Motorhead350
07-26-2008, 09:26 AM
I took my truck to a shop that has done work for me in the past like tuning the Marauder as well as building a good tranny for it. A few weeks ago I decided to take the 65 Chevy to the guy for some work. I told him my budget would be $1,000 because I was going to supply the parts. I wanted a new carb, head gasket and wiring installed. I ordered the wiring and got it for $375 and could get a $50 mail in rebate. He asked me why I ordered the part because not only could he get it cheaper, but now that I am bringing my own parts, he would have to charge me more for labor so he could make money. So I cancel the order on the wiring and he orders it and the total comes to $409. :mad: I asked him why he did that because I thought he was going to save me money. His responce was that I was told him I was quoted the same amount though Summit.... I never ordered a single thing though them and I found the wiring in Classic Industries.
So I bite the bullet and let the wiring slide. Before I ever trailered the truck over I was asking 6 weeks in advance to make sure they got to work on it instantly or the next day because I didn't want it sitting around while he was making the easy money by tuning cars. I would check back every 2 weeks and even 2 days prior to the drop off, every time I got the same answer. "Yes Dominick it'll be fine, now I gotta go." -Click. Soon as I pulled the C-10 up the guy had the nerve to call my Blazer junk, after all the b.s. I had to go though to get it back and he know it too, my pride and joy is being insulted before the pickup is even off the trailer.
When I take my pickup off and I call the next day guess what? The truck is sitting. A few more days go by and the truck is sitting. I kept checking back week after week to make sure this wouldn't happen and guess what? It did. The truck isn't looked at for over a week. I kept calling and was told other cars had to be tuned and a Road Runner was in for work, my reply was I didn't see it when I took the truck there so WTF? The reply was he was waiting on parts and now they are here. :eek: HELLO!? That's what I was planning, but no, not me, no service for me. I had most of my parts on hand and they could have at least taken the engine apart to tell me if it's worth saving or not, but nope.
So a few days go by and they finally start work on it. There was a water test and turns out my block is toast. I told them to get going on the wiring. A few days later I get a call saying this will take 20-30 hours and they charge $50 an hour for work. I said no way am I paying $2,000 in parts and labor just to make the headlights turn on. So I said I would pick it up, but didn't know when because I was trying to score a free trailer instead of a very unsafe U-Haul.
I put my engine on ebay in hopes that I could sell it to pay off some people for Marauder parts and getting that pickup on the road. One guy called me saying he would take the engine in exchange for having his shop do the wiring and I could borrow his trailer and get my truck out of the current shop. Sounded like a good deal so I was to take care of this monday and get the truck out of the other guys place this week. The guy on ebay decided not to pick up his phone anymore so I was stuck with an engine hanging in my garage and the truck still in the same place.
My posi on the Marauder broke so I needed a new one. I had another shop take the broken one out so I could drive to AuBurn and get a new one the next day. I get to the shop at 8:30am and wait until they open at 9... which turned into 9:20am. I call up the guy who has my truck to explain that ebay fell apart and I would have the truck gone friday. Before I can say a word this guy is insulting me, my truck and really ticking me off. "Why am I stairing at this ugly red truck?" "That's funny I thought your truck was blue." "Why do you keep buying these piece of ***** trucks?" First off he said there was no way I could make it to Auburn and back to Chicago from 9am-3pm, so I had to come get my truck that day. I said no I have to deal with the Marauder. "If this truck isn't picked up today, it will be a $100 a day storage fee or I can call a tow truck and tow it to a random spot and crush it." :mad2: There was no contract to sign that said that, nor was there anything on this guys walls in his shop that said that either.
So now I had to go cancel my plans to get a new posi for the Marauder and get the C-10 just so he wouldn't keep charging me more money because I backed out on his $2,000 wiring plan or to keep it from being crushed. On the way over my Blazers starter went out about 5 miles from the guys house and I had to have someone turn the key while I happily hit the starter as hard as I could with a seat bracket.
