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Yodasballcheese t1_ixa3vk3 wrote

Reply to comment by CharacterBrief9121 in New car failed inspection. Was pressured to pay about $1k in repairs to pass. I took my car to the dealership instead and it passed inspection by mandyaffogato

Former license Pennsylvania state inspection mechanic here. And You got them by the balls. They will hamper your car if they’re on like it was their own. Bring everything that you have with you as far as evidence, they will get an earful probably fines and possibly suspension of their licenses. Also be aware now this opens them up to a full investigation of all their state inspection records.

I have seen this happen firsthand, I had a technician in the shop that I worked at that was a thief, and they got him good. So much so, He had to surrender his inspection license on site, was let go from the shop and never worked in the state again as a mechanic.

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HWTechGuy t1_ixamgte wrote

Many years ago, I worked at a shop doing oil changes and stuff. It was a part-time job during high school and college. There was a smaller shop up the road that didn't have an alignment rack, didn't have the stuff to do AC work, and some other things - so they would sublet that work to us.

They ended up getting shut down for some shady stuff like what the OP described and the shop I worked for ended up getting all of their business. I remember hearing that both mechanics lost their inspection licenses - one of them was the owner.

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