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Originally Posted by Vegas69
There is no way in 2018 this should keep happening on this site.
I see two reasons why it's happened twice:'
1. It takes guts to call someone out publicly.
2. It's embarrassing to admit you got taken advantage of publicly.
A simple vendor rating system would likely go a long ways in defeating the above. Look at every major website that sells anything, they keep their vendors and products accountable. They do it for the integrity of their business and that means looking out for your members FIRST. In the long term, it rewards the good guys that are doing it right.
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The problem is there are always 3 sides to every story. Like Greg said he was trying to help a friend just as much if not more then getting the actual car. The car was a by product of the actual end result.
The bigger problem is the education and the quality level of what is actual good enough and acceptable. We have all seen guys post work on their own car or professional work that people are having done that is posted on this site and think damn that looks rough. Or that isn't going to work and see plenty of people comment below with any emoji saying how awesome it looks when it doesn't and probably wont work or work very well. I wont name names but I got a text a few weeks before this messy situation came to light with some people questioning some things that were posted in this thread.
And In my 18 years of being in business I have learned that some times the customer can be smarter then the builder or the builder and the customer are both totally clueless. Or the customer thinks they are a big shot and know exactly what they want and think this is going to do exactly what they want because some companies marketing campaign told them it was what they needed. I have started some projects in the past from other shops that I'm convinced could never have been completed. The customer was unaware of that fact, and I wonder if the builder was just that shady or if they were just as clueless as the owner. Building a car takes alot of different things into account that have to be done in a proper order and with proper fore thought. Everything affects everything it seems some times. Some times we would have been better off to just have started over completely. It would have been less work in the end.
Greg, I know you will get it resolved and I wish more people would stand up and say what was wrong with the parts you txt me pics of and stuff. People need education. There is no reason to drag anyone through the mud further, pick up your stuff learn the lessons and move on. Dont trust a guy just because he said he is trust worthy. Look at the entirety of their work not just the smoke and mirrors. If some one has to tell you how good they are, they probably are not as good as they say.