People taking advantage of little old ladies

[ColonelKorn]

On 2 separate occasions a certain body shop in town wanted to charge( but thanks to me didn't get the opportunity) my mother and another old woman an exhorbitant price for a minor fix. They tried to shaft mom for $800, and the other woman $1500 to "fix" a water leak caused by a plugged drain hole for the sun roof. I fixed both cars for nothing with a piece of weedeater string down the clogged hole. Bastards should be ashamed of themselves for even entertaining the idea. I bet they even go to church on Sundays and profess their love for Jesus

[aviator]

well...they have rent, taxes, payroll, workman compensation , insurance........you don't pay for any of that, do you? If you don't like the price move on. Sorry but I was in business for too long. I needed to replace the kitchen faucet at the island place, wife said, "Buy the faucet and have a plumber install it", I replied "Next time you go to McDonalds , give them a patty, bun and cheese and ask them to make you a cheeseburger and see what happens. Welcome to Free Enterprise America. I paid $575 to have a $175 Moen faucet installed, why? because I couldn't do it myself. Move on.

[ColonelKorn]

The difference is that they know what is wrong but tell the little old ladies that they basically have to tear the car apart to fix it, and then just do what I did and they still want to charge as if they did a major operation

[dinkydow]

In 1974, after replacing every worn or replaceable part in the steering and front suspension of my somewhat newly acquired 1961 'vette...I took it to Akron Wheel Alignment for an adjustment check. Bearing in mind that all the new parts were gleaming and greased for the first time after replacement.
I pulled the car into the bay as directed. And was told to wait in the office.
About twenty minutes later. The manager came over and told me."Wow! Good thing you bought that in when you did." Why i asked? He told me," every part in your front end needs replaced. It's all worn out." I just stood there dumbstruck until my brain rebooted and I saw the scam. Yes my hair was long and I had told the jerk I had only recently acquired the vette. I told him to work up a repair invoice/estimate. I went back to reading the National Geographic Magazine. After @30 minutes he approached me again and gave ne the estimate. I looked it over and asked for the customer copy and that I didn't bring that much cash with me ($900.00) as I walked to my car in the bay to leave he told me that, "as my car was unsafe to drive he would call the police on me if I drove off his lot." I hopped in fired it up and drove away. I then drove for several years on my apparently spot on initial settings.

Anyone else see how this particular scam was trying to fly?

[Johnny]

A couple times a month, I receive an offer to purchase one of my acreage properties. Most are from out-of-state (and some overseas) brokers operating out of PO boxes. Offers are generally about 1/3rd of market price. It's not illegal, but I've heard of people (mostly elderly) getting tricked into terrible deals they didn't understand. What may be legal, isn't always moral or ethical.