Legal action against Sears advised

In view of:

• Sears Auto Center negligence at their Florida Mall in losing our keys and car remote,
• Sears Executive Offices ignoring their own documentation regarding the towing back to their facility of our vehicle within 36 hours of sending us on our way in a vehicle for which they mounted tires but failed to check the tire pressure, the tire subsequently going flat when we discovered it completely flat in the driveway June 6 a.m.
• Orange County Sheriff Office police report filed against Sears on June 4, 2013 regarding our lost or stolen keys
• estimate for replacement as requested by Alyssa A. in the Sears Executive Office
• Sears Tire and Auto Center at Florida Mall managers misrepresenting (aka lied about) the events that occurred on June 4, 2013 and June 6, 2013,
• “advice” of Joe Oakes for us to take legal action against Sears

and on the advice of legal counsel in the Orlando area, required courses of action are in order.

Photographs of only half of our key set returned to us at Sears Auto Center

On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, we came back to Sears Auto to pick up our vehicle at the time Sears told us the car would be ready.
We were handed this – see photo below.
My daughter inquired, “Where is the other half of our keychain”?
The key fob (remote or clicker that opens all of our car doors), the car key that opens the trunk and all doors, and our house key which were on a blue parachute clip all attached to the other half of this keychain had been detached and were MISSING!

This keychain is a two-part keychain:

• One half contained the “valet” key to the car
• The detachable second half contained three items: our house key, the key that opened the trunk and all the doors, and the key remote (clicker/fob) that opened all of the doors, and a blue parachute clip

When we were handed our keys, only  the “valet” key to the car was on the keychain. The detachable second part was gone, shown in the photograph below at the time we went back to pick up our vehicle after Sears was to be finished working.

At the onset that day, Sears Auto center mechanic Carlos and Bob Parr directed my daughter to pull the car into the bay. They also directed her to leave the keys in the ignition.

Either Bob, Carlos or a mechanic who worked on the car unclipped the keys to make it easier for them to have the part with the trunk key separate. They did not put the two parts back together.

My daughters and I walked through oil and grime to search throughout the Sears Auto Center maintenance areas for several hours, in technician areas, parking lot, trash cans in the front and maintenance areas, along with Bob Parr and two employees.

At one point Melanie brought to us a set of keys on a light blue clip and asked if these were our keys. I replied, “No.” She said, “These must be another customer’s keys.”

Sears Auto Center at Florida Mall loses customer keys