I was lucky to get my M Code Plate and SN# plates back. Scary. I had to tell the guy what a great job he did, when the realty was that most of it sucked. On Oct 10, 2013, at 3:50 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is common story on car restorations; not just VWs. Can't tell you how > many horror stories I have heard similar to this. People ask me all the time > about a place to take a VW for resto work. I have only 3 in the US that I > will recommend; non of whom are cheap. That's not to say there are not other > good ones out there; but before you give your VW to anyone for resto work do > a really good background check and seek out others who are satisfied with > their work. A good honest resto shop is extremely hard to find; and this > applies equally for men and women. > > From: Noralyn Ripps <nonnee1961@xxxxxxxxx> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 10:20 AM > Subject: [tcb] Re: Is Julie still on? > > For one, I can appreciate Julie's personal angst. I spent $5,000 to get my > bus soda blasted plus the body work done. The man got locked up, and my bus > sat there to rust much to my dismay. And what little of the primer > application...the little that was done was of poor quality. This time it had > to be sand blasted again. Then the man who jell topped my camper top did a > poor job to the tune of $1,500. These are not VW people but they were > professionals. Now I don't have the funds to carry this on. Maybe because we > are women the men think they can take advantage of us. That was not intended > to sound sexist, but I was not served. Ripps > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx> > Date: 10/10/2013 9:36 AM (GMT-06:00) > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: "<tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Is Julie still on? > > > Talk her into coming back this weekend. ;-) > > On Oct 10, 2013, at 8:55 AM, "Denis" <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Are you” Last I read you were going to unsubscribe. I hope not. > >