a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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that is the thing i am paying ALOT of £. i didnt just want a cheap and chearfull job. i wanted it done properly.
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willay
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did you sign a contract? any sort of agreement?
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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no signatures but i have a quote on his headed paper with all the work detailed out and the date is booked in. i also had a meeting with him where he admitted he was dragging his heels and that it would be finished tuesday 5th of july. i also had my girlfriend there who heard it all.
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a_j_mair
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oh and i have most of the text messages he has sent me recently as well
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a_j_mair
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40mins till i phone police and report it stolen 
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jamesvalver
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mines in the bodyshop atm bein repaired from the accident. its been there about 5weeks now n not much has happened 2 it but thats coz im still tryin 2 get the bits n where waitin 4 insurance 2pay out etc. i helped wen they sprayed my car (full respray). 4 the amount of work ur gettin done should b done in couple of weeks max if ur stayin the same colour!!
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a_j_mair
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5 mins now.
yes he said 2-3 wks so i would allow 4 wks then he had to wait a week for new sideskirts so that is 5 weeks at the most!! so it has taken twice aslong as it should have at the maximum. I can appreciate there was alot of work
he had to weld the roof, smoothed the boot redone the door handles smothed in the sideskirts reshaped and fixed the front bumper that was in a mess. but that is no excuse whatso ever and i am 
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a_j_mair
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im off to the police station now aw well
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chumbly_warner
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I paid 2.5k for my respray and bodywork and they took about 6-7 weeks to finish mine.
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M4 NDZ
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
 was supposed to get the car back on saturday morning  had a phone call on friday night (the first in 10wks ) saying it wouldnt be ready and if i could pick it up on saturday night or preferablly sunday. i had a busy weekend and the latest i could pick it up was 8pm. so he txt me and said that it wouldnt be ready for that time. so i text him (never answers calls) on sunday morning to see when i could pick up the car so i could arrange my day - playing golf and drinking  . he never replied until monday saying yeas it will be ready tonight and he would phone me in a wee while. well i tried calling him from 6pm and the phone was turned off so i waited till about 8pm to go up and collect it and low on behold he was nowhere to be seen so i still have no car his phone is still turned off and i am still
the only option i feel i have left is to now report the car stolen to the police unless he contacts me this morning
i am very annoyed and completely fed up.
rant over
which bodyshop is it ?
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Edd
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one in glasgow he has never mentioned the name but most people know who it is
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a_j_mair
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mine is costing £2100 and i would of accepted 6 or 7 at a push but the lack of/no comunication and endless missed deadlines has made it to much. i now have a lawyer sorting it out for me
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Mikorsa16v
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let us know how you got on mate!
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oneoffz.co.uk
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Hi to all this is mad im setting up a body shop in Sheffield soon. I would like to say after about 2 years looking into it I am near to opening my own shop that will sell everything you will need to buy from lights / body kits / nos / purge kits / neon’s
Turbo kits / super chips and fitting / metal polishing / body kit fitting etc etc
Plus a spray shop and a nitro filling service but why are body shops like this I don’t know but with me I want every job to be finished like I would like it to be done good work and happy customers sorry to here all of this and I hope you all get your work done right im new to this site but I will try and help anyone that might need it.
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StuartVRS
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Location: Bromley Common, Greater London
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quote:
Originally posted by oneoffz.co.uk
Hi to all this is mad im setting up a body shop in Sheffield soon. I would like to say after about 2 years looking into it I am near to opening my own shop that will sell everything you will need to buy from lights / body kits / nos / purge kits / neon’s
Turbo kits / super chips and fitting / metal polishing / body kit fitting etc etc
Plus a spray shop and a nitro filling service but why are body shops like this I don’t know but with me I want every job to be finished like I would like it to be done good work and happy customers sorry to here all of this and I hope you all get your work done right im new to this site but I will try and help anyone that might need it.
this all sounds really good and you have obviously spent some time looking into it. However a couple of things would concern me. From what you say you are not sticking to one area and appear to be trying to take on the whole modifying scene in one shop. Having so many different things to take care of can often end in disaster and make life difficult for yourself. Im not slating you, just expressing my opinion on it and i wish you all the success with your venture
In reference to this post though, hope you get your car abck and in the shape you wanted it mate Id expect at the very least to have it finished to a very high standard and a massive discount off the bill for the inconvenience
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M2RTY
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even the best body shop turns into a con after a while
its all to do with over trading
take on too much work, no time to finish it off properly, do shite work, make excusses, even leave cars unfinished
as soon as someone sees the ££ in front of their eyes they will do anything to get the money
they are not business men, they should not be allowed to run a business, they know nothing about customer service, advertising and so on
they are usually people who are too thick to go to college who have access to the internet and a sea of foolish young lads with bank loans and no brains
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DanielJ
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Registered: 21st Nov 01
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u shud open ur own bodyshop i recon
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M2RTY
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quote:
Originally posted by DanielJ
u shud open ur own bodyshop i recon
if iaz did a business course and set up shop i would happily invest 20k in it
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DanielJ
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u two would have an awesome shop between you 
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M2RTY
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quote:
Originally posted by DanielJ
u two would have an awesome shop between you
true, shame he lives a few miles away lol
im almost finished doing my business plan for a new ICE shop in the area as there are none half decent, hopefully it will all go to plan and i can leave the spraying behind and stay clean lol
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a_j_mair
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i have uplifted the car today. will post pics shortly
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vibrio
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
more than the initial quote he thinks, as he has done more work than required even tho it is now 7wks longer than he should of
a quote is a legal document you don't paymore by law
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big eck
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pics???
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big eck
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oops just found the thread
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