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<blockquote data-quote="Jr. Corvette" data-source="post: 258958" data-attributes="member: 1906"><p>Thanks for all the positive words guys. </p><p></p><p>The car is currently at the body shop and unfortunately things aren't going great. I was given the estimate of $500 to repair the front seam. After the owner of the shop saw the car he said it looked worse then he thought so it would cost more to repair that than he estimated. I came down to the shop and after talking with the painters decided to just leave it and I would fix it and prime it over the winter and bring it back in the spring. My dad told me to consider getting it done because I would have to pay for another round trip of it being towed. So I asked the owner of the shop to provide me an estimate. He called me the next day and told me not to worry as it wouldn't be much more than he estimated just a few hours of labor more. He also told me he would give me a price later that day. Later that day he sent me a picture of my car already ground down and fiberglassed and never gave me a price or had my consent to start work. About a week later of them working on it, the car is all filled and sanded and just about ready for paint. I get a text from him with a picture of the car and he tells me he will give me the price later that day. He comes back and says it will be $2500. He said they were actually at $3200 but he would cap it at $2500 for me. Naturally I was shocked and told him it was more than I expected and that he never gave me this price before he started the work. I said this nicely of course as they still have my car and I want to get it back in one piece. He replied rather coarsely but said he'd drop the price to $2100 and told me this would be the last restoration project his shop did. After another text of stating that I was never told a price and that I saved him labor repainting and correcting all the over spray on the rear suspension and how I came by the shop and spent an hour removing all the body parts they needed to paint the car he said, "How about you take the car as is and we call it even." Wow, so take the car now in filler on the front end as is and call it even?? I reluctantly agreed to the $2100 and told him to just paint the car. </p><p></p><p>So, now I'm stuck paying $2100 for work I never consented to and for a price I was never given. Not a bad price but I really wasn't prepared to spend that right now as I've barely worked 40 hours in the past month. I'm also worried about the car now if his response was to just take the car as is. I almost regret saying anything at all for fear of them destroying my car. I just hope it's done properly and I can get it back in one piece.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jr. Corvette, post: 258958, member: 1906"] Thanks for all the positive words guys. The car is currently at the body shop and unfortunately things aren't going great. I was given the estimate of $500 to repair the front seam. After the owner of the shop saw the car he said it looked worse then he thought so it would cost more to repair that than he estimated. I came down to the shop and after talking with the painters decided to just leave it and I would fix it and prime it over the winter and bring it back in the spring. My dad told me to consider getting it done because I would have to pay for another round trip of it being towed. So I asked the owner of the shop to provide me an estimate. He called me the next day and told me not to worry as it wouldn't be much more than he estimated just a few hours of labor more. He also told me he would give me a price later that day. Later that day he sent me a picture of my car already ground down and fiberglassed and never gave me a price or had my consent to start work. About a week later of them working on it, the car is all filled and sanded and just about ready for paint. I get a text from him with a picture of the car and he tells me he will give me the price later that day. He comes back and says it will be $2500. He said they were actually at $3200 but he would cap it at $2500 for me. Naturally I was shocked and told him it was more than I expected and that he never gave me this price before he started the work. I said this nicely of course as they still have my car and I want to get it back in one piece. He replied rather coarsely but said he'd drop the price to $2100 and told me this would be the last restoration project his shop did. After another text of stating that I was never told a price and that I saved him labor repainting and correcting all the over spray on the rear suspension and how I came by the shop and spent an hour removing all the body parts they needed to paint the car he said, "How about you take the car as is and we call it even." Wow, so take the car now in filler on the front end as is and call it even?? I reluctantly agreed to the $2100 and told him to just paint the car. So, now I'm stuck paying $2100 for work I never consented to and for a price I was never given. Not a bad price but I really wasn't prepared to spend that right now as I've barely worked 40 hours in the past month. I'm also worried about the car now if his response was to just take the car as is. I almost regret saying anything at all for fear of them destroying my car. I just hope it's done properly and I can get it back in one piece. [/QUOTE]
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