I've been waited 3 months for this call
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Originally Posted by str8upchevy
Yeah,......If only I had the patience to wait for the hood to get painted!
But, since I know my friend as well as I do,.....it will probably take him more like a month to get me the hood.
But, since I know my friend as well as I do,.....it will probably take him more like a month to get me the hood.
So,..now he's telling me they'll be painted by Friday, and that we'll install them on Saturday! I swear as my life depends on it......if they're not painted and on my car by the end of this weekend, (1/15/06) not only will I take my stuff back from him, I'll make his boss pay me the $400.00 I gave him, and tell him to garnish his check! OH YEAH,....if it comes to that,....our friendship will definitely be in jeopardy, and that's simply cause I know he's had time to go out and get smashed at his brothers house, but only enough time to give me excuses,.......I'm done with his S**T for the last time!
I'll let you know what transpires ~
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Originally Posted by 97z2801ss
good call kick his drunken ***!
That's only a last resort for me these day's,......one more assault charge and go away for a full stent.(the last one was bad enough) So,...while I'm sure you were prolly kidding and just making light of the comments I made in my last post,...(which I thought was pretty funny myself 
) .......I don't condone this this kind of thing, unless absolutely nessesary! 
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I feel like the damn energizer bunny.....Still Waiting!
Originally Posted by camaro94
my husband procrastinates, but not that much. Hope you get everything worked out.
Well, Jan. 6th was two weeks, and here I am....11 days later still Bitc*'n about it. Now,...I have an appointment this Friday to bring my car back in, to have everything re-torqed, and all the zerk fittings re-greased. So,.....I told him if he didn't have them finished by then, (so that we could install them while it's up on the lift) well,...he'd be jeapordizing a 17 year friendship! I told him this is his last chance to make this situation right with me, cause damn it,.....I WANT MY FRIGGIN PARTS BACK AND ON MY CAR!!!!!:banghead:
Sorry man, I know I post some Long-A$$ messages, but when I have to go through this kind of BS,....I need some place to Vent. It just bugs the crap out of me knowing that I've had these Mods for 3 months, and there just sitting in a shop not getting finished,......especially when I've already paid to have them painted, AND.... bought all the materials to do the job!
Ok, I'm done.......we'll see what happens this Friday!
Wow, I just don't understand why he's put it off that long. I understand things come up and it get's pushed back a week or so but after so many month's you'd figture he'd have time to finish it up.
My body guy picked up my gfx and hood on Friday night and I had the car Sunday around noon with everything done so I know it doesn't take that long to do.
My body guy picked up my gfx and hood on Friday night and I had the car Sunday around noon with everything done so I know it doesn't take that long to do.
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I understand what you are going through. The guy that was originally supposed to paint my car gfirst said he'd have it done by the first week of Sept., then it got pushed back, and he last week of September, no problem... Well, my car still isn't painted and he's not the one doing it when it does this April, either. He still owes my husband the $500-1000 in that my husband paid him by working in his shop for 3-4 months. So this week, my husband is going to get payment, in the form of a 1979 Trans Am that the guy owns that my husband sold to him this summer, but they never switched the title, and never had it removed from his insurance. So its still my husband's car. And yes, this means that WidowMaker is coming back home. I told Ryan he'd regret parting with the old beast.
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I can totally sympathize with YOUR situation as well. I think that's part of the problem that we're both facing,......we have friends that are suppose to give us a better deal on our painting, ect... but when it comes to actually getting the work done, they come up with all these excuses as to why it's taking so long!
In my case, my friend of 17 years, has always told me....."If you ever need anything painted, bring it to me and all give you a better deal." Now in the past, it hasn't been this much of a problem, simply because he's always had is own shop. Well,....in the past two years, he's gotten divorced, and his brother left to work for someone else. Making a long story short,....he lost his own business and went to work for a buddy about 6 months ago.
I knew it would take him a couple weeks to convince his new boss to let him use the paint booth for side projects,......but when he started telling me a month ago, that everything was ok'd by his boss, and that he would have my parts painted over the weekend, I BELIEVED HIM!!!!!
Ever since then,....it's been nothing but EXCUSES!
In my case, my friend of 17 years, has always told me....."If you ever need anything painted, bring it to me and all give you a better deal." Now in the past, it hasn't been this much of a problem, simply because he's always had is own shop. Well,....in the past two years, he's gotten divorced, and his brother left to work for someone else. Making a long story short,....he lost his own business and went to work for a buddy about 6 months ago.
I knew it would take him a couple weeks to convince his new boss to let him use the paint booth for side projects,......but when he started telling me a month ago, that everything was ok'd by his boss, and that he would have my parts painted over the weekend, I BELIEVED HIM!!!!!
Ever since then,....it's been nothing but EXCUSES!
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Originally Posted by camaro94
I understand what you are going through. The guy that was originally supposed to paint my car gfirst said he'd have it done by the first week of Sept., then it got pushed back, and he last week of September, no problem... Well, my car still isn't painted and he's not the one doing it when it does this April, either. He still owes my husband the $500-1000 in that my husband paid him by working in his shop for 3-4 months. So this week, my husband is going to get payment, in the form of a 1979 Trans Am that the guy owns that my husband sold to him this summer, but they never switched the title, and never had it removed from his insurance. So its still my husband's car. And yes, this means that WidowMaker is coming back home. I told Ryan he'd regret parting with the old beast.
