Yesterday I went to Hamlin Autos to pick up my receipt for the car payment I made. I sent the payment with my girlfriend when she went to visit with her mom. While I was there, The “stepfather” if that is what you want to call this man and his partner was telling me of the “crack head” that stole a car and then sold it to another for a rock. The “crack head” came in and took a car for a test drive and then never brought it back. These business men didn’t get his drivers license or any credentials at all. They final caught up with him on east street and got the car back. Funny story it was. Well they asked me about my no A/C having, timing belt missing car. I told them that it was going to cost 600+ dollars to fix and he said maybe he could get “a friend of a friend” to fix it. This is when things got weird.

As I stand there being shouted at “FUCK YOU” I wonder why he is saying this to me. All I said was that I am done doing business with family and friends. It has done nothing but create headaches for both me and mine and I was thru. I also said that I would never buy a car from him again also. I think that is when he started to say “fuck you”. I asked “are you serious?” “Hell yeah i’m serious!” he screams. Get out of my store and don’t set foot back on my lot. “you can mail your payment to me!” hey yells. “OK ill see you at the next family function” I say on my way out the door. He follows me and starts again with the F you and then tells me I better watch my mouth or-. “or what? or your going to shoot me?” I ask? then this guy who was joking around with me no more that 10 minutes ago gets in my face and starts to tell me he better never see me here again and I need to get off his lot. So I left, and on my way out I flipped him the bird and went home to have a relaxing time wondering where i’m going to get the money to fix my car.

What a way to treat your customers. What a great week i’m having.

Let me tell you a story about a stepfather, a car lot, a stepdaughter and a Boyfriend. The Daughter has a stepfather who owns and runs a Buy here – Pay Here car lot. He owns it with a friend who also works at the same lot. The stepfather who is supposed to be a loving and caring person, sells the stepdaughter a car. A car mind you that needs a new transmission. When she brings this up to him he says “i’ll fix it”. Not 4 months later, the transmission goes completely out. Of course the man call stepfather says “oh yeah” and then tuns his back and leaves never to be heard from again. She ends up getting it fixed on her dollar. $2300.00 to be exact. So after she has gotten the car fixed and running well it starts to not want to start. She has taken it to many places that all say, “I donno”. You know, the kind of way you hear when your in Hamilton, talking to a 3 tooth havin’ hill bunny that cant seem to keep the “chaw” from dribbling down his chin.

Mean while, the boyfriend also buys a car from the Beautiful girlfriends step father. This car is nice, it has just about everything going for it including a working transmission. The only thing wrong with the car is that it doesn’t have a working A/C system. So one day the boyfriend and his beautiful companion goes for a night out to a local ball. When they leave, the car with everything going for it, wont start again. In fact the automobile starts to turn into a yellow colored citrus fruit commonly called a lemon. The next day the boyfriend calls everywhere to find a mechanic willing and able to work on it. Everywhere he calls he gets the same answer, “I donno” or “humph, looks bad” in the same hill bunny way. When he finally does find a place willing to work on it they tell him, “yup, its gonna cost ya”. Cost more like $600.00+ just for a timing belt. After they let him know of the cost they they also tell him that it could also end up needing a new engine. A new engine!? you ask? “yup it’s gonna cost ya”. Some thing about the valve dropping into the piston. “yup, it’s gonna cost ya”

Moral of this story is 1. Never never never buy from or do business with friends or family. They will screw you just like they would anyone else. 2. Never ever ever ever buy a car at Buy Here – Pay Here on Pleasant Ave. in Hamilton OH. They will screw you over on a non-transmission havin, A/C missin, bought at a last chance before the crusher auto auction car and then smile at the engine smoke trail leaving the lot.

Happy car shopping we go!

P.S. Im not bitter

SOFA – Southern Ohio Film association. These are the people in the know, when it comes to movies, major and independent. They meet every first Tuesday at a great little, almost art deco theater in Cincinnati, The 20th Century. They have concerts there now and if your into the Cowboy Junkies you may want to find it. The group is made up of a great combination of people. Before I went I had this preconceived notion that this was going to be a bunch of artists sitting around talking about how great they are. I was far from the truth. There were people from all kinds of background there. People with all kinds of great ideals, and none of them were pompous like I had thought just moments before entering the building. So to all the people at SOFA, thanks for the warm welcome. I hope to see you all next month.

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