I noticed something that I thought I'd share with you and give my opinion on what it means...
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Source: CarrollCustomCadillac.com/pages/repaircost.aspx
(Last accessed: 1446 CDT, 27 October 2015)
Sometime in the not too distant past Tim Carroll or someone working on his behalf, edited the Repair Cost page to add the following:
In the above core waiver; we explain the core must usable, do your do diligence and check your engine for Hydro Locking, rusting block? If you bring us your car for an engine rebuild and the core is not suitable for rebuild, as with all engine sales, there will be an additional 500. engine core replacement charge, no exceptions!
Failure to comply with this standard core charge will end the repair in question, there is NO refund of down payments made toward these repairs and will cover all labor cost up to this decision. (Emphasis added)Why would Carroll write a disclaimer to go along with his "Complete Engine Rebuild or Engine Replacement with your usable core," published rate of $4,950.00?
Well as we all know Carroll requires an Up Front Deposit of 50%. So you send, bring or he comes and gets your Cadillac and you're, not counting shipping costs, $2,475.00 poorer.
He takes your money and possession of your car. It sits on residential not commercial property, and he lets it sit. Time goes on, he'll have one excuse after another. One excuse he likes to use (on me) and on several of his former clients that I've talked to, is he'll claim to have discovered an electrical system (usually PCM) problem and so on and so forth.
Then he'll just totally ignore your emails and phone calls until you make a firm demand, which is your right, to know what's going on. Which Carroll will then seize upon as an opportunity to end the business relationship by claiming that you've somehow impinged his honor and he's having your car towed.
You'll want to know about a refund of your money to which Carroll will point you to the above disclaimer and say everything he's done has been all labor.
Now Carroll might not have turned one nut or bolt on your Caddy but how are you going to prove it? You'll have to get your car and take it to a shop and pay a fee to have a qualified Northstar System Specialist, of which good luck finding one, to go through it and inspect it and hopefully find out what Carroll and his "goon squad" have done or not done to your Caddy.
That's if you want to take Carroll to court. Then you'll have attorney fees, filing fees for your petition as well a fee to have it served and all the other costs that go with litigation. To name a few, witnesses, subpoenas, depositions, interrogatories, affidavits, a Trial.
Soon you have more money invested than the car is worth. Carroll knows all this and that the odds of your 'just letting it go,' writing it off as a lesson learned are heavily in his favor.
Carroll will just change the name again, in my opinion, in an effort to confuse the search engines.
So after reading the above disclaimer on the carrollcustomcadillac.com website, it's my opinon and mine alone -- based upon my personal first hand knowledge of dealing with Tim Carroll, in which and how he defrauded me out of over $7,000.00 and my 1999 Cadillac Eldorado that the disclaimer is Carroll's attempt of covering his ass in such a way that he is going to get at minimum, your deposit regardless of what happens.
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