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Old 11-12-2011, 06:07 PM
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I just talked to Alan Baylis yesturday about the same issues I'm reading about here. He was saying that the forged centers were the issue and that there have been changes in the CNC programs that have held up production. I guess I have to take him at his word and pray to God that the quality of the product has not diminished due to the changes. It has been 15 weeks yesturday that I placed the order, and Alan thought production on the centers should start in a week or so. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt here, so we'll see.
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Old 11-12-2011, 06:12 PM
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I just talked to Alan Baylis yesturday about the same issues I'm reading about here. He was saying that the forged centers were the issue and that there have been changes in the CNC programs that have held up production. I guess I have to take him at his word and pray to God that the quality of the product has not diminished due to the changes. It has been 15 weeks yesturday that I placed the order, and Alan thought production on the centers should start in a week or so. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt here, so we'll see.
what wheels did you order?
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I'd have canceled the order a long time ago.... And I'd have demanded my money back or jerked it back via the credit card... and would have ordered from somewhere else.
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i think what a lot of peole miss here is what if you really wanted a wheel they make and nobody else does? I wanted FM5 classics so what should i do if they take longer than expected?
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There's like 10,000 DIFFERENT sets of wheels out there.... and today -- many of them look alike - and many are equal to or better than a Fikse... I don't want to start a nit picking argument about which one and blah blah blah --- but SUPPORTING vendors that don't do what they should be doing - just continues that problem for OTHERS... and the only way to show disapproval of that way of doing business is to stop doing business with them.

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i think what a lot of peole miss here is what if you really wanted a wheel they make and nobody else does? I wanted FM5 classics so what should i do if they take longer than expected?
I'm sure if you have the money, you can always find a company that can make you any wheel you want.
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I'm sure if you have the money, you can always find a company that can make you any wheel you want.
thats not realistic but accurate
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This story sounds the same as what I went through with my Billet Specialties order.
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Old 11-12-2011, 07:41 PM
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I ordered the mach5 in 17x8 and 17x11. I decided to go with the anodized center and polished outer. The quality better be there!
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Wow Greg! That's an impressive #. How many keyboards have you gone through?
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