Where Have I Been!!!
As my friend TitaniumVTEC has said, My experience with Ben was a very Nasty one. You see, I met Ben at an NSX get together in S. Florida. Sadly, there are not very many NSX owners down here that have occasional hang outs. There personalities are......well.....unique. I have met a couple down here that are very cool. I can tell you that BEN, is not one of them. He is an even worse business man (if you don't have a crap load of money to spend); however, from reading some of these posts, it doesn't really matter if you have lot of money it seems.
My HRE's were in need of some professional polishing as another NSX owner (Vinny of Merrit islands and of Vinny's Side Skirts, who's another NSX owner that screwed me over) ordered some HREs for me; but, forgot to order the clear coat for the rims.
Ben said for $100 per rim, he will have them "Looking as new". I also needed some new tires and decided to go ahead and order those as well. At first everything was perfectly fine. Then when the due date for the tires and my rim polishing came and went. I gave Ben a couple extra days before I called him. I tend to be soft with things like this, not wanting to create drama.
When I called Ben, he told me that I should come by the shop and check out something important with the rims. When I arrived, I noticed that despite a week having passed, only my two rear rims have been polished (the workmanship was quite poor). One of Bens employees was working on the front rims when he remarked that it was taking a long time due to how "Filthy" my rims were. He said it with a tone as though it was MY fault. I give you my word that I try to keep up with my cars appearance, despite having racing brake pads that create alot of brake dust and no clear coating on my rims.
Ben then pointed out that cracks were developing on the spokes of my rims. Do a search for HRE Rims Cracked. HRE advised that they will fix the rims if shipped to them. I was thankful that Ben saw this damage (though for him not to mention anything would be well beyond being simply remiss). HRE replaced the centers of my two rear rims. However, getting Ben to tell me when the rims were coming back was a mission. It took a week or more longer than he said for the tires to come in. I called and called and called but he NEVER returned my calls. The time I went to the shop to inspect the cracks in my rims, some sopranos looking latin guy with his opened button shirt, hairy chest, balding with a pony tail, guy walked up having had his Fancy Benz with what appeared to be 20'' rims towed to Ben's shop. Ben left me for a long time to go talk to that guy. In fact, I got so annoyed (and had to be at work soon) I just walked out. Right before I got to the shop's front door, Ben called out to apologize; however, he did not seem at all sincere.
I called Ben and all but demanded that he call me when the HRE rims get in. He claimed that he had my tires already.....claimed....but they still weren't in. I never heard from Ben. I called and called and finally reached him. He told me that he rims had arrived without the valve stems. HRE was supposed to ship the vavle stems ASAP. Well, needless to say, I had booked reservations to attend the S2000 event in Orlando which was just a couple days away. I told Ben as much and asked him to let me know the moment the Valve Stems arrived. Do you really think he called me????
After calling Ben time and time again, I finally reached him. He said he got the Vavle stems.........Yesterday!!!! Then, to twist the knife, he told me that he was too busy to put the tires on the rims. His shop was just too busy. I was furious. I drove my Integra over there to put my tires and rims in the car. All this time, my NSX has been on a set of stock '91 tires and rims that some other NSX owner left there in Ben's shop. When I got to Ben's shop......there was NOT ONE CAR BEING WORKED ON IN THE GARAGE!!! I was furious.....fucking furious....I wanted to bleed BEN. I've been pushed too far. I marched into his office where I saw him and his thug looking employees in his offiice all hanging out and having a good laugh. He saw me and told me that my tires and rims were ready. I asked him once again if he would put the tires/rims on my car as I had to drive to Orlando that very night. Once again he said he simply was too busy and there was no room in the garage to work on my car. He had a smile on his face almost as if he enjoyed what he was doing. It took a great deal of effort not to smash that smug smile off his fat face.
I went back home, and worked for a couple hours trying to jack up my car (which is lowered and has a body kit). It was already very late in the day and it took some time to change the tires with one single jack, a lowered car, on an incline driveway.
Oh BTW, I decided to call HRE (which had always been great to me) and tell them about my horrid experience with Ben. They immediately notified Ben of my dissatisfaction.
BEN had the audacity, to call MY cell phone and literally curse me off like a POS. He told me called me a FUCK, a SHIT, and how dare I risk his career over something so stupid as my rims, my money, my business. He kept yelling at me on the phone.........as a cop.......I kept my cool and simply asked "are you going to give me a chance to talk or keep cursing at me?" Well he continued cursing me off and eventually I hung up on him.
Dealing with BEN is like dealing with some punk KID who got himself a HOBBY side job selling rims and tires, while rich mommy and daddy will bail him out if and when needed. I bet this observation isn't too far off.
To see this fat punk drive around in a brand new supercharged NSX just out of University of Miami with all this money, getting business from rich punks like himself, makes me want to hurl chunks.
I hate WHEEL BOUTIQUE.............I hate BEN.
