"Derry Argue" <derry(delete)@adviegundogs.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Badger" <brianhattonnospammers@beeeteeeinnit.com> wrote in
> news:cttqg4$s4s$1@titan.btinternet.com:
>
>> Derry, I worked out where you live from your email
>> address, I can
>> understand why you wouldn't be over impressed with your
>> local landy specialist up the hill behind you........ the
>> word rogue springs to mind, except it isn't a bad enough
>> description!
>
> If we are talking about the same guy, I have absolutely no
> complaints, rather the reverse. No, the rogue trader is in
> Inverness.
>
> I am probably a fool but I take people on face value until I
> discover otherwise. If we are talking about the same guy, he has
> just done the timing belt on my 300 Tdi. I got the conversion
> kit for him to fit as it is listed as one of the affected vin
> numbers.
>
> But apparently it is not one of those affected. (He predicted it
> wouldn't be). It already has the flanged pulley. Now there was
> an excellent opportunity for a "rogue" to tell me he had fitted
> the new parts -- then kept my kit for another job. But he
> didn't.
Well, that's nice to know. Seems like he's changed then, I'm glad to hear it
'cos I actually quite like the guy!
> It is dangerous to defame people unless there is proof that will
> stand up in court. Also, for a successful action in defamation
> it is enough that the person can be identified, he doesn't have
> to be named. Just some friendly advice. You may bet that I have
> that evidence concerning my business with the Inverness garage
> or I would have kept my mouth firmly shut!<g>
He did a chassis change for me many, many years ago at his previous place
further down the road, it took 2 days to "put to rights" all his mistakes
and bad workmanship. He scratched all the roof above the doors where he
slung the body off (with chains, and nothing protecting the guttering, seals
or paint!!), left brake pipe unions untightened - I lost the brakes on the
way home!!, didn't bleed the clutch properly, the main battery lead to the
starter was unsecure, it welded itself to the underside of the r/h exhaust
manifold - the only thing that stopped the vehicle going on fire was the
fact that the battery terminals weren't tightened, I managed to pull the
negative off to break the circuit but burnt my hand in the process. I was
absolutely fuming at the time, he got a rocket from me over the phone at the
time and told where he could stick the extra that he was due (an extra
hundred quid or so had miraculously worked its way into the fixed price
quote!), unless he wanted me to go to trading standards. I never spoke to
him or dealt with him again until about 4 years ago. I see him maybe once a
year, only if I can't source a part from elsewhere. But, for all that, I do
actually find him quite a likeable sort of bloke. I get on ok with him now,
that whole carry on doesn't even get mentioned anymore, but I still wouldn't
trust him to work on any motor of mine ever again.
That's the factual evidence that I relate to when I criticise/defame him,
plenty of photos were taken at the time as proof in case it went any
further. I'm not that stupid. <grin>
Badger.