I Bent My Wheel

Almost nearing 3 years and I thought I’d put the fiasco that is
behind me… that is, until this morning when I received a Unilocal compliment.
«Oh goody!» I thought as I eagerly logged into my Unilocal account to see which online Unilocaler had benefited from my due diligence as a paying customer. «Ah yes — a compliment for my review on I Bent My Wheel… glad I could help a fellow weary traveler…» I opened the account to see a Unilocal compliment boasting of a single word… a word that would make most women slap the mouth that uttered it.
The C-​word.
Now — what would instigate a retort of such magnitude?! Had I not invested not only my time in writing the review but also my money wasted at such establishment? Had I not fallen on my own sword to spread the truth about this dastardly wheel repair shop in Maryland?! Why had Arlando T. — the name of the account owner — a fellow Unilocal user — taken such harsh verbal action against me? Further research was necessary.
I quickly pulled up the website for I Bent My Wheel LLC (
) and notice that the owner, Arlando, requested that potential clients contact him directly. Arlando. Arlando? Surely this couldn’t possibly be the same «Arlando» that had written the obscenity I found lurking in my Unilocal compliment box. Could it? I must go deeper.
I pulled up the Who-​Is listing for
. For the IT illiterate, this would detail the information behind the website’s registrar. The website’s owner in laymen’s terms. To my disdain, the listing belonged to none other than an Arlando T. (I’ll withhold the last name per Unilocal guidelines — but feel free to look it up yourself).
Now it doesn’t take Mr. Holmes to deduce that the Arlando who had taken my money more than 3 years ago leaving me with not one, but two flat tires. The same Arlando who failed to honor his «money back guarantee.» The same Arlando who had written a false review about his own business (5 stars mind you). The Arlando who requested that clients contact him directly on his website. That all these Arlando’s happened to be the same unfortunate gentleman who, rather than provide a good service to his clientele, would resort to childish name calling using a not-​so-​childish word.
So this updated review will conclude my interactions with the bent wheel repair shop in Maryland.
Best of luck, Mr. Arlando T. I can only hope that my wasted $ 250 hard earned American dollars at your Maryland Wheel Repair shop has been paid forward in stopping would-​be-​ripped-​off-​clients from gracing your nightmare establishment. I wish you the best and I hope that one day, you can learn to abide by your word, to honor your promises, and to help those in need willing to pay you their hard earned dollars.

It isn’t often that I become upset enough with an establisment to write a review. However, a recent incident accured that left me both angry and a bit frustrated, and more than a little dissappointed. Had a service provided approximately 5 – 6 months ago, starting having the same problems that this establisment guaranteed me that if I should have this problem again they would correct it. I call the owner of the establishment to inform them that I was again having issues with my rims, they advised me to come in and they would correct the problem. To my surprise, I was charged for the same service they guaranteed would not happen again, and the price was more than double what I previously paid. The owner is very rude and I would not recommend this company to anyone!