BEWARE of THOMPSON CHOPPERS

[mc8541ss]

They will take your money up front and not Deliver the goods.

Starting Back in July my brother had called around and talked to several frame builders.... For whatever reason he was impressed with the guy at Thompson Choppers in Springfield Missouri. (DO NOT CONFUSE WITH LEROY THOMPSON CHOPPERS) supposedly the guy was very helpful on the phone. So my brother decided to buy a Warlord Roller with a few more parts. The total was close to $5000. (not quite but very close) Everything was ironed out and a shipping date was given. Well the shipping date comes and goes but no parts. After it was a week late my brother called and talked to the guy. He told him that he is looking at the frame and wheels now, he would take some pictures and e-mail them to him. Also told him that he would have his parts within a week........Yeah, well a week comes and goes and no parts. My brother starts trying to contact the shop and they will not take his calls, he calls every day 3 or 4 times each day for a month without an answer. After the parts were 8 weeks late and no contact, won't answer the phone or reply to e-mails my brother finally contacts the credit card company and luckily they reimburse my brother. He is lucky because he did pay with a credit card. The Credit Card company will pursue getting their money back. My brother has only lost time so he is okay. I just want to get the word out because I don't want others to make the same mistake by using these scumbags. If you do make sure you use a Credit Card.

[jamman]

Originally Posted by mc8541ss

They will take your money up front and not Deliver the goods.

Starting Back in July my brother had called around and talked to several frame builders.... For whatever reason he was impressed with the guy at Thompson Choppers in Springfield Missouri. (DO NOT CONFUSE WITH LEROY THOMPSON CHOPPERS) supposedly the guy was very helpful on the phone. So my brother decided to buy a Warlord Roller with a few more parts. The total was close to $5000. (not quite but very close) Everything was ironed out and a shipping date was given. Well the shipping date comes and goes but no parts. After it was a week late my brother called and talked to the guy. He told him that he is looking at the frame and wheels now, he would take some pictures and e-mail them to him. Also told him that he would have his parts within a week........Yeah, well a week comes and goes and no parts. My brother starts trying to contact the shop and they will not take his calls, he calls every day 3 or 4 times each day for a month without an answer. After the parts were 8 weeks late and no contact, won't answer the phone or reply to e-mails my brother finally contacts the credit card company and luckily they reimburse my brother. He is lucky because he did pay with a credit card. The Credit Card company will pursue getting their money back. My brother has only lost time so he is okay. I just want to get the word out because I don't want others to make the same mistake by using these scumbags. If you do make sure you use a Credit Card.

bad karma on them crooked fuckers...

[WaBiker]

Thanks for the Heads Up...

[91flhtc]

Thanks glad it all worked out well at least he received money back.

[Casper]

Even though he did get his money back in the end (thankfully!), I'm sure he is more than a little frustrated with the runaround he got from them. Tell him that we feel for him and hope things go well with the next shop he deals with.

...and when he does get the bike put together, take some pictures!!

[Tinman13]

Originally Posted by mc8541ss

They will take your money up front and not Deliver the goods..

Unfortunately this is going to be a common occurrence not just in the custom motorcycle world, but in several different types of business'. I see it on a daily basis even from good folks that have an outstanding record with the BBB.

[mc8541ss]

Originally Posted by Casper

Even though he did get his money back in the end (thankfully!), I'm sure he is more than a little frustrated with the runaround he got from them. Tell him that we feel for him and hope things go well with the next shop he deals with.

...and when he does get the bike put together, take some pictures!!

Yeah, I can help him now and I will be painting it for him. I sold him an 2000 Titan Phoenix that he is using the motor tranny and brakes and a few other parts from. Looks like by the time we are done he will only have about $9000 in it. When we get all the parts and start building I will do a build thread. We have never built one before but I have Diss/Ass several to paint and to send frames out for powder. He has a backyard Machine Shop so we intend to build many parts from scratch. Should be badass when were finished.

[mc8541ss]

Originally Posted by Tinman13

Unfortunately this is going to be a common occurrence not just in the custom motorcycle world, but in several different types of business'. I see it on a daily basis even from good folks that have an outstanding record with the BBB.

What really sucks is he would have been willing to give them more time if they had just been upfront about being behind schedule for whatever reason. Some kind of communication or progress report is all it would have taken. I have since seen on other sites where they did poor quality work. Said there welds were really poor. If this is the case everything may have worked out for the best anyway. They do have a nice website and the guy seemed very helpful when he was trying to get the business.