kmac
Posts: 57
Joined: 12/26/2001
From: abbotsford, BC, CANADA
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Well Gang,
Let me add my 2.23 cents (Canadian)  I bought a Corsair from Carl, previous owner of
NWT. It took almost 1 year to get some action from Carl. His mother had passed away,
and he was having a terrible time with that, and the business was suffering badly.
When I called, Carl broke down on the phone, and said he would have to sell the company. I called Jack, as i had sought advice from him on the F8 Bearcat. He was schoked that things were that bad. After more than a few calls back and forth, Jack informed me he was in the process of buying the company, and he would pick up my plane. More time passed, approx 6 months, e-mails and calls back and fotrh, Jack offered to assemble it for me.
Knowing Jack`s rep, i said ok, details were struck upon, and i sent a nib Fox 2.4, a nib Robart 655 ( been so long, right part#)? , air tail wheel, servos... Now, and I speak the truth, it has been 6 YEARS. I have e-mailed, gotten excuses. I have called, gotten excuses. Now, the last delay was last year, as Jack and his lovely wife Dani had a beautifull little girl. They even sent us a whole swack of pictures. I have never met Jack or Dani face to face.
I have heard all the reasons, none life threatening; busy at school, he`s the union rep at the school, over his head with work, busy building a drag car with his son ( maybe JohnVH knows of this), been busy with the baby, his business is just getting caught up on all the orders, mine is the next one to do.
We have talked about finishing it to needing paint, he will come up one weekend, once even giving me the time and day, and location. All in all, probably been over 20 phone calls where we spoke, and infinite # of messages left on his machine. Every time we spoke, he lamented how busy he was, and talked endlessly about how good the plane was. Now, please don`t say "why didn`t you" or "I would have..." At one stretch, I left 8 messages on their machine, and no reply. Checked, and the number was correct. If some one dos not want to return your message, makes it tough. My friend Nigel a.k.a. Monocoupe, even tried, and managed to speak with Jack once. He promised Nigel that Kerry would get his plane. That was 1 1/2 years ago.... It`s about a 4 hour drive to Jack`s place.
Again, thanks to Nigel, i put a couple of messages on RCScalebuilder. Nigel even spoke to the moderator over there. I last spoke to Jack in early may of this year. Same story, plane would be done without paint, nothing installed. I have heard, over the years, various forms of the tale; w/servos. no retracts installed; engine in; retrs in, no paint; painted; no engine in; everything else in. I have asked for the plane to be sent to me on the last call. Put everything in a box, send it to me. What do i have? Nothing....
Nigel would have pestered him ' till armageddon, me, had a knee replacement 6 years ago, and have been dealing with nerve damage. So, the plane wasn`t priority. But, i would have appreciated an honest answer. In May, my doc informed me of the one disease that all us guys fear, prostrate. I told Jack this, all i expected was some affirmative action, as i`ll fight through it, and the Bearcat is my fave plane, and would be good for, well you know. I wish to keep the health issue very low key, i will win. So, let`s talk about Jack, if that`s okay?
I hope all is well with him and Dani, but I would love to get an e-mail stating the plane has been sent, withy verifacation. I`ve run out of options. Don`t want to get angry with him, but it might get there... Hope he`s looking at these posts, i still believe in him, and hope he does the right thing for those who have dealt, or will be dealing with him.
At this point, i`m doubting the plane will be built nice, could be wrong, but i just want my d%&n plane so I can work on it!!
For those who need it, his home #425-488-2606.
his email jdevine97@comcast.net
Sorry for rambl`n guys, lets hope Jack gets things figured out! Any ideas, PLEASE post!
Take care all,
Kerry
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