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| Transmissionshop.biz Larry Duncan, Transmissionshop.biz is a scam scam scam!!! Do not believe a word they say! Internet, Nationwide |
| 24th of Mar, 2011 by User166055 |
I was given a WORST CASE SCENARIO price of $1397 but ended paying over $2,200!!! Beware of the scam! Transmissionshop.biz is a complete scam and these people are professional scam artists. It is another one of Larry Duncan's shell companies. They advertise themselves as having an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau but upon research I found out that Larry Duncan is going by the name of Larry Johnson and has a physical repair shop in Grand paraie Texas with the name Transmission shop. He newly registered the physical shop with the BBB but used transmissionshop.biz as the website under the information section on the BBB site. So when someone goes to the BBB site and types in transmissionshop.biz his physical shop named Transmission shop comes up with the A rating but the A rating is for the shop NOT transmissionshop.biz the "broker company". The shop only has an A rating because it is new. Larry Duncan is a well known scam artist in Texas and is involved with this transmissionshop.biz. They are running this scam all over the USA. They have also been known as Transone or Tranone, Nationwide transmissions, Transciti and there are others he has. What Transmissionshop.biz does is lure you in by guaranteeing you a low price. But they truly cannot make that guarantee because they have no contracts with these repair shops to do repairs at a discounted rate, there is absolutely no discount. You owe the shop for the work that they do and whatever parts are needed. All transmissionshop.biz does is steal your down deposit. It does not apply to your repair at all! Your deposit, which you make to a personal bank account, does apply towards the work the repair shop does. It goes to the scammers pockets. Now let me tell you how the scam works. An auto repair shop they work with tows you car to the shop. They do a "diagnostic" to find out if you need transmission repair. If you do Transmissionshop.biz gives you a WORST CASE SCENARIO price of a very low amount mine was $1397. This is supposed to be if you need a full transmission rebuild. In my case I did. I thought $1397 was a great price so I decided to proceed with the repair. My "agent" aka professional scammer Joyce sent me a contract stating the WORST CASE SCENARIO price of $1397 and I had to sign and fax the contract as well as put a deposit down for the repair to begin. I should have been smarter when she told me they only take cash no credit cards no checks and that I had to go down to Bank of America and make a cash deposit of $397.18 into the bank account number she gave me. After reading through the contract I noticed there was a section that mentions something called Hard Part Damage and if you have Hard Part Damage you may have to pay more for extra parts. This raised a red flag in my head so I ask Joyce to explain this to me. She told me that the rebuild kit which was quoted at $997 is only for soft part damage and if a transmission has hard part damage you will have to pay extra for the hard parts (Worst case Scenario) but then she turns around and ASSURES me that that is a very very very rare situation and she's never seen that happen and they have to put that in there because it can happen but it is very rare I will never have to pay more than my WORST CASE SCENARIO of $1397. Ahh yea right total lie! So after about 3 days this shop still has my car so I call the shop and the owner tells me he's trying to contact TRANSONE before he can start my repair. I asked who is TRANSONE?? He responds that this is the broker company I'm using I told him no I'm using transmissionship.biz then he says ohhhhh yeaaa they CHANGED THEIR NAME they changed their name 3 TIMES THIS YEAR! I couldn't believe he told me that! So I call Joyce and ask her about this Transone she of course deny deny denies saying she's never heard of that name. I asked about changing their name 3 times she assures me they've never changed their name she been with the company 5 years. Lie the company hasn't even been around for 5 years! The next day she calls me back saying I owe the repair shop over $1800. WHAT!!!???? I ask why she says my car had hard part damage. She read me list of every expensive part in a transmission that just all happened to be broken in mine. Well what about the WORST CASE SCENARIO price of $1397 agreed upon in my contract I asked? This is defiantly a Worst Case Scenario to me! Her response is it doesn't apply to hard part damage she's not a mechanic so how was she supposed to know I had Hard part damage. At this point I'm enraged. I realized she's been lying the entire time and this is point where the scam comes. I yell how can you give me a price quote if you're going to sit up here and say "you're not a mechanic how were you suppose to know what's wrong with my car"? What about my down payment of $397.18 I ask? She says that doesn't apply to the $1800 still owed because I really owed over $2,200 so less the deposit I'm at $1800.00 She tells me that if I don't go through with the repair I have to pay the shop $700 to put my transmission back together. So now I'm stuck and I have no choice but the pay the shop the full $1800 plus tax that Joyce never mentioned!!! After speaking with the shop owner I asked him what was the benefit of me going though this broker company? If I had came through your doors how much would you have charged me to fix my transmission? He says $1800! So my deposit of $397.18 goes straight to this broker company and does not apply to my repair at all! They basically stole it. All he could say was he's on the fence about continuing to do business with this company because everyone has the same story as me. He apologized for my inconvenience and extended my warranty with him for a full year because I mentioned to him that since this place changes their name so much I'm sure they would never honor their "Life time warranty". I called Joyce after I received my receipt from the repair shop stating my charges only amounted to $1800.00 plus $159.00 for tax. So where does the $2,200 stem from. She starts telling complete BS so I. Asking did he did he repair this and that so I cut her off and say it doesn't matter what parts he repaired he charged my $1800.00 plus tax! That's it! Where is my deposit? She still continued with her BS. So before hanging up in her face I told her that the wrong she doing to people will come back to her full circle and I hope in the form of jail. I have already reported this company to the BBB. Next will be the Attorney general and my local news station. I want to put an end to them. If you have been scammed by these people please do not hesitate to email me .
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Yes, all the above is true.. I actually worked for them a couple of weeks..
