Thread: Two More Months Wasted ..............

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We've all had these kinds of "Professionals" who promise you the stars and the moon, then sit on your project for weeks or months without doing anything. I don't get it...........why don't they just tell you up front they don't want to do your job, or aren't sure they can get it done quickly? Worst thing we can do it take a car in and tell them "I'm in no hurry, work on it when you get time."

I've learned to be very blunt up front and tell them exactly what I am looking for and then ask them point blank if they can do it and how soon. Then there are no gray areas when they drop the ball, and I can complain that they didn't keep their word.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

We've all had these kinds of "Professionals" who promise you the stars and the moon, then sit on your project for weeks or months without doing anything. I don't get it...........why don't they just tell you up front they don't want to do your job,

Yea I had this on my Mustang. The shop did mainly semi-tractors for their main business. The owner was into street rods too and turned out some nice work. But it took forever. I had made arrangements with him - aka an appointment months in advance. So I stripped it down before I dropped it off and outside it sat for months as I drove by e v e r y day. . . . When he finally got on it he did a nice job. Frustration ! ! !

The second time I did the same.. Made an appointment and got the car ready and dropped it off. He understood I wanted to get it done quick so I could get going finishing it. It was just a couple of spot fixes and new paint.. Again the car set for a couple of months. Finally I called him and said I would be there on such and such day to pick it up. When I got there it hadn't been touched. He had to dig around to find the trunk stripes even. So back home it came and a couple of guys I worked with at the time did it and it turned out super.

Exactly the reason that I ended up painting my own car - it for sure isn't perfect but at least it's painted and is more then presentable. Now, if I could convince my upholsterer to finish a couple of big boat jobs, maybe I could even get the car on the road this spring