I'd like to jump in here after a long away period and try and clear up a few issues. First I'd like to state Chris has been here in the forums trying to answer questions and resolve issues due to the fact I have been away on busn a lot of the time for the last few months and am not able to follow up on forums as much as I'd like. I do enjoy interacting with people on issues via forums and I monitor and read over 30 at this point when I have time.
Venues such as this puts a real aspect on a company I feel, and stops them from becoming just another website on this vast Internet. I feel if I (we) can personally interate with customers we get a better since of issues as well as reactions to products on the market. We do the same for car shows (35 yr) and classes we give each month as I'm doing now.
But I must add that "Corperate" is not to keen on us doing this due to several reasons. One it puts a product in the spot light either good or bad. If it's a a good issue they are happy, we are doing a great job. If it's a bad issue, well hey, it's bad and that's not good. And the fall out can get out of hand at times as the soap box is placed out front and people start taking stand for no reason other then to make a stand and get noticed because they can in a public forums under assumed names.
The first thing that happens when an issue happens is it's posted to the forums such as this and that acceptable. Hey that's why we are here, We hope we fix problems, solve issues, and get to an end result. And also answer questions. But what we have seen over the years, and what Corperate is afraid of is the "ME-TOO" senerio. Granted 99% of the issues we see in forums are valid issues, but, there has been times when there was an issue and it looked like a good time for someone to jump on the band wagon and ride it out to see how far they can get. Not saying it's the case here, but we have in the past tried to help a customer with an issue in public forums, not our direct customer I might add, and like a bad scene in a horor flick, everyone that had ever tried the product jumped on the soapbox stating they had the same issue and better get a refund also. Customer Satisfaction can only go so far. We do it every day. A customer calls us and kindly says they didn't get a $50 shipment, yet Fedex says it was delivered. The question is where did Fedex deliver it to? We can call and have Fedex trace the shipment. (15 days) and await the outcome. But customer isn't going to be happy waiting.. So we just reship the items, and file the claim, take the hit. This type of issue come to pass every day, never missing a lick. We end up shipping product on the word of the customer. It's just good busn. and I understand that after 16 yrs in the busn.
Now, if that customer calls me and starts yelling, screaming, and treatening me. That's another issue. he can wait till hell freezes over for all I care for his items, We'll file claim and let Fedex deal with the issue. It's their issue in reality, I shipped it and can show it was delivered. I have nothing to show it wasn't. And frankly the Credit Card company will back us on the issue, we have proven history of it.
Yet I ramble, I do that sometimes.. The point is POR-15 Corperate "has" seen this thread, belive me. They know all about the issues posted here. And yes tire peel up was one of the tests done on F.A. before it was introduced, both dry and wet, hot and cold. I was part of the 3 years that it was tested. I've seen the test subjects, I've been to and helped apply and inspect several of the tests myself. The issues they are seeing here are out of the norm. It doesn't fit the in the world of numbers. Over 150 kits shipped in the US by us alone and 5 out of 7 issues all arise from just this forums users. 2 of the 7 we were aware of and knew the cause and they were resolved.
That's the issue Chris has been dealing with. The problems are not fitting in with the normal recurance of the product. There have been too many reports of failure from a select source then there should be.
Will the problems be dealt with, yes, that's my promise. But please understand something out of the norm causes flags to arise and I have to deal with that kind of iise on a whole new level.
Please let Chris do what he's here to do, and I assure you this will be resolved. You may be asked questions about your application and specifics of the issue and failures to get more information as to what the real issue is and how we can have it resolved as soon as we can.
David Vondrasek - President
POR-15 Dpeot
div: Vintage Again Reproductions, Inc