Rookie Mistake...

Dana67Dart said

No I'm sorry, I did not mean to scold you in any way. You did what you did in good faith. And it sucks that people are scumbags some times.

I was just outlining what we all should do in the future so not to get into the same situation as you.

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You're good man. I follow you 100% and honestly I could probably use a scolding over this. I should have known better but the guy seemed legit and came referred from people I trust. They didn't know he worked like this and only saw his paint work and listened to his self congratulatory words. I shouldn't have let it go on this long. I don't really think he will do anything truly criminal but he will butt hurt and that's fine. If it hurts his feeling or bruises his ego, he needed to hear it.
He's young and has no work ethic or organization skills. I just printed up every email we exchanged since before he came and looked at my car to give me an estimate. I'll work on getting the text chain printed. It goes back to the day before he looked at my car and has every false promise and exaggerated statement in full. He wasn't supposed to bring his Dad's 70 RAIII Trans Am down until my car was "done". I have that. His dad's car has been there a year and has had more hours spent on it than mine.