So who has used Navhville Plating service

[Pat Pixley]

Sorry Creighton  The Bottle Opener the hinges, Lettering the cover plate for line and wiring
the handle and coin return and the round bezel for the crankhandle.
I think that was it

[oldcoke]

Thanks for the address. I had my picture approved on here but it does not show up. I am talking about the picture by or under our user names. Does this take some time to show up on here? Again, thanks for the information. John in Kentucky

[vendo39]

Can't win with chromers.  I just got about 10 pieces back from Ron on Wednesday and eight of the ten were pefect.  The other two

They completely f**king ruined a bezel for a vendo changer.  Completely.  F**king. Ruined.  It's trash.  It was in good shape when it when in but they completly buffed the lines or groves off about half of the right side.  And I swear there's more pits on the left side than when it in. It looks like crap.

They also more less ruined a SD coin bezel.  On the bottom where it should say "Kansas city"  it now says "ansas c".  Nice!

[Pat Pixley]

Sorry that happened to you Brian     But you know as I do It is a hard thing to find a good chromer I was using Custom Chome plating out of Ohio They just got way out of this
world on their pricing for chroming And Adam's in Lansing  it took a year to get three piece
of chrome . I guess you have to go with who you trust.

And again Brian real sorry to hear that  about your chrome.


 Pat

[collecture]

Sorry to hear Brian!
I have started taking pictures of everything I send somewhere and include a printout of the picture with the pieces. When I take coin mech parts to be plated, parts are orgainzed into catagories and counted and then placed in a box with a picture of the grouped parts. This lets the company know that I know (or have record of) what was sent to them!
My plating company lost 3 parts for some LD rejectors once and all I could get from them was "Sorry - we'll see if they show up when we clean the tanks" and nothing showed. These were large pieces too. I don't think there is a lot you can do if it is lost by them. 

[Pat Pixley]

Sorry I was out to dinner with friends  But I was think about your problem Brian,
Did you call Ron,  I really think he is a stand up guy and would want to make thing right
 and keep a customer happy then to have someone unhappy with his work.

  I mean  if you go in with a cool head and explain whats wrong with those two part
maybe things can be made right, What can it harm  kill him with kindness you know what
I mean.

 Thats just my thought and thats what I would do .

[Marvin]

I don't understand why chrome shops are so inconsistant.  It really worries me to send something expensive to someone I don't know.

I recantly bought a coin changer and was looking for a bezel.  Funtronics had some in stock in both chrome and non plated.
I ended up sending mine off to chrome, but funtronics was really reasonable on their price.

Marvin

[collecture]

Fun-Tronics has VCC bezels?? Both of them? I don't see them on the website.

[vendo39]

Coincidence or not, about and hour after I posted that I had a problem with the bezel, Ron called and said there were two items that were marked to be redone but got shipped by mistake.  I hope he can fix them and I give him credit for calling and asking for the parts back.

[sodaman]

Join the Nashville Plating line up Brian, you are not the first.  I have used Speed & Sport Chrome plating in Houston for 25 years, they do a top job and charge plenty for it but if you have to have something show quality, they are one of just a few that can do it.  They advertise 15 day service, usually takes 25-30, got my latest batch back in 11 days!  Where I get in trouble is trying to save money and send it to these other guys.