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« Reply #15 on: December 22, 2006, 11:30:58 PM »
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indeed, was the car not servicable before and now it's running?  you left without leaving any form of payment?  the work has no value?  I sure hope this is another fantasy bs story.  If I were that shop owner I'd file a lien on that car right now.


So if I paint your house without authorization, you are still required to pay me because my paint job had value?

I gotta get me a contractors licence.
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« Reply #16 on: December 22, 2006, 11:34:15 PM »
Looks like a case for Judge Judy.
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« Reply #17 on: December 22, 2006, 11:51:59 PM »
I smell BS. Why didn't you just buy her a new car? You're rich, right?
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« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2006, 03:54:02 AM »
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So, M36, what was it in this post that made you assume there was a rip-off going on?

xMarine, I didn't catch your explanation as to why its OK to not pay for services rendered? Or did I miss something?

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Well the long story was....

She called AAA when her car wouldn't start, then these dudes showed up explaining to her she needed to call and cancel because their radio wasn't working, which she did. The AAA dispatcher even told her the truck wasnt there yet, but they apparently had her car hooked up and ready to go... she was just happy to have a truck there and cancelled the AAA call even though she was suspicious. In their rush they failed to get her to sign a work order.

1 day later she gets a call telling her the car is really messed up and will cost $500, when she went to get it they demanded $1200 and threatened to put a lien on the car, or "unrepair" it.. then one of them hinted she could work it off in other ways.

Around here we call these dudes the "Glendale AMI", Armenian Mechanized Infantry, but they call themselves the Armenian Mafia. This is their scam, they jump AAA calls and extort $$ from people, mostly clueless Women and most of the time its 100% legal if they have a valid work order, and the AAA customer cancells the call... its a gypsy scam. They just pulled it on the wrong people this time and got pwned.

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« Reply #19 on: December 23, 2006, 04:07:23 AM »
In that case.... wtfg Marine :aok

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« Reply #20 on: December 23, 2006, 04:29:38 AM »
How do they jump the AAA call?   Do they listen in on cell phone conversations?




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« Reply #21 on: December 23, 2006, 05:14:04 AM »
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xMarine did you ever get your million dollars?


The cash I got was 1 check with 19 years interest.. even though I frikn worked for the .feds and a local .gov, the Indian affairs branch of the .gov lost my address 19 years ago which is how I got on the list.

Not a million, but I could pay cash for a new VW GTI.. so it was very decent chunk of free $$. I get semi regular payments when the balance reaches a certain amount. Thanks for being part Hopi dad!

There is still 10s of millions of dollars owed to people like me, but the .gov doesn't exactly know who should get it.. so I'm on another list with a few family members I never heard of... thats the part I'm excited about, but theres no telling how long it'll take. Theres 1 class action suit, I know of, to force the .gov into settling the accounts.. so who knows. I may not even have enough native American blood to qualify for that fund, but I can make a claim on my fathers estate.

I'm happy as a pig in poop with the $$ I already got...

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« Reply #22 on: December 23, 2006, 06:03:41 AM »
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How do they jump the AAA call?   Do they listen in on cell phone conversations?




Les


Thats an excellant question, I dont know. These AMI guys are like tow truck / repair shop roaches, my guess is that they have a legit AAA shop somewhere, but divert calls to their buddies if closer. These dudes got busted in Burbank a few years back; they put up bogus "No parking" signs in private lots after people parked and were towing 10-15 cars a night.

These a holes did a real job on my xGF, suggesting she use their phone to call friends to borrow $$, which is why she called me in tears. I told her to sign nothing and tell them I had the extra cash, I knew right away she was getting scammed.

They tried to take her to the ATM to see how much more she could get, "use your overdraft", and pressured her "just put it on a credit card", then 1 of them finally hinted some sex, for all 4 of the dirt-bag scum, plus $500 should cover it. Thats what set me off, I was pi55ed off and talked copious amounts of trash to these pukes to rile them up before the Sheriffs arrived.

