How long should it take?

[gtgto]

I dropped off my exhaust manifolds a week and a half ago at a small local shop to be blasted and powder coated. I haven't heard anything so I called for status yesterday and on the third time I called late in the day someone finally answered the phone and she put someone in the shop on the phone. The guy asked me what I had left there and that he hadn't started them and then he asks "What are we doing to them for you". I told him and he said I'll start them today and they should be done Wednesday. I guess I'm expecting to much and thought they should've been done already and for him not to know what my stuff was even doing there was a little annoying. I guess this is the way businesses work these days. I'm sure 1/2 the issues is me since I really didn't dig into it when I dropped the manifolds off and I am definitely old school in the then and now ways of life. Any time I leave something at a shop or service and I leave my number I rarely if ever get a call about my job and I always have to call them.......

 

[318willrun]

If the shop is backed up, that's one thing. But it would bother me a lot if I drop something off and they have no idea what is mine or what they were supposed to do to it. All work should start a shop ticket of the work to be done and your name and date on the top with a tag attached to your part(s) before you leave the place or the parts with them.

 

[CRUZE 418]

Most powder coating shops around here make their money off commercial orders that they bid on. That is their bread and butter, they take care of them first. I have been through this with my own stuff, you are not the only one. You just have to stay on them to get it done.

 

[gtgto]

If the shop is backed up, that's one thing. But it would bother me a lot if I drop something off and they have no idea what is mine or what they were supposed to do to it. All work should start a shop ticket of the work to be done and your name and date on the top with a tag attached to your part(s) before you leave the place or the parts with them.

The guy did take my name and number and he wrote down what they were to do.......I never even got a copy of the ticket so technically I had no proof of leaving the parts there. The shop was very quiet and any vehicles I did see inside were the owners so it was not very busy or it was not perceived to be busy. Happy to report that the office secretary call a little while ago saying I can pick up my parts.

 

[gtgto]

Most powder coating shops around here make their money off commercial orders that they bid on. That is their bread and butter, they take care of them first. I have been through this with my own stuff, you are not the only one. You just have to stay on them to get it done.

Kind of sad but its the truth. The shop will at least do the work I've requested even if they would rather do jobs they make big $ on. A couple years back I went to a machine shop to have lower control arm bushings done on and the shop manager turned down doing it for me so I went to a small shop in another town a little further away. That shop owner took care of me and now that I have valve issues and need head work.......That same guy who did my previous small job is doing the work.

 

[Dana67Dart]

Best thing is paper and photographs. get a receipt and take a photo of the person holding or next to the parts.

If it was a rare part worth 1000's "I dropped it off with Tom" will do nothing in court.

 

[mad dog]

i recently dropped off a nice set of 340 manifolds to my usual blaster guy to clean them up, hes blasted many many items for me over the years and hes reasonable....anyway when i went to pick them up one manifold had a broken ear, i said whats up with the broken manifold, he says you must of brought it in that way. I was super pissed off, i know it wasnt broken when i dropped it off!!!
now you guys know how expensive these are and getting harder to find, im **** out of luck...take pics when dropping off parts...my 2 cents...Rich

 

[gtgto]

I got a call from the shop when I was going to take my lunch at work. I asked my boss if I could take my lunch and work the rest of the day from home and he said fine. I went and picked them up and they came out amazing. Probably will be the nicest thing under my hood. If I didn't call yesterday who knows when they would've gotten around to them. I'm not sure but for the $132.00 with tax I think the place was pretty reasonable.

 

[WymanV]

That's a pretty decent price.

I've come to find over the years it takes 3 times as long to get something done I've farmed out as it was quoted and I don't count on seeing it until it's been 4 times as long.

Plan ahead...