Liam wrote:Umm yeah. but what about the other side of the coin. Some customers wont listen to advice, who buy the wrong parts and try to adapt them to what ever F#$%@ d up idea their mate told them, or who are economical with the truth with describing what they want. Customers can still be highly unrealistic about how they're cars are used. I've avoided selling lots of thinks to blokes who wont listen.
Theres two sides to all these fellas bitching- some have been riped off but a few are just wankers!
We've had a guy screaming blue murder when he couldn't get a tyre on to his rim... he's bought weld on beadlocks and put them on rims with reversed centres...nobody could get a tyre over the safety bead.
We've seen a guy who bought the longest , flexiest, most drive like a slinky springs he could find complain they wouldnt carry 2 tonnes of plumbing gear and a trailer... he told the store it was a weekend only, dedicated toy that never caried any weight at all!
We refused to sell wheel spacers to a guy who had put ( badly) wide track diffs under a narrow track- he needed two spacers- FOR THE SAME SIDE!
Theres plenty of blokes who think ranchos change the height of your car like airbags.
All these guys undoubtedly feel it's allright to bitch about the stores where they got there gear- they didnt give the full story and still cant see what they've done wrong.
However there is nothing stopping us from seeing a bitch on it's own merits and the classic is Pirate when they pop up all the time most of em are wankers who whinge. But some must be legit and I think most here are smart enough to tell the difference.
If I buy a kit I fully research it if there is one thing that needs extra this and that it aint a Kit. Hybrid trucks would be one of the most difficult markets to cater for as the culture of the hobby is individualism so making a kit that fits every truck of a type every time wont happen unless it starts out stock.
Personally I couldn't buy some of the big ticket items from the states without going through a third party like bigballs because I need the advice from guys who have seen it and fitted it. I don't have the fab skills of the desire to bootie fab something I bought that don't work to make it work. Hence the cautious attitude to stuff from areas where I can't do face to face talkin.