that sucks man. almost been there a few times myself. if id been in your place, i would have personally gone down there with my pops and all of my uncles/cousins, and secretly been packin, juuust in case. regardless of what kind of issues you guys raised with each other, there is absolutely NO excuse to putting a customer's engine/tranny/and anything used in the trunk! that's just asking not to get paid, or at least to have some serious problems.

good job taking pics. if you think you seriously overpaid and he damaged your car, sue the bastid! take him to small claims court. it's your word against his (including witnesses). it appears you've got some $$, talk to a lawyer. file a suit against him. if anything, itll make him run out and put up a few grand for an attorney to cover his arse.

that or just go back there at night. shops like this are usually too cheap to carry insurance....

Originally posted by Tourgasm:
Sometimes you can mess up a word so bad that spell check doens't know what the hell you're talking about.