Hello all,
I live in South Florida - Broward County. On June 7th I delivered my car to get a stereo system installed. The installed works part time and we agreed that he would not take longer than 60 days to complete the job (I have it in writing). Today is September7th and he is one month late to deliver my car. For what I have seen he is not even half way done and my car is in pieces. The installer keeps promising delivery dates that depend on something and he never delivers. The last date he promised was to deliver the car today, and again, he is nowhere near completion. Instead he has pushed the delivery date back to two weeks from today (for the 5th time). I have already paid him most of the money I owe him (I know it was a bad idea, but I thought that would speed things up). I made one payment when I delivered the car and the other six weeks into the two months when he had almost nothing done to the car (again, I know it was a mistake). I have been very patient until today, which I lost it when he threatened to return my car to me today as is (in pieces).
At least not everything is bad; he gave me a loaner car (a beat up VW bug) that is nothing like my much nicer car. The installer thinks that because I have something to drive he can take as long as he likes to deliver. What is getting me really irritated too is his attitude, he does not care and he blows his own set deadlines as if they were nothing. I cannot believe anything he tells me anymore. He told me that the car will be finished in two weeks from today, but this will be his 6th delivery date. To me this date is just another deadline for him to blow.
What do I want to do? I want to scare him real good; I want him to have a REAL deadline to deliver my car. I want him to be penalized for his tardiness. I want to make sure he finishes the work right. I want to get an assurance that he will fix the car if there is anything wrong with the installation. I want him to know that I am done with him dogging me around and I do mean business this time.
Is what I want unrealistic or fair? EVERY DAY I drive the bug I get so upset...
Please help.
I live in South Florida - Broward County. On June 7th I delivered my car to get a stereo system installed. The installed works part time and we agreed that he would not take longer than 60 days to complete the job (I have it in writing). Today is September7th and he is one month late to deliver my car. For what I have seen he is not even half way done and my car is in pieces. The installer keeps promising delivery dates that depend on something and he never delivers. The last date he promised was to deliver the car today, and again, he is nowhere near completion. Instead he has pushed the delivery date back to two weeks from today (for the 5th time). I have already paid him most of the money I owe him (I know it was a bad idea, but I thought that would speed things up). I made one payment when I delivered the car and the other six weeks into the two months when he had almost nothing done to the car (again, I know it was a mistake). I have been very patient until today, which I lost it when he threatened to return my car to me today as is (in pieces).
At least not everything is bad; he gave me a loaner car (a beat up VW bug) that is nothing like my much nicer car. The installer thinks that because I have something to drive he can take as long as he likes to deliver. What is getting me really irritated too is his attitude, he does not care and he blows his own set deadlines as if they were nothing. I cannot believe anything he tells me anymore. He told me that the car will be finished in two weeks from today, but this will be his 6th delivery date. To me this date is just another deadline for him to blow.
What do I want to do? I want to scare him real good; I want him to have a REAL deadline to deliver my car. I want him to be penalized for his tardiness. I want to make sure he finishes the work right. I want to get an assurance that he will fix the car if there is anything wrong with the installation. I want him to know that I am done with him dogging me around and I do mean business this time.
Is what I want unrealistic or fair? EVERY DAY I drive the bug I get so upset...
Please help.
