You tell me what's fair

[OBEEWON]

So, I picked up a partial sponsor for body work. The guy was a very nice dude, with plenty experience. His son was also a nice guy as well so I felt I was in good hands. We made an agreement for less than half of the value of the job. In exchange I would design a logo for him and display it on my car at whatever events I attended.

I dropped off the car with three weeks to go for the East Coast Bash. He promised me he would finish in two weeks to give me at least a week to have the rest of the car assembled (cage, motor work, alignment etc.)

7 weeks and several unreturned calls and emails later I was given this beauty.

Before (I wanted it to look like this again)


Disassembled upon drop-off. Skirts and spare Vertex bumper inside car.





Truck bed liner applied to bumpers without my consent








Brand new leather. Thank God I took the interior out before I dropped it off







Prep job











Half painted mirror



Unmasked trim



Sanded trim



Dents



This bumper fit before



This whole side was never touched by a buffer. Dents galore.



Bumper no where near lines up



















Exhaust, primed and painted













I was called from the paint store to confirm the color I wanted. This was supposedly mixed last week.



This clearly says 2006.







My Aero is untouched, just drips and overspray







And the kicker, this happened to my SC last week.

[jdmwill]

i spy jdmwill's sweet new shorts....

[TalonTsi97]

WOW WTF! Good luck getting this straightened out. I would have loved to have seen you face upon picking the car up. Please keep us updated on what happens next.

[Spocknasty]

[Zillon]

Originally Posted by CRXed

FUUUUUUUUUU

Yeah, dude... they better cover the cost of getting it redone right. There's no reason you should have to eat the cost of fixing a f***ed up job like that.

[OBEEWON]

So I sent him a letter:

Originally Posted by Me

June 28, 2009


After seven weeks I have lost time and money that I can never recover. I have also lost a sponsor and missed 3 events. When I picked up the car I did not see it in the sunlight missing the glaring flaws in the job. It is clear this was not sprayed in a booth or proper facility. The damage includes but is not limited to:


Orange peel everywhere, Steve promised me there wouldn’t be any peel at all.
Dents. Some were fixed, but there are dents there that I have never seen before.
Panels that were clearly untouched by the buffer
Hood does not line up
Bumpers do not line up
Trunk does not line up
Fenders do not line up
Rear bumper is broken and improperly mounted with missing hardware
Interior was not protected from dust and primer. My brand new leather seat has primer stain on it.
My engine bay was not masked adequately It is filthy with dust primer and overspray.
The eyelids on my headlights were not painted as requested, but have speckles of primer on them
My mirrors were not painted completely.
There is primer on my tires.
Bumpers were rubber coated without my consent.
After all the extra time my roof spoiler, trunk spoiler, spare bumper and side skirts still have not been repaired or painted.
Drivers side indicator was not plugged in and as a result was dragged on the ground on the ride home and damaged.
Trim was not properly masked and as a result was either sanded or over sprayed with primer.

Upon the receipt of the rest of my items (roof spoiler, trunk spoiler, sideskirts andspare bumper) I realized they had not been worked on at all. There was over sprayed primer all over them, and the bumper I had requested to be repaired had not been touched. The can of paint that was given to me as leftovers said it was mixed on 7/7/2006, when I was told it was being mixed and purchased last week (6/19/2009).



I was unaware that you had a second job at the time we made our agreement, and I did not find out until weeks into the job well past the two week deadline. In light of the damage and the time taken (5 weeks overdue) I request that the $500 I have already paid be refunded. I also request that you cover the cost for a shop of my choice to repair the damage done and complete the job correctly.

His response:

Originally Posted by Him

ob,



if said shop wants 1500 dollars to finish your car I want 3500 because a fair estiment of your car when it came to the shop in the condition it was in would have been 5000 dollars, meaning you owe me 3000 because you already gave me the 500. so 500 + 1500+ that your gonna pay to get your car finished at 5 star = 2000 so you owe me 3000. So let me know what you want to do.



thanks

My response

Originally Posted by Me

Hi XXXX, That is not the official estimate. You can call 5 star to see what, and why they estimate the way they do

215-457-6859

This was our agreement in your own words:

If you can honestly say the job you gave me is worth $2500 then I will leave it at that.

My request is not unreasonable. You can see the photos in your email.

[ASIAN JUL]

[Spocknasty]

Definitely get your money back.

[djb5118]

ob. good thing you have the agreement in writing. i am fairly certain that this would be considered a legal contract as long as both parties agreed. therefore, him saying that you owe him additional money is nowhere near correct. the agreement is for a set cost, so he cannot suddenly decide to charge you for full price.

[Big_Jim]

Wow man, sorry to see that work.

[jdmwill]

i'll write in spanish since my mom who is partially blind said this when i met obee at his house "no bueno, eso se parece a pura mielda".... mom knows best.

[NickDHdfc]

wow what a ****bag...get you money back, thats bs

[Sgt. Pepper]

Wow, I thought the Maaco job on my CRX was bad - yours takes the cake (no offense). I don't feel so bad about my paint job now. Hope it works out. Get your $$ back.

[agoodall]

you might be screwed, if you didnt have anything in writing as far as contracts for work and terms of sponsorship. i would definitely try to re-coop as much of your money as possible...that work is unacceptable regardless of discount for sponsorship. If he makes you eat it i would release his name to the forum masses as to the quality of his work. Are you going to talk to a lawyer? or not worth your time? I hope this isnt a TST member or vendor. good luck

edit: what happened to the SC?

[jspek]

take will with his sweet new shorts some baseball bats and go get your money back.

[The Captain]

Woooow. That's just wrong. How can a business put their name on kind of work?

[RyanG]

Ob- I would seriously post the name of the shop that did this.. I don't bash shops but jobs like that is just crazy

[Got Insulin?]

Get yourself some zipties and you'll blend right in with the new driftorito trends!


I kid, Obe-miester. I'm really sorry to have seen this happen to your freakin' awesome whip. Get 'em.

[RSX Type-Slow]

thats terrible man, i always loved your car and now it looks like most of the janky cars on ziptied.


i'd try to get as much money back as possible, then threaten with a lawer if your refused a refund

[Soon2bG60]

I say we make em pay, or we start breaking knee caps...