I'm sorry you feel the need to be ugly to me and not even know me....but I understand.
I don't self promote anything other than my work on the tables....with everyone should do and have done....cause to customers don't know if your any good or not at what you do.....on the other hand I'm calling Trent out for promoting table sells....never do I call out someone showing their work.
The job speaks for it's self. Glen as well as myself have told everyone to promote their WORK.....not promote their inventory that they have for sell....we all have tables for sell....should we all post up are inventory.
Maybe you should reread the thread and maybe you won't attack me.
Look if your a good mechanic and do good work....post up and show your work is all anyone has ever said.
If your only and installer....post the set up....nothing wrong with that.
You don't know the story of how I get calls about Trent on the phone knocking me as well as others to promote a sell.
im not here tone unfriendly to you or put you down....you ask about formica and I turned you on to Jerimy Chambers....where was I wrong....then steps in Trent.....go back and read it and show me where I was wrong in my first post.
And I never made so called mechanics stop posting....they stopped cause they could no longer get the answer from Glen....or have Glen post first and agree with what Glen just said.....again where am I wrong.
Show me where I blasted anyone on here other than people offering rail work that their not capable of doing...and just trying to get paid....I can say that cause I've receiverd the calls from the customers after the work was done and poorly.
If you knew the truth about how guys are taking jobs they can't do so they can get paid....it's brutal.
I'm not a bully....I give back to this industry more than I'll ever get back....I have a set of 6 x 12 antique snooker rails from England....the guy wants k55 cushions on the snooker table but wants to keep it a snooker table....I tried 2 different sets of sub rails....spoke with Jerimy about the table....he said he's done one before and can do it for me....now I have lost the money in meterials I've already use.....have to ship them to Jerimy to have him do them.....then pay for the shipping back to the customer....and pay Jerimy for doing the rails.
I spoke with the customer and told him I cant do the job the aright way where I would be satisfied sending them back to you....so I'm sending them to my friend to have them done right....why because it's not about the money....it's about giving the guy the job he's paying for.
So before you talk down to someone....maybe you should take with them and get their side of the story.....not going by what you think you know.
Now the next time you ask a question on here....I promise I won't try and give you any help.....as you already made it clear you don't need me for shit....get your info from guys that are guessing.
I'm not up set....I just tell the truth...and I don't sugarcoat anything.
That's just me
Good luck
Mark Gregory
Mark, I truly appreciate you taking the time to make this post. Perhaps I was wrong, in my assessment of what was going on.. I don't know. I've seen you take a condescending tone with a number of posters, and it has always rubbed me a bit wrong. Perhaps I don't know the back story, as you suggested, and for that, I apologize for jumping to conclusions. I've never been a fan of dick-wagging contests, so I don't see the need to show off accomplishments. I wasn't aware of the history between you and Trent, so again, I guess I jumped to conclusions..
Maybe I'm just having a bad day.. My apologies to you Mark, and anyone else that I may have offended.
On the other hand, I did contact you about a year ago, asking for advice on something I was working on.. I'm not knocking the solution that you gave, but it has always kind of overshadowed my opinion of you..
I was attempting to convert a set of billiard rails over to pocket table rails, on a 10' Gold Crown. You didn't want to offer up any information, but insisted that the best thing that I could do was send the rails to you. I can't say that I blame you for that.. Really, who the hell was I, to be calling for advice on such an in-depth project. However, I guess I didn't see it that way at the time.. I always thought, "what if I asked him for ways to better pleasure my wife? Would he tell me I should send her over to him?"
So, I hope you have an understanding of my thought process, regarding your attitude. I may have been wrong to think that way, and for that I apologize.
I began doing this work, because there wasn't anyone else in my area that is capable of doing high quality work. I began working on only friend's tables. I never wanted to do work for the general public, but my name started getting around. I've always said, if I could just do one table job per month, whether setup or recovery, I would be happy. However, I've been doing at least one per weekend, sometimes more through the week, for the past few months. Honestly, I'm getting tired, but I enjoy the experience. I've never claimed to be a top-notch mechanic, but I have been called the best in the area. This is a title that I never wanted, and I don't like to accept. Fact is, there aren't many mechanics in my area. I would never quit my day job to do this work, but I do have a passion for it, and I perform every job, as if it were my own table. I hope this gives you more of an understanding of who I am, as a mechanic.
And again, I apologize that we got off on the wrong foot. I suppose I have a difficult time dealing with large egos. I understand all that you have done for the industry. As I said, I am a fan of your work.. I can't blame you for having a big ego. I know that it's up to the rest of us to accept it. I don't mean that in a negative way at all.. I just lost my cool earlier. So, again, I apologize.
I don't want you, or anyone else, to think that I'm kissing your ass, now that you called me out.. That's not my style. However, I am never afraid to admit that I was wrong.