Bottom line is once they have your car your stuck... Larry Duncan owner out of Mckinney TX direct phone number is 940-465-4439. Transmissionshop.biz is the last know name they are using ... But on the 1099 form
"Transmissionshop33 LLC" is the real entity. I've done a short search in Texas and could not find it.
Once the price is quoted for the level II rebuild there should be no extra cost except for non-rebuildable parts.
Soon after I find out that every job has an add on (what they call upsell) of at least $200.
BEWARE and post where you can about them...
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| My experience is exactly the same as user 166055. Just got my 1999 GMC Van back today from repair shop, after much haggling over price. I went thru transmissionshop.biz and was quoted worst case scenario and max price of $1537.00. I was supposed to have free towing also. Glenn assured me this was the most I would have to pay and could be lower. I am instructed to go to their bank and depoitr cash in their account, which would be deducted from final price (boy, was I stupid for not running as fast as I could from that scenario). After van is towed to shop, it sits there for a week (I could have done it at a local shop but Glenn said they were tied up for a week so I should have it towed 100 miles away to a shop they work with and has a spot available now) and then I get a call from Jim, who leaves a voice mail saying the shop found additional hard part dammage and would require an additional $429.00. I was supposed to call him back and give approval or decline, in which case there would be a substantial charge to put back together. I called back within minutes and got his voice mail. I said I don't think this is right as I was quoted a max price INCLUDING HARD PARTS, so what was going on here? I was over a barrel so I aggreed to the additional dollars so I could get my van back (work truck). No one ever got back to me. Finnaly the repair shop called to say it's ready and gave me the "final price" over the phone. It was not only the original quote of $1597 plus the $429 hard parts, but an additional $300 for towing was added AND THE $396.03 CASH DEPOSIT WAS ADDED TO THE BILL, FOR A TOTAL OF $2722!!! WTF!!! After much haggling with the shop owner he agreed to drop the $429 hard parts charge. Now I have to go after those bastards at transmissionshop.biz and try to collect my $396.03 the stole from me. I agreed to the towing charge as the repair shop owner had to pay for this; transmissionshop.biz is the one that lied about the free towing. Wonder if we all could file a class action lawsuit against these crooks? |
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| I am an attorney who is putting together a case against this group. If you have any additional info you would like to [email protected] . Your email will be confidential. Hopefully we can nail these guys. |
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OK, so I was a lucky one...I almost fell for this scam, but thank god that MoneyGram refused to process the money transfer because the recipient was a known scam artist, Laurie Hawkins. The shop person I talked to, who has an Alabama number, said the reason they listed her as a scam artist is because she did not file a business license in the state of Pennsylvania when she moved from Texas, and they did not know that was required because they that the license they had was national (first red flag). Then when I asked about the damage, he told me all my clutches were burned out (I have an automatic transmission) and he faxed me paperwork saying I need to sign it BEFORE my transmission was removed from the car. This had me puzzled so I called the shop directly and asked about clutch damage...he said that should only apply to a manual transmission, but he wouldn't know until he opened the transmission...so how could this guy in Alabama know I had internal damage BEFORE the transmission was removed? His answer? The diagnostic computer can make that determination before removal...yeah, right.
But yes, they are still pulling this scam. They claim the can't take anything but MoneyGram or Western Union because Paypal.com, Visa.com and Mastercard.com were all hacked "yesterday" so they closed all credit card processing centers until further notice.
And the transmissionrepair.biz website is still up and running. |
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| I too am a dumbass who fell for the "lifetime warranty" and cheap price on having the transmission rebuilt on my Isuzu Trooper. Take all the stories above and copy and paste it to my entry. Has anyone heard anything from the attorney who is putting together a case against this group? If so, PLEASE email me at [email protected] and let me know what's going on with this ASS HOLE. Thank you and have a nice day. |
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He still has my car for nearly seven months now. Already paid him over $4000 for engine rebuild
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| Thank you for your comments. I currently work for this company. There are only 7 complaints out of the hundreds and hundreds of cars repaired each year by us. This is customary for any large business. We do not sell dirty like other shops do. We try to sell as clean as possible which is why there are such few complaints. Another thing these people should understand is that you are our customer and not the shops. If I quote you a price you're paying us not them. The paperwork you sign is in our name. You agreed to pay us a certain amount. So to say we stole your deposit is BS. We perform a lot of service for such a small down payment and the additional money the shop pays us on each deal. When everything is said and done you will get your car back with a transmission that works perfectly. And at a price that is less than the national average. I promise. |
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| I think I am a part of this scam and the man I contacted name was "LP" first name was Larry and now I need another transmission after they told me I had a lifetime warranty on this one.. |
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| We at this moment are compline Hundreds of cases & the new laws WILL have something to say about theses so called "CLEAN" practices. A word of Advice DO NOT DO BUSINESS OR "BS" with this organization there are still good people out there & GOD IS still on the throne Who ever the so call "Employee" is I:E(LARRY DUNCAN) you are without a doubt a Criminal &WE WILL not stop until you & your employees behind bars or GUARANTEED OUT OF BUSINESS. Just because this one site has not been found by more does not mean that their are not more than "7" victims out there, in fact WE believe "7" is a blessed number & if this was all that there was to the activitys of this so call business this companys & its practices are CRIMINAL. |
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| Oh by the way Our vehicle is permently damaged & was only dove home after "larry" himself did the work & test drive within a hour of us making it home. We have video of the action. What ever you do DO NOT PAY WITH CASH & MAKE A PAPER TRAIL I:E CHECK OR MONEY ORDER OR CREDIT CARD. BEST YET DO NOT I REPEAT DONOT DO business with THIS SCUM. |
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| we just got scammed from them, ended up paying 2397.00 to get our 1999 truck out. our deposit was $1800. oh where still gonna find Larry Duncan in person. |
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