This i believe

This I believe
I believe in you get what you pay for. Many friends and family taught this to me at a very early age. About a year and a half ago I had to rebuild a motor in a car that I own. I had all the raw materials to start the build but I was not confident in my skills to build a motor quite like this one. As I searched around for a reputable builder I came upon one who seemed to know what he was doing and talking about. We talk about the build for a few months so we are exactly clear as to what needs to be done and what I would like to be for extra quality.
Well we finally come to a conclusion as to what I want done and how much that extra quality will cost me. A few days later I took the motor to his shop and together we inspected it. Everything went well for the inspection because the motor was in still good quality but not as good as it should be for what I needed it to do. At this point I believed everything is in good hands and everything will go as according to plan. Well this wouldn’t be much of a story if that were so to be true. A few months into the build I try to contact the engine builder but with no luck. Another month goes by and I start too become antsy about the whole situation.
I started to try and contact the builder. I call, text, and even email. I even drove to the builder’s shop where the work was to be done. At this point I was very suspicious about the builder’s history and I started to delve into his past dealings with other people in the same situation. Well shortly after I started to uncover a few bad transactions, cases involving people’s motors not being given back to them. I contacted him by email and I went ahead and expressed my concerns about the incidents and him not being in good contact with me. After a week or so he finally emails me back trying to reassure that everything will be fine and that everything is in order, that those mishaps have been resolved.
As I go on and wait for my motor a few more weeks go by once again. At this point my motor should have been long done and in my hands. Once again I tried to contact him to see if there were any updates on the motor and if there were any setbacks. Again I found my self in the same situation. Instead of sending emails this time I decided to drive up to his other place of work to contact him.

I get there about 10:45 am and I find his car at his other place of work. I head inside the shop with my friend to have a small conversation with the builder. Finally after an hour of asking around I find the builder and stop him and pull him off to the side to talk. Well as we talk about him not being in contact for months at a time. I express that I want to collect my motor since it was already months late and should be done. Well it is agreed that I need to collect my motor so we set up a date for the pickup in the following week. The week goes by and I set off to pick up the motor from the builder at his home.

Fnally I make it there and knock on the door with no answer. I call around and wait, I even go to his shop and other place of work to find him to figure out what is going on. I wait for six hours at his house for him to come home or give me a phone call. After six hours of waiting I finally get annoyed and leave a message on his front door explaining that I was there and I am overly frustrated about the problem and that he has 48 hours to contact me before I start the paper work to take him to court for my property and money into the motor. Even though I have had many court cases about this incident and won them. To this day I still have yet to receive my property back or money from this terrible transaction with the builder.

This is why I believe “you get what you pay for”. If I would have taken my time and money to a professional shop that had a slightly steeper price. I would not have had this mess that I am telling you about now. Please take my experience to heart and do not try and save a few dollars by going the cheap rout instead spend a little more to have better quality and a better experience.