Harry P. Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 I have a few small dings I need to touch up on the car... the best price I could find online for touchup paint (Mustang "Vista Blue") is 1/2 ounce... for $10! I don't even want to know what that works out to per gallon...
Modelmartin Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 Try taking it to a body shop! My mother had a fender bender with her Scion Xb. The body shop ran the bill up to $6600. The insurance company totaled it. We got the car back and a check for $5500.00 I fixed it for $950.00 and that was with paying my painter $300.00 to paint a bumper cover and fender!
slusher Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 Harry I checked on a bottle of touch up paint for my Sebring and its 19 bucks. I asked why so much and they told me because it has clear coat mixed in ....
Danno Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 Simple solution. Contact Jameston Kroon at Scalefinishes. He'll sell you the factory-correct hue for $10 for a 2-oz bottle. That's 4 times as much paint for the same money! And, after you do your touch-ups, you'll still have enough paint left over to paint a model to match yo big ride!
charlie8575 Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 On 4/19/2014 at 3:15 AM, Danno said: Simple solution. Contact Jameston Kroon at Scalefinishes. He'll sell you the factory-correct hue for $10 for a 2-oz bottle. That's 4 times as much paint for the same money! And, after you do your touch-ups, you'll still have enough paint left over to paint a model to match yo big ride! There is much wisdom in this man's words.... Charlie Larkin
PappyD340 Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 automotive paint prices are through the roof for sure, my next door neighbor's brother is having a 56 Ford p/u restored and customized, my neighbor was telling me his brother bought the paint himself the guy who is doing the work told him what to buy, HOK (orange candy pearl, that says it all) $2500 bucks so far for paint $ 5000 to lay that purty paint down and we ain't even talking about the chopped top and other body work that has been done, I don't think I would like to get the final bill! (ouch)
FASTBACK340 Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 Yup…. kinda like paying $6.00 for a bottle of water at an amusement park: just because thats what they ask doesn't mean you have to pay it. I worked for dealerships…. believe me, none of them are doing you any favors. That's why they're called "Stealerships".
Guest Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 On 4/18/2014 at 11:20 PM, Harry P. said: Thanks, Lee. Glad to help!
mikevillena Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 Harry, scrape all of the paint off and turn it into a "rat rod"......
oldscool Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 I work for a national auto parts chain and we sell touch up paint "pens" for 17.00 and you still have to buy the clear coat pen seperately.
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 On 4/18/2014 at 11:06 PM, Harry P. said: I have a few small dings I need to touch up on the car... the best price I could find online for touchup paint (Mustang "Vista Blue") is 1/2 ounce... for $10! I don't even want to know what that works out to per gallon... Printer ink can run $13 to $75an ounce. At 75 its almost $10000 a gallon.
Harry P. Posted April 19, 2014 Author Posted April 19, 2014 On 4/19/2014 at 10:55 PM, bobthehobbyguy said: Printer ink can run $13 to $75an ounce. At 75 its almost $10000 a gallon. Don't get me started on printer ink. As far as I'm concerned, that's just legalized robbery.
chris02719 Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 I'm starting to think that the reason counterfeiting has slowed down isn't due to the treasury departments efforts but due to the fact that with the price of printer ink it's almost a break even proposition.
Danno Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 On 4/19/2014 at 11:01 PM, chris02719 said: I'm starting to think that the reason counterfeiting has slowed down isn't due to the treasury departments efforts but due to the fact that with the price of printer ink it's almost a break even proposition. That's a good one!
charlie8575 Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 On 4/19/2014 at 11:01 PM, chris02719 said: I'm starting to think that the reason counterfeiting has slowed down isn't due to the treasury departments efforts but due to the fact that with the price of printer ink it's almost a break even proposition. Hmmm.....interesting point. Charlie Larkin
Custom Hearse Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 Geez! I thought $300 a gallon for a "police interceptor" only color was bad... You have my sympathy Harry!
sjordan2 Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 As I mentioned to Harry on the occasion of getting his new printer, a recent article I read said that the average price per ounce of printer ink is nearly twice the cost of Chanel No 5.
Harry P. Posted April 22, 2014 Author Posted April 22, 2014 On 4/22/2014 at 2:56 PM, sjordan2 said: As I mentioned to Harry on the occasion of getting his new printer, a recent article I read said that the average price per ounce of printer ink is nearly twice the cost of Chanel No 5. Maybe a printer ink cartridge would make a nice anniversary gift! "Printer ink? Oh, sweetie... you shouldn't have!"
LoneWolf15 Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 On 4/22/2014 at 11:19 PM, Harry P. said: Maybe a printer ink cartridge would make a nice anniversary gift! "Printer ink? Oh, sweetie... you shouldn't have!" She said as the skillet decended !
highway Posted April 28, 2014 Posted April 28, 2014 On 4/19/2014 at 10:55 PM, bobthehobbyguy said: Printer ink can run $13 to $75an ounce. At 75 its almost $10000 a gallon. On 4/19/2014 at 10:59 PM, Harry P. said: Don't get me started on printer ink. As far as I'm concerned, that's just legalized robbery. But yet we complain about $4.00 a gallon gas but we will still happily buy the ink when the low ink light comes on! The last time I went to buy ink for my Lexmark printer, I ended up buying HP ink and got a free printer with it! It was actually cheaper to buy the HP printer with the ink than it was to buy just the Lexmark ink.
Custom Hearse Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 On 4/23/2014 at 4:51 AM, LoneWolf15 said: She said as the skillet decended ! OWEEEEE!!! LOL!!!
Danno Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Printer ink cartridges. Don't get me re-started. For the past few years, I've had an Epson wireless all-in-one printer. For the last couple of years, I've been buying ink cartridges at Cartridge World for considerably less than "geniune" Epson cartridges. The CW cartridges cost about 1/3 less than the Epsons. It was a big savings and I never experienced any quality issues. A couple of weeks ago, Epson pushed a software "update" to my computer overnight . . . to update my printer driver. Now, my printer refuses to work unless "genuine" Epson cartridges are installed. CW cartridge? No print. Epson cartridge? Print. Talk about highway robbery!!! You'd think it would be a restraint of trade violation, but I'm sure they have their bases covered somehow. But I still think it stinks.
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