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A few weeks is acceptable. A few months is losing an entire riding season.
The Shop
It really bums me out to see and hear others with the same issue. Terry have done at least a half dozen cr125's and a cr250 motor for me in the past and the quality and the performance never disappoints. Prior to this experience his turn around time has always been acceptable (within an agreed upon time).
My hope is this can be put behind us and we can come on here and post up how good the bikes run but we need our SH** back to do that.
How does it survive after a couple of hours? Let’s say the clutch cover.
How much do you charge for this kinda work?
Uh huh...
Howabout not sending him shit to mod up? Send it to me and I won't do shit to it and only charge half of what Varner does. But at least you'll get it back within a year.
I do like your idea hopefully no one will send him work anymore.
Don't pay up front because not only have you lost all leverage (along with money+parts), the guy doing the work doesn't have a motivator to get the job done. If he needs one. Working on bikes day in, day out ain't the cake, blow jobs and buying another mansion I think the most of y'all think it is. But if that's all you know ......
As for paying upfront. you do that on Ebay, Amazon etc.
I had a custom jewelry business. I made a lot of one off pieces. If you came to me for wedding rings or a custom piece. You paid up front. Because what was I going to with it, if you didn't pick it up? Sure I could melt it down again. Use the stones etc. But that would have been time and money lost too. Plus if there was a delay. I called the customer. Kept them informed etc.
I see someone posted there that Terry's had his motor longer than mine!!!
Some people are saying cut your losses. That's just theft. Period. I doubt they would under the same circumstance.
Not saying he needs to be punched in the face but he needs to do something different.
Pit Row
That would be my first sign that I wouldn’t do business with them!
Sounds like a Ponzi Scheme for dirt bike porting
According to all these posts. It seems that Mr. Varner has the ability to do excellent work. He is a nice man that has helped people out in the past. He has run his business properly in the past but that appears to no longer be the case. It also appears he is now perhaps lacking integrity and has questionable business ethics. He may have financial issues, health issues, mental health issues or an addiction problem causing the problems. Who knows. I think it is a good thing this has been exposed here on this forum. For every one person that states a problem there must be more we haven't heard about yet. I don't think this has been a lynching and people are giving honest testimonies.
My questions:
To the people that claim to be Mr. Varner's friends. Have you checked on him? Have you explained to him that he must get the oldest work done first or return the parts and refund the money? Further has anyone explained to him that he should not take in any more work until he is caught up? Is there family that can be contacted to help if he is unwell or mentally compromised in some way?
My suggestion to the people that have not received their parts:
If you haven't received the completed work or your parts and refund after all of this, you're probably not going to. This situation won't fix itself.
Contact the State of California Bureau of Automotive Repair at 800-952-5210. File a consumer complaint for fraud. The BAR is the licensing agency in California. Charging for work not performed is fraud and a crime. Running an automotive repair business without a BAR license is a crime. The BAR will investigate this. First they will go knock on his door and work to resolve the problem. The BAR inspectors are good people. Most of the time the money gets refunded or the repairs cmpleted properly. They can also suspend his license to operate temporarily, close him down permanently and refer cases of fraud to the District Attorney for prosecution. I have Seen shops fined, closed down and people sent to jail in severe instances. You will also be preventing other people from ending up in the same situation. It may also help Mr. Varner to get his situation under controll.
I had an experience with an east coast camera shop a few years that sold me what turned out to be a gray-market Nikon camera and wouldn't take it back unless I paid a several hundred dollar "restocking fee." A few calls to Chase solved my problem.
Oh, and we've read here as an excuse that Mr Varner has health issues.
I'll let you imagine what will happen to the missing parts if things get worse...
People get old, get sick, and in the end, they die.
Trust me, it happens.
I don't have the feeling that anyone questioned his ability... when he actually does the work he's been paid for.
Contact the State of California Bureau of Automotive Repair at 800-952-5210. File a consumer complaint for fraud. The BAR is the licensing agency in California. Charging for work not performed is fraud and a crime. Running an automotive repair business without a BAR license is a crime. The BAR will investigate this.
If all of us that haven't received our motors/cylinders etc. Did this it might make a difference.
He hits the mark with his statement about Varner's friends. How are you helping us?
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