There was a so called "hot rod" business in a neihboring town that just closed up in the last couple of weeks and left around 25 customers high and dry. They collected as many deposits as possible, ripped apart their cars, cut off body panels, dissasembled engines and closed shop leaving customers with boxes of parts and in my opinion some of the cars are totaled. I saw this coming for the past year and half and I tell any prospective customers to do their homework, make sure they have a BAR license, insurance and plenty of references. If they ask for a deposit for labor -run!
BTW, I'm not saying this shop is anything like this and it may be a reputable place, but unfortunatly this happens all of the time in this industry.
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Steve Keefer
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