Here is what’s going on with CRC, and what’s in the future for the company.
Our services are being put on hold this winter and should resume at a new location in late spring. The only work CRC will be accepting in the mean time would be the following:
-Powdercoating work
-On the bench welding work. As in, you bring me 2 pieces of metal and I will make them stick together.
-Maybe other, ask worst I say is I cant help you and point you in a better direction.
Work would be dropped off at my home and picked up the same, or shipped. For privacy reasons that address will be give out upon private conversation. Please PM me, or call my cell 518-866-6186 to make arrangements.
Why? Capital Region Customs was started 2 years ago to take a hobby 4 people enjoyed, combine efforts and talents part time in a single location under a single name. Idea was to pump out enough work to give us a roof over our head and tools in our boxes to work on some personal stuff here and there and hopeful a few dollars to do so, start off slow. As with everything new you are chomping at the bit for work, and for us that work came way too fast to start which is usually never the case and was the opposite of what we thought we wanted. We grossly underestimated the efficiency of our part-time, after each 8-9hr day job, efforts to complete the work at hand. The 4-5 hours a night are cut shorter by customer relations, friends stopping by, running for parts, materials, supplies, etc. It was extremely difficult to get things done in a timely manner. As work load grew, overhead grew (have to spend money to make money right) and the stresses to meet expectations financially and more importantly maintaining a quality of work started to compound. We refused to cut corners to make a buck or shuffle out work that each of us wouldn’t be proud enough of to put on our own cars. We can’t even count the number of 100+ hour work weeks, the over nights, the being up for 35-40 hours straight marathons. It was a never ending struggle to get ahead of the 8 ball. Eric decided to go full time and quit his steady job in this field of 13 years to go full time CRC. Now the crunch was on to not only keep the shop open but to keep a roof over his head. This meant taking on work that would have more return for the effort and be more profitable. Naturally this meant more mechanical work and body work, since that’s what he did for 13 years. The custom and fun work, which is in short “never profitable” because people in general don’t want to pay the actual time spent to maintain a high level of quality, was put on the back burner (rightfully so at this point) to keep the lights on at two dwellings. At this point we began to get ahead of the 8ball a bit, but many complications I won’t even get into here would get in the way and hold us back. The building and its ability to house the founding concepts of CRC began to show sings that it’s not up to the challenge. We looked for new locations, looked into many options, but capital wasn’t there to do so, and nothing fit the mold for what we needed. So here we are today. As a business we are confronted with a decision to move CRC forward. The decision we took is to split the partnership up for the 2nd and final time. Eric will be on his own, which will be known as 20/20 Autoservice and continue at the 230 Western Turnpike location. At this time he wants to continue his professional efforts on mechanical repairs and body work and how he chooses to advertise that or make that decision public he will.
As for Capital Region Customs, the last two owners are myself and my brother Kevin. We are looking forward to the next card to play. What’s next? As a business entity, we are still alive and moving forward. The only reason I am even taking on PC and Welding work if it comes is to keep me occupied this winter and put a few bucks in my pocket, for once for my efforts, which will be going towards building a shop on my property to run CRC from. This will allow me to work with reduced overhead and allow me to get things done at an efficiency rate dependent on myself and my brother. Most importantly, it give me the much needed ability to take on the work we decide we want to take on, as not to get stuck behind another 8ball. To be perfectly honest with everyone, my business attitude will not be as open armed as it once was. The last 2 years taught me, my brother, my family and my close friends many very valuable lessons. First off, life is too short to not live it happily as you see fit. That extends right down to how many times you allow people to fuck you over, how much you put in for how little you get out, and how far you are willing to let that all happen before you say enough is enough. My brother Kevin and I are changed men, a lot in the last 2+ years happened that not many would give a shit to try and understand. Those aspects in our lives changed us greatly, and if a business name is attached to us as well, CRC is also taking on a different attitude. If potential customers are looking for no nonsense, high quality work that will be priced and delivered accordingly, the doors always open. If not, look on ebay. Simple as that. If that business attitude pisses off 9 out of 10 people, fuck um, because that 1 person that agrees with us would probably make a much better customer for us anyway.
See you all next year.
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