Day +783 : It happened again :-( (2)

I am fine today. Continue from yesterday...

A guy approached my niece shortly after the car broke down. He claimed that he had a workshop at Senawang and he could help to tow the car there, and service it for us at an unbelievable cost; estimated RM140 only (RM60 for towing + RM80 for servicing the gasket). How much time it would take? Two hours only.

Even though the offer was unbelievable, I tended to believe it because it was too attractive. If he could handle everything within two hours with a cost of RM140, we didn’t have to rush there. The workshop could simply service the car and my niece and her friends can continue their journey. What a convenient way to solve the problem!

However, Richard warned me that these guys on the road were very tricky. Once the car was towed to their workshop, we are “finished(完蛋)”. They will charge us any amount they like, with reasons which we can’t really substantiate as the car was with them.

But not long after we denied the offer, another one appeared. The guy said that he was an AAM (Automobile Association of Malaysia) agent and he could service the car for us. He wanted to tow the car and also the three scared students to their workshop immediately. He said that we could discuss further once we were there. Knowing that we would be “finished” once the car was at their workshop, Richard angrily warned him over the phone, “Don’t touch my car! This is my car!”

In addition to handling these guys, we also contacted the highway helpdesk to request for towing service. So when we reached there, the highway towing truck was there waiting. And we also noticed that the “AAM agent” was still there. He is quite very persistent and would not give up so easily (不到黄河不死心). He kept on persuading us to let him service our car.

We planned to tow the car to the nearest toll station and arranged with the workshop here to tow it back the next day. However, when we discussed with the highway towing truck driver, he said that he could only tow it to the nearest highway rest station, which is not very safe.

We then asked the “AAM agent” to quote a price to tow the car back to Puchong. His price is RM600 which is too expensive. So we didn’t consider his service. The “AAM agent” left after knowing that he couldn’t get anything from us.

To be continued and see you next post :-)