Juice- I understand; I am sure that if you wanted to waste time on drama in the forum alone, it could totally consume you. I also understand your deliberate neutral position for the obvious reasons. You are a good man. On the other hand, because I am a regular ol member, I can get away with speaking my mind completely... I hope I have not been too harsh or offended anyone.
Scorp: thanks ol' friend. You are a corner stone of reading between the lines to sort out the truth here. Good to see you around.
I did some checking on Mr. Steele's history. In Zips defense, I believe he has seen a few indicators in the past. Here was Zips post back in December regarding Mr Steele when a perspective customer was asking about his work:
"There has been some bad threads in the past 2 yrs. about this person, i don't know where the post are, but a bunch of really disappointed customers, saying he worked out of his garage, didn't deliver, and then the work was junk. I'm sure someone with more knowledge will come aboard and answer your question better, but from the previous post i would suggest you be really careful, before you make this purchase."
Any of this ring a bell Mr. Steele??? Sound familiar to your latest dilemma?
Funny thing- one of those random mystery posters chimed in somewhere in this older thread by the name of "Michael" who went on to say how great Mr. Steele's work was, pricing, welding, etc/ blah blah blah.... etc... this man named "Michael" ironically posted once; but only in that thread. Coincidence??? You be the judge. At any rate, I don't think past posts on Mr. Steele have been most favorable. Mr. Steele? Comments??