I need to talk to you guys!
 

Hey this is a bad situation, yesterday we were ROBBED, I along with a good friend buy insurance wrecked vehicles and rebuild them for the road . We try very hard to do all the things the vehicle needs to be safe and good looking ,We also do restorations,and we did a 79cutlass for a guy and painted it Pearl white w/blue flip/flop, and repainted it withTHE SAME COLOR AGAIN because he said it wasnt flip/floppy enough.OK we do that, fine, he comes and looks at it and LOVES IT THIS TIME,We are very happy he's happy,that was in OCT.He said he would pick it right up,SO yesterday he comes with 2 other people and pays my partner and then... grabs the $$ off the desk and runs for the car and takes off!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My partner fought with him but he got away laughing at him.... well needless to say we're freaked out to say the least......Now you know what happens next,Police,...etc... DO YOU BELIEVE THIS OR WHAT, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE COME TO..... thanks for listening SORRY ITS SO LONG BUT I NEEDED TO TALK.............DR.

THAT'S WRONG..sounds like there needs to be some leg breakers show up on his door step..be a shame also if something went wrong with paint job..like it got sprayed with oven cleaner.sure make it hard to repaint.know what i'm saying.these a%# holes needs to be delt with the same way they deal with others.the old fashion way.
sorry to hear about this.

Sorry to hear that.If it was me, I wish I could catch them before the police did. :evil: :evil: :evil:

Sounds like a little vigilante justice needs to be served, before our judicial system gets to them slaps them on the hand with a little probation and turs them loose. JMO

You know, I am not a very violant person, but in this kind of case, I think I would find him. I would learn as much as I could about this person & write down everything you remember about EVERY DETAIL of what happend (do not forget anything). Who knows him? Tatoos/Scars?Who are his friends? Next, where do they all live.... what do they all drive.... etc.

Once the cops are involved, LATCH on to the investigator assigned to case & do not let go. Everytime you find any detial about this crime, call him & make sure you do not get pushed back to the bottom of the stack!! (this happend to me) You may end up doing more work than the investigator himself, but that is ok if it helps.

Man, scary times we are in... glad you are ok & not hurt. Rigsby

Robbed
 

Sorry to hear your bad news. Makes you wonder where these kind of jerks are raised. I hope you get the car back and they end up doing hard time.

Sorry to hear this, Seem's like this is happening all over, just the other morning @ 4;30, a guy goes up to a house here in the town i live in knocked on the door ask to use phone said car broke down, when inside, robbed the people, they are in their 70's, make's you wonder what's next? That's why we have gun's in the home's!!!!

It sounds to me they had this planned and were going to rob you either way.i think they were going to access the situation and see just how far they had to take it to get the car..reason i say this is that they put the money down and stalled your partner just long enough to get in their car and haul A$$ Just to GRAB the money back up...Not your typical robber style. David i would make it a policy to have both of you together when pay up time comes..but what worries me is that if both of you were there how far would these guys have taken it...would they have just left the money and paid for the paint or would a gun or something come into the picture..

either way they robbed you..and i hate that for you..i know it hurts more then just the money part of it..its a violation against a MANS Soul or something deep inside.

Something i would check on in NC ..if you provide service on a vehicle here in the state of SC weather is paint,tranny work simple engine repair and the customer doesn't pay then the provider can record a MECHANICS lien and repo the car..

i know there is a criminal act committed here and when they arrest them if the judge doesn't order resistution or if he does order it and the guys do not pay up you may have to go the civil route..a machanics lien here in S.C IS A SURE FIRE WAY TO GET THEIR CAR.


i persoanlly would go with the lien irregadless if NC has this law...you persoanlly don't have to go get the car yourself..just hire a pick company to steal it and report it as repo...,just meake sure all your ends are covered legally..the local magistrate in your Home county can help you with the details of this.

after getting car and holding it for the max amount of days the law requires,,sell it to the highest bidder..just be sure to hide the car somewhere else when you get it


hope this helps some...sorry to hear this happened to you..glad NO-ONE is hurt.

UPDATE :.
I did a little checking for you and NCDOT does recognize a MECHANICS lien :!: i think the DOT would be a good place to start with how to properly execute one..i am sure it will lead back to the civil side of a local magistrate TO GET THE BALL ROLLING....here is the FORM.

http://www.ncdot.org/dmv/forms/licen...load/LT262.pdf

Brian

Tough times or not, these guys would've done it anyway. Unless you're very skilled at bringing physical harm onto another, do as Rigsby suggested. If you ARE very skilled, well, you wouldn't have posted here or anywhere. Things would have already been taken care of....

In the future when sums of cash are involved, have your buddy/ies get license plate numbers and have a gun at hand but outa sight. Remember though, you ONLY pull down on someone with the FULL intent to pull the trigger. It will be a life changing instance if you do.
This is an eye opener and it COULD have been worse,...THEY could've been pulling down on YOU...Lesson learned
good Luck to ya.

