Beware of RUSTY XL-5

[magman]

I have thought long and hard about this before writing...but I do not want this to happen to anyone else here.

First, he has painted 2 other bodies for me w/no issue and his work was excellent. This past January I mailed him another body to paint. All good so far. Two weeks went by and he sent me a pm w/the body outlined and sketched on for my approval to go ahead and paint. I said go for it...now, it is early Feb by this time. He said that it was ready to paint on Feb. 8 but could not get to it due to the rain. A month goes by with no contact so I send him another pm asking for an update..... He finally sent me another pm a full month after I sent him one...he said that he was having issues w/ an illness and that his family was dealing w/an home invasion. I sent him another pm back wishing him well and to not worry about the body right then.

So, we are now into may and still nothing...now, he not only stringed along myself, but another member as well. Exact same scenario as mine. Both of us have not heard from him in over a month. The other member actually sent him a e-mail which was responded to by his FATHER! His father sent both of us a response stating that he will be working on our bodies sooner than later. The other member's body arrived and he was less than pleased to say the least....( the other member and my self had been communicating through this whole process). So, 2 more weeks go by w/no contact with anyone and what do you know, my body shows up on my doorstep! My body came out rather well considering....

What really ticked me off and the other member is that he stopped communicating all together. He had both of our bodies for so long that it was ludicrous....4 months! His father did the dirty work for him...all the communication, which was through e-mail- not one single pm through this site which is BS IMO. He needed to step to the plate and be a man about this whole process, instead he wimped out. As a business man he needs to go take some classes on how to treat your customers. ( if I did what he did to my customers, I would be out of business real fast ) I should have insisted on a partial refund just for the aggravation factor.

I just hope that this does not happen to anyone else here. I am truly disgusted by this whole process