lightman says the garage manager promised to reimburse him but the money never came. he tells us he called five times over nine months before he gave up. >> then i kept seeing you on channel 10. >> reporter: we reached out to the hospital and said they would contact lightman. two months later he got back his $80.48. what's the lesson learned here? >> call nbc 10. >> reporter: lightman says he's glad he didn't give up. >> thank you, nbc 10 and harry hairston. i would never have received this without you. >> reporter: there we go. fantastic. good hug. >> all right. >> reporter: harry hairston, nbc 10 responds. >>> the hospital never told us or lightman what caused the delay or why his car was parked illegally to begin with. the garage manager and the hospital called him to apologize and make sure he got his check. >> if you have a consumer problem for nbc 10 responds or telemundo responde be l, let us. >>> coming up at 7:00, savannah guthrie and matt lauer join us with a preview from new york. good morning. >> hi, ladies. coming up on a tuesday morning. we're two weeks

lightman says the garage manager promised to reimburse him. but the money never came.ed five times over nine months before he gave up. >> and i saw you on channel 10. >> reporter: we reached out to the hospital and they told us they would contact lightman, two months later, he got back his $80.48. >> what's the lesson learned here. >> call nbc 10. >> reporter: now lightman says he's glad he didn't give up. >> thank you nbc 10 and harry hairston. >> there you go, that's fantastic. this is a good hug. okay. all right, he has that check and he can cash it now. the hospital never told us or lightman why he got the ticket or where his car was parked illegally. the hospital called him to apologize and make sure he got the check. our total is now $145,488. >> harry, thank you. if you have a consumer complaint you would like us to investigate, call the number on the screen and we will contact you. >>> a couple was in shock by the price of their water bill. they paid it to keep it running, but spent months disputing the problem until they called harry. that's tomorrow on nbc 10

>> i'm sorry, i'm david lightman from mcclatchy. >> i don't want to project too much into the future because i'm hopeful. i want to see the republican party fight hard for the latino electorate. and i think that we had seen some of that under bush who managed to get between 40 and 44% in his second round depending, you know, which exit polls you look at. and i think that that battle of ideas is important for any electorate. but that said, i think that there is serious damage being done and i think some of the work that latino decisions had in the -- that sylvia alluded to shows that that -- you know, how ever it's getting tarnished spreads. it doesn't stay just, you know, with that particular candidate, and that has to do a lot with the depth of the nature of those remarks. because like we said before, latinos tend to look at candidates based on their own record. but i think that, you know, if we saw mccain in his previous run, it was clear that he was carrying some weight of the tarnishing of the republican brand. and so i don't think that republicans have reached the point of no re