That's such a great point Bob!  I've always tried to find professionals in
whatever field who charge fairly and are in it for the duration .  They are
almost never the cheapest resource but they'll save you money in the long
run.  And they'll stand behind their work.

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@comcast.net> wrote:

> Your experiences and resultant self-protection methods seem like so much
> hard work, when putting that time and effort into finding a scrupulous shop
> to begin with, is so much easier, economical.
>
> We have several such shops here in Salt Lake, with business history's going
> back into the '40s and '50s because they don't have deceit and deception in
> mind. These shops do business with other shops they trust to do specialized
> work so it's very easy to "pick their brains" about who they'd suggest for
> other special work.
>
> my van broke down in Montrose, CO due to a repair failure done by "my
> shop". They drove 6 hours each way to trailer the van back to SLC, then
> installed a conversion engine, taking the very valuable TIICO in trade for
> the conversion labor charge.
>
> Reputable businesses do stuff like that, and make lotsa $$ doing it. A
> local bike shop owner (in business since the mid-80's) made-good on aluminum
> framed bikes that kept breaking (Crotch Rocket, went belly-up) even though
> he didn't have to, and his business took off and is still flying today. Wild
> Rose Mountain Sports, Tim Metos.
>
> Bob Stevens
> '87 Syncro Westy
>

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