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Title: A1 exhausts in trouble? Post by: vwhelmot on April 14, 2015, 07:13:18 am As in the title, I've had a system on order through pierside parts since the beginning of February and now I've been told that orders from last December haven't been fulfilled. He can't be that busy??!!
As its holding up the progress of my build I've had to cancel and now I'm stuck with no system. Annoying ain't the word. I need a recommendation of a nice merged 1"3/4 system in stainless with a v band that isn't going to burn my valence and look nice as its for a show pony. Title: Re: A1 exhausts in trouble? Post by: leec on April 14, 2015, 12:49:34 pm I know Dannyboy on here loves turbo Thomas exhausts. Jaycee do v band stuff also iirc
Title: Re: A1 exhausts in trouble? Post by: brmmark on April 14, 2015, 16:01:23 pm As in the title, I've had a system on order through pierside parts since the beginning of February and now I've been told that orders from last December haven't been fulfilled. He can't be that busy??!! As its holding up the progress of my build I've had to cancel and now I'm stuck with no system. Annoying ain't the word. I need a recommendation of a nice merged 1"3/4 system in stainless with a v band that isn't going to burn my valence and look nice as its for a show pony. Maybe, for 8 years I ordered one through (serano's check the samba for that story), finaly I got one at home -thanks US postal for the dent-. Super set up. Title: Re: A1 exhausts in trouble? Post by: wph on April 14, 2015, 16:32:22 pm http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=622197&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
He seems to be busy with major contracts with other than VW exhaust work Title: Re: A1 exhausts in trouble? Post by: Neil Davies on April 14, 2015, 18:06:15 pm I know Dannyboy on here loves turbo Thomas exhausts. Jaycee do v band stuff also iirc I'd second that. Rich Thomas is excellent and will make whatever you want. He's even got the back of a bug in his workshop set up so he can built things to fit perfectly! Top bloke too. Title: Re: A1 exhausts in trouble? Post by: dannyboy on April 14, 2015, 18:43:14 pm yep rich is the man ;)
Title: Re: A1 exhausts in trouble? Post by: neil68 on April 14, 2015, 19:42:35 pm Ordered a stainless CSP header and it arrived in 12 days...Germany to Canada.
Title: Re: A1 exhausts in trouble? Post by: Zach Gomulka on April 14, 2015, 19:57:42 pm I doubt if Tiger is in trouble. Remember that A-1 is your everyday exhaust shop that just happens to have a VW thing happening on the side.
Title: Re: A1 exhausts in trouble? Post by: vwhelmot on April 14, 2015, 20:10:08 pm What annoys me is that pierside must have known that there was and would be s huge delay but never mentioned it at the time of placing the order. That's just shite service. I'm finding that there is s lack of customer service in the VW industry to be honest, with little or no communication. I see now they have taken a1 off their site. I'm looking into a wasp system.
Title: Re: A1 exhausts in trouble? Post by: nlvtinman on April 15, 2015, 04:45:58 am I ordered a system directly from the A-1 shop in early December. Tiger told me 5 weeks before delivery...fair enough. When it got to be 6, then 7 and then more weeks, and he NEVER once called to share why the delay, I always having to chase him down, my own opinion of the shop changed.
His constant answer was "Oh we are So Busy". Well if that's the case, then he should not take work in that goes against the normal day to day of the business operation. After 11 weeks I did get most of what I ordered. I had to call to ask him about additional parts that were clearly shown on the initial order. Again, Oh We were so busy I didn't have time to make them. Personal opinion- He's a spoiled son of a hard working father who began and built a successful business. Title: Re: A1 exhausts in trouble? Post by: The Action Is Go on April 15, 2015, 05:17:33 am I ordered a system directly from the A-1 shop in early December. Tiger told me 5 weeks before delivery...fair enough. When it got to be 6, then 7 and then more weeks, and he NEVER once called to share why the delay, I always having to chase him down, my own opinion of the shop changed. His constant answer was "Oh we are So Busy". Well if that's the case, then he should not take work in that goes against the normal day to day of the business operation. After 11 weeks I did get most of what I ordered. I had to call to ask him about additional parts that were clearly shown on the initial order. Again, Oh We were so busy I didn't have time to make them. Personal opinion- He's a spoiled son of a hard working father who began and built a successful business. Agreed. Good luck dealing with him. Title: Re: A1 exhausts in trouble? Post by: dragvw2180 on April 16, 2015, 16:38:31 pm Sounds to me like a wonderful opportunity for someone over in your country to open a business and sell some products . There are, I am sure, people with the talents and welding gear to build exhaust systems of a high quality for sale . Just a thought, Mike McCarthy
Title: Re: A1 exhausts in trouble? Post by: vwhelmot on April 16, 2015, 16:53:19 pm Well, I've ordered a wasp stage 2 , 3-4 day delivery.
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