Hoblick

yeah yeah im a Harley Dooooooooosh now

el o el

you lie.. shes nagging me right now

so now we know im not alone

Paul has got ahold of me and he apoligized for the issues.. he takes responsibility for the situation and i respect that ALOT i think he will take away from this a learning experience and improve upon it. and he found my missing part, and illl be getting that back from him soon

infact i did see the stuff when i picked it up, and even told him no big deal, aside from the time i picked it up at 3 am, it was to dark out but yes ... like you said i was just happy to get the parts back at that point, so i figured id wet sand and buff myself instead of telling him to redo something or finish it again and it take another 2 weeks or something to try and get it back

that was said to me, many, many a time.. but it still kept happening maybe i should have expressed my unhappiness with him. i assume he already knew by the few times i did get to talk to him, or the text i sent him about "hey i had my day planned to get these parts, and now i cant pick them up" nothing im saying in this thread is a lie.. i could post screen shots off my phone of the text conversations... you can see the time stamps of when he said "im busy, call you in a few minutes" and then the next text is me texting him asking him when i can pick stuff up, and then me again 4 hours later asking.. then another 6 hours later, then a day later and so on and so forth. i understand he is busy, i understood he hurt himself, and that delayed things a bit, then the power went out in his shop saturday.. i get it.. my main point on this thread was not to tear him apart.. but to let everyone know what they may expect. and yes i have spoke with other people who have used him and have to deal with the same thing as this.. maybe not to this extent, one that brought it to this point, but yes they have issues. i still say he is a incredible painter (when he focuses) obivsouly that shows, he paints for a race team, does these grand jobs, he is good, no doubt about it. but his communication skills, business conduct and ethics are less than desirable/ (atleast to me) im sure people will still go to him, and i hope they have a great experience with him, and everything comes out as they hope. obviously i will not be using his services anymore, and i get the feeling he doesnt want my business... from the "get fucked dude" and "loose my number" texts and even through all this stuff, i will say again he obviously can be a great painter when he wants to, and his prices are insanely good. i think he is a good guy, and he over works himself

price is insanely low.. i said that.. and will continue to say that.. your work is good.. when you dont rush yourself. price was set to me before all the not returning calls, not returning text, blowing me off, loosing a part from the latches, and not finishing with wet sand and buff. Id like to add this.. i received a text from paul 10 minutes ago with the following message.. "get fucked dude"

loved my glock 27, super accurate pistol, had some kick to it.. i got away from it though.. i wanted something smaller to carry.. not that it was a huge gun, but like you stuff doesnt conceal on me welll either.. i went with a DiamondBack DB380 instead.

el o el

i wouldnt mind spending someone elses money lol

yeah im totally not trying to bad mouth him.. although it may seem i am.. i really hope he takes something away from this good... and not hate me for being honest.

im not trying to slander him.. and honestly this probably wont hurt his business.. this wasnt to get back at him at all or anything spitefull. if you talk to other people that have gotten stuff done from him, youll see they have gone through the same thing, maybe not on this level, but they have. i dont know what his deal is, maybe over booking himself, maybe trying to make everyone happy (setting up unreal expectations) i dont know.. but i dont conduct business that way.. and as for blowing my lid on him.. never once i think my face showed alot of disappointment when i would see him, but i was never a dick to him.

lol thanks.. you know my projects always turn out good as for whats gonna happen to it.. My buddy has been sweating it since i started building it.. and he wants to buy it. he is actually coming over tomorrow to ride it

the black bike pictured is a 2001 Yamaha Roadstar 1600

and its together.. ill get some better pics when i can get it out of the garage.

