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Tell him to pound sand. He owes you for holding you up with his practice work..
John jr |
Originally Posted by 38fountainecman
(Post 4152909)
Who needs a back seat, she looks quite comfortable on the sun pad!!!!!
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Nice photo :)
Since your upholstery looks to be pure white, I would assume that it has previously been replaced via the Formula original vinyl, as they typically only do replacement vinyl in all white. Formula does monitor the happenings on this forum, so I am sure they were happy to help out. They want you to be happy with your boat. As for the slug in Colchester, your explanation seems to fit, as it looks like it was his first go at making seat upholstery. :stooges: |
Originally Posted by offshore312
(Post 4139082)
Perhaps you might ask him if he'd mind if you provided him some exposure / advertising by posting photos of his work (your seat) at the local marinas & dealers? That would surely help to make other aware of the fine quality of his work, and maybe gain (or cost ) him some business. I'm enough of a hard head to put that on a billboard right outside of his shop & tell the world about his "craftsmanchit". He'll have a damned tough time blaming that crap work on anything but himself....
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Be careful, slander can be tricky. Don't get sued yourself. If you have demanded that he fix it and he has refused, file your small claims forms immediately. I would contact him, inform him that you have filed the case and if the seat is damaged in any way while in his possession he'll be sued for the cost of repair or replacement. would go with out the seat before being strong armed by someone that runs his business like that. Shameful. Good luck.
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I had a similar poor job done on one of my curved pieces. Took it to another guy who straightened it out for a couple hundred bucks. I had to pay the first guy and the second guy but at least I got my seat back and it's done right. Sucks.
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Ryan-
Wondering how this all turned out? Last I recall, Formula was going to make you a new seat, and you were going to let the local guy keep the original seat (right?) TIA for any updates. |
Originally Posted by ryan450r
(Post 4152611)
New seat on order. Probably be a few more weeks. The guys at Formula are amazing to deal with, specifically Steve Tester. He really knows his stuff about these boats. Top notch customer service!
Had a convo with a local guy who knows this guys history. I guess he used to own a boat dealership. Sold that business and is now doing upholstery. So, basically he has 30 years experience(according to his business card) in the boat industry but not that in upholstery. I am still blown away the boat dealer is holding strong to protect this guy. At the end of the day, Formula has gone above and beyond with their support to help me with this problem. I have been boating the last two weekends with no back seat. http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/...psf392ab28.jpg As far as your whole dilemma goes..I would definitely go out of my way to let every boater in the area know of your dealings with not only the upholstery guy but the shop that put you in this position in the first place making sure neither of them got a single cent from me or from anyone I knew!! Social media can make or break a business and Id make sure Id break it! |
Originally Posted by tpenfield
(Post 4250236)
Ryan-
Wondering how this all turned out? Last I recall, Formula was going to make you a new seat, and you were going to let the local guy keep the original seat (right?) TIA for any updates. Formula helped me out with a new seat. I can't say enough about the guys over there and how helpful they were. They had even seen this thread and knew of the issue and were more than generous with how they helped me out(specifically Steve Tester). Steve was top notch. I knew I could appreciate the Formula quality and company support before, but after this experience I can't see myself buying anything but a Formula ever again. I've owned some other great brands before but they never supported their old hardware as well as Formula does. Truly a top notch company to deal with. |
Nice to hear that everything worked out well.
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Ryan, that's good to hear, they treated me the same way on both me previous Formula's, very much a part of why I'm on my third, should I get that lottery number I will be at the factory ready to buy
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Great pic, assuming that Mallets bay in the back round, glad everything work out. Maybe hell break his leg tripping over it.
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Originally Posted by masi242
(Post 4323968)
Great pic, assuming that Mallets bay in the back round, glad everything work out. Maybe hell break his leg tripping over it.
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Man, this thread makes me lean toward Formula over PQ to be my next boat....
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Glad to see you got things squared away. Bummer to come across people like that out there. Looks like you need to update that previous pic with the seat together!
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I feel your pain, yea that does look bad. I had some stuff recovered by McLeod, It was the same situation they said if you want your interior you will have to pay, they doubled the price ,charged for stuff that didnt do,came in damaged half ass boxed up.
Goodluck on it Rob |
That's not acceptable.
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Hello I'm new to the forum but I would like to tell all Boaters who have had a McLeod Designed interior. That recently We here at HRT have purchased the Mcleod Design Group and are available for any updates to your interiors sorry for the delay. Many banks and legal issues had to be solved before going forward I hope we can help all our offshore Powerboat friends in bringing back the high quality of Mcleod interiors as we move forward under the Name of HRT. Thank your.
Sincerely Miraj D'Ave Project Engineer HRT 248-284-1170 EXT: 113 |
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