there's usually one every year........ this year , the first one to come along is being a major PITA...... gave the guy a smoking deal, opened my shop early, bent over backwards for the guy, and he shorts me when he comes to pay, then complains about some extremely minor "imperfections" . took a 2009 bike and wanted to change colours ...... did repairs for free and used 3X the normal amount of propane and kerosene to keep my shop warm enough to get his job done...... I'm going to fix these minor "imperfections" he speaks of and don't ever want to see this guy again ! Wouldn't be a bad idea to warn each other of these guys....... there are more than a couple on gta and it's good to have a heads-up ! Cheers ! Les
forgot about this social group, so I haven't visited it in a while. That's a great idea Les. I had one a while ago. We agreed on a price to paint the tank of his F4i from yellow to black. I gave him an expected time frame (2 weeks) and had it to him in 9 days as he was hoping for it sooner. When I delivered the tank, he was happy with it but started haggling on the price. He was relentless. Spent about 15 minutes begging me to drop the price. This is after I drove 1/2 hour to pick up the tank and 1/2 hour to drop it back off.
unbelievable........ nice job , by the way ! Now I've got one complaining that the colour doesn't match, and HE supplied the paint...... I'm going to paint the remaining bodywork to match the new paint, but he's definitely paying for it.... Cheers ! Les
Theres always a couple in a crowd, who think we love spending days on their broken crap for nuthin, or think it costs 20 bucks for materials. But All in all, the GTA ppl are a great group. Ive only had 1 or 2 issues with the 150+ ppl Ive delt with in the many years Ive been doing bikes. Actually, ive been fortunate enough that 90% of my work is repeats or buddies of those repeats.