Dan W
Elite Cafe Member
What would you do?
Would you remove someone else’s work and replace it with your own?
I received a request to “fix†the engraving on a Colt 1911. The customer said that he is unhappy with the engraving and that he would like me to make it look more “professionalâ€. Vague statements like that make me cautious. To make a long story short, I discovered that the work was done by a very talented, award winning, long time engraver. Upon inspecting the gun it was obvious that the engraving itself was well done but not very ornate.
Setting aside all of the other questions like why didn’t he give the original engraver the opportunity to “fix†the engraving, or was there a miscommunication between the customer and the engraver, or did the customer want more that he was able to afford?
I just said no. I was not willing to erase someone else’s artwork and replace it with my own. I let the customer know exactly how I felt and offered to engrave a different pistol if he would like. He politely refused the offer and we went our separate ways.
What would you do?
Dan
Would you remove someone else’s work and replace it with your own?
I received a request to “fix†the engraving on a Colt 1911. The customer said that he is unhappy with the engraving and that he would like me to make it look more “professionalâ€. Vague statements like that make me cautious. To make a long story short, I discovered that the work was done by a very talented, award winning, long time engraver. Upon inspecting the gun it was obvious that the engraving itself was well done but not very ornate.
Setting aside all of the other questions like why didn’t he give the original engraver the opportunity to “fix†the engraving, or was there a miscommunication between the customer and the engraver, or did the customer want more that he was able to afford?
I just said no. I was not willing to erase someone else’s artwork and replace it with my own. I let the customer know exactly how I felt and offered to engrave a different pistol if he would like. He politely refused the offer and we went our separate ways.
What would you do?
Dan