# Today I work for free

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**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [October 24, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/today-i-work-for-free/200316 "2008-10-24T07:09:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/today-i-work-for-free/200316/22 "2008-10-24T12:17:54Z")

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> [@Corrupt A Wish](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/corrupt-a-wish/38337/163):
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> pittspeed english class wutwut???
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> all i did was take it apart to view the cause of the problem. its not like i can fake this sheet!
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> If he wants me to fix it, he’ll have to pay (i smell court hearing). or, i’ll just charge him like $50 for looking at it and tow it for free. If he built the motor himself, i dont know why he’d want me to fix it.
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> …the other thing about this whole deal is, the kids uncle or something stopped by one day when my dad and I had the blue vette running outside (pretty much the whole neighborhood rolls up to see whats going on). We bs’d for a little and he saw my green 2g with my big ars IC hanging… he’s like, do you work on these? im like i specialize in these… so he went to the kid saying this guy (I) am really nice and the one you want to have work on your car. I dont want to burn that by being a dick and telling him tough :-/

ya know, come to think of it, you did drive my DSM a couple times and it ended up breaking. Buy me a new DSM asshole or I’m going to sue you. You dont have to be a dick to him, but kindly explain to him that YOU ARE NOT THE ONE THAT BROKE HIS CAR. It was fucked up when he brought it in, and in the course of trying to diagnose the problem, what was previously fucked up, fucked up more. It would have happened whether he was driving it or you were driving it. Quote him a number higher than you normally would, then take off a bunch to get it where you normally would have bid, so it looks like you feel bad for him and are trying to give him a break. If he doesnt like any of that, tell him that you’re sorry you can’t help him and recommend another shop or whatever, but that you should not, and will not pay to fix something you didnt break.

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