Buff-O-Matic II Transmissions

Wish I had listened to the dealer and stayed away from this crook. He is a liar and a cheat. On a Monday I brought my work van over to him with a grinding noise in the rear end. After the test drive he told me it needs rear differential bearings at a cost between $ 1000 and $ 1100, I then took it over to a Ford dealership and after the test drive they explained the same repairs at a cost of around $ 1500. I decided to save a few dollars and bring it to Buffomatic, considering it is all they basically work on there. Could not have made a worse decision. I told Sean Buffo (the owner) I needed it fixed as quickly as possible, it was my only work vehicle. He agreed he would have it started the next morning. I call at the end of the next day to see how its going. I get an apology, they hadn’t started working on it yet. I get a call a few days later (Thursday) with a message to call right away. They tell me that there is another part that was defective and I needed to get it replaced for another $ 600. I went down to get a look and they showed me a carrier that had been out of round. Seemed a bit odd so I asked them how much to put it back together and I would like a 2^nd opinion, he says $ 1800 ! So I ask him how much time he has in it so far, he says 6 hours (just for taking it apart). I later asked a dealer how much labor to repair the bearings in their quote, they tell me the whole job is 5 hrs. He basically strong armed me into completing the repairs at his inflated price, I didn’t have much of a choice and the thief knew it. He then calls me back later that day and asks me if I want to pay $ 100 extra for overnight shipping of the carrier, otherwise it could be 2 or 3 days wait. By now he has had the van for almost a week and he starts bitching at me because he has other potential victims waiting for my truck to be taken off the lift. At this point I am so frustrated I just wanted my truck out of there ! He orders the part next day delivery on Friday, I get a call on Saturday around 11am to come and pick up my truck. Sounds like they drove to another local shop or junk yard to get the carrier and scammed me out of the new part and overnight shipping costs. When I get to the shop, Sean is not around, but his girl is there to get my cash. I get the bill and its now $ 2700 ! Pay it now or leave the truck for him to wholesale to a used car dealer ! Guess he left a few overcharges and inflated costs out of the quote. If you deal with this unprofessional cheat be weary of what he says, and get everything in writing before he starts working on your vehicle. The only caveat, it is still running 30k miles later.