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Dear Amy:

I have a cousin who is a mechanic. He is superb with cars. He works at an auto repair shop and is always busy.

In the beginning of last month, he started working on my dad's car. His car is still not running because my cousin has not finished the work.

My cousin keeps saying, "I'll finish over the weekend." The whole month has gone by, and my dad is getting impatient.

Now my car is also not running well. I do not want to ask my cousin for help, even if we live together under one roof.

I don't understand what his problem is. Maybe it's because in the past our family has not paid him for working on our cars. He fixes other people's cars in no time.

The price for the job I want done is $180, which is much cheaper than any other shop, but I don't want to ask him to do the job because he doesn't keep his promises.

What should I do?

Auto-motive

You know the old saying, "You get what you pay for"?

Well, my friend, that also means that you don't get what you don't pay for.