Fogive me for the spelling as I am in the middle of getting ready for work without my contacts on
As my friend TitaniumVTEC has said, My experience with Ben was a very Nasty one. You see, I met Ben at an NSX get together in S. Florida. Sadly, there are not very many NSX owners down here that have occasional hang outs. There personalities are......well.....unique. I have met a couple down here that are very cool. I can tell you that BEN, is not one of them. He is an even worse business man (if you don't have a crap load of money to spend); however, from reading some of these posts, it doesn't really matter if you have lot of money it seems.
My HRE's were in need of some professional polishing as another NSX owner (Vinny of Merrit islands and of Vinny's Side Skirts, who's another NSX owner that screwed me over) ordered some HREs for me; but, forgot to order the clear coat for the rims.
Ben said for $100 per rim, he will have them "Looking as new". I also needed some new tires and decided to go ahead and order those as well. At first everything was perfectly fine. Then when the due date for the tires and my rim polishing came and went. I gave Ben a couple extra days before I called him. I tend to be soft with things like this, not wanting to create drama.
When I called Ben, he told me that I should come by the shop and check out something important with the rims. When I arrived, I noticed that despite a week having passed, only my two rear rims have been polished (the workmanship was quite poor). One of Bens employees was working on the front rims when he remarked that it was taking a long time due to how "Filthy" my rims were. He said it with a tone as though it was MY fault. I give you my word that I try to keep up with my cars appearance, despite having racing brake pads that create alot of brake dust and no clear coating on my rims.
Ben then pointed out that cracks were developing on the spokes of my rims. Do a search for HRE Rims Cracked. HRE advised that they will fix the rims if shipped to them. I was thankful that Ben saw this damage (though for him not to mention anything would be well beyond being simply remiss). HRE replaced the centers of my two rear rims. However, getting Ben to tell me when the rims were coming back was a mission. It took a week or more longer than he said for the tires to come in. I called and called and called but he NEVER returned my calls. The time I went to the shop to inspect the cracks in my rims, some sopranos looking latin guy with his opened button shirt, hairy chest, balding with a pony tail, guy walked up having had his Fancy Benz with what appeared to be 20'' rims towed to Ben's shop. Ben left me for a long time to go talk to that guy. In fact, I got so annoyed (and had to be at work soon) I just walked out. Right before I got to the shop's front door, Ben called out to apologize; however, he did not seem at all sincere.
I called Ben and all but demanded that he call me when the HRE rims get in. He claimed that he had my tires already.....claimed....but they still weren't in. I never heard from Ben. I called and called and finally reached him. He told me that he rims had arrived without the valve stems. HRE was supposed to ship the vavle stems ASAP. Well, needless to say, I had booked reservations to attend the S2000 event in Orlando which was just a couple days away. I told Ben as much and asked him to let me know the moment the Valve Stems arrived. Do you really think he called me????
After calling Ben time and time again, I finally reached him. He said he got the Vavle stems.........Yesterday!!!! Then, to twist the knife, he told me that he was too busy to put the tires on the rims. His shop was just too busy. I was furious. I drove my Integra over there to put my tires and rims in the car. All this time, my NSX has been on a set of stock '91 tires and rims that some other NSX owner left there in Ben's shop. When I got to Ben's shop......there was NOT ONE CAR BEING WORKED ON IN THE GARAGE!!! I was furious.....fucking furious....I wanted to bleed BEN. I've been pushed too far. I marched into his office where I saw him and his thug looking employees in his offiice all hanging out and having a good laugh. He saw me and told me that my tires and rims were ready. I asked him once again if he would put the tires/rims on my car as I had to drive to Orlando that very night. Once again he said he simply was too busy and there was no room in the garage to work on my car. He had a smile on his face almost as if he enjoyed what he was doing. It took a great deal of effort not to smash that smug smile off his fat face.
I went back home, and worked for a couple hours trying to jack up my car (which is lowered and has a body kit). It was already very late in the day and it took some time to change the tires with one single jack, a lowered car, on an incline driveway.
Oh BTW, I decided to call HRE (which had always been great to me) and tell them about my horrid experience with Ben. They immediately notified Ben of my dissatisfaction.
BEN had the audacity, to call MY cell phone and literally curse me off like a POS. He told me called me a FUCK, a SHIT, and how dare I risk his career over something so stupid as my rims, my money, my business. He kept yelling at me on the phone.........as a cop.......I kept my cool and simply asked "are you going to give me a chance to talk or keep cursing at me?" Well he continued cursing me off and eventually I hung up on him.
Dealing with BEN is like dealing with some punk KID who got himself a HOBBY side job selling rims and tires, while rich mommy and daddy will bail him out if and when needed. I bet this observation isn't too far off.
To see this fat punk drive around in a brand new supercharged NSX just out of University of Miami with all this money, getting business from rich punks like himself, makes me want to hurl chunks.
I hate WHEEL BOUTIQUE.............I hate BEN.
Fogive me for the spelling as I am in the middle of getting ready for work without my contacts on
