we've been delayed here in calgary and it's been rather expensive. we'd been noticing some steering issues on our recently purchased Ram Van since we bought it a couple weeks ago but we figured it was just that the steering needed to be aligned. So before we brave the prairies we figured we should get that fixed. We dropped the van off at Canadian Tire (good business) yesterday for it to be fixed first thing this morning.
i wake up today to find out from shane that our ball joints are shot and need to be replaced. not my favourite way of waking up considering that's a whole whack of cash more to throw down on a venture that is already losing money. feel my bitterness and stay clear of SEA FUN ENTERPRISES in Victoria. It's the little that i can do in my anger. They'd provided me with all this proof that they'd had the car fully checked over but somehow they'd skipped over the alignment and the ball joints.
Well actually the blame should be placed more on myself for not taking the van to a mechanic myself to have it looked at, but heck, i was rushed. We had to get back from the island for music video meetings and work etc... and they claimed it didn't need to be checked. So lessons learned here in full, never trust a used car salesman (oh my god that's even one of the 10 commandments... or it should be), always go through with checking things over yourself, and never make any big purchases in a hurry.
We're now waiting to head off to saskatoon on our way to Winnipeg where we play our next show and meet up with shawn. He is in Vancouver working his last couple shifts, waiting for me to call him with good news for once.
dom
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Sorry about the Van dude. I may have done the same thing. The dude really did seem like an honest sales man.
But let's face it man, you really need to know about what you are buying all the time and for all things, especially when they cost thousands of dollars. We just don't have that kind of knowledge.
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