[Rich]

My girlfriend's sister thought she would save a lot of money by having her brother in law change the disc brake pads on her vehical.

This is not a particularly difficult job, I've done it myself, as well as I'm sure a bunch of other gear heads here have done also.

Well, she thought she was saving a lot of money until a very short time later her car started making all sorts of noises when braking.

Somehow she decided to have a shop look at her car (probably so she could drive home from work). What did they find?

Her disc brake pads were installed backwards. Yes, metal towards the discs instead of brake pad towards the discs!! Hard to believe! But the shop says that's how they found them (and knowing how the brother in law tries to do things as quickly and cheaply as possible, I wouldn't doubt it)!

Her brother in law says 'no way, I didn't do that'. So now there is a war going on, did he do a poor job, or was the 'shop' trying to scam the woman out of some money?

We'll never know, but it cost her a lot more money than it should to finally get her brakes in good working order, and I think she will never ask her brother in law to save her any money in the future?

So... do you want to have others work on your boat or not? It's up to you!

I do a lot of my own work. I enjoy it and often find it relaxing as I normally sit at a computer to earn a liviing. But then again, for some types of work, I let the marine pro's do their job!