Milligan & Son's Garage

Beware of Milligan and Sons Garage in Martin/Lavonia Georgia - I had a horrible experience with them. My water pump failed on I-85 and a local AutoZone referred me to Milligan. I feel like Paul Milligan was very unprofessional and took advantage of the fact that I was ...temporarily stranded. He charged an excessive towing ($95) and diagnostic fee ($85) to tell me what I already knew - that I had a bad water pump. Paul Milligan leveraged his position of power against my vulnerable state to essentially force me to transfer my car title to him in return for a ride back to civilization since his shop is miles from anywhere. When I returned several days later and declined to transfer the title, he charged me an outrageous storage fee of $160 for 6 days of storage and held my car hostage until I paid cash. Paul Milligan claims to be a man of his word, and maybe he is, as long as he stands to make money off of you. If you value your money, stay away from Milligan and Sons Garage Read More

I am a single mother of four. Very late on Thursday night I was driving to visit my boyfriend in SC with my 2 year old daughter. My Honda Acura’s transmission died on I-85. My BF told me to to call AAA and turn on my iPhone's location service so he could keep track of... me as he came to get us. AAA towed my car to Milligan & Sons, where Mr. Milligan opened his shop for me WAY after hours. Mr. Milligan gave me repair options I could understand, then my BF arrived and took it from there. A few days later my car was repaired, for LESS than AAMCO charged not 9 months before. I am a black female professional, dating a white professional Southern Gentleman; We sometimes experience prejudice as we travel; You'd think you'd experience it more in the backwoods of rural Georgia, but this has never been the case. My experience with Mr. Milligan was no exception, he treated me with courtesy and respect. Never once did I feel uncomfortable, or unsafe. Mr. & Mrs. Milligan, Thank you again! Read More

Broke down on rt. 85 I am alone. Called AAA, the driver towed me to Milligans shop in the middle of nowhere. He gave me a price to fix my van of $5937.35. By 8:30 am I found out my van was under waranty where I bought it (only 3 yr. old) Told Mulligan not to touch anyth...ing, he had taken me to a motel the night before so came back to take me to his shop told me I owed him $695.00. Also money for taking me to and from motel, and loss of work time. I went to write him a check and he got upset saying he only wanted cash for tax purposes, he took me to his bank and told me to take out $1,000.00, yes I did because I was afraid and just wanted to get away from him. I know I was scammed, and at the time it was going on I knew things were not right, but what do you do when your in your 60's,traveling alone in a strange place, hundreds of miles from home? You go with your sixth sence and get out as soon as you can. I gave him the money he "demanded" and got out. DON'T LET HIM SCAM YOU !!!!! Read More

Mom mother, from the Northeast, broke down (blown engine) in the middle of the night in Georgia and was towed to this shop. We had him place on order for a new engine only to learn moments later that the engine was found to be under warrantee. We had him cancel the or...der with 30 minutes. He then charged her a percentage, 3.7% were his words of the total engine cost claiming he was charged by his supplier, whom he refused to identify. He then played on moms emotions about how he went out of his way to open his shop and ensure she got to a hotel ect... which he did do. When she went to pay him $695.00 he would not take a check and demaded cash. He drove her to a bank. walked in with her and stood at the teller while she withdrew $1,000.00 and gave to him. When I called and asked for a detailed bill for insurance purposes he refused to provide a bill or explain why he would only accept cash. We had no issue with being charged for his "true" services but the rest.. BAD BUSINESS HERE Read More