I will never deal with Maaco Pearl City ever again!!!\r
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We (boyfriend and I) went to get a quote for auto body repair and painting at Maaco in Pearl City, HI. Collin Riley (owner's son) helped us and was very rude and sarcastic from the minute we started talking to him. We would ask questions such as the type of paint they us, costs, if it includes clear coat and do we have to repaint the whole car. Collin Riley would give us sarcastic answers like ""well if you want three shiny spots and pay more money be my guest and just paint affected areas or you need to move if you want me to look at the damage"" He started raising his voas we were asking more questions. Finally after listening to him 10 minutes, I turned to him and said he is rude and want to report him, also mentioned they had 12 BBB complaints and over half were negative reviews on Angie's List and Yelp. I only came down to get a quote because I just wanted to check out price and what Maaco had to offer (BIG MISTAKE ON MY PART!!!) Collin shoved a card in my face and said go ahead and report us, I am the owner and this is Maaco Headquarters number. Also he mentioned to go ahead and complain to BBB as they have handled the 12 complaints. My boyfriend told Collin he does not need to yell at her. Collin then started saying the ""F"" word at him and wanted to physically fight my boyfriend. My boyfriend was upset and swore back at Collin and told me lets go since the more we spoke to him, the more we could see he was not mentally stable and OUT OF CONTROL. We went in the car and Collin came over to the driver's side and continued to pursue a fight with my boyfriend saying things like ""cmon you want to settle this now - you tell me the time and place"" He continued to use the F word at us and stepped in front of our car and blocked us from leaving the Maaco lot!!! We could not believe this!!!! He then said, ""you ran over my foot and i am calling the cops"" We told him go ahead we want to talk to the cops ourselves. My boyfriend drove out of the lot and parked across the street called the cops also. Police took our report and Collin Riley's report. He easily walked over to us across the street to attempt to fight and swear at us and said things like "" I know the cops here, I know everyone in this town, I know the judge- you're boyfriend going to jail for running over my foot"" What an ***! Our car did not move so how can we run over his foot!! He has the audacity to say this after swearing at us, the consumers, and trying to physically fight us!!!\r
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We were appalled to find out number of similar complaints over the years with Maaco Pearl City and the yelling and abusive behavior by Collin Riley. He tells everyone he is the owner but he is not. He is the owner's son which is why he is still employed!!\r
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We called Andy Riley the next day to report this and Andy Riley said he cannot fire his son. He later responded through a BBB complaint filed by us that Collin's version was that my boyfriend started swearing at him and things went sour!! I was there, Collin was the sales person and he raised his voice, he started saying the F to us and my boyfriend got involved only when Collin started yelling at me! A Sales person should never yell or swear at a customer -- more importantly to try to physically fight us and pursue this while we are already in the car and block us from leaving!!!\r
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I found someone who was very helpful, honest, reasonable and does quality work and professional service- you can call him at 808-383-4159- Joe. I have taken my car to him for several jobs since the Maaco incident.\r
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I found out today that the Riley's are no longer the owners of Maaco Pearl City and appears that enough customers complained to the Maaaco Corporate Headquarters ( i wrote a review and also spoke to a lady who called me back from Maaco Headquarters) as they must have realized the negative Yelp reviews and BBB complaints were so plentiful something has gotta be done.
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