[Brett_ty]

For those of us that have interacted with this young man and have wasted either time or money with him...I recently found out that he had his GTO put into a body shop to have some work done on it and that the body shop ran a bill up on him somewhere in the neighberhood of $15K. Talked to a guy that stated he believes that lil mr. Jensen legitimatly got ripped off. Now the body of his GTO is in some legal conundrum battle between Jensen and the bodyshop and it will be about two years before he will be able to get it out....if he does at all.

I hate to hear of anyone ever getting ripped off or taken advantage of, but in this case, all I thought of was "Karma" "what goes around comes around."


Several months ago:
Before I found out about this forum, I actually threw a 100 bucks at him for two kick panels (complete) and to rear "L" shaped Chrome trim. He stated that they were of "show quality" He sent me A kick panel and a half, and one of the L shaped Chrome pieces (this was after two months of harrassing him to ship it). Both items looked like they had been painted over several times and had maybe been ran over. Spent two more months trying to get the rest of what the agreed items were from him and all I ever heard was: stressed at school, got in a car wreck today, Dad worked me late, I'll send it out today...."

So for those of you that dont believe in Karma........here it is in action

Karma................

[GTOWAGON]

I am so glad that things are goins so well for the borker

[firebirdcrazy1959]

Isn't it great that Karma thing,i truely believe in it and know many people who have had it come around and bite them in the ass.Gotta love it.

[KB66 Goat]

I'm a firm believer in Karma too. Just sometimes takes a while to play out.......

[BOB VIDAN]

And the dork was trying to start a GTOAA chapter in his area, bet that membership drive did real well.

[Jerry H.]

For those of us that have interacted with this young man and have wasted either time or money with him...I recently found out that he had his GTO put into a body shop to have some work done on it and that the body shop ran a bill up on him somewhere in the neighberhood of $15K. Talked to a guy that stated he believes that lil mr. Jensen legitimatly got ripped off. Now the body of his GTO is in some legal conundrum battle between Jensen and the bodyshop and it will be about two years before he will be able to get it out....if he does at all.

Not trying to take up for the borkerer at all; but from this info how do you come to the conclusion that he has been ripped off. Sounds to me like a shop legitimately charged him for the work that they were doing on his car, and a conflict ensued. 15k is not really out of line, depending on exactly what work they did on his car.

[bobbyj1]

If I remember right that car needed tons of rust repair. He probably cannot afford to get it out so the body shop is keeping it until he can!

[Cardo]

:bump2: :clap2: :whoo: :biggerGri I didn't think it would be so soon. Oops!

[6T7HO]

I've watched and read all of the posts from the Jensens (son and dad), and always found it funny how they came on so strong, with no real positive input to our forum. I was not surprised when Bryan's little bussiness spiraled out of control. We enjoy a terriffic hobby with a small tight knit community, and I am glad to see that the trash gets removed quickly. Thank you to every honest person on this message board for helping to keep the Pontiac hobby honest. Ebay and the Barrett Jackson craze has allowed these bottom feeders to exist for too long.

[Dave Wanichek]

gosh I'm still giggling hehehehehehehe

[mitchgto]

Originally Posted by BOB VIDAN

And the dork was trying to start a GTOAA chapter in his area, bet that membership drive did real well.

I believe you mean bork, not dork

[Brian Baker]

BWAAAAA HAAAAAA HAAAAAA HAAAAA HAAAAAAAA !!!

BORK BORK BORK !!!

[mitchgto]

Originally Posted by Brian '74

From the look of those black circles under his eyes he's been hitting the crack pipe a little too much.

[INJUNTOM]

:D :D

[Colin]

Originally Posted by mitchgto

From the look of those black circles under his eyes he's been hitting the crack pipe a little too much.

Maybe thats the reason he cant afford to get his car from the body shop.

[Brett_ty]

Originally Posted by Jerry H.

Not trying to take up for the borkerer at all; but from this info how do you come to the conclusion that he has been ripped off. Sounds to me like a shop legitimately charged him for the work that they were doing on his car, and a conflict ensued. 15k is not really out of line, depending on exactly what work they did on his car.

Well, I didnt go into all the great detail of the conversation that I had with the individual that was intimatley familiar with the situation. I paraphrased what the individial had said to me that knew of the whole situation first hand (a 30 min conversation). He's objective to the whole thing, not for the body shop or for Jensen's side. The guy that I got the info from is a real stand-up guy that knows cars and restorations...so his estimation was that Jensen was getting ripped off...It was a price and quality of work issue as well I guess, Epoxy was being used instead of welds, bondo was being applied instead of beating out dents that should have been..etc, etc.

[Karch]

Originally Posted by Brett_ty

Well, I didnt go into all the great detail of the conversation that I had with the individual that was intimatley familiar with the situation. I paraphrased what the individial had said to me that knew of the whole situation first hand (a 30 min conversation). He's objective to the whole thing, not for the body shop or for Jensen's side. The guy that I got the info from is a real stand-up guy that knows cars and restorations...so his estimation was that Jensen was getting ripped off...It was a price and quality of work issue as well I guess, Epoxy was being used instead of welds, bondo was being applied instead of beating out dents that should have been..etc, etc.

Wow, that sounds like misrepresentation of the quality of the parts...oops, I mean work.

again, Karma.

I guess we'll have to check the local craigslist for a 67 GTO for sale, or parts.

[Rugratman]

I guess it wasn't done by the end of the school.

[baron_]

i still talk to him pretty often

he got the car out of the shop with relatively little trouble (had to get the law behind him)

he was charged almost $16,000 by them
He didn't ask for a quote or, evidently didn't check in on progress (even though i told him to do both - often)

12k or 13k was supposed to be ALL the bodywork and a show car paintjob (oral price quote, i guess...)
they kept charging him an extra $1,000 every time he visited, needing money for xxxx, $$$ for xxxx...

He ended up paying 15,200 before pulling the car out, after they requested another $1,000 and didn't have the body done yet


all the panels are supposedly misaligned and bondo/silicone everywhere - the above description sounded correct
he says it's a mess....wavey body lines and every nightmare you can imagine
They were supposed to use NO boddy putty - metal only work (which is why he was paying top price)

he's got it going to a new shop today


Sounds like everyone in california sees him coming with a checkbook and takes advantage of him




at the same time, his engine is in a fancy chevy rebuild shop and they're screwing him over there pretty good too
they've had the engine for half a year and racking up ridiculous costs - engine isn't even hafl done yet

(fuel injection, sheet metal intake - they're charging him for the works)

[wheelspin]

No bad deed goes unpunished :rolleyes: .

For a self-annointed Pontiac expert with a couple of years experience, he should have known better.

Les