When I got the guys place the truck was all ready to go in the driveway. (Yes this guy works out of his house, but has quite a bit of stuff.) I was so mad at this guy I wanted to say more swares than your average mainstream hip hop song, but I was so mad I couldn't speak nor look at him. I came alone so I had no one to help me push the truck up the trailer. So the guy doesn't call anyone over, he just grabs a forklift and pushes the truck on the trailer with nothing to soften the blow. He was saying how I "needed to get rid of this junk and call daddy if I wanted to make it look nice", because my dad gave me a ride over there before so he's seen the M6. I said "I don't do that, I am not a brat." "Oh come on, you don't work. You have the money. You have a nice fast Marauder, why are you wasting your time with these piece of ***** trucks." "First off I saved to make the Marauder fast, the C-10 I am on a budget with and don't make this about what I do for money, that is none of your business. Not everyone can have a 9 second 2003 SVT and I don't need to go fast all the time, heck you insulted the Marauder before." "Really when?" "Last time you were tuning it, you said it was junk because it wasn't a Chevy, I have 2 Chevys." "Oh ya hahaha."
After the truck was loaded on the trailer I didn't shake hands or even say thank you for the wasted time or money he caused me, but I did ask him one thing as he walked away. "Hey, do you insult all of your customers cars?" "Yup haha!" and that was it.
You maybe wondering why I even bothered going to this guy and here is why: A former member off this site recommended him for tuning for the Marauder and he did a great job. The work was done in a few days, and the car was great. The guy would even give me a free root beer when I could come pickup the Marauder even if it was 2am because of what I would have to do earlier that day. I know of another member off this site who went to this guy and had the same problem as I have recently, the car just sat, no work was ever done. I guess this guy is just in it for the easy money of tuning. When I wanted to explain what happened with ebay the guy said "I don't F-ing care, I have cars to tune. Get your piece of ***** out of here."
The place is called Simpson Performance and is near Rockford, IL. If you want to do me a big favor and call him and tell him that this is no way to treat a customer, please do so. I would for you. Machanics are some of the worst people I know, if they can't stick you for parts they will find something else. PM me if you want the number and tell him how he will not be seeing your Marauder for his poor customer treatment.
I'm done.
Also wither I liked a car or not, I would never call a customers car a piece of *****, I don't think anyone deserves that unless there was a conflict, but there was none that I started. There is more to the story, but this is the trimmed fat version.
So I bite the bullet and let the wiring slide. Before I ever trailered the truck over I was asking 6 weeks in advance to make sure they got to work on it instantly or the next day because I didn't want it sitting around while he was making the easy money by tuning cars. I would check back every 2 weeks and even 2 days prior to the drop off, every time I got the same answer. "Yes Dominick it'll be fine, now I gotta go." -Click. Soon as I pulled the C-10 up the guy had the nerve to call my Blazer junk, after all the b.s. I had to go though to get it back and he know it too, my pride and joy is being insulted before the pickup is even off the trailer.
When I take my pickup off and I call the next day guess what? The truck is sitting. A few more days go by and the truck is sitting. I kept checking back week after week to make sure this wouldn't happen and guess what? It did. The truck isn't looked at for over a week. I kept calling and was told other cars had to be tuned and a Road Runner was in for work, my reply was I didn't see it when I took the truck there so WTF? The reply was he was waiting on parts and now they are here. :eek: HELLO!? That's what I was planning, but no, not me, no service for me. I had most of my parts on hand and they could have at least taken the engine apart to tell me if it's worth saving or not, but nope.
So a few days go by and they finally start work on it. There was a water test and turns out my block is toast. I told them to get going on the wiring. A few days later I get a call saying this will take 20-30 hours and they charge $50 an hour for work. I said no way am I paying $2,000 in parts and labor just to make the headlights turn on. So I said I would pick it up, but didn't know when because I was trying to score a free trailer instead of a very unsafe U-Haul.
