Shaark92
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Polly has been in a dedicated auto upholstery shop awaiting a full interior install to complete her 2 plus year frame-off resto-mod .... since 15 June 20. As of 3 weeks ago, there has been ZERO work done on the car despite having a 30% deposit remitted to order the materials .... back in February.
Now ... we missed first scheduled delivery in March ... due to the stink bug response's delaying final assembly parts arrival ... just to get her rolling on her own power.
Then there was a May delivery in 75% completion; the interior guy and my resto shop owner must have miscommunicated, or the interior guy changed his mind and wanted Polly 100% complete, save for the interior.
Anyhow. at ~95% completion (was still waiting for rear door window channels to install the rear door windows) the interior shop accepted Polly. And there she's sat with zero work on a quoted 4 week duration job.
3 weeks ago, I was told the full interior ahead of Polly would be done in 2 weeks. I presume that means Polly started this week. Today, I'm going to discover if that is true. I've been patient, I think. I haven't harassed the guy ... but neither have I received a single communication from him about exceptions since leaving Polly with him over two months ago.
My resto shop guy urges more patience ... but I need to get this project completed. If I can learn cash flow is a problem for this fellow, since I've already put 30% down, what is the thought here on offering, in good faith, another 20% to get the project active? It seems he may have opted to do "day job" seat covers, delaying work on the full interior jobs because of the business' need/forecast?
This shop has been in business for over 30 years and he's done excellent work. The price isn't "brother n law" but I feel like that's the attention my job is getting; especially without ANY communication.
So ... contingency plan. I don't want to be like an airline passenger who decides to bail out because the flight is an hour late ... like you're going to arrive sooner by leaving THIS flight? But I can't help but feel disrespected when the 4 week job hadn't even been started 6 weeks after leaving the car at the shop, and there's been ZERO communication on why ... never mind providing "the new expected done date."
Dallas, Ft. Worth, Waco, Temple, Austin ... IH 35 ... plus/minus a few hours. Who can do a full interior starting by Mid September?
Thanks!
Polly has been in a dedicated auto upholstery shop awaiting a full interior install to complete her 2 plus year frame-off resto-mod .... since 15 June 20. As of 3 weeks ago, there has been ZERO work done on the car despite having a 30% deposit remitted to order the materials .... back in February.
Now ... we missed first scheduled delivery in March ... due to the stink bug response's delaying final assembly parts arrival ... just to get her rolling on her own power.
Then there was a May delivery in 75% completion; the interior guy and my resto shop owner must have miscommunicated, or the interior guy changed his mind and wanted Polly 100% complete, save for the interior.
Anyhow. at ~95% completion (was still waiting for rear door window channels to install the rear door windows) the interior shop accepted Polly. And there she's sat with zero work on a quoted 4 week duration job.
3 weeks ago, I was told the full interior ahead of Polly would be done in 2 weeks. I presume that means Polly started this week. Today, I'm going to discover if that is true. I've been patient, I think. I haven't harassed the guy ... but neither have I received a single communication from him about exceptions since leaving Polly with him over two months ago.
My resto shop guy urges more patience ... but I need to get this project completed. If I can learn cash flow is a problem for this fellow, since I've already put 30% down, what is the thought here on offering, in good faith, another 20% to get the project active? It seems he may have opted to do "day job" seat covers, delaying work on the full interior jobs because of the business' need/forecast?
This shop has been in business for over 30 years and he's done excellent work. The price isn't "brother n law" but I feel like that's the attention my job is getting; especially without ANY communication.
So ... contingency plan. I don't want to be like an airline passenger who decides to bail out because the flight is an hour late ... like you're going to arrive sooner by leaving THIS flight? But I can't help but feel disrespected when the 4 week job hadn't even been started 6 weeks after leaving the car at the shop, and there's been ZERO communication on why ... never mind providing "the new expected done date."
Dallas, Ft. Worth, Waco, Temple, Austin ... IH 35 ... plus/minus a few hours. Who can do a full interior starting by Mid September?
Thanks!