*Buyer Beware* Tig weld creations exhaust

There isn’t any way in hell I would just let a chump like that get away with taking my hard earned money. He owes you an exhaust or he owes you a refund. There really isn’t another option unless you want to hand a crook a wad of cash…..

 

And he is just gonna keep taking people's money if nothing is done.

 

I finally received mine that was ordered back in September. I would tell the whole process has me disgusted to the point I have not even taken it out of the box. I may just resell it at this point.

 

That's a shame my friend. But yeah, I know how that feels.

 

I also ordered mine in September and haven’t received it yet. It’s been a few months since I contacted him.

 

Y'all are entirely too nice...I ordered a pair of shoes online and waited 2 mos for them. Little to no comms from the company. I filed a complaint with the consumer affairs bureau, left bad Yelp/Google/FB reviews, found a FB group specifically for disgruntled buyers of this company's products, and finally got AMEX to do a chargeback.

In the end I got the shoes after a long wait, but I'll never buy from them again.

 

I get trying to be nice and even waiting it out for a bit…..support small business owner, etc. BUT once the person because a douchebag of epic proportions, all bets are off. The guy is non responsive and even confrontational and dares people to take action AFTER he has their money. The guy should be working 20 hours a day to catch up with the orders or hire more people to help. Waiting this long for a product that you paid for and having the owner be a dickhead?!?! Craziness

 

That’s why I supported Tig weld. Small business owner for one. Two being in Texas. Three genuinely a nice guy over the phone…well here we are still waiting. The last time I’ll support a small business.

 

just read thru this as I was looking at the Canadian option..... I live in Houston when not in Va for work.... I could swing by his "shop" later this week when I get home or does he have one ? ......I can play stupid and see what I can learn.....

We had a few vendors run this route in the Landcruiser world..... sad, but they need to be held accountable and the community warned.

 

Too nice isn't what I would say. It's almost like they are okay with being taken advantage of. And that's just crazy to me.

No answer other than I did everything I could to get my money back while also doing everything I could to destroy this awful human, isn't okay with my personality type. I'm probably just an asshole though.

 

That would be a genuine waste of your time..
But if you have time to waste, it's none of my business..

 

I have no dog in this fight, but I do wish to give my opinion on a couple of things I have seen mentioned. The idea of going to his place, or showing up, one of my words of caution is to not do that!

While I have not seen anything personally, the very notion of "dropping in" on someone, especially like this, you may be opening yourself up to more issues than not.

He may be fine talking with you face to face, then again, if he is willing to do what he has done, he is not someone I would trust from one action to the next.

Again, I have nothing with this, and I don't know him, but I would hate for anyone on this board to get hurt or find themselves at the receiving end of a legal battle because he is willing to lie about what happened in the encounter. If he is willing to engage his customers in the manner he has done, I would not put it past him to draw legal matters or anything else.

But, that is just my .02. And if any LEO on this board would be willing to share, I think I know enough about LE, to share this concern.

ETA: There have been several good suggestions. Report him to the State Attorney, go through your credit cards, use your bank, anything legal that gets you either your item or your money. I would encourage that route.

 

I never cared for this Tig weld creations guy or his fanboys when his product first hit the forum.
First of all he wanted to sell his shit here without Vendor status.
His disciples ranted and raved on a system they only knew from product development, hearsay, pictures, and video clips.
Few even had the product installed or ordered.
They would rant on how beautiful the system was, you know, the system under the truck NO ONE WILL EVER SEE..

Then his fanboys trashed @dirtydeeds and his BBQ-painted systems.
Keith and company have given me and several of us top-tier customer service.
I've been a customer of his since 2015, and he has made 3 systems for me.
You call him and if he doesn't answer, he responds within a day or 2.
Never a problem with product, shipping, payment, credit issued for a returned item, or ETA of product delivery.
Not one issue or problem in 10 years and 4 to 5 separate orders.

To those of you waiting for a Tig weld creations product, get your money back.
I laugh at any of you who post 'I saw my name at the top of the list'.
Gee, who made that list?

He told me mine was going to ship:
yesterday
last week
last month
last year

STOP IT, he's taken your money and run with it.
Either take steps to get your money back or STFU..

Have a nice day..

 

I’ve already came to the conclusion my money was donated. I’ve had a few conversations with him talking about dirty deeds. It was crazy. I wish I went with dirty deeds at the time. My system is staying stock. Maybe in a few years I may change it.

 

That is an unfortunate stance. There are PLENTY of honest, straight up small businesses out there. Don't let one bad apple spoil the whole bunch.
One just needs to do their due diligence before purchasing.

I'll be honest and say that I WAS one of those that was swayed by his all-stainless construction and pretty welding. (OOOOH, shiny!)
I also may have (incorrectly) been in the camp that talked out of my ass about Dirty Deeds black painted systems. Mea Culpa.

Regardless of all that, while I sympathize with your situation, I still can't fathom not doing everything possible to get my money back.

 

I cannot recommend Dirty Deeds enough. I would love to get another one of his exhaust on my truck. It did not have a bad drone, but when I got into it, I had the rumble I wanted. Not too loud, not too quiet. Even my wife was happy with it.

I would recommend them again in a heartbeat. I know it is a lot of money going out, but if you can get it, I would encourage you to do so.

ETA: I may ask him about my new truck. I won't be able to get one right away, but for the future.

 

I should have worded that differently. I totally support small businesses. One bad Apple shouldn’t ruin the bunch. It’s just a shame he’s doing this to hard working folks and doesn’t get it. One of his lines is if you’re stressed I’m stressed too. How can you be stressed when you’ve already taken people’s money.

 

why would you possibly donate money to this chump? Get a chargeback and be done with it.

 

What others have said. TBH I have no dog in this particular fight as I don't have a cat-back exhaust (yet ).

With that said...one thing I did want to mention. I don't know this for sure - it's purely an assumption - but oftentimes I feel like people will wait longer and give people more benefit of the doubt if they're a sole proprietorship or small business. And that's understandable...but in this particular case? There's all KINDS of proof that the guy is jacked up. I've got one of the early build cat protector plates from the guy who's not Talon's Garage lol (I forget his name) and even in THAT case, the guy put out a LOT more information.

It's your hard earned money, and you're entitled to spend it how you want. You're ALSO entitled (legally and otherwise) to recoup the money if someone doesn't deliver. I wouldn't waste any more daylight on this guy - UNLESS you plan on suing him or something, in which case, go right ahead.