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Originally Posted by race-rodz
wow, i log in after a couple days to find several pages of being called a low life POS that is just out to take advantage of people and screw them outa their hard earned money..... thats great.
soooooo not that it really matters i guess i should point out a few things.
#1 yes, "race rodz" is no longer, i am done working on anything that i dont own. while i had big dreams of becoming a top notch shop on the west coast, several factors stopped this from happening. i bit off way more than i could chew agreeing to do jobs way too cheap for the time involved to do the job right....and then sticking to the prices i gave up front. lesson learned is i have no business trying to run my own shop.
#2 anthony's car was to be the first of many high profile projects, as such i agreed to do the car for a grand total of $7300 including materials, knowing i would have way more time in it to make it to the level tony and i wanted the car to be at, but figured it would be more of an investment into the shops future.... while i dont think i intended to take advantage of him and screw him, apparently this is how it sounds to everybody else hearing one side of the story.
#3 as we talked on the phone the night before, i told him the car would be in his driveway by 3:30 when he got off work and headed home, because he had plans and no time to spare. as i said it would be there before he got home, the car was there at about 2:30. i did leave it so i could make it out of pdx before the traffic got bad....i guess i was expected to sit around for an hour and a half and wait for him to show up.... however i didnt feel there was anything to talk about, since a few days earlier the conversation was he was burnt out waiting for it, and "just wanted the f***ing car home"
#4 i think neds cuda should be addressed here also, again i dont feel that i set out to screw anybody, i didnt even charge for alot of the add ons, and knocked his final payment in half.......as he was unhappy with point of "finishing".... again, i just wanted to make a guy a deal and have him be happy with the end result.... which obviously isnt the case.
i really dont know what else to say, an appology at this point is pretty meaningless to the bridges burnt. if i had the means i would gladly give refunds on labor charges....but the bottom line is im piss broke, in debt up to my eyeballs, and contemplating bankrupcy other than i cant even afford to do that. im looking for work and just trying to keep food on my families table and a roof over our heads. according to the general concencus, is exactly where i deserve to be.
so for what its worth, i am truely sorry to both tony and ned, i never intended to take advantage of anybody, nor did i want to screw anybody out of a single dollar.... i was just trying to make an honest living doing what every single person on this site is so passionate about, building bad ass cars.
i think i have said everything i need to say,
chris deshane... former owner of race rodz
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I guess you can be commended for coming back on here and posting something. I'd call it a 3/4 apology myself.
And I don't see where anyone on here has accused you of planning to defraud these guys of their hard earned money. I haven't read that. You are right about the fact that it just didn't work out and you were not up to the task of delivering said product. If you had any spare money, you should give it to Anthony.
But the leaving the car in his driveway part with scratched up parts laying in it is just unacceptable and you damn well know it. You should have faced the music then and there and parted ways. Hell, he tipped you and filled your tank with gas the 1st time you didn't deliver. Anthony is a well respected member of this place and has been for a long time. You? Not so much.
What a bummer for Anthony..... and Ned. And everyone.
I'm done. I'm sure others will be piling on shortly.