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Originally posted by LowestSixty7
I think that it is bull that people come on streetsource to bad mouth, talk shit, complain about other shops and or people. I dont think that this site was ever intended for that but i could be wrong. Obviously you took your truck to Kustomwerks because you had seen their work or someone reccommended them to you. That is how it works. The only way we get buisness at IF Customs is from word of mouth and referrals. The problem with this damn market and scene that we are in is that everybody thinks that they can do this shit themselves. Look how fast new shops open up and go out of buisness. So shops like Kustomwerks, IF Customs, Eketensive Metal Works, and etc. have to spend three quarters of their time fixing all these back yard jobs. It sucks having to fix other peoples shit. And it frustrating as hell because there are always trucks to fix from other shops or people that try and do it themselves. You were taking your truck there for them to ''rework'' the bags because they were probably 'F'ed up already. What people dont understand is that you cant just exactly predict how long something will take. You said you have had your truck there 6 months....so what we have had the Ford F150 in our shop for 2 years. Yes it had alot of work done...sectioning, chopping, 22's, bodydrop to door and etc. Yeah it could probably be done if that was the only thing we worked on everyday. If Eric worked on your truck everyday it would probably be done....but what about the other customers? This isnt overhaulin...we cant build this crap in 7 days. What i reccommend is just being patient with Eric. He does bad ass work. He makes killer arms. Just because its taking 6 months to get your truck back doesnt mean the work is crap. If you wanted to get into IF Custom try waiting 6 months or more....Besides if you take your truck out of there who the heck is going to finish it? What i reccomend is to be patient with Eric, come up with a plan, and get your truck done.
yeah for sure fixing other peoples fucks is one thing and its shitty... but taking on more customers and telling them they will have their truck in such and such a time, and then using the excuse that there is other customers as well and we can only get to yours when time permits... that to me sounds like a mismanagement of time and taking on more work than you can handle at the time.
Take on what you can handle and get done in due time... if your shop is good people will always be there coming to the door for work... if you start taking way longer on things because your bringing in to many customers and going way over deadlines I don't think thats to great for business and in the end your work may speek for itself, but I know if my truck was gone for 6 months or something i'd be pretty choked.
Don't take on more than you can handle!