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May 2002
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RANT:- Lazy panel beaters/painters!!!!!
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Fri, 30 August 2002 04:13
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Before i start, THIS IS IN NO WAY AIMED AT THE PEOPLE ON THESE FORUMS WHO ARE IN THIS PROFESSION!!!
Now that i have that out of the way, my car has been in bits now for about 3 months. Once it was back to a bare shell, i was told by the guy "supposedly" doin the paint work on the car, "its better off if u paint strip it back to bare metal". Fair enough says i, so my brother and i spend god knows how many hours doing just that. After spending $1400 the week before on rust repairs, i was glad to find NO more rust in the shell  . As with all old cars, there is always car park dents, and deviations in the roof, but in general straight order. So we prime it up (prevent it from rusting) and i tow it to the "panelbeaters".
After a short chat with the owner, "Now, i will start it next week. I just have a Torana to finish off, but i will definately get it started Monday", talking about it the wednesday before that. "yep, no worries. So how long will you have it for??" ask i....."No more than 2-3 weeks, will have it done by the end of August, no worries" says he......"Thats what i was aiming for" says i "Need it driveable by November"......."yeah, you will definately have it back by the end of August"......
BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Visited him this arvo to work out a price, the car is still sitting in the same spot, untouched, where i rolled it off the trailer!!! Turns out he would rather not spend the time fixing all the little dents and tidying up around the body!!! So now i have to find someone to do a "cash" job for the panel work ( MAY have that sorted, unsure yet though), on his premises, so that when that part of the job is finished, he can take it upstairs to paint it.
Its got me stumped how these people are in business. 3.5 weeks and it hasnt been touched, whereas if another shop had it, MAYBE it would be finished. Who knows!!
I have nothing against paying for quality work, but i have EVERYTHING against people who blatantly tell you crap and cause you greif, over something thats in their best interest to complete and do a quality job on!! NO RECOMENDATIONS COMING FROM ME ABOUT THIS OFFENDING SHOP!!!!
Basically, as everyone usually does, im working to a budget and a time limit. I only pay for work that i have to pay for (ie, do almost everything myself), and because of this, both budget/time limit has been shot to pieces.....
Cant believe it......     :-
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TRACTION_ISSUES | Fri, 30 August 2002 04:13 |
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ytri | Fri, 30 August 2002 04:25 |
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| Fri, 30 August 2002 05:39 |
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THE WITZL | Fri, 30 August 2002 06:13 |
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| Fri, 30 August 2002 06:29 |
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DAMO | Fri, 30 August 2002 06:39 |
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manipulate | Fri, 30 August 2002 07:56 |
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Rattlehead | Fri, 30 August 2002 09:37 |
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Youngy | Fri, 30 August 2002 13:34 |
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toyrota | Sun, 01 September 2002 00:36 |
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Rattlehead | Sun, 01 September 2002 08:53 |
