So, I was at this local car get together/car show, and....

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Just as I was packing the car back up, this guy walks up to me and tells me he is a detailer......


He offers to detail my car, since it looks brand new and I should protect it properly. He tells me how he will hand polish it to shine and put a "coating" on it that lasts a year. He says I can go to the shows with pride that my car is "perfect". He said he would do it cheaper than the dealer.


I asked him what products he uses and he comes up with some name I never heard of, but it contains "poly charger" and it's used on planes. He also says that he never uses a buffer because they kill the paint. Then I ask if he has references and pictures.


He showed me a pictures of MY OWN CAR......... (the black one) The pics were taken at a past show. Proceeds to tell me that this car is perfect and he takes care of "all this guys cars".. And this guys is soooo particular. Then a pic of Lambo and a Porsche. But he is most proud of the black one since he took care of it from the start. I asked him if he could show me the car at the show. he said he was supposed to meet the guy at the show to do a "Show prep wipe down" but the guy had a family emergency.
 
Unbelievable. Did you finally tell him he was showing you pictures of your own car, and that the "family emergency" was keeping him from feeding other people a bunch of BS?

I mean the worst part of it is if other people recognize your (old) car and actually think this guy is your detailer!
 
Setec Astronomy said:
Unbelievable. Did you finally tell him he was showing you pictures of your own car, and that the "family emergency" was keeping him from feeding other people a bunch of BS?

I mean the worst part of it is if other people recognize your (old) car and actually think this guy is your detailer!
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I was ready to go off...... You know I don't have any tact.

But I thought about how I just walk away from the car at shows and got worried about this guy doing damage to it. Also since I was going 2 blocks down the road for dinner and was worried he would do something.
 
Did you get any contact info from him? Post it up on here and we'll all contact him asking if he's the guy that details that black 'Vette and we'll all make appointments with him, and when we don't show up he'll call and we'll tell him he's a liar because we found out he doesn't detail that black 'Vette.

He can't track any of that to you since he doesn't know you own(ed) the car he was bragging about.
 
Wow that's Crazy! When I 1st started reading I smiled and thought "ok this outta be a funny story" But then that actually happened?! What a piece of garbage! Man I cannot stand liars.. I wish I was there to call him out on his bs for you. Hats off to you for keeping your cool. I would've been furious.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
Did you get any contact info from him? Post it up on here and we'll all contact him asking if he's the guy that details that black 'Vette and we'll all make appointments with him, and when we don't show up he'll call and we'll tell him he's a liar because we found out he doesn't detail that black 'Vette.

He can't track any of that to you since he doesn't know you own(ed) the car he was bragging about.
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No. I told him the dealer was going to take care of it from the onset figuring I wouldn't have to listen to him... So I got no contact info.

Eldorado2k said:
Wow that's Crazy! When I 1st started reading I smiled and thought "ok this outta be a funny story" But then that actually happened?! What a piece of garbage! Man I cannot stand liars.. I wish I was there to call him out on his bs for you. Hats off to you for keeping your cool. I would've been furious.
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I was pissed, but then wondering what kind of damage he could do to car if I called him on it.
 
ronkh57 said:
No. I told him the dealer was going to take care of it from the onset figuring I wouldn't have to listen to him... So I got no contact info.
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I guess there's always next time. If there is, maybe you can ask if you can also have the contact info for the guy with the black car so you can check him as a reference.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
I guess there's always next time. If there is, maybe you can ask if you can also have the contact info for the guy with the black car so you can check him as a reference.
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I like that :D Since it's obvious he goes to some shows.
 
Yeah, and if your GF ever catches you talking to yourself, you can just tell her you were checking that detailing reference.
 
I do wonder how many cars I have (that I don't know about)
 
That is hilarious LOL. I love it! I would have gotten his info and said thx I'll get back to ya lol.

Maybe next week, take your black one, and when he comes up to you again trying to sell business, u can ask for reference and this time he'll show you your white one :D
 
He probably doesn't use a buffer so no one would strangle him with the cord for the lie! Should have asked what he charged for the black car.
 
Similar thing happened to my wife. She is an excellent baker and has a very small business locally. Someone stole a couple of pictures of her work and claimed them as her own and posted them online. Problem for the person that did it is that "thuh interwebz" is a small place and literally dozens of other bakers emailed my wife and then swamped this woman's web page with emails calling her a fraud. Kinda too bad that this guy didn't post your car on his page so that we could all go and tell him what amazing work he does....
 
I was sorta hoping he'd show up here or autopia too....... :D
 
Sort of reminded me of an old funny occurrence and story I'll share here.

Many years ago, we attended a Truck&Tractor Pull in Chicagoland, and there were of course many famous Monster Vehicles in attendance, such as Art Arfon's Green Monster Jet Turbine Tractor (looked like a Busch Beer Can on wheels) The Grave Digger, and Bob Chandler's original Bigfoot Ford Truck as a few more notables that were there.

So, as my buddies and I were gawking at and admiring Bigfoot up close while it was on display before the event began, and this old man comes up to us, and says Bigfoot isn't "squat" in no kinder words, and says his Truck would run circles around Bigfoot!

As he handed us some Polaroids of his vehicle, he say's in southern hills English "When Bigfoot gets stuck, I'se go gets Bigfoot!" LOL

They were pics of a little scrawngy junkyard International Harvester Pickup with 33" tires. :-)

Sure was a good laugh though, and we held his saying quite dear, and always with a memorable chuckle for a good number of years.
 
There is a show at that location today. Lets see if he shows up.......
 
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