Prieg's Detail Garage

Mr. brought us his Corvette for a paint correction. Our communication was through phone because he was currently deployed. The first thing we noticed is that the vehicle was in much worse condition than was described. I decided to not make an issue of it, but it was just going to take more work and time to get it done right. We completed the vehicle and Mr. checked over the vehicle himself. He was very satisfied with the work. He was so satisfied that a couple days later he brought us is red Kawasaki to repaint. We also completed that and he was very satisfied. He asked if I knew someone that could look at a motor issue on his corvette while he was deployed. I'm always trying to help, and sometimes I try to help too much and don't know when to say no. I agreed and picked up the car and took it to my shop. I agreed to help him with the motor issue through a friend that specializes in that type of vehicle as a favor and not as a formal service. There were many nights spent trying to resolve the issues on the car, but no luck. The vehicle was left at my shop for over six months. At no point did I ever agree to keep it inside the shop at all times. It's absurd to expect a shop to store a vehicle inside (that's not even paying for a service) for 6 months at no cost. We did try to keep it inside most of the time. It was also very difficult to move because it had a dead battery and didn't run correctly so it had to be pushed. One Sunday (closed on Sundays) I received a frantic phone call from his girlfriend saying he was in some sort of trouble with the military and that people from the military might be coming by to look at the corvette to investigate something. At this point I became very weary of the vehicle and really wanted nothing to do with it. I tried to call Mr. (via Facebook because he was overseas) but got no answer. Mr. eventually reached out and said that he was In some sort of trouble and needed to sell the corvette quick due to him being kicked out of the military and needing money. He said he was going to have a friend pick it up, and a couple times were scheduled (during business hours) to have it picked up but no one showed. I randomly received a phone call close to 9pm one night that he was at my shop and needed to get the car. (We close at 7pm.) I was currently at dinner and shouldn't be expected to drop what I'm doing with my family at 9pm at night. I had also told Mr. due to the vehicle being abandoned at the shop for so long, the vehicle had collected dirt, dust, and been occasionally rained on. I even agreed to clean it up for him but couldn't just drop what I was doing that second and said that we needed to schedule it. That apparently was not ok with him and he eventually had a friend pick up the car. He also had mentioned another motorcycle that needed work but nothing became of it. He brought the police to my shop asking about motorcycle parts. I very willingly let the police in and the searched for anything that could resemble anything of the parts Mr *** was referring to and found nothing. I also explained that we would have an invoice to the customer before any work was performed. Mr. could not produce an invoice. Just before this incident, it was made aware to me through a mutual friend that Mr. had mentioned causing bodily harm to me. I mentioned all of this to the police when they were at the shop. Mr. was then trespassed from the property and from contacting me directly. He then has just tried to post bad and false reviews on all my business pages and obviously now with the Revdex.com. Bottom line is that we were hired to do a job. We fulfilled that job. If Mr *** knew he was going to need motor work done to the vehicle he should have had the paint correction done after the fact. I also should not be required to store an abandoned vehicle inside for 6 months.