

I get the manager from h*ll. I tell him what I know and he is talking down to me and is rude. I call the guy who picked up the paint on my cell phone, have to wait for the manager to get off his phone, hand him mine and they start talking, suddenly he throws my phone on the counter at me. :shock: He then starts talking really loudly about the two of us trying to steal a gallon of paint from him, in front of other customers. Now I am :devil2: .
He calls the headquarters and they tell him to give me the gallon, well he doesn't stop bad mouthing both of us. That's it. I tell him I am going to pay for this gallon and that was it because nobody like him was going to call me a thief, because I have an honest reputation.
I did end up paying half price for it. I had to get out before I threw something at him.
I have contacted the better business buerau and reported him.
Husband wants to go in and demand the money back that i paid for this other gallon.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

yes I trust the guy restoring my car, because if I didn't he wouldn't have it. I have known him for a couple of years now. He was sick with West Nile and home in bed, that is why I did not see him sooner. Yes his wife confirmed it.
 
I would write the main office. You are not the only person he has treated this way I assure you. In the letter I would state exactly what happened and give all the details including the number and address of the guy painting your car. I would not be rude but only factual. I think once your letter gets there, you will probably find him gone in short order. They need to know.
 
Yes I still have the receipt Crowder, don't tempt me.
I am going to see if I can find the main office on the internet Jo.
 
Don't it just pi$$ you off when some one is rude to your wife. Some times they forget that she is doing you a favor.I have no use for rude people. Maybe he needs a jaw alignment.
 
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kerley":1k4eo0qr said:
Don't it just pi$$ you off when some one is rude to your wife. Some times they forget that she is doing you a favor.I have no use for rude people. Maybe he needs a jaw alignment.
I agree, cause I for one know how it feels.
Opend my mouth once when a young man and had to eat christmas dinner threw a straw since I had both jaws wired shut.

Cal
 
Calman":1fdpbj4j said:
kerley":1fdpbj4j said:
Don't it just pi$$ you off when some one is rude to your wife. Some times they forget that she is doing you a favor.I have no use for rude people. Maybe he needs a jaw alignment.
I agree, cause I for one know how it feels.
Opend my mouth once when a young man and had to eat christmas dinner threw a straw since I had both jaws wired shut.

Cal

Woops! :shock:

Alice
 
The guy does not make sense. Custom mixed paints are not salable to anyone other than the person that orders it. They would not have mixed only one gallon at a time. If they mixed 2, why would they only allow you to take 1 without paying for both, and they did not make you pay for either when you supposedly picked up 1? :???:
 
The internet is a wonderful source to find out where the top of the ladder is. Some years ago, I used the net to locate the CEO of a hospital in Wyoming to voice a complaint regarding a nurse who refused me treatment since she assumed I was a drug seeker. All the nurse had to do was examine my scars and mouth to deduce that I was not. Nevetheless, she treated me like dirt. Demanded cash. Said my Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance was no good in Wyoming and they would not treat me. I wrote a long long letter detailing each and every thing she said as well as all the Hippa violations she committed as well as her attempt at sticking me with a 40cc syringe full of saline solution while the doctor sat on his butt playing a game on the computer. I let them know that I had them if I wanted them but told them I was just letting them know they had a loose cannon and that they would not be hearing from me again. Of course, their attorney sent me the usual damage control letter to which I did not respond. A year later I received a letter stating they found this nurse was habitual and they let her go and thanked me for the information I provided them. I hope the b..... rots in .....!
 
Was this store in the Electric City? I've found that many times you can find things cheaper in the bigger towns of Billings and Great Falls- but its worth it to me to pay the extra to buy it or order it thru a local strore (because they carry much less stock)- and deal with folks I see every day....

I bought two Dodge vehicles out of Great Falls one year- one new, one used- and really got screwed around on the warranty on one-- so its worth it to me anymore to pay more thru my local dealer- altho he sells many less so can't match the prices the big city can- at least I know he'll work with me....
 
OT it was in Great Falls.

novatech that is what I could not figure out. The guy repainting my car has no other vehicle getting painted "Plum Crazy" purple, so there is no need for him to take it and sell it.
I guess I should have stayed and watched them mix it. Hindsight is 20/20.

Jo I contacted the head quarters and got an e-mail back from them informing me that they are looking into this problem, but I am telling everybody I know what happened. It is probably going to get hot for that guy for awhile.
 

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