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I bought a 'new' battery last year, guaranteed for 24 months, from EV Workshops. It never performed well. I kept on calling and calling Ric, the man who owns and runs EV Workshopes, to investigate and he came out to see it a couple of times, tweaked it, and said it would be fine but it wasn't. Eventually because I kept complaining he suggested he take it off to his workshop to investigate. After a lot, a very lot, of now shows, my car was taken away (still plugged in and causing damage). Then I heard nothing. He was then elusive and evasive for over a month, ignoring my many calls and texts, sending me a couple of texts saying he'd call later on but not doing so, and eventually telling me the battery WAS faulty but that it was because I had cracked the motor casing and that wasn't covered by the warranty. He said it was my fault the battery wasn't working. He then demanded £472 from me before I could have my car back. This money, he said, was for taking my car, stripping it down, reassembling it and then delivering back.
He was very shouty at me over the phone. Shouting that it wasn't his fault if he'd left his phone on silent. Then shouting that he'd left his phone at a job.
I finally got my car back just yesterday after going to collect it myself. I didn't trust him to deliver it to me as I'd heard some horror stories about people never getting their car back even though they'd paid upfront.
I don't think I cracked the motor or its casing as I have never had any bumps in my car. I've spoken to other G-Wiz mechanics and they said that even if there was a crack in the casing of the motor that wouldn't affect the performance of the battery, more likely the car just wouldn't work at all.
Trading Standards couldn't help and neither could my local police.
On Ebay I've noticed that he seems to have changed his trading name from EV Workshops to Electric Car Workshop.
I'm posting this because I want to warn people not to use this man. I have had a very costly, stressful and upsetting experience and the end result is that in thinking I was saving money by buying a battery from him for £1,250 (and then yesterday paying him another almost £400 because he claims to have 'stripped it down and reassembled it') I now have to get a real new battery put into it anyway at £1,850.
I'm sure many others must have had awful experiences with this man/workshop.
Unavailable, Unreliable, Unbelievable, and, very Unpleasant.
He was very shouty at me over the phone. Shouting that it wasn't his fault if he'd left his phone on silent. Then shouting that he'd left his phone at a job.
I finally got my car back just yesterday after going to collect it myself. I didn't trust him to deliver it to me as I'd heard some horror stories about people never getting their car back even though they'd paid upfront.
I don't think I cracked the motor or its casing as I have never had any bumps in my car. I've spoken to other G-Wiz mechanics and they said that even if there was a crack in the casing of the motor that wouldn't affect the performance of the battery, more likely the car just wouldn't work at all.
Trading Standards couldn't help and neither could my local police.
On Ebay I've noticed that he seems to have changed his trading name from EV Workshops to Electric Car Workshop.
I'm posting this because I want to warn people not to use this man. I have had a very costly, stressful and upsetting experience and the end result is that in thinking I was saving money by buying a battery from him for £1,250 (and then yesterday paying him another almost £400 because he claims to have 'stripped it down and reassembled it') I now have to get a real new battery put into it anyway at £1,850.
I'm sure many others must have had awful experiences with this man/workshop.
Unavailable, Unreliable, Unbelievable, and, very Unpleasant.