The Mechanic Scam: My family have gone to the same mechanic for 18 years. I stopped going to him about 6 years ago, when I


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The Mechanic Scam:
My family have gone to the same mechanic for 18 years. I stopped going to him about 6 years ago, when I started to suspect he was screwing us over. I noticed every single time I'd get something fixed something else stopped working. After the last fix, it took 1200 dollars and three trips for him to figure out my fuel pump wasn't working. That was the last thing I've had him fix.

My parents trust him though so they didn't believe me, but I never pressed the issue.

So two years ago my mom got a new car. Within 15 months it died on her. He tells her it's a 4,000 dollar fix, cause the head gasket busted and bent some nonsense. I begged her to get a second opinion but 'Dwyane would never do us dirty' but mom couldn't afford to fix it.

So this week she sold it for 800 dollars and the guy she sold it to called and apologized for screwing us over. Mom was confused. It was ONE SPARK PLUG. Head gasket was fine. A 10 dollar 10 minute repair and my mom is out 8000.

Safe to say she believes me now that Dwayne will do you dirty. This got me thinking and I honestly don't know one mechanic who hasn't screwed me over in one way or another. Now if I can't fix it myself or with my dad, I get angry, because I can't trust any mechanics not to screw me over.