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[quote=”dcturcotte” post=18659][quote=”candyman” post=18657][quote=”Joe@FCAB” post=18642]Why dont you buy it through the shop and get their discount? I dont expect anything for free or discounted even on my own jobs.. We buy anywhere from 10-35k a month in product so we get our fair share of discounted items, but seeing as you might only paint 1-2 of your own cars a year you shouldnt expect the same treatment as the shop.[/quote]
I said I didn’t expect free,but to me,going to a show is free advertising for them,I know the PPG guys seen it that way,I still get a better deal from them,and I don’t even buy regularly there anymore,like when I had my own shop.
The sad part is,we demo’d the new dupont( garbage),and they were literally throwing freebies at us,even offered to supply paint for BOTH my current projects completely free of charge,but I declined as we truely do prefer sikkens product(hell dupont gave both us painters free sata digital RP’s just for giving them a shot).[/quote]Desperation is a stinky cologne:rofl[/quote]
haha,already come to realize I’m not gonna be using sikkens on my own cars,I just feel bad in a way when guys ask what I use for product,and why I don’t use what I use daily at work,get what I’m saying?[quote=”Jayson M” post=18645]Well don’t wait for Barry from SPI to give you anything for free either :rofl :rofl :rofl My jobber is great,he gave me 2 gallons of superior and hardener etc and 3 litres of autowave for my chevelle no charge :clappy But the base went bad before I got around to painting it 😛 Our shop is pretty good,we don’t have to pay squat for doing our own cars,unless you are doing a write off every week.Talk to your jobber or rep and tell him it is a show car and it will get attention and they will get some advertising.If they still won’t help you tell em you will use ppg and you are thinking of switching :clappy that might help loosen there belt :lol1[/quote]
Our shop generally charges us the same as they charge out to insurance…..yeah….we don’t get any breaks,when I paint something at work,I literaly bring all my own supplies,down to the tack cloths,wax and grease remover,etc.[quote=”Joe@FCAB” post=18642]Why dont you buy it through the shop and get their discount? I dont expect anything for free or discounted even on my own jobs.. We buy anywhere from 10-35k a month in product so we get our fair share of discounted items, but seeing as you might only paint 1-2 of your own cars a year you shouldnt expect the same treatment as the shop.[/quote]
I said I didn’t expect free,but to me,going to a show is free advertising for them,I know the PPG guys seen it that way,I still get a better deal from them,and I don’t even buy regularly there anymore,like when I had my own shop.
The sad part is,we demo’d the new dupont( garbage)for 3 weeks,and they were literally throwing freebies at us,even offered to supply paint for BOTH my current projects completely free of charge,but I declined as we truely do prefer sikkens product(hell dupont gave both us painters free sata digital RP’s just for giving them a shot).Our rep was aware too that it was up to us 2 painters whether we switched or not,and we still got jack-sh#t for voting to stay with sikkens.[quote=”smisco” post=18633]I was watching the TV show” Muscle Car” today and they did a quickie paint job on a Mustang using Duplicolor paint—-Maybe it was just me but i thought it looked terrible —No depth, lots of texture, lack of gloss—I know this was done very quickly and not a high end paint job but it was very poor IMO–[/quote]
Seen that too,if it looked bad on TV,bet it looked like ass in person,how about thier”prep work”before it was painted……..wow!I’m a half hour outside Wpg,where it’s near impossible to find qualified workers,I work for GM dealership,seems wages are”top secret”in our shop.
I average 120-160 hrs every 2 weeks,but they only pay $18 an hour,which I figured was low,I got to find this site.
I don’t have my papers yet,but I’m going to challenge my levels as I have the hours.