Mike mahoney of Dynamic Metal By Design,
Hey its Drew Vigil, the guy with the 53 suburban whos axel you welded a few days ago. As I told you on the phone, the weld you performed on my 1953 chevy suburban failed, causing my pinion to chip, u-joint to break, and my driveshafted is badly marred, these are just a few of what I know is damaged, there might be other things I cant see (i.e. rear end prolbems?)
You told me when you welded it, that " It would haved helped if I had taken the rubber on the swivel off before hand, and that the rubber stinks and is a lil more difficult to weld. " When I asked what I could do and you said, " well nothing now," and you went ahead and welded it, told me that it was as good and solid, charged me $100 cash, and left.
When I called and told you that your weld failed, you said " well I told you that rubber was giving me a hard time."
Which you did, but you said you could weld it, it was just stinky, and more difficult . I took this as " I wish i didnt have to smell this, and its harder"
not, " my weld wont hold, i know this, and you should aswell , but im gonna weld it anyway, knowing its bunk,, tell you its ready to go, charge you a hundred bucks, then tell you, 'I Told you I didnt like the rubber when you tell me it failed.' "
You then told me I had to get a torch and burn the rubber out, then you would re-weld it again.
If you knew it wasn't going to hold why did you weld it, tell me it was safe, and charge me $100 for 15 min of work.
After cousulting counsel, I would like to ask for a refund of the $100 I paid, as well as $150 to help pay for the damages caused to my vehicle, due to your neglegence. If this dosent seem fair I will pursue the matter futher in court. you claim your company "Dynamic Metals By Designs" to be insured, and it looks like if you knew that your weld wasent going to hold, and that The rubber bushing needed to be removed prior to welding, but went ahead and welded it, charged me, and told me it was good, then Im sure a judge would find you neglegent.
Telling me " man this rubber stinks man! iTS DRIPPING!" IT NOT THE SAME AS, "WELL , its not gonna last but im going to do it and bill you and tell you its solid"
you'r the expert with 35 years experence, not me. If I had called someone else out and they had either refused to weld it, or " heated it up with a torch, and dig it out", as you told me to do yesterday, then I would not be in this situation.
Therefore, I am formaly asking for my $100 back as well as 150 to help pay for repairs. I dont want you to weld it, I just want it fixed correctly.
I hope to hear from you soon, thanks again,
Drew vigil
and he replied
1st of all, my name is Mark not Mike.
2nd....I asked YOU where you wanted it welded...I did just that......
If YOU didn't want me to continue AFTER I mentioned all the rubber, YOU should have "made the call"
You looked at it......you paid.
Threatening me with legal was not the way to go.
I am willing to re-emburse your 100.00...... that is as far as I will go.
Also, at the end of your "nice and judgmental letter" you say you don't want me to weld it, just fix it.
Hey, I'm a welder not a mechanic, which I also made clear.
You "Made the call" in all aspects.
Well, I offered to come back to weld it all the way around, but you felt that, by being an opportunist
was the right way to go and you recanted on me coming back.
Now, AFTER you "nice letter" you recant again.
Instead I get a threat and nasty statements.
and I spent 40 minutes there, not 15 min's ,and the gas and time to get there.
If you respond "positively" to my offer to re-embuse, I will send you a check for the 100.00
That is as far as I will go.
Do not call...just e-mail...that's it.
I will only send a check if you respond positively to MY offer.
No response thru e-mail...no re-emburse.
