[Colin]

Originally Posted by tempest455

My $.02. Being around race cars a lot, I personally prefer a TIG welded bead, rather than a polished weld. I like the look of fabricated stuff, valve covers, sheet metal intakes etc.

Example: I like the look of the precise weld on this intake.

Me too........its like art. Probably like because Im a TIG welder too.

[BlueGTO]

I got a call jest after the 1st and said he was working on them but did not get anything done over the holadays due to having to put his dog to sleep. But he did call I guess thats somthing

[tempest455]

Dog ate valve covers and then put to sleep?

Sorry, had to!

[marauder]

Originally Posted by BlueGTO

I got a call jest after the 1st and said he was working on them but did not get anything done over the holadays due to having to put his dog to sleep. But he did call I guess thats somthing

He put another dog to sleep?! :eek: He used that one on me back in June or July. :mad:

[70birdsdaword]

hey guys I have received my covers a couple weeks before christmas,they turned out great I have been super busy wanted to get some pics up of them because they turned out so awsome...Mark called me every day for two weeks while he was working on them,I talked with him several times about getting everyones covers out,he told me he was working on that and that he was going to shipping a couple more out in the next few weeks,he was going to get the guys that have been waiting the longest done and move on from there..MARK IF YOU READ THIS PLEASE DO NOT LET ME DOWN YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO GET THEM ALL DONE SOON..On that note there should be a pair getting sent out this week according to a e-mail I received from some one who has been waiting a while for his,Mark called him said he was going to be shipping them out this week?Agian I will say it was a long painfull wait but damn worth it. I may be home this weekend will try to get some pics up

Duane

[cnc]

When we gonna see some pics 70birdsdaword (Duane) ???

[PONTIAC DUDE]

Originally Posted by 70birdsdaword

Again I will say it was a long pain full wait but damn worth it.

Duane

So you apply this to Every & All transactions you have in the future with anyone?

[gtofreek]

Originally Posted by 70birdsdaword
Again I will say it was a long pain full wait but damn worth it.

Duane

Originally Posted by PONTIAC DUDE

So you apply this to Every & All transactions you have in the future with anyone?

So Ken, does this mean he's on a long and painful wait for an engine from you?:biggerGri
Sorry, I couldn't resist!:D

[PONTIAC DUDE]

Originally Posted by gtofreek

Originally Posted by 70birdsdaword
Again I will say it was a long pain full wait but damn worth it.

Duane




So Ken, does this mean he's on a long and painful wait for an engine from you?:biggerGri
Sorry, I couldn't resist!:D

No, but built an engine for marauder and held the engine for A MONTH waitng on covers He wanted to use. Even promises of they will be sent next week. Then the next week and then.......... This was over a years ago.
Glad I decided to just let it go and use spacers or It still would be in my shop waiting. Mark might be a nice guy. Have talked to and met in person. But business is business. Yes I get behind...........we all do. but there is a point of no return.

Must just be me?????????????????
Worth the wait with ALL the issues stated on this topic????????????????
I just don't understand the Ok to wait for months or a year for one product prepaid, etc and the next post or posts elsewhere hammer the crap out of another vendor or person because they had to wait a short time for an item ???????

3 Pages of Issues !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PLAY400]

But Ken you have to admit that this is a common situation for someone who is trying to hold down an 8-5 and start-up a new business that took off like Mark's. He does have an excellent looking product. Real easy at first to keep up, extra money is great and gets spent fast because the orders are pouring in. Then you hit the wall, not enough hours in the day and even if there were you're beat. Then the home stuff you've been neglecting because of the extra work catches up and you start spending the money you didn't earn yet and then you're toast. Now you have a deep hole to crawl out of with no $$ at the end of it cause you spent it.

Same as the meticulous, but mis-managed engine builder or body shop that that needs your work to get the money to complete a current project.

I think the saying goes "he may of bite off more than he can chew". Lets hope once Mark catches up he can put a plan in place to move forward. From what I've seen they are a work of art and I should have ordered 1 day 1 and would have gotten them right away like the rest of the initial orders. Now I'm leery and the price will probably skyrocket.

[marauder]

Come on, get real. It was just plain wrong to demand payment in full and promise to ship within two weeks when orders were stacked up for months or even a year or more. This is not understandable, not at all.

[BlueGTO]

433 days and still waiting
62 weeks waiting 2 weeks at a time
2 dead dogs
1 wife with health problems

actuley getting my covers before I die my jest be priceless

[02Hawk]

I recieved mine finally after 11 months. They are beautifully built and are worth every penny. I have a camera issue right now but hope to post pics soon

I will extend thanks to a couple of guys here for helping out, I will not reveal their identities but again thanks

Mark if you are reading thanks for coming through but get those others completed as fast as you can. As a former business owner some free advice.

1) Charge what the market will bear. If you have a line up, charge more and if you have no work offer discounts
2) If you can't make a deadline, call the customer and let him know, don't make him ask

3) Do not give false expectations

4) Deal with integrity

5) do deliver the best quality you can.

6) listen to your customer

If you do all those you just might have a sucessful business, if you ignore them especially number 6 you will fail, period
Thats it for the sermon. Good Luck

[Robert C.]

Paging Mark.

Has anyone heard from him lately?

[marauder]

I got an email a few weeks ago...keeps stringing me along. Soon it will be a year.

[Robert C.]

You know,Mark, You called and ask if we could help you out. You needed money to pay past do bills and offer us 5 sets of valve covers. You needed the loan bad. So we steped up to the plate and gave you what you needed so you could make the past do orders.. and ours. Well guess what? No returned calls. No return e-mails. And we don't have a clue if you are a live or dead.

Thanks Mark, you left me no way but to ask you here, where are my valve covers?

[BlueGTO]

Still nothing has come my way /shrug it seems the hole runs deeper and deeper 472 days and counting for me

[cnc]

ANYBODY HEARD ANYTHING :oogle:
seems like were talking on deaf ears sometimes:blabla::lalala:
Bluegto I think i might be waiting even longer or it sure feels that way....:nomail:

In case anybody's intersted saw these on E-bay StrelkaBuilt covers


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PONTI...spagenameZWDVW

[440GP69]

i wonder if it's for that set or if it's for him to make you a set once you are the winning bidder???

[Robert C.]

He's out there looking, but will not return calls. I talked to his dad and he is doing the dodge thing for Mark. Dads says he know nothing about Marks business. Ya right.....