Little post about my current saga that's going on. A warning to you guys in Bristol about where you take your wheels for a refurb.
I acquired a set (4) of split rim alloys at the beginning of April, 'Modena' by Autostrada, which are like the rims on an F40. These were bought from 'rapidrabbit' on this very forum!
These were subsequently taken over to 'Wheelstyles' in Iron Acton, Bristol near the end of April. I was impressed by Andy there, who came across as a decent bloke capable of doing what he said he could. So the wheels were left with him to make anew.
Que many calls and visits over the next three months from myself, and no sign of the wheels being finished at all. One minute they are finally being put back together and the bolts torqued up, two days later he is painting them again.
Cut to last week:
Phone call on Monday, wheels are finally going to be ready from Tuesday lunch time. Fair enough. I phone Tuesday to confirm, and we agree that I will come up on Weds early evening to pick them up. He also explains he is going on holiday on Thursday which is why he has motored on to get my wheels done and dusted.
At around 4.30pm Weds I get a call saying can I hold on a bit till later on that evening. So I call back about 7pm. Reply is basically i'll call you as soon as this evening. Time rolls on to 8.30 so I thought I would go out and get some fuel + groceries and head over there to see just what the heck is going on. I arrive at the gate to the industrial estate, however I cannot just go in as it is a giant security thing with barbed wire and security patrols. So I call Wheelstyles hoping that I can then get let in, but no answer. I ask a chap leaving the estate if he knows if Andy is still there in the unit which he confirms! Over the next 1/2 hour I make a total of eight phone calls both to the landline & the mobile. No response or reply.
Today is Thursday and guess what? No one at the Wheelstyles unit today because it looks like he has definitely gone on his holiday. (I went and looked).
So yesterday was the last straw. I've been very reasonable in understanding that Andy was working by himself for a little while, however it has now become 'something else'. An outrageous way to run a business & deal with customers. As you can imagine I'm pretty pissed off lol.
Little post about my current saga that's going on. A warning to you guys in Bristol about where you take your wheels for a refurb.
I acquired a set (4) of split rim alloys at the beginning of April, 'Modena' by Autostrada, which are like the rims on an F40. These were bought from 'rapidrabbit' on this very forum!
These were subsequently taken over to 'Wheelstyles' in Iron Acton, Bristol near the end of April. I was impressed by Andy there, who came across as a decent bloke capable of doing what he said he could. So the wheels were left with him to make anew.
Que many calls and visits over the next three months from myself, and no sign of the wheels being finished at all. One minute they are finally being put back together and the bolts torqued up, two days later he is painting them again.
Cut to last week:
Phone call on Monday, wheels are finally going to be ready from Tuesday lunch time. Fair enough. I phone Tuesday to confirm, and we agree that I will come up on Weds early evening to pick them up. He also explains he is going on holiday on Thursday which is why he has motored on to get my wheels done and dusted.
At around 4.30pm Weds I get a call saying can I hold on a bit till later on that evening. So I call back about 7pm. Reply is basically i'll call you as soon as this evening. Time rolls on to 8.30 so I thought I would go out and get some fuel + groceries and head over there to see just what the heck is going on. I arrive at the gate to the industrial estate, however I cannot just go in as it is a giant security thing with barbed wire and security patrols. So I call Wheelstyles hoping that I can then get let in, but no answer. I ask a chap leaving the estate if he knows if Andy is still there in the unit which he confirms! Over the next 1/2 hour I make a total of eight phone calls both to the landline & the mobile. No response or reply.
Today is Thursday and guess what? No one at the Wheelstyles unit today because it looks like he has definitely gone on his holiday. (I went and looked).
So yesterday was the last straw. I've been very reasonable in understanding that Andy was working by himself for a little while, however it has now become 'something else'. An outrageous way to run a business & deal with customers. As you can imagine I'm pretty pissed off lol.
Jay
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