I asked them if they got lost on their way to the Fallujah pimp festival, or had been scuicide bomber rejects.. then I started in on how theyd have to wait to blow themselves up because no 12 virgins would have them until they showered. I told one dude he smelled dead, "trying to trick the virgins huh?" Oh man, lol... they didn't like.

The Sheriffs were great btw, they were all wooing over my x, they felt for her which was cool... and knowing these dudes were AMI, I could tell the deputies were thoroughly enjoying putting the boot to the would be scammers. My being a graduate of the Sheriffs academy didnt hurt either.

I can only imagine how many people they have ripped off, these guys were fast talking and comfortable with their game.. and they all had brand new cars, lowered Mitsubishi's with ugly graphics, fins and other absurd garbage to go with the armo hip hop clothes, gaudy jewelry and exposed chest pubic hair thanks to the button down shirt .. way more $$ than taste for sure, they seriously looked like stereotypical assclowns from a low budget comedy.

I'm still lmao at those morons, the two who are in jail gotta be losing it... a weekend in LA County is downright dangerous, and until they renew their business license, "closed for the holidays"

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« Reply #23 on: December 23, 2006, 06:17:59 AM »
Sounds like xmarine was really lobbying for a Darwin award there but a freak accident took it away from his hands. :rolleyes:
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« Reply #24 on: December 23, 2006, 07:34:54 AM »
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In that case.... wtfg Marine :aok


Ahh, yes. Sounds like justice is being dispensed, WTFG :)

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« Reply #25 on: December 23, 2006, 08:23:42 AM »
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Well the long story was....

She called AAA when her car wouldn't start, then these dudes showed up explaining to her she needed to call and cancel because their radio wasn't working, which she did. The AAA dispatcher even told her the truck wasnt there yet, but they apparently had her car hooked up and ready to go... she was just happy to have a truck there and cancelled the AAA call even though she was suspicious. In their rush they failed to get her to sign a work order.

1 day later she gets a call telling her the car is really messed up and will cost $500, when she went to get it they demanded $1200 and threatened to put a lien on the car, or "unrepair" it.. then one of them hinted she could work it off in other ways.

Around here we call these dudes the "Glendale AMI", Armenian Mechanized Infantry, but they call themselves the Armenian Mafia. This is their scam, they jump AAA calls and extort $$ from people, mostly clueless Women and most of the time its 100% legal if they have a valid work order, and the AAA customer cancells the call... its a gypsy scam. They just pulled it on the wrong people this time and got pwned.


 This is not the first sad story of this watermelon I have heard about here in SoCal....
It is an AMI, rip off .... the Valley is full of these bastards doing this form of scam ,  "Like the lawyer just happens to be at the car accident scam" ......

  Kudo's  XM
 (to bad you could not have found a way to shove the wrench up the monkeys butt  for him ....an still got the assist from the Sheriff's office ).....

  AAA dispatchers are for the most part clueless dolts, located in San Diego...
 They wouldn't have a clue where Victory & Lakershim Blvds. are located on their best day ...  I know for a fact they don't even use Thomas Guides ....

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« Reply #26 on: December 23, 2006, 08:50:25 AM »
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 I asked them if they got lost on their way to the Fallujah pimp festival, or had been scuicide bomber rejects.. then I started in on how theyd have to wait to blow themselves up because no 12 virgins would have them until they showered. I told one dude he smelled dead, "trying to trick the virgins huh?" Oh man, lol... they didn't like.

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Sounds like a gypsy type scam for sure, and I'm glad you got them shut down, I know my in-laws family in Italy hate the Gypsies that come from across the Adriatic.....But the next time you go all Archie Bunker on an Armenian, make sure you get the religious bigotry right.......

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« Reply #27 on: December 23, 2006, 10:06:59 AM »
I don't believe that xmarine can buy a pack of smokes without some sort of life or death struggle involving guns and police and him saving the day by being such a tough guy and reminding everyone that he was once a cop.

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« Reply #28 on: December 23, 2006, 01:29:12 PM »
LOL Lazs....:rofl

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« Reply #29 on: December 23, 2006, 01:43:33 PM »
:rofl  lazs