So I went to the local car cruise lastnight,lots of nice cars there pin striped my trunk again(looks better this time around) and striped some guys 46 chevy,he was real happy with it.Some old man walks up to me and ask me to look at his truck,flat black ford with blue flames on it the outline on them SUCKED! He ask how much will it be to reoutline them.I tell him I could not do it there I would have to come to his house and do it because the sun was about to go down,he said that was fine he has a nice big garage I could do it in.Then it happens......He says"I tell you what if you do it for 50 bucks I will let you do it" What the fuck!.I try and be nice after that and tell him,man the outlines that are there will take some work to cover I would have to use a very fat line and might have to double outline them just to hide it all.So I tell him I can not do it for less than 100 bucks,mybe more I dont know.He steps back and gets pissed and says"Well Roger Harper will do it for 75 and he is the best in the country,no one can stripe better than Roger,I mean nobody!' I tell him well I am only 25 bucks more but if thats the case to have Roger do it and the guy just will not shut up about how great he is.Thats when I get smart with him my comeback was..."Roger is good I will give him that..best in the country I dont think so,sir I have Pinstriped with Jimmy C,Doug Dorr,Hot Dog,Skratch,Shane Syx and Ray Smith,Those guys are the best in the country and if you dont know any of there work you need to get out more".The guy calls me a punk and I am like you know what man I have a ton of respect for all the guys that paved the way for me and anyone else that is doiug this and for the most part they respect me but you insulted me by acting like you will do me the favor of outlining your flames for almost nothing so I dont care if you pay me 100 or 1000 bucks I will not do your flames.Whats funny is all the people who knew about what happened when I was doing the 46 was watching me and alot of them said I was in the right.I hated to act like that but shit guy would not let it go.did I do this the right way or the wrong way?
ifixtrains:
You did it the way that it feels right to you correct? If so then dont worry about it. If not then maybe you should try making up a price list board and bill by the linear foot or something, then you have a formula with which to give an estimate, and you can give people a break off of that. then you can make some money and they will feel like they got a deal, nothing a jerk likes better than a deal
faye:
I say right way, that guy was a dick he wanted YOU to do a job for HIM, he should have been polite to you. Tell him to shove his truck up his ass.