It sounds too awful to be true, but it is: A man who brought in a BMW to a repair shop for some minor work ended up with a wrecked car instead, after an employee admitted to taking it out for a joyride and wrecking it. And apparently, that is totally legal.
The customer is out one vehicle after the incident, but it appears all he can do is sue the repair shop, reportsWESH.com in Orlando. Police confirmed that the worker was driving the car and was involved in not one, but two accidents in the wee hours of January 8.
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Second similar post in about a month.We still don't know how the first one turned out.
ReplyDeleteHe got a replacement car by shaming the dealership online.
ReplyDelete11:39 yes and I hope Mr Hooper never gets caught up in an situation where he can be blasted on the blogs and internet.
ReplyDeleteWhy wouldn't it be legal? No crime occurred.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand the title of this post.
Happened to us and our insurance company ate their insurance company for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteAll laws protect business.
ReplyDeleteAll laws that protected consumers have been done away with. Just like homes that were broken into and the contents taken by banks. They are protected by the law. The owner is just screwed and forced to pay huge legal bills to get anything back.