What to do guys.

bullshooter69

bullshooter69

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I personally recommend a Table Mechanic to recover some tables. I tell these people that he is one of the best and has a good rep. They give the guy money to buy felt and he never shows up and won"t return their calls. It has been somewhere around 2 months. I feel like my word is on the line because i recommended this person. Let me know how i should handle this. I have not personally called him but i know people that has so i know his phone is still good.
 
you are hung out to dry

bullshooter69 said:
I personally recommend a Table Mechanic to recover some tables. I tell these people that he is one of the best and has a good rep. They give the guy money to buy felt and he never shows up and won"t return their calls. It has been somewhere around 2 months. I feel like my word is on the line because i recommended this person. Let me know how i should handle this. I have not personally called him but i know people that has so i know his phone is still good.
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That is why I rarely recommend anyone for anything. The most I will usually say is I have had good luck with someone or I make a limited recommendation such as the person is honest, or the person did good work for me.

Depends on how far you went endorsing the table mechanic as to if you should offer to cover all or part of the deposit and hope you eventually get it back when the work is done or just tell the person you gave the recommendation to "sorry I gave you a bum steer!" If I felt my word and reputation was on the line I'd find a way to make things right for the guy I made the recommendation to.

I learned a long time ago that there is a hell of a lot of truth to the saying, "no good deed goes unpunished!"

Hu
 
Yeah, you're kind of half-responsible now. Which sucks for you. So you not only gotta get him on the phone, you gotta play middle-man and figure out what's going on with him and try to work something out between him and the guys who are pissed at him.
 
Yeah, never ever recommend anyone for anything. If someone asks you to recommend someone you can just say something like "This guy did my tables, I'll give you his number if you want it." and leave it at that. No need for praise or any of that kind of stuff. Personally, in my opinion, you have no responsibility to make anything right, but I understand how you feel.
MULLY
 
bullshooter69 said:
I personally recommend a Table Mechanic to recover some tables. I tell these people that he is one of the best and has a good rep. They give the guy money to buy felt and he never shows up and won"t return their calls. It has been somewhere around 2 months. I feel like my word is on the line because i recommended this person. Let me know how i should handle this. I have not personally called him but i know people that has so i know his phone is still good.
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I suspect that you are not going like what I have to say, but if things are not made right you should make them right yourself, your name and reputation are on the line.

I have said this many many times on this forum, it is better to say nothing at all than to try and be helpful and step on it. When you give a recommendation for some one or for something and others trust your input and follow your recommendation they are going to blame you if things do not go right. While there is no legal action they can take in most cases, at least to me, my word and my name are more valuable than anything else I own.

Good luck with your decision.
 
I would contact the dead beat table mech and let him know how you feel. Hopefully you can get either the deposit back or the cloth. Your word is on the line, but it's not totaly on you. The people you were trying to help made the choice and paid the deposit themselves.

Larry
 
bullshooter69 said:
I feel like my word is on the line because i recommended this person.
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You're right, your word is on the line. It shouldn't be your responsibility to make this guy act with integrity, but yet your word suffers if he doesn't. Call him and tell him that. Also tell him that your next recommendation to these people you know is that they take him to court to recover their losses. Maybe that will scare him straight.

-Andrew
 
manwon said:
I suspect that you are not going like what I have to say, but if things are not made right you should make them right yourself, your name and reputation are on the line.

I have said this many many times on this forum, it is better to say nothing at all than to try and be helpful and step on it. When you give a recommendation for some one or for something and others trust your input and follow your recommendation they are going to blame you if things do not go right. While there is no legal action they can take in most cases, at least to me, my word and my name are more valuable than anything else I own.

Good luck with your decision.
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Well stated Manwon - and you're absolutely correct. You have a responsibility if you recommend someone.
 
bullshooter69 said:
I personally recommend a Table Mechanic to recover some tables. I tell these people that he is one of the best and has a good rep. They give the guy money to buy felt and he never shows up and won"t return their calls. It has been somewhere around 2 months. I feel like my word is on the line because i recommended this person. Let me know how i should handle this. I have not personally called him but i know people that has so i know his phone is still good.
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When you gave your recommendation of this mechanic...did you also tell them they should pre-pay for his cloth up front? Recommending mechanic's goes on all the time, someone always knows a mechanic, and is willing to pass that mechanic's name on to others if they've had good dealings with him. Some recommend a mechanic by reputation without ever having met the mechanic...just because they've heard of him.

My first question is, if the work wasn't going to be on next weeks schedule, why would the customer pre-pay for cloth...instead of having the cloth sent to them awaiting the arrival of the mechanic?

I have several people waiting on my arrival to work on their pool tables, some of my customers have the cloth and new cushions waiting for me, and it's only a rare situation where I'll ask for pay before I get to someone's location to do the work. I have a set of rails off of a GC3 right now that were sent to me from Phoenix, AZ...and I did charge for the labor and cloth up front, not that I don't trust the customer...because I do, but I'm rebuilding rails on trust, it's way to much labor.

I'm just a little curious as to why you're on AZ asking what do we all think you should do about this problem....when you haven't made any attempt to contact the mechanic you recommended....to ask HIM what you should do, because you recommended him, and you'd like to know what's going on;)

Glen
 
You're in a tough spot. I would start with contacting the table mechanic. Find out what it will take for him to come ASAP and make things right.

Offer to lend him the cost of the cloth in order for him to get the job done and try and collect from him after the fact.

You should remind the table mechanic that his reputation should be worth more than a couple hundred bucks.
 
I just got off the phone with the "Mechanic"....and it seems someone on the OTHER end dropped the ball by NOT picking up the supplies from the billiards store where they came into....and are still there waiting to get picked up...by the end buyer;)

Glen
 
I got on the phone with everyone involved, and got everyone on the same page. Everything is going ahead full speed ahead, and everyone is happy about the upcoming dates for service.
It was a little more involved than Glen said, but it's still simple regardless, and easy to resolve.
Miscommunication on various ends can often result in delays. It happens occasionally. This time it was a manufacturer that didn't communicate to everyone involved and was confused about the arrangements-and delayed the end results. But the end result- everything works out correctly in the end, with all reputations still intact, and a happy customer at the end is never a bad result.
Neither is preserving the integrity that someones word and reputation is founded upon.
Give me a call Doug- you owe me a game of three ball next time I'm up near Luke's, which is in the not too distant future. I have to go get John's rails and change out his facings when I get back.... hope your 3ball game is better than John's 1pckt game....(although mine is lacking, sadly)
 
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