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let it go, pay it and move on.... life's too short, this is just a hobby

Opinions welcome but does someone have an answer to my original question?

You answered it yourself - you said you were going to fight it. Were you also looking for referral to a California lawyer? Just call your local Bar association if you are looking for a referral.

DAF. esq.

Trouble is, when lawyers get involved, they get rich irrespective of the outcome! Next case!

If you are unhappy now, you will be ready for death after dealing with those lawyers.

You can always get another clock and let them keep the one you don't want to pay for.

This case is nothing compared to what I had to deal with, and still do in some cases. Sometimes I get shaken down for cash by managers. It's a cost of doing business given there aren't any gangsters I can hire to straighten a few people out.

Good afternoon...BigKev is right, as usual. Occasionally, we have to overcome our anger and move forward. Ernie

It was my hope, and the reason that I posted here, is that there might be an attorney who is also a Packard owner who would be willing to write a letter for me, which is why I posted.

No way I will just pay and move on - I just don't work that way and I wouldn't expect anyone else to do that to cover my own mistakes either. The company hasn't even had the courtesy to apologize and seem to think that they've done nothing wrong. I gave them the option of either returning my clock (at which time I would evaluate the work and pay a reasonable cost) or to send another unrestored one from a similar Packard model but they have done neither.

Some things are worth getting upset over and other things are not,,,a prudent person would know the difference between the two. Imho, ya can't control everything all the time.
Hope this helps.
Steve

One of the problems in both of these cases is possession is nine tenths of the law. The term quote can be construed to mean quoted finished price. Why should anybody go through the trouble of mailing merchandise back for free?

If the vendor is unwilling to give a non-binding estimate after being sent pictures then they can always
report a paid receipt for previous work.

I've sent parts out to vendors and had them call me to tell that the cost was going to be higher than usual because of such and such problem. I knew the people and gave the go ahead.

Platers are experienced in owning abandoned merchandise and they are more willing to provide estimates to avoid abandoned work.

I remember when you couldn't get a quote for car insurance without physically going to an agency. Those days are gone.

Nobody ever got injured over the telephone so I would make a call and ask a few questions.

I'm virtually deaf so must rely on email which is why everything to date is so well documented and I made a PDF of the entire thread of emails from the initial contact to the most recent.

However, the nature of the replies this posting has gotten makes me regret having posted it so I won't be following it any longer. If anyone is actually an attorney, please contact me by PM.