what was the correct Power booster plating

[Ngtflyr]

I was going to handle this between Steve and I but since Charlie is calling me out and saying I need to be beaten for expressing my one and only experience with this vendor. I know you are a big player here and I am just a nobody, maybe I will get kicked off here too. I just was just giving an honest assessment on how we were treated, and I can back it up. I think I am pretty careful not to bash anyone on here, in this case I was just letting people know it's not all roses and sunshine in this case. I will call him today and it things are made right I will let you all know.

Here's some background. We sent in a rather large order 5 boosters, hood hinges, latches and other items to be plated. We were told to send it all in before Steve could tell us what the cost would be. When our shipment arrived we got a phonecall, saying where's the check? Steve was rude and ranting on the phone wanting his money, what were we supposed to do send a blank check, we didn't know what the total was. He threatened to put our crap out on the curb and we could pick it up. Nice, we live in AZ and he's in CA. We got him calmed down and assured him we would send a check if we knew how much to send. We kinda chalked it up to him having a bad day.

When the boosters arrived,(all five were nice AZ non-pitted boosters) two were perfect, one was nice on the front and piss-poor on the back and two were crap. One of the ugly ones went on a driver, the owner was not happy and it's still on the car. The one that was half bad is on my Z, fortunately the worst of it is on the lower back half. The other crap one was to go on a 67Z, it's sitting on a shelf, I can take pictures and post them if anyone is interested. Charlie, I doubt you would want it on your 67Z. It was sent with special instuctions and extra money was sent to ensure it was done right since it was going on a special piece. Extra money was sent to put on a blank front side so no lettering (Delco) would be visible. Again this was a nice dated core. What we got was the original cover with the Delco partially ground off but very visible and a spotty plateing job. It was not what was agreed on over the phone. The owner complained but nothing was ever offered up. I was going to do a post at the time but since my issue with the wrong latch was resolved I chose to not get involved. To Steve's credit the latch was taken care of to my satisfaction.

The overwhelming majority here seem to be happy with Steve's work, I was just letting you know that my experience was a bad one. We tried to resolve the issue and came away dissatisfied. I was just expressing the truth as I see it. Charlie, I have met you and been to your place, I am very suprised you want to beat me with a stick for expressing an honest opinion about your friend. Again I can back up everything I've posted on here and feel I need to stand my ground. Guess I won't be posting on here very much in the future.

[Steve Shauger]

Dave, Charley has an odd sense of humor. He meant it tongue and cheek. We have a icon for a reason. Feel free to use it anytime.

[Charley Lillard]

Geeze Louise...I was just kidding. As far as Steve's work, I consider it the best and have never had a problem. He has always been reasonable on price and usually you could also ship other small pieces to be plated at the same time and there was no charge. There are guys in the resto world that I put on the A+ list. I put Steve for boosters and Eric for carbs on that list. These are the guys I consider all around good guys and I want them to succeed. The problems you had with him are very out of character from what I have seen. I hope you contact Steve and let him try to solve your problems like he has offered. I'm also sorry you thought I was serious about the stick. Can somebody please ban me.

[Steve Shauger]

[/ QUOTE ]Can somebody please ban me.

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No thats the easy way out. I hope we can all move on and start focusing on fun and informative issues. We have a great site here so lets take advantage of the wealth of knowledge, and the collective humor this group has.

[Ngtflyr]

Charlie, you and me... cage fight during the auctions next year. Better start training.

Don't worry guys I have a thick skin. We called Steve and have worked out a resolution for the booster gone bad. Will keep you posted on the outcome.

[mockingbird812]

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Charlie, you and me... cage fight during the auctions next year. Better start training.

Don't worry guys I have a thick skin. We called Steve and have worked out a resolution for the booster gone bad. Will keep you posted on the outcome.

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"...don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter. "

[galveston]

I'll chime in here and say that in over 10 years of using Steve's services I've always had outstanding results with boosters,phospate coatings and zinc finishes.
His attention to the details make my projects first class.
Keep up the great work Steve.

Shaun.

[SS427]

I think in light of recent situations on this board everyone is a little edgy and am sure Charley meant no harm by that comment. I can assure you if it was a serious comment he would not have been using a stick. I believe right now everyone on here is a little leary about posting much regardless of good or bad for fear of reprisal or negative comments. It is the main reason I have all but quit posting as it is not worth the repercussions. It is a great site but headed in the wrong direction due to a lot of peoples' misunderstandings and negative comments directed at each other. Hopefully things will change in the very near future as this has been my home page for MANY years and I have done nothing but promote this site and it's people over the last many years.

[Schonyenko2]

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I think in light of recent situations on this board everyone is a little edgy and am sure Charley meant no harm by that comment. I can assure you if it was a serious comment he would not have been using a stick. I believe right now everyone on here is a little leary about posting much regardless of good or bad for fear of reprisal or negative comments. It is the main reason I have all but quit posting as it is not worth the repercussions. It is a great site but headed in the wrong direction due to a lot of peoples' misunderstandings and negative comments directed at each other. Hopefully things will change in the very near future as this has been my home page for MANY years and I have done nothing but promote this site and it's people over the last many years.

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Amen brother.

[camarojoe]

Sticks to be distributed to everyone with paid memberships beginning 4/1/10.