ok im not trying to throw paul under the bus by doing this. just putting my last experience with him up here so anyone else who may be thinking of getting work done from him has something to think about. this is the 2nd bike he has painted for me and he also has done bikes for 3 of my friends.. so i have had good experiences with him as well.. but.. i had given him the parts from the roadstar to be done.. i had a paint scheme picked out, but then changed my mind quickly before he had even started.. and went all black.. thats just a background i want the whole story my bad points as well.. he did all the tins, some needed some massaging, and the bags which needed the extensions put on, and the front fairing, forks, and tripple tree. i dropped it off mid 2nd week of march told him i needed it back first week of april at the latest. and it was a battle just to drop my parts off to him he would set up times for me to drop the parts off, and either switch the time, then switch the day, or just totally blow me off. along with either not returning calls, text, or returning a text with, im busy ill call you in a minute, and never call... this happened several times.. and each time i planned my day around dropping the parts off to him just to be dissapointed and waste my day. finally... finally.. i took a day off work in order to drop my parts off i was determined that day i would get them to him.. which he ended up pushing back from a 2 o clock drop off to a midnight drop off.. now he told him at this point he wuold have the parts done by by the 1st of april.. SWEET! so i basicallly just tried to leave him alone till then. now comes the really fun part. nearing the deadline, i decided to text him, he says things are going good, right on schedule, and i should be able to pick up the following weekend. so the weekend nears i try to text, and call him.. i get no text back, and no call backs.. i must have text and called 100 times.. (i know overboard, but its annoying to get no communication back) so finally i get ahold of him, yup pick up at whatever time on saturday.. saturday comes i call to confirm.. and i get "im finishing some things up ill call you in a bit... i waited and waited and waited and waited.. i get no call no text nothing.. so i play the waiting game AGAIN.. and try to contacting him again.. but with just replies like before, im busy ill call you in a bit, or he would set a time up and then bail out on it.. this continued for a week or so.. he did injury himself and had to get another painter in there to help out.. so understand things got pushed bakc a bit he then set up a time for friday night for me to pick parts up.. then bailed.. then said the next morning.. which i set my day up to work around that.. and then bailed.. pushing it back a few hours, then a few more, then just never called.. finally he says sunday.. 2 pm.. i had plans to go ride at 2, but i said ok ill pick them up (knowing he would bail) and what do you know.. he did .. pushed it back to 6.. glad i didnt ruin a good day of riding waiting in him. but then he said he dropped the parts off at 6... and well he did.. well he dropped them off at a little after 7. but not with all the parts.. not even enough to try to start putting it back together. said he would return with some more parts after he went to eat.. i said no dont worry about it, ill jsut come get them so you dont have to drive back up to hilliard.. waited for a call from him.. and nope no call.. 4 days later finally he jsut left them outside his house so i could pick them up after work.. but again not all the parts (which i knew he still had to do some work on my bags, and front fender) said the rest would be done on thursday and could pick up at noon.. haha yeah right.. then set it up for me to come after work on friday to his shop which i did.. drove straight from work to his shop.. even text him on my way.. i get there and he says... they arent painted.. ill have them done for you at 9am tomorrow.. (today) i call at 11 knowing they wouldnt be done.. and sure enough they arent his power went out at his shop so he goes to a friends shop to finish them up.. i finally get to pick them up at 7 pm on top of all of that.. he had lost a important part to the latches on my bags. didnt wet sand and buff some parts and there are some runs in some of the paint there are some parts that in some areas just didnt get enough black paint in certain areas.. i will say though that his price is amazing.. and the work he did before was outstanding... paul is a good guy i know, his communication skills and business skills need sharpened up... alot will i go back to him.. i dont know.. you cant beat his price, but the hassle it is to just get parts to him is insane. my one piece of advice to him is.. if you need more time thats fine.. i would have not had a problem if he couldnt get it done till end of april... but done tell me it will be done at this time, or another time, or whatever,... and keep giving me a day and time, and bail out.. and for fucks sake return calls and text.. communicate with your customers.. i know your busy, im busy too, but i have the 3 seconds it takes to return a text. dont over book yourself either man, your gonna work yourself to death.

i carried a glock 27 (sub compact 40) carried fine but i wanted something a little smaller and easier to conceal.. i now carry a Diamondback DB380 and love it.

no another member contacted me a few days ago, we have been communicating through the last few days.. he should be picking them up saturday.. i report back later

pending sale..

mmm crossbones.. i wave at all bikes when i can.. like another member said sometimes its distracting, and or i just dont feel like it. no hate on any makes or models.. i have owned almost all makes lol.. i just think its not that big of a deal.. its blown out of proportion

thanks for stopping by!

$180 unmounted

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