Someoneyoushouldknow
victim #1
Yep. Court it is. I gave him over a month to make it right. Still no refund, no communication.
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Got the Contributing Memberships stuff finally worked out and made up a thread as a sort of "How-To" to help people figure out how to participate. So if you need help figuring it out, here's the thread you need to take a look at -> http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3581 Thank you, everyone! Rich Z.
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Someoneyoushouldknow
victim #1
The car has been there since march so yes almost a year.
Someoneyoushouldknow
victim #1
I was referring to the month from when this all blew up till now, Bob.
Chris said he was going to call you tonight. Good luck with everything Liz
Actually I thought maybe Chris had jumped off of a bridge when he realized my car was going to be in his shop a LOT longer because of all that crap he went through with the Warhawk motor, and now LME is going to be building me a different one. A lot of time and effort was put into that by him, and it was all for nothing now. I'm just hoping that new build won't be too long and I don't have to ask him to put my LS6 back in temporarily. He just might leap off that bridge then...
Actually, I haven't talked to him since Thursday, when he told me LME's intentions.
Not trying to make excuses for him, but I think he just bit off a lot more than he can chew lately.
Someoneyoushouldknow
victim #1
Well I can text a yes or no in less then 30 seconds. He chose not to respond for one reason or another. I gave him a month and a half to solve this and he hasn't bothered.
Yeah. I have to admit I told him several times that his contact skills needed to be improved for the sake of his business. Not that I want to try to tell someone else how best to run their own business, however. Just some advice from my own experience. I know I get pretty aggravated when I am not kept informed of issues when my money is riding on the line. I certainly can't blame anyone else for feeling the same way.
I hope we're going to get an update today. :shrug01:
Someoneyoushouldknow
victim #1
sorry guys, I had was riding the horses most of the day.
So here is the update.
I got an email from Chris claiming he's made a decision to make things right. He told me he had things lined up to fix the car. It would take two weeks.
I told him I would believe it when I saw it and that if it was not done by two weeks regardless of if work had started on it I was taking him to court. I told him to make 100% percent sure he could meet that deadline before you told me he could. He hasn't responded yet. So we'll see.
tick tock...
So here is the update.
I got an email from Chris claiming he's made a decision to make things right. He told me he had things lined up to fix the car. It would take two weeks.
I told him I would believe it when I saw it and that if it was not done by two weeks regardless of if work had started on it I was taking him to court. I told him to make 100% percent sure he could meet that deadline before you told me he could. He hasn't responded yet. So we'll see.
tick tock...
There is no excuse for a business to operate this way. What's troublesome is you're not the first. I would have just filed and been done with it.
He may be a good guy and an excellent mechanic but there is no way after reading all of this stuff I would take my car there. In two weeks I don't think anything will have changed.
People said the same for me, but I have a motor sitting in my car. So that would help out in the credibility department.
I agree but I would be way beyond that point by now. When I reach that point I know longer give a dam- whats been done. We all have our thresh hold and once mine is crossed, look out. :thumbsup:
Shadow
New member
True, but steps had to be taken to get to that point.
Time will tell. It's been months so what's 2 more weeks at this point?
If he said he can do it, I'd give him the opportunity to do so. It's cheaper and quicker than our court system. My only concern is that he hasn't responded back at the time of her post.:toetap05:
Two (2) weeks is 2 (two) weeks. I'd start tha clock ticking from the time of my response and in 2 (two) weeks, on the morning following, I'd be at the courthouse.
Even if he's working on the car, if it's not finished, I'd file. You can always dismiss a suit all the way up to judgment.
There has to be a deadline somewhere.
Good luck Liz:thumbsup:
Same way here...just reached it with one of my local servers...! She's :wavey:
For me, the deadline has passed.
I also think something else is going on here we know nothing about. When I see all of the work Chris has done it's very impressive. Looks like he has built a successful business and that's not possible if he ignores his customers. So why has he ignored 2 members here?
While it's true he is resolving issues with one person at this time and possibly the second what got it to this point? The members have stated their case but he never replies. Looks to me (and I may be wrong) that something lit his fuse so he chose to ignore them. We both know you can't do that. Also we have both noticed he ignored the last email from Liz.
I would have filed and not waited another 2 weeks but that's just me. :thumbsup:
I'll be honest about it, Chris has not really been the same guy in the past few months that he was previously. He has seemed very distracted and almost detached from the world. I just figured there are some personal issues going on that would get resolved one way or another eventually.
But that being said, the last few days I was out at the shop, I did see some of the normal Chris showing through and he was busting his butt trying to get things caught up. So hopefully whatever it was that was preoccupying him is now over with....
Of course, the headache of my own build certainly can't be helping things much... This HAS been a real pain in the ass for Chris as well as myself. :banghead:
But that being said, the last few days I was out at the shop, I did see some of the normal Chris showing through and he was busting his butt trying to get things caught up. So hopefully whatever it was that was preoccupying him is now over with....
Of course, the headache of my own build certainly can't be helping things much... This HAS been a real pain in the ass for Chris as well as myself. :banghead:
Rich, I have said previously there s something going on we know nothing about. I have also said I have nothing but respect for Chris. Damn, look at what he can do on your car. That takes intelligence and a lot of experience.
Under the circumstances I would not take my car to him. Even if he does take care of these members two cars they had to push him against the wall. I don't know what he would have to do to get me in there.
On the other hand he may not care. I doubt he gets too many jobs off of this site and these posts probably have no effect on his business.
Shadow
New member
You'd be surprised how much damage a little negative publicity can do, even on a small site like this:yesnod:
And with the internet, a Google search may just turn up this link on this "small site" and the next thing you know, it's a huge deal.
Also, you might be surprised how much business a small, local site can generate:thumbsup:
It's about people knowing people who know people and making recommendations to those they trust.
Let's try to stay with facts folks. Let those involved post up thier experiences, and lets see where the chips fall? Hopefully, they'll all fall in a flower bed and everyone comes out smelling like roses:thumbsup: