Avoid having this painter do any work...
Burning Brakes
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From: Canastota Ny
stories like this make me happy to have my old 30year paint job and factory flaws! you just saved me 16grand! But may i ask WHY would you pay 16 grand when alot of guys get an expert job done for 8?
Burning Brakes
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From: Canastota Ny
Sorry, this makes no sense to me. You are about to married... its OK to defraud your family because he's married with kids? John Wayne Gacy had a wife and kids too... do we just let people get away for stuff because they have a wife and kids? Not a good reason.
i hear that! screw that guy! you have a life too and you should have to suffer cause of him. thats 16 grand! NOT 1600
However... no contact, no quote (how does a painter "fail" to give a quote? The work should not begin without a quote)... as shoddy as this was, this could be tough to recover in court. Might not be worth paying a lawyer.
agreed! as much as id like to say its gonna be okay, there should of atleast been a piece of paper with what the price WOULD BE TOTAL! then afterwards if there was any added cost during the process then you could think it out and hash it over with the painter.
i hear that! screw that guy! you have a life too and you should have to suffer cause of him. thats 16 grand! NOT 1600
However... no contact, no quote (how does a painter "fail" to give a quote? The work should not begin without a quote)... as shoddy as this was, this could be tough to recover in court. Might not be worth paying a lawyer.
agreed! as much as id like to say its gonna be okay, there should of atleast been a piece of paper with what the price WOULD BE TOTAL! then afterwards if there was any added cost during the process then you could think it out and hash it over with the painter.
i wish you luck on this and hope you get past the wife and kids and make him take on the responsibility of running a business
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Instructor
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From: Cottonwood Heights UT
I'm editing some of my posts as I'm engaging legal counsel in this.
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Drifting
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From: Chico Ca
Did you really pay that amount of money for that paint job? You would think you would at least get fiberglass bumpers with that.
BTW: I am offering complete professional Corvette show quality paint jobs for $16,000.00 This price includes shipping your car to me in California and back to you. PM me. And yes I'm Serious!
BTW: I am offering complete professional Corvette show quality paint jobs for $16,000.00 This price includes shipping your car to me in California and back to you. PM me. And yes I'm Serious!
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Instructor
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From: Cottonwood Heights UT
Did you really pay that amount of money for that paint job? You would think you would at least get fiberglass bumpers with that.
BTW: I am offering complete professional Corvette show quality paint jobs for $16,000.00 This price includes shipping your car to me in California and back to you. PM me. And yes I'm Serious!
BTW: I am offering complete professional Corvette show quality paint jobs for $16,000.00 This price includes shipping your car to me in California and back to you. PM me. And yes I'm Serious!
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Racer
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From: Portage Michigan
I bought my '81 from my brother. He bought it red and wanted it black so he sanded it down himself (not wet sanding and using too rough sand paper from what I've been told), but either way he ended up with scratches in the body. Some guy he worked with offered to paint it so my brother took it to him. The guy did just that, painted it, didn't even touch the scratches! He re-painted it red, not black, the guy said black would have shown the scratches really bad!
Instructor
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From: Ofallon MO
You must be a pretty laid back guy to let your car be gone for 18 months. I can see if it was a buddy doing you a favor and doing it in his spare time and just charging you for materials, but this obviously wasn't the case. Good luck with getting something out of him.
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The result does not equate to the cost or time.
What does the written estimate say? Not sure about Utah, but just about every state requires a licensed repair facility to provide a written contract, describing the work to be done, and the time to complete the repair.
Speak to a lawyer. Stop the trial by internet. File a suit. If the shop owner has any brains, he'll either make good on the work, or make a settlement. You're in it for $16 grand, and not happy. Invest another $1000 in the nastiest SOB lawyer in town to make the shop owner more unhappy than you.
I've painted all of my cars myself, and most looked about as good as yours. Decent, but for $16 grand, the Swedish Bikini Team should have delivered the car for you and cooked dinner.
What does the written estimate say? Not sure about Utah, but just about every state requires a licensed repair facility to provide a written contract, describing the work to be done, and the time to complete the repair.
Speak to a lawyer. Stop the trial by internet. File a suit. If the shop owner has any brains, he'll either make good on the work, or make a settlement. You're in it for $16 grand, and not happy. Invest another $1000 in the nastiest SOB lawyer in town to make the shop owner more unhappy than you.
I've painted all of my cars myself, and most looked about as good as yours. Decent, but for $16 grand, the Swedish Bikini Team should have delivered the car for you and cooked dinner.