As someone who has had builders in his castle for 16 weeks, doing a four week job, it just re-itterates my views of British workmanship!

Bish, bash, bosh. It will be alright - nobody will notice!

I'm not OCD (wife would disagree) but I just want a job doing right by people who claim to have the knowledge.

Clearly this garage didn't, and just tried to bosh it - and now they've been caught out.

Sue the Bastards! SDV6 HSE Sport2 - Santorini Black, Ebony Interior, Pano Roof, Things I haven't found yet!

TDV6 HSE, Java Black, Black Premium Leather, Privacy, LR Side Steps, Smoked Side Repeaters, SC Vents and lots of toys!

Aint No Dobbin.... So what have you done ? Have you started any type of proceedings yet.....

Jed W: Im loving the castle. . . Although id be a bit worried if this was the standard of workmanship on my castle...





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Siberianfox wrote:

Aint No Dobbin.... So what have you done ? Have you started any type of proceedings yet.....

Jed W: Im loving the castle. . . Although id be a bit worried if this was the standard of workmanship on my castle...

Sadly, your workmanship is much better that my builders!

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Today an independent engineer is coming to look at them and he will report back to his insurers, who have been quite helpful so far. I've contacted trading standards and got a letter to send him that they gave me to download stating the consumer rights act. Today i need to get hold of the garage who worked on it earlier in the week to see if they will give a statement on the condition of the wheels.
The next time i take any of my cars to the garage i will be definately taking pictures before hand. I just can't believe people act in this way!!!

You are quite right to be angry mate, I'm suprised you showed so much restraint when the Owner laughed in your face. I for one wouldn't but then again, I would have probably ended up with nothing and an assualt charge all because of some incompetent a55hole

You have done all the correct things by lodging a complaint the trading standards and if you have pictures of the wheels before and after then you should be fine.

Civil law is based upon a balance of probability so it would appear the scales of justice are heavily weighted on your side from what you have said.

I presume you were given some sort of job ticket (detailing the work to be done etc) when you gave them in where you?

I'm just around the corner from AMS and have met the owner several times, obnoxious is the first word that springs to mind, he is notorious for over pricing...........and a little point of interest is that most of the monkeys working there all jumped ship from the Kwik Fit on Seaway road..............after they scratched the wheels on my XF whilst undoing the wheel nuts, they then went on to set up the front end which killed a tyre on a trip to Brum.........5mm toe out !! and then insisted that I had hit something to put the tracking that far out, I wouldnt touch them with your barge pole. Best price and service normally comes from Brixham tyres a decent family run outfit.

Look out for a silver 08 plate in the Preston area, normally parked with a big modded black 110 !

Mine were scratched around wheel nuts last month during service at Dealer - I had just had alloys refurbished prior to service too

Seems to happen to me every time I have tyres changed or punctures - they ram the gun in without any thought for your property and drop wheels on ground  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Thanks for that Andy, my local taxi firm have also recommended Brixam tyres i will definitely check them out the next time i need tyres. We are new to the area and you can't beat recommended garages they are few and far between. Word of mouth says alot and so far the feed back that i have recieved about AMS Tyres has been dreadful. The owner is one of the most jumped up arrogant self indulged people i have ever had the unfortunate opportunity to come across. I can't believe people like him treat others like this and actually stay in business!!! Luckily for me i'm a great believer in what goes around comes around.
He probably needs a bottle of scotch just to sleep at night. A happy man? I think not!

Yep he magics the beans alright ! No respect for others, pledges best prices and pays the nmw to his staff, good economics but breeds contempt, I used to help on Torquay Marina as a night berthing master, putting boats on berths etc and hourly rounds of the whole site, good money and kept me out of the pub when on normal leave, one night got 3 big yachts due in and on the radio and in walks a short fat curly haired person all full of himself with mates, ploughs through the sweet section demanding an instant response, told him I was otherwise engaged dealing with more important matters, he complained to MDL about my conduct, I logged exactly what was happening and got a pat on the back for holding my ground and concentrating on what I should have been doing i.e. berthing boats that pay £80 a night and not some gimp wanting £6.90's worth of Curly Wurlys and Mars Bars, anyway any help needed down this way shout..... I'm pretty clued up and so is my Ferrari trained m8 with his own unit in Ellacombe

Finally got my cheque through off the insurers of that towrag at AMS Tyres. What did the owner of the garage say to me again? "Mrs i couldn't give a monkeys about your wheels. You don't stand a chance of getting anything out of my insurers".
Well the independent engineer agreed with me that the damage had been done by their lack of care. And i was lucky that the day before the sport had been in the local landrover garage having the breaks done and they gave a statement saying the wheels were in no way damaged. Just remember to take pics before you have work done is the lesson i have learnt from this. Took a while with his insurers dragging their heels hoping i would go away, but there was no way i was going to let him get away with this.

Glad to hear it

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Well done! Excellent result!

Its always good to get one over on a towrag

Jim

Excellent!!

Good to hear you persevered.