Like almost every beardie slave I've decided that my darling deserves bigger and better than what she already has. So with that being said I decided to venture on the mission to find the perfect enclosure for her. Front sliding doors, sleek black melamine or stained wood, as close to 4x2x2 as possible - the works. Upon discovering that I can't even find a commercial enclosure maker that will make and ship the size that I am looking for I decided to find someone local that could craft the enclosure. To make a long story short, I really messed up. I found a local cabinet maker who was quite confident he could do everything I wanted, exactly how I wanted, for $400 (including a stand for the enclosure). That's steep but whatever - I found out that I probably couldn't get one my size for any less. So this guy comes over and draws what I want a long with a receipt, a contract - and I send him off with the initial $200 deposit for materials. He says it'll be done by Monday the 12th, then Tuesday, then today on Wednesday he calls to tell me that he keeps messing it up and giving me a ton of excuses about how it's too hard. He then tells me he actually invested in $250 for materials so he will just bring me the casing of the box (four pieces of melamine nailed together with a slider for plexiglass, no top..) and be done with it. Anyways after him yelling at me about how he messed up (acting like it's my fault) and how he took a job he couldn't handle (again, my fault) I told him I want the $200 back since my money isn't just expendable..
So we'll see if he actually brings me the money back. This experience has been aweful!!
Can anyone please recommend a custom enclosure maker that can build and ship an enclosure the closest size to 4x2x2 I can get for a reasonable amount? Either that or can someone please recommend a custom carpenter located in colorado that is actually able to take on a job like this?
Also if anyone has a bad experience with something like this, I'd love to hear it. I'm just so mad that it would probably make me feel better to know I'm not the only one who has been screwed over. :lol:
So we'll see if he actually brings me the money back. This experience has been aweful!!
Can anyone please recommend a custom enclosure maker that can build and ship an enclosure the closest size to 4x2x2 I can get for a reasonable amount? Either that or can someone please recommend a custom carpenter located in colorado that is actually able to take on a job like this?
Also if anyone has a bad experience with something like this, I'd love to hear it. I'm just so mad that it would probably make me feel better to know I'm not the only one who has been screwed over. :lol: