Hayley said:
I can see what you're saying yeah... & I'm not trying to say that AWT have taken excess time in the job beyond what I'd consider acceptable delays but the point I was trying to make was if his reputation as a tuner isn't enough to make him want to work hard & finish things, then comments like 'work shy lazy so and so' aren't really gonna help. Just my opinion of course
His reputation as a tuner isn't going to affect how hard he works, least it shouldn't do, he's running a business, gave a time scale and was paid up front.
TBH it's the same old trick used everytime to great effect:
Baffle people with techy nonsense on the forum, lure them in
Get cash up front
Promise huge gains
Mention all the work, parts profiles etc are custom design
Mention it's never been done, all custom again
Befriends customer
Frequent contact via phone and email
Slags other rivals off and creates doubt over others ability
Builds customer confidence in his abilities
Delays start...
Contact a little less frequent
Parts taking longer to supply due to custom profiles for everything
Parts supplier is on holiday, taking his time, cant be contacted etc etc etc
He's had an idea to improve something (may or may not involve more costs)
Parts and machine guys need to start over now
Expectations are then lowered
More time passes
Contact less frequent
Plays the friendship trump card to buy more time
Have to phone the workshop after 2ish before he's there
Car comes out with loads promised and makes average power
Something expensive then breaks
You find the parts are off the shelf non custom bits
You get angry and think what you could do with a large boot and gaffer tape
He's not lazy though, give the poor kid a couple more years and Dave can pay for it all...
