Calder Guthrie Custom Raptor Embroidery DEAD ?

[thurley42]

Nope

figures.....

 

[whoisbigman]

This guy has a well established horrible reputation... promise after promise, lie after lie, excuses of every kind.

 

[bstoner59]

You guys should just make them yourself. Seems easy enough. I mean you guys are all sitting here telling us how quickly someone that had a broken back and surgery should be able to make these so get at it!


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[Jme]

I'm at my wits end with him.....everytime I ask him what the status of my order is, I get another excuse or lie...I've been told it's shipped 3 times in the last 2 months.....it's not the money, it's the principle!

NOTE TO OP: It's Raptor Embroidery, not Rappy Graphics! Josh has an amazing product and customer service!

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Did you get it?

Thanks.. I realized that I had typed the wrong name right after I posted it.. but I didn't see any way to edit the title of the thread. My apologies to Josh if anyone assumed I was speaking about his company... I've dealt with him before and he's, hands down, one of the best vendors I've ever used!

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You guys should just make them yourself. Seems easy enough. I mean you guys are all sitting here telling us how quickly someone that had a broken back and surgery should be able to make these so get at it!


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First off, people have been waiting since well before he had back surgery and second, if he (when he was able) got on here and explained his situation then I'm sure 99% of the people would be understanding and wish him well. But, not responding to and lying to many customers is a good way to make sure you don't have many left! It's not the $50 or whatever the plate costs, it's the common courtesy.

 

[Deleted member 12951]

I did get hold of Calder a month ago via email and he told me he was working on my 3 plates that I ordered back in January and would send pictures before he mailed them out. Nothing yet.

I need to start thinking that we will never see these and just lost my money and concept to have a cool plate to display in my truck. I will probably just tell Calder to cancel my order and hope for a refund (which I doubt will happen) and get the plates from here instead:

Customized Vehicle Data Plates - Set of 2 - SVT Store

 

[whoisbigman]

You'll eventually get them... may not still have the truck though.

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You guys should just make them yourself. Seems easy enough. I mean you guys are all sitting here telling us how quickly someone that had a broken back and surgery should be able to make these so get at it!


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You have no idea what you are posting about... This kid does nice work, but takes MONTHS and MONTHS to do it without explanation until you finally get a response which is always I had finals, or materials didn't get here, or somebody else's fault... then it's I'm shipping tomorrow, or I promise first thing Monday, and that goes on for weeks. The guy has way too many excuses and ********* you all along.

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Do a search on his name and you'll see how far this goes back.

 

[Yukon Joe]

Thanks.. I realized that I had typed the wrong name right after I posted it.. but I didn't see any way to edit the title of the thread. My apologies to Josh if anyone assumed I was speaking about his company... I've dealt with him before and he's, hands down, one of the best vendors I've ever used!

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First off, people have been waiting since well before he had back surgery and second, if he (when he was able) got on here and explained his situation then I'm sure 99% of the people would be understanding and wish him well. But, not responding to and lying to many customers is a good way to make sure you don't have many left! It's not the $50 or whatever the plate costs, it's the common courtesy.

@KaiserM715
Can you correct the title of this post please.
@Yukon Joe
Drive your raptor here!!!!
www.runraptorrun.com
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[WRCRaptor]

A mod should fix the thread title and take out the rappy grapihics. That is a completely different company that is timely and very good with customers.

 

[Jme]

A mod should fix the thread title and take out the rappy grapihics. That is a completely different company that is timely and very good with customers.

if a mod could fix the title that would be great.. like I said yesterday I inadvertently typed in the name of Josh's company by accident and realized it right after I posted the thread. I tried to edit it but it only let me change Rappy Graphics to Raptor Custom Embroidery in my first post, not in the actual thread title. If I'm missing something on how to edit the title someone please point me in the right direction and I'll change it immediately, otherwise I'd be very grateful if a mod could at least take Rappy Graphics out of the title.

Again, if anyone thought this thread was about Josh / his company I apologize.. it was my mistake and not my intention in any way to paint a negative picture of him or his company at all!!!

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@KaiserM715
Can you correct the title of this post please.
@Yukon Joe
Drive your raptor here!!!!
Great Lakes Raptor Excursions (GLRE) | Run Raptor Run
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like I just said, I tried but it only changed the title in my first post... not the actual thread title. If anyone can tell me how I'd be more than happy to do so!

 

[2014RubyRed]

@Jme I think we all know what you meant and just about everybody on the forum has experience with Josh. We all know he's a good dude.

Now, on to Calder - I noticed he was on Facebook the other night, so I sent him a PM over there asking about how he was doing. He said his recovery was coming along fine.

Last night I noticed that he was on there again, so I sent him a PM telling him that a few guys were looking for him and that it would be a good idea to at least answer them and let them know what is going on. I then noticed that he immediately signed off, but then returned about an hour later. Whatever, he knows that he has people wondering.....

He seems like a good guy, and has got my products out to me pretty quickly in the past. Like mentioned previously, his stuff is pretty damn good quality. I have spoke to him several times about maybe hiring a helper to get through his orders a little quicker. "Hard to train, hard to manage", etc. I have spoke to him about at least contacting each of his customers with issues and updating them regularly. "Yeah, I'll do that tonight as soon as I get these orders done". I don't get it, he seems to want to do the right thing, but just won't do it.

I think some of it may be that he is young and inexperienced dealing with conflict. And there is a lot of it right now. Maybe a little embarrassed and worried about his reputation. Kids handle that kind of thing differently and some rarely handle it correctly.

My advice - get on Facebook and watch for him. When you see that he is on, send him a message. Eventually he'll get the idea that you aren't going away and answer you.

Good luck.....