Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Wow...Unbelievable

So here is the deal. I bought my car okay. Ben was changing the brakes the other day and it wouldn't work the way it should. So he had to go get a new piece for the brakes. That wouldn't work right either. So we called mechanic to come over and look at our car. He told us that someone had put a different liquid in the brake fluid spot under the hood and so we have a "contaminated brake system." Ben carefully drove it up the street to a mechanic place and there it sat until yesterday. This man who said 4 different times that we were going to know within that morning...LIED. He was a HUGE liar. He never even looked at it. So yesterday we had to go somewhere else. We carefully drove it the opposite way down the street to a man who told us directly what was the problem, and how much it would cost. He has called us twice and let us know the status of things. That is the way it should be done. He is nice too. So today he called and told me that he needed $800 of the money to get the car parts. Oh and that is not even half of the price to fix this brake problem...just so you know. So I walked 12 blocks in the pouring rain with my little boy to pay for part of the car bill. Ben is gone for the next few days all day, so I had to walk and give them some money. I felt like a pioneer with a coat. I really didn't get the full affect, but I got the idea. I am so mad at the man who sold us the car. He is a liar and a fraud. He knew that this was a problem and that is why we got a great deal on this car. I am frustrated that he had to be so dishonest. I want to take legal action or something. I am just speechless. So here we go paying out our nose for this problem. I want to punch this one dishonest man in the face, but I will refrain from that. Since I would probably get hurt more than he would.

The next dilemma...I am taking online classes for those who don't know. I want to get my Associates done. I am so close. I needed to know what I had left to do before I can graduate. So I emailed the advisement office. They emailed me back(promptly, which was a surprise) and they told me that I needed to take 21 more credits. That is 10 more than I really need. Those of you who are in school or have ever been, that is a lot of credits. I cannot do that. My transcript says that I have 51 after this semester and she said that I have 41 after this semester. That is a huge difference. I looked at all the classes that I had taken and they are all there. I cannot afford to take 10 more credits and graduate with 73 credits instead of 63. That is a lot of time that I don't have. I have a 1 year old and a husband who will be gone for 15 weeks. I cannot do that. I have had so many problems with Snow this year. It makes me sad because when I was there a few years ago, it was a great school and I NEVER had problems. I just want to graduate next August and be DONE.

Anyways after my venting session...I did get a Diet Dr.Pepper on the way home from my walk and I am going to watch TV ALL night. I will figure things out eventually with school and stuff. It better get fixed. That is all for now. Love you all!

2 comments:

Alecia said...

Oh Stephanie, I am SO SORRY! You are such a trooper! you are always making it through such rough situation. I think every married couple has to have a bad car story. We bought and truck 2 years ago (stupidest decision ever), the guy lied to us, told us everything worked fine, of course we believe him, the NEXT day the transmission went out. I don't know how people sleep at night lying about things like this. it's awful. I feel for ya on this !! :( I haven't attempted going back to school and getting my associates yet, so I can't relate on that one! But good job that you are! Hopefully everything will come together for you! you can do it! I wish you the best!

Ben said...

Ahh...the bitterness in your story!