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Originally Posted by Mrp613
This is what to do. I worked for a guy like this. Did good work but used the money from a new job to sort of finish an old job and finance his racing. I felt bad for the customers and wound up doing bodywork for a few of the customers after they reclaimed their cars. I basically sanded them down, fixed what I could and shot them in sealer over the course of a weekend. I charged them a pretty low rate but told them exactly what I would do or not do. No large panel replacement, mostly beating out dents and patches. If you have to talk to some of the employees of a few shops. Normally they need extra cash and you can find someone to do work over the course of a 2-3 day period. It won’t be show quality but you can probably have color on it in a reasonable timeframe
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Late to the discussion, but I saw this firsthand when my brother was getting an enclosed trailer built out here in AZ. The guy kept stringing him along, wanting another cash infusion to move his job up. Turns out that each new job's down payment was funding work/completion of jobs started many months prior. It was almost like a classic investment scam, where new investor money would keep the whole thing afloat for as long as possible. We found out later that the owner was flaky with payroll, and couldn't keep his fabricators around.
There are so many people who should not run their own business. In fact, many people start their own businesses because their personal attributes would get them fired if they worked for someone else.
This is why I will paint my own cars, and IDK... they may stay in primer forever.