johnnyrad
07-10-2011, 05:02 AM
1st Class Tinting
Penn Ave Telford Pa
Carbon
35% sides 25% rear window
Had to tell my experience. So I drop the car off at 3:30 Sat. Tim, the owner, said around 7 he'll be done. So my good neighbor drives me home. We catch the Phil's/Braves game on Fox and man Lee was sick his curve was filthy..but they lost and I'm annoyed but anyway. I call him around 7 and he says another hour.
So we run down there around 7:45 and he waves me in through his garage window and clearly he's having an issue with the sides. He has both rear passenger sides done but he says he's not happy with it. He stands back with his finger on his lips staring at it and points out some very small imperfections. Some dirt came off the window gasket and got underneath the tint. I didn't leave him my keys initially because I felt weary of doing that. But it turns out he did need those rear side windows opened so it's good he was doing those windows again. I swear I don't think I would have saw those imperfections if he had not pointed it out. So then he says, I'm taking it off and redoing it because I can't in good faith allow work like that on someone's car. :respect
OK now as soon as he said that, I was thinking, dude you just got a customer for life! That is somebody who cares and does it the right way. I think my decision to come here to a one owner shop was the wise one. Not that there is anything wrong with going to a big place, but for me I like the one on one interactions and plus I like keep the work for the small business owner.
So anyway he says we are looking at another hour at least. So lucky for me there is an awesome Vietnamese restaurant across the street and man the food is cheap and killer. I tell Tim I'm hitting that and will be back and mentioned that he loved that place. hmmmm
So I order the Bun cha and the non-fried spring rolls, the spring rolls are just insane, fresh full of sliced beef, whole baby shrimp, mint, cilantro, rice noodles, and some other herbs with that peanut plum dipping sauce and the red hot Vietnamese hot paste they leave on the table. That is winning my friends!! So I order Tim the tinting guy the Bun cha to go. I figured the least I can do is get some food for the guy.
I headed back to the shop about an hour later and peek in and the car is done. He opens the door and I present him with the food. Man his face lit up like Christmas. He was blown away by a simple gesture and thanked me. We walked over the car and it looked bad ass. Windows looked clean, the lines follow the glass, no bubbles, no dirt, all cut by hand. I'm happy.
Then I notice he has a Victory Headwaters Pale Ale bottle on his desk. :drool
I said Victory is a great local brew isn't it? He runs to this little fridge, pulls one out, and pops the cap and hands me a cold one. I said thanks man, I think I can drink this. After that spicy Vietnamese food a cold pale ale is spot on..
Seriously?? it's 9 PM, he just took 5 hrs to tint my car, he just shoved a cold pale ale in my hand, and he decides to knock off $30 bucks because he made me wait so long for the car! Speechless...
So the job cost me $220 bucks, an order of Bun Cha for 7.50, five hours of my time, but it was soooo worth it. I almost didn't even care about the tint job after all that. I was having fun. The guy was awesome, super friendly and just plain passionate about what he does and that was good enough for me.
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i401/bslotterbach/PICT0304.jpg
Saturday - man it's fargin hot out here...wish I had some tint
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i401/bslotterbach/PICT0301.jpg
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i401/bslotterbach/PICT0310.jpg
Sunday - much better
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i401/bslotterbach/PICT0309.jpg
Penn Ave Telford Pa
Carbon
35% sides 25% rear window
Had to tell my experience. So I drop the car off at 3:30 Sat. Tim, the owner, said around 7 he'll be done. So my good neighbor drives me home. We catch the Phil's/Braves game on Fox and man Lee was sick his curve was filthy..but they lost and I'm annoyed but anyway. I call him around 7 and he says another hour.
So we run down there around 7:45 and he waves me in through his garage window and clearly he's having an issue with the sides. He has both rear passenger sides done but he says he's not happy with it. He stands back with his finger on his lips staring at it and points out some very small imperfections. Some dirt came off the window gasket and got underneath the tint. I didn't leave him my keys initially because I felt weary of doing that. But it turns out he did need those rear side windows opened so it's good he was doing those windows again. I swear I don't think I would have saw those imperfections if he had not pointed it out. So then he says, I'm taking it off and redoing it because I can't in good faith allow work like that on someone's car. :respect
OK now as soon as he said that, I was thinking, dude you just got a customer for life! That is somebody who cares and does it the right way. I think my decision to come here to a one owner shop was the wise one. Not that there is anything wrong with going to a big place, but for me I like the one on one interactions and plus I like keep the work for the small business owner.
So anyway he says we are looking at another hour at least. So lucky for me there is an awesome Vietnamese restaurant across the street and man the food is cheap and killer. I tell Tim I'm hitting that and will be back and mentioned that he loved that place. hmmmm
So I order the Bun cha and the non-fried spring rolls, the spring rolls are just insane, fresh full of sliced beef, whole baby shrimp, mint, cilantro, rice noodles, and some other herbs with that peanut plum dipping sauce and the red hot Vietnamese hot paste they leave on the table. That is winning my friends!! So I order Tim the tinting guy the Bun cha to go. I figured the least I can do is get some food for the guy.
I headed back to the shop about an hour later and peek in and the car is done. He opens the door and I present him with the food. Man his face lit up like Christmas. He was blown away by a simple gesture and thanked me. We walked over the car and it looked bad ass. Windows looked clean, the lines follow the glass, no bubbles, no dirt, all cut by hand. I'm happy.
Then I notice he has a Victory Headwaters Pale Ale bottle on his desk. :drool
I said Victory is a great local brew isn't it? He runs to this little fridge, pulls one out, and pops the cap and hands me a cold one. I said thanks man, I think I can drink this. After that spicy Vietnamese food a cold pale ale is spot on..
Seriously?? it's 9 PM, he just took 5 hrs to tint my car, he just shoved a cold pale ale in my hand, and he decides to knock off $30 bucks because he made me wait so long for the car! Speechless...
So the job cost me $220 bucks, an order of Bun Cha for 7.50, five hours of my time, but it was soooo worth it. I almost didn't even care about the tint job after all that. I was having fun. The guy was awesome, super friendly and just plain passionate about what he does and that was good enough for me.
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i401/bslotterbach/PICT0304.jpg
Saturday - man it's fargin hot out here...wish I had some tint
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i401/bslotterbach/PICT0301.jpg
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i401/bslotterbach/PICT0310.jpg
Sunday - much better
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i401/bslotterbach/PICT0309.jpg