Paint mega-disaster (long rant)

I know you must be beside yourself but I really think a lawyer and a courtroom could settle this. It`s beyond reasonable to charge anybody that kind of money for body work and paint and I believe a judge would see it that way too. I just recently had my Dart painted and even though I know the owner and worked with him I got him to write up an estimate with what he was to do ,time, rate, materials , and even a completion date. He did miss the completion date by a little bit but I understood that he had his collision work to do too because it`s his bread and butter. I would get a lawyer right away, this shop is trying to scalp you.