[Classic Heartbeat]

Doug, Thanks for the words of encouragement. They are appriciated. sbrban, Believe me I didn't just find this guy and decide to try him. He came highly recomended from a customer of mine. I also went out and checked his works in progress, and saw what he was doing.. It looked acceptable to me.. I also had a chance to look at some 3 of his finished products.. One was a 67 cst 10 truck I sold for a customer of mine for 14,500.00. That paint job was 6 or 7 years old and was holding up well. One was a beutifull 67 Suburban that belongs to the same customer and lastly was a 63 Chevy Panel that you could see through it in more places than you could shake a stick at. While driving it down the road you could check the road as it passed under your feet!! When he was done with it, it was beutifull!! He did an exelent job welding in new metal where there was none befor.. But for some reason he realy messed up my truck... He said that he would repair my taillight housings that he messed up, but wouldn't touch the place where he drilled holes and used bondo to cover it up, the reason was it was industry standard!! Well to be perfectly frank, that is the biggest bunch of crap anyone has tried to feed me in a long time!! Especially because I paid him to cut out a section of the lower quarter on the opisite side, because I didn't want that done!! Why would someone drill new holes in the other side of the truck and fill them over with bondo!! For crying out loud, do I need to baby sit a body man with more than 30 years of experience?? The reason that I picked him was because he wasn't afraid of metal work... Cutting and welding on thicker metal and not just someone who is only interested in inshurance work!! Bottom line is he messed up and if he were willing to fix his mess, I wouldn't be complaining. His price was his price!! I didn't ask for discounts and as far as I am concerned, I paid him his price and I deserve a #1 job... I don't care how much a person charges, you deserve the best that he can do... It's not like I twisted his arm to take my truck and it's not like I was out bothering him or anything either. I let him work at his pace and paid his price and got screwed doing it! $5.00 an hour or 100.00 an hour, it just shouldn't matter!! He took the job and I deserve his best work!! I am sorry sbrban, I kind of sound like I am chewing on your ear and I don't mean to... And I am glad you took the time to answer my post... I do however believe how I believe and feel anyone in buisness should believe the same. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com