I put my engine on ebay in hopes that I could sell it to pay off some people for Marauder parts and getting that pickup on the road. One guy called me saying he would take the engine in exchange for having his shop do the wiring and I could borrow his trailer and get my truck out of the current shop. Sounded like a good deal so I was to take care of this monday and get the truck out of the other guys place this week. The guy on ebay decided not to pick up his phone anymore so I was stuck with an engine hanging in my garage and the truck still in the same place.
My posi on the Marauder broke so I needed a new one. I had another shop take the broken one out so I could drive to AuBurn and get a new one the next day. I get to the shop at 8:30am and wait until they open at 9... which turned into 9:20am. I call up the guy who has my truck to explain that ebay fell apart and I would have the truck gone friday. Before I can say a word this guy is insulting me, my truck and really ticking me off. "Why am I stairing at this ugly red truck?" "That's funny I thought your truck was blue." "Why do you keep buying these piece of ***** trucks?" First off he said there was no way I could make it to Auburn and back to Chicago from 9am-3pm, so I had to come get my truck that day. I said no I have to deal with the Marauder. "If this truck isn't picked up today, it will be a $100 a day storage fee or I can call a tow truck and tow it to a random spot and crush it." :mad2: There was no contract to sign that said that, nor was there anything on this guys walls in his shop that said that either.
So now I had to go cancel my plans to get a new posi for the Marauder and get the C-10 just so he wouldn't keep charging me more money because I backed out on his $2,000 wiring plan or to keep it from being crushed. On the way over my Blazers starter went out about 5 miles from the guys house and I had to have someone turn the key while I happily hit the starter as hard as I could with a seat bracket.
When I got the guys place the truck was all ready to go in the driveway. (Yes this guy works out of his house, but has quite a bit of stuff.) I was so mad at this guy I wanted to say more swares than your average mainstream hip hop song, but I was so mad I couldn't speak nor look at him. I came alone so I had no one to help me push the truck up the trailer. So the guy doesn't call anyone over, he just grabs a forklift and pushes the truck on the trailer with nothing to soften the blow. He was saying how I "needed to get rid of this junk and call daddy if I wanted to make it look nice", because my dad gave me a ride over there before so he's seen the M6. I said "I don't do that, I am not a brat." "Oh come on, you don't work. You have the money. You have a nice fast Marauder, why are you wasting your time with these piece of ***** trucks." "First off I saved to make the Marauder fast, the C-10 I am on a budget with and don't make this about what I do for money, that is none of your business. Not everyone can have a 9 second 2003 SVT and I don't need to go fast all the time, heck you insulted the Marauder before." "Really when?" "Last time you were tuning it, you said it was junk because it wasn't a Chevy, I have 2 Chevys." "Oh ya hahaha."
After the truck was loaded on the trailer I didn't shake hands or even say thank you for the wasted time or money he caused me, but I did ask him one thing as he walked away. "Hey, do you insult all of your customers cars?" "Yup haha!" and that was it.
You maybe wondering why I even bothered going to this guy and here is why: A former member off this site recommended him for tuning for the Marauder and he did a great job. The work was done in a few days, and the car was great. The guy would even give me a free root beer when I could come pickup the Marauder even if it was 2am because of what I would have to do earlier that day. I know of another member off this site who went to this guy and had the same problem as I have recently, the car just sat, no work was ever done. I guess this guy is just in it for the easy money of tuning. When I wanted to explain what happened with ebay the guy said "I don't F-ing care, I have cars to tune. Get your piece of ***** out of here."
The place is called Simpson Performance and is near Rockford, IL. If you want to do me a big favor and call him and tell him that this is no way to treat a customer, please do so. I would for you. Machanics are some of the worst people I know, if they can't stick you for parts they will find something else. PM me if you want the number and tell him how he will not be seeing your Marauder for his poor customer treatment.
I'm done.
Also wither I liked a car or not, I would never call a customers car a piece of *****, I don't think anyone deserves that unless there was a conflict, but there was none that I started. There is more to the story, but this is the trimmed fat version.