Sean,

The thing that scares people away from this task is "LIABILITY".

Being such a litigious society (especially in the USA) people fear legal
action.

Perhaps best left to the Better Business Bureau.

http://www.bbb.org/

Or rather than taking the negative approach .... List those shops we
have had "Positive Expereinces" with.

Which is already done in a few places.

Just my "Point Of View".

Hitting the Trail Soon ... REALLY!

Larry Chase

Email: lchase@attglobal.net
Web: www.roadhaus.com - Under Construction
What: The Great North American Road Trip
When:  Early 2003
How: RoadHaus - 1990 2.2 L  VW Westfalia Syncro
Today: Mesa, AZ - In the shop for Stereo, Video & Such
From: Mesa,  AZ

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Date:    Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:26:30 -0600
From:    Sean Solowiej <sean@ORIGINALIDIOT.COM>
Subject: good shop / bad shop website?

It's seldom this black and white, but has anyone talked about making a
web-page where people can leave feedback on their experiences with
specific mechanics?  It sort of follows our contact list discussion and
all these issues with problematic repair shops.  It should not be too
complex to create a site organized by state (and country), with input
lines for:

* name and location of repair shop
* positive / negative experience overall
* specific comments
* date of experience

That said, would anyone (else) volunteer to create this, or consider it
a worthwhile activity?

Sean