Just some feedback on Mr Mig in Farnborough, gave him my disco 1 a little while ago and asked for:
new floor pans passenger and drivers side
new body mounts (bulk head)
new inner wings and head light enclosures
new rear arches
new outer boot floor edges to be welded in
sills replaced with box section
for this I was quoted £950 and I supplied all fabricated panels and metal
well... after checking the vehicle a week ago I asked to go and check his work, everything seemed to be going ok apart from the outer edges of the boot floor had been patched so i bought this up and he said oh well some of it is good metal so instead of replacing I have decided to only cut out rotted parts, I said I'm sorry but when you gave me a price it was agreed you would do this etc... so a week on the vehicle was due to be bought back early afternoon.. he took his time kept me waiting in all day then bought the vehicle back when it was dark, i realised straight away the passenger side floor pan had not been replaced but had only been patched, I bought this up and said why hasn't it been done? his answer was it did not need doing in his opinion
so i then said well if it does not need doing then surely you will be taking the price of this off of the bill along with the passenger side body mount you have not replaced? his answer was NO because he had done 'extra work' on the outer boot floor even though this was agreed in the original price, he then came close and said loudly LOOK ADAM is this going to be a problem? I said no not if you drop the charge for the floor pan and body mount, he would not budge a penny on the price, out of fear he may do something unsavory my parents gathered his money together and handed it to him.
On inspection this morning I have found there is still:
a hole in the drivers side footwell
none of the welds have been red oxided
the drivers side rear arch has been welded in wrong meaning the door cannot fully close
passenger side rear inner arch has not been welded at the bottom meaning there is a gap where water can get in
I have not had a chance to check the rest yet.
VERY VERY VERY unhappy I don't like giving bad feed back and had the job have been as we discussed when he gave the quote I would have given him more work and recommended him.
If you hire a welder get the quote in writing to avoid being shafted like I have just been
appeared friendly and professional at first couldn't have been nicer.. looks like that all went out the window as soon as he thought he may not get 100% of the quote..
He called around 2000 on Friday night saying he was dropping it off, I asked to come and check the work that had been carried out and he said 'no you can't everything is done as we discussed and I need the vehicle out of the way for another job'
new floor pans passenger and drivers side
new body mounts (bulk head)
new inner wings and head light enclosures
new rear arches
new outer boot floor edges to be welded in
sills replaced with box section
for this I was quoted £950 and I supplied all fabricated panels and metal
well... after checking the vehicle a week ago I asked to go and check his work, everything seemed to be going ok apart from the outer edges of the boot floor had been patched so i bought this up and he said oh well some of it is good metal so instead of replacing I have decided to only cut out rotted parts, I said I'm sorry but when you gave me a price it was agreed you would do this etc... so a week on the vehicle was due to be bought back early afternoon.. he took his time kept me waiting in all day then bought the vehicle back when it was dark, i realised straight away the passenger side floor pan had not been replaced but had only been patched, I bought this up and said why hasn't it been done? his answer was it did not need doing in his opinion
so i then said well if it does not need doing then surely you will be taking the price of this off of the bill along with the passenger side body mount you have not replaced? his answer was NO because he had done 'extra work' on the outer boot floor even though this was agreed in the original price, he then came close and said loudly LOOK ADAM is this going to be a problem? I said no not if you drop the charge for the floor pan and body mount, he would not budge a penny on the price, out of fear he may do something unsavory my parents gathered his money together and handed it to him.
On inspection this morning I have found there is still:
a hole in the drivers side footwell
none of the welds have been red oxided
the drivers side rear arch has been welded in wrong meaning the door cannot fully close
passenger side rear inner arch has not been welded at the bottom meaning there is a gap where water can get in
I have not had a chance to check the rest yet.
VERY VERY VERY unhappy I don't like giving bad feed back and had the job have been as we discussed when he gave the quote I would have given him more work and recommended him.
If you hire a welder get the quote in writing to avoid being shafted like I have just been
appeared friendly and professional at first couldn't have been nicer.. looks like that all went out the window as soon as he thought he may not get 100% of the quote..
He called around 2000 on Friday night saying he was dropping it off, I asked to come and check the work that had been carried out and he said 'no you can't everything is done as we discussed and I need the vehicle out of the way for another job'
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