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Originally Posted by AJSZR2326
yes, i wouldnt give my money to them now they might make nice parts but they know nothing about being a good business person. there's other customer interiors out there.too bad they lost a $4000.oo order
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I'd understand your attitude if we were talking about a high volume part that was readily available from lots of sources, but we're not.
I feel extremely fortunate that there are business men and women out there who support our hobby by turning out some simply incredible parts for these old cars. Most businesses fail - and businesses producing aftermarket parts for niche cars are probably right at the top of the list. For my part (as long as I wasn't at risk for losing my hard earned $), I'd prefer to support such a business rather than bad mouth them and send my money somewhere else.
In the last year or so we've lost (I think) 21st Century Street Machine and Lateral Dynamics and ATS has had to scale back their operations significantly. Those are folks who sold some of the best parts out there.
Very few of us have an issue with waiting multiple calendar quarters for a car to be painted, but complain when a custom part (and I'd characterize all of Marquez's stuff as custom) takes 7 weeks.
I've been slowly working on my project car, doing most of the work on it myself, for a couple of years now. I'm planning a Marquez headliner, package shelf tray and door panels. If they take 7 weeks or even 12 weeks to get them done and ready for pickup, I'll count myself lucky, because I'll be getting parts I simply can't get anywhere else.
To each his own, I guess.