I live in baton rouge,la. What part of NC do you live in and do you have any info on this guy. I have a very good friend in NC that would be more than happy to deal with this situation. Send me a pm if you need help. I'm a ex norcotics officer and believe me I'm old school he would pay. Let me know if I can help.

I believe everyone gets what they have coming to them. Whether it be today or down the road, you will end up somewhere and have the opportunity to even the score. Good luck to you.

Aint this a bitch! We've or I should say mikes known them 2-3 yrs, I moved down here a little over a yr. ago,and know them that long ! We've got their address and ph#'s,and have done work for them before. This kid was convinced we were screwing him but mike had a contract with him to do this car so you think ok. We had problems with him from the start,He was constantly tring to get us to do more and more and thats fine but would never even descuss more money... AS it is we painted it twice.and took the hrs for painting it off the bill and that was $1900 ... Then he wants all the chrome rechromed and that was extra,and was told what the cost would be.WE boxed up the chrome and took it to Charlotte and picked it up for him because he didnt want any part of it OK but you must pay for that!!! .And if we couldnt find a part that needed to be replaced,(old car and things like some chrome trim or whatever needed to be replaced) He'd say well your the body guys just find it . I cant tell you how much time we sent on the internet tring to find things he needed!!! NEVER WANTED TO TALK ABOUT MORE MONEY. and then it gets to the point where you need it to finish it .DAM!!! Then its one little thing after the next... He gets in a wreck and cant pick up the car,and others. We threathen to do the mechanics lend(sp) and that finally got him to pay,or steal...All we ended up with yesterday was $600 that he didnt snatch up......AND THE WORST PART WAS I HAD LEFT THE SHOP AT 2;30 AND THEY DID THIS AT 4;00pm. WES was there and pulled out his 9mm pistol and tried to shoot the tires out but missed we guess .... guns......i dont know im very frustrated.... we"ll get paid for this and they'll get arrested,we know these crooks like I said but.......oh well.... sorry for the book please be pateint with me...never been thru this kind of a thing over a simple thing like painting a car!!!!!!!!!!!! DR. and thanks for all your help and patientice(sp) .David.

mmmm mmmm.. :?

I Know if it were me in your shoes. I would see them in jail for strong arm robbery AND take their car and sell for the balance owed under the mechanics lien Law.. :twisted:

then i still might lay a Civil suit on them of some kind ..i'm sure there is something they damaged in your SHOP :!:

In jail facing 15 years with having to get a lawyer to represent you for thousands of dollars AND your car is still sold and still may get jail time.........yeahhh that would sting pretty good with stiff lesson to be learned.

But now that is just me..i am sure you will make the best call for you David.

Good Luck :D

They've got so many charges against them its silly!!!! The one you mentioned,PLUS......They tore up the office ,mike and the thief!!LOL..DR.Thanks,BJ.....

you know how it suppose to be-DO THE CRIME YOU SHOULD DO THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I HAVE STRONG FEELINGS FOR HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE IN TROUBLE OR FROM BROKEN HOMES-BUT- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH :oops: :roll:

GET YOUR MONEY BACK AND MAKE SURE THE GUYS GET PUNISHED FAIRLY BUT FIRMLY
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DEADLY SCENE AND BE BURYING YOUR PAL TOMORROW-THANK GOD HE DID NOT GET HURT BAD!!
WE WILL PRAY FOR YOUR NERVES AND HIS-TAKE SOME DEEP BREATHS AND MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES--WE DO CARE 8) 8)

DENNIS

:evil: THIS IS SO VERY WRONG! honest, hard working people should not be treated this way. I hope you find this guy and deal with him like he deserves. JAIL would be a too nice place for him.
sorry to hear this, good luck and God Bless

man im truly sorry this happened to you. the way thay pulled that one is low down.they even give punks a bad name!thay sure dont think very far ahead.we dael with some kids i dont trust at all.and they couldnt make it 2ft. out our door alive.there are guns all over our shop. concealed but easy to get to and no qualms about killing a theif. none. shoot them and go eat supper.but thats here. we are glad they tried strongarm instead of armed. your friend could have been alot worse off. with all the dope and fools out there nowdays hes lucky.with a gun there you can make a bad situaition worse.could turn into a gun fight, and the good guy dont always win. could you kill and live with it.want to take a chance on dying? if not leave the guns out of there. lrt the law handle it. if yes well,load up and good luck. you want to go hunting for large game?

Ive got some guilt for missing it but hey who knew??!! we keep thinking if there were more people there it wouldnt have happened. There is usually more people around ! They must have gotten lucky or planned it ,(WE're sure they did) .Oh well THEY will pay!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks again for all the replies,It means alot to talk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DR. PS if anyone ever needs something AT ALL just email me !!!

That sucks...I hope they get the book thrown at them.
I knew a guy once who agreed to a trade on some wheels...it was a trade wheels for wheels plus they were to give him some cash to boot. They came to his house...he helped put his wheels on their car ..then they beat the mess out of him and took their money back and BOTH sets of wheels. These were just guys he met while out cruising....so he didn't know their names.

Lots of scumbags out there.

Anything yet on your money?