Our car was unsuccesfully repaired by a Cottman Transmissions local franchise. The
warranty was not honored when the original problem returned 3 days
later. The local owner is unresponsive and seems to be a rogue. Franchisor
claims no responsibility yet received royalties and fees derived from
my payments. When First Union granted us a refund (3/28) and removed
the charges, I closed the original complaints I filed with 3 consumer
protection agencies. Cottman and their lawyers turned around and
forced the bank to reinstate the charges (6/26) citing that the 3
complaints were closed as "unfounded". This was a deliberate deception
on their part. We are without a usable car and $1961 plus additional
related costs. We have had little luck with media and consumer
protection agencies. What more can we do? We can't afford this big
bill and make payments for another vehicle at the same time. There
are some details to be seen at
http://www.ripoffreport.com/view.asp?id=49761

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Clarification of Question by chris2002micrometer-ga on 25 Sep 2003 17:20 PDT

This is a tough case. I have tried the usual BBB, TV-news etc. They
guy has unpaid judgements against him and still laughs it off.