Just Classy (AVOID SEIFERT CAR COMPANY)

NYSpeed Automotive NYSpeed Off Topic
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So I changed employment about 2 months ago. to Seifert car company (1212 abbott rd )
I started working at a used car dealer that had just opened there doors, 6 months ago. had good financial backers seamed solid and offered me a job as auto tech.
I worked there for a few weeks and it seemed like there office/paperwork needed more organizing so i talk with my wife and she started as the office secretary.
we both worked there for a month and a half. I had an engine swap i was completing at home so on the weekend i would load up a good portion of my tools to take home. I worked there Monday-Thursday 9-6, and started bringing in retail costumers who had been using me prior to my employment there.

Last Thursday I packed up to leave and loaded a good portion of my tools as i planed Friday to complete the motor swap then i would be able to bring in ALL of my tools Monday. Sunday night I was loading all of my tools in the car and got a TEXT message from the owner of the company
“your services are no longer required at ******** *** *******”- Steve ******* "
My wife got the same one at the same time.

well i replayed Monday i would be in to gather the rest of my tools. sucks but such is life. (why he TEXTED and didn’t wait to tell me face to face Monday i don’t know)

fast forward to this morning, first thing i drove down there, now I OWN MY OWN “GENISYS” (if you don’t work in car repair its a $5k scan tool for all makes and modals) and i had the case there with all the adapters (over $2k) I leave the tool for the other tech to use on Friday (my day off) so when i got to the shop the other tech helped me load up my tools and whatnot, but to no avail the scan tool its case where missing. I have the battery for it it was charging. some one took it with out the battery…

I went to the owner he told me i took it Thursday I’m just trying to fraud them and told me to leave.

Im going at 5pm tonight to talk to an attorney… this sucks

Mike

Anybody looking for a part time tech?

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So why were yoe fired?

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Well if this is how the guy runs a business I wouldn’t expect it to be open very long.

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^ He is a used car salesman, nuff said.

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“my services are no longer required” he wouldn’t expand.

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Is it normal for a tech to provide their own tools? That sounds so sketchy, but I have it in my mind that that’s not uncommon for skilled trades.

And who the fuck fires someone by text message? Sounds like some clueless kid playing businessman.

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ya tech’s usually supply there own “BOX”, diagnostic tools are normally owned by the shop, but with it being newer of a place i offered to use mine, there. as i had it seemed redundant to have a shop one.

Ive always worked for myself so i have alot of uncommon tools.

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Bomb the place.

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Mike is this the scanner we used on my car?

WTF that’s shady, I’d definitely talk to an attorney if I were you

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yep thats the one… chris I may be texting you I forgot I used it on your car, I may need to to note that I used it on your car there.

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I was just gonna say, if you need anyone to attest that you did in fact have it then let me know.

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If you have your original receipt (which I’m sure you do for something that expensive) take it to the local police department and file a report. With any documentation that has your personal name on it, it should be pretty straight forward and fast.

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ya i have the recite I’m taking that with me to the lawyers office at 5, and if he wants me to file a popo report i will. I thought when the owner threatened me to leave when i was there this morning getting my tools/looking for the genisys, to tell hime go ahead and call the cops. But at that point i figured it wasn’t worth dealing with it, just go to the attorney and figure it out from there.

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I’m not sure if the theft or getting fired via txt is more fucked up.

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oh ya, all sorts of class…

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Good luck getting your shit back.
I hate to see people that go out of their way to be helpful get taken advantage of.

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This especially sucks because you seem like such a stand up guy. You go out and offer the use of your own personal tools and items to help them out and they go and stab you in the back.

I would personally want to destroy this guy, and trust me I’d go out of my way to make sure it happened.

I feel bad that it happened to you, and if I lived at home I’d spend a little of my own time making his life a little hellacious.

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So which dealer is this? For future avoidance of course.

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probably be best to wait until after this is settled to give that info…

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It sucks when this kind of stuff happens, Mike is a great stand-up guy, It’s ratty small time business owners like that give everyone a bad name.