Hi everybody!!
I’m new on this forum and I’m writing from Italy. Sorry for my English.
I cheer up this post to expose my opinion about Shawn Collins molds.
I agree with cadman. I bought a standard mold from him a couple years ago and the whole buy went fine: request-quote- confirm-shipment. All through email and it was concluded in a matter of days. Some weeks after that, I had a project about a custom jig, I send him the designs and accept his suggestions about small changes, when we were dealing the price I had no more answers from him.
I said "dealing" because his last words were "...how about $250.00?"
"how about..." ?? that sounded a negotiable price to me, so I answered "how about $220,00 ? please take in mind that I have to spend $60,00 for the shipment..." That was the last time I heard him : (
I've read a lot about him and his unusual way to be in business, his health and his low production capacity (now the hurricane too...). I’m aware that to make a simple mold, 6 cavities from 1 to 8 oz, same as the one I bought (the first up left on his home page) takes hours to be CNC made, and taking in mind the huge amount of requests he receives due his high quality handcraft, I can understand his problems, but I do not accept his behavior. While the CNC machine is working he has time enough for answering customers and at least tell them that he is busy and there is a long waiting time if you want a mold...
Every now and then I visit his site to see if hi still there and hoping to find signs of “life”
Now, I have the necessity of a new mold and before try to contact him again to avoid wasting my time, I made some search and found this forum. Do you think it is worth to email him?
Thanks
Tony
