[Spridgets] Paint shop fiasco

[Guy R Day]

Print this post out and give it to their boss.


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Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 1:11 AM
Subject: [Spridgets] Paint shop fiasco


> So I am posting this just to get it off of my chest so I don't snap and 
> KILL
> someone.
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> I took my Midget to get painted and have some bodywork done, associated 
> with
> getting hit in a parking lot back in the fall.B  I dropped the car off on
> March 2.B  2 weeks later they said it was done and I picked it up.B  It 
> looked
> good and I had it flatbeadded home.B  when I got it home I took a better 
> look
> as I was reasembling it.B  They did a for s%*it job.B  besides not doing 
> the
> bodywork even half a%%ed they left my car with holes drips and they 
> PAINTED my
> stainless steal exhaust!!! and they never fixed half the chips on the car 
> that
> I paid for.B  so I took it back 4 weeks ago to have them fix it.B  I was 
> told
> on AprilB  11 that it would be done the end of the week.B  then after not
> hearing from them I called on the 18 and they said it will be done on 20th 
> but
> that came and went and then on Monday I was told for the 4th time it was 
> in
> final buffing and they wanted to make sure it was good and I could pick it 
> up
> on wednesday.B  On wednesday they said Its done but it looks like rain how
> about waiting till Saturday.B  fine. I have waited this long.... SO 
> saturday
> morning I get a ride up to the shop to be there at 9 when they open as I 
> was
> told it was ready last night.B  at 5 of 9 and 200' from the shop they call 
> me
> and say "uh i found a scratch by the door but I can get it fixed by 11:30 
> if
> you can come later".B  So I wait. At 11 I call and they tell me its ready 
> to
> go if i can get here by 12.B  no problem I am at a friends house 5 minutes
> away....the phone goes silent...."uh oB B  k, we will see yoiu then."B  AT
> 11:30 I drive over and find my car sitting in PREP!!!!! behind another 
> car.B
> I check it over and I cant really tell because its dark so I say finish
> buffing it out and pull it out in the sunlight.B  BUT THEY CAN"T cause 
> THEY
> KILLED MY NEW BATTERY!!!!!!!B  SO they jump start it and pull it out into 
> the
> light......the car has no gloss it is FLAT except for by the driver side 
> rear
> quarter panel where is beautifully glossy.....which makes it that much 
> easier
> to see theB  5 inch deep 7 inch long dripB line on the panel from 3 feet
> away!!!!B B  the door doesn't match the body the rockers don't match 
> anything
> theB  wholeB car that isn't facing up is flat.B  This is after its been 
> there
> for FOUR F-ING WEEKS!!!!!
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> "Oh a we can fix that but you will have to leave it till Monday.B " NO 
> SH&T
> a&& hole what other choice do I have???
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> "Well we tried to make you happy by doing a base coat and a clear coat 
> cause
> we know we made a mistake."B  WANT TO MAKE ME HAPPY??? LEARN HOW TO PAINT 
> A
> F--KING CAR!!!!!!!!!
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> So far I have paid $1000 for the paint and bodywork,$350 for 2 tows, 
> missed 2
> club get togethers, one car show, one club rally, and most disturbing to 
> me
> the funeral of the man I deeply respected, cared for, and whoB taught me 
> how
> to make the car drivable in the first place.
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> RANT OVER
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> SO any suggestions on how to deal with them Monday morning without 
> screaming
> and cursing at them
>
> Ryan "midget less" Kubanoff
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