Oh Lordy will it ever end??? Pity Post

[Mustangbelle306]

Geez Louise, I swear I was born the WRONG sign!!!!

While at Cruise Weekend, I noticed that some paint had chipped off my trunk around the keyhole. I was more surprised than angry, since I couldn't figure out how on earth it had even been touched in order to peel off

Then I realized the awful truth...

The trunk had not even been prepped!!!!!!!!!

I got the spoilerless trunk off a V6 in Florida, and it was a smooth white with the clearcoat still on it. Well, where the paint had chipped off, was still clearcoated white!! They had not even sanded it!!

I was livid when I called the dealer and spoke to the service manager. I informed him that I was totally willing to overlook some stuff since I had gotten a pretty good price ($1700 for everything including sandblasting most of the body down to the metal). Interestingly enough, the service manager told me that ALL of the staff that was at the body shop when my car was painted has been FIRED since due to their shoddy work coming back So, he told me to bring it in ASAP, and he'd be happy to work something out.

Unfortunetly, its still a PITA since the dealer is in MD, and I now live in NJ *sigh* To all of you that are getting your car painted soon, WATCH OUT!! This was a Blue Oval Certified Dealer...apparently that didn't stand for jack! Make sure you find someone that you trust Don't pull a Belle!