Thread: Oes

**kayaknut01** · 03-17-2010, 07:50

Originally Posted by stormcrow

Hey now, it has only been 12 days for you mister...

I know it may SEEM like a month. You are moving up the list fast though. Trust me there are some other members whom have endured wait times that could make this thread scary for me but, um, let's talk about something else...

I am as surprised as anyone that I DO still love this

. If someone had told me a year ago that I would be trying to earn a living sewing in a friends basement 12-16 hours a day I would have said they were insane.

I do miss a few things these days like..sunlight and my family

but we are working to remedy that situation.

Wow, talk about getting off topic. I have never even one thing bad about Brian's tarps either. Sounds like he is just pulled thin these days...That should be a cottage maker motto or something...

its been 12 days, your right it seems like a month and i hope you know i am just kidding i am in no hurry for this, i prefer quality over quanity, thats why after reading much reviews went with perfect trees. waiting just plain sucks, thats the point i was trying to make!! i used a bad example. my bad
cheers

**kayaknut01** · 03-17-2010, 07:51

no hurries no worries

**kayaknut01** · 03-17-2010, 07:52

Originally Posted by Just Jeff

I know one bad thing about Brian's tarps...I only have two of them. (One is a prototype rectangle designed to be pitched diagonally like the HH tarp, but slightly bigger.)

But if I had a few more, maybe one with doors, I wouldn't know anything bad to say about them.

word, bro, word. this is soo very true

**Just Jeff** · 03-17-2010, 09:17

swoosh - I wasn't trying to invalidate your experience or say that making customers wait isn't poor customer service. I agree that it isn't the most effective way to run a business. But given his situation, he's made the right choice, IMO. That's all.

**Cannibal** · 03-17-2010, 09:56

Worth the wait and frustration if you have the time and patience.
If not, start a thread in the Want To Buy forum and there's a good chance you'll find someone willing to part with one. Just don't expect to get it real cheap.

**G.L.P.** · 03-17-2010, 09:58

I'v been looking into a tarp from Brian...and i think the one thing that has turned me off was hearing that he doesn't get back to ppl,i'm sure he is busy , school will do that to ya...but...and this is just me and how i would handle it..at least msg the person back so they are not waiting around for a msg,that is just me.....i might get one if they come up in the for sale thread...or maybe in the summer when brian has the time

not trying to take anything awayfrom OES...i really do like his tarps...
and i hope one day to get one...
but right now seems like he had alot more to deal with ...so i rather wait
just my .02

**WeTommyD** · 03-17-2010, 10:09

Originally Posted by stormcrow
Hey now, it has only been 12 days for you mister... I know it may SEEM like a month. You are moving up the list fast though. Trust me there are some other members whom have endured wait times that could make this thread scary for me but, um, let's talk about something else...

I am as surprised as anyone that I DO still love this . If someone had told me a year ago that I would be trying to earn a living sewing in a friends basement 12-16 hours a day I would have said they were insane. I do miss a few things these days like..sunlight and my family but we are working to remedy that situation.

Wow, talk about getting off topic. I have never even one thing bad about Brian's tarps either. Sounds like he is just pulled thin these days...That should be a cottage maker motto or something...

Out of curriosity, how many man hours does it take you to create one quilt?

**pizza** · 03-17-2010, 10:28

Fortunately there are other excellent tarp manufacturers out there to choose from. I have an OES (currently at 2Q/ZQ for the sewn door mod) and it's an excellent tarp. The Backwoods Daydreamer tarps look just as nice from what I've seen and the Warbonnet tarps are excellent as well just to name a couple other alternatives if you haven't considered those. When I ordered my MacCat last year I believe I waited around a week for a email response. Then it was maybe 2 weeks delivery time after the order was placed which I didn't think was unreasonable. I emailed Brian from OES about a custom tarp a few months ago but never got a reply so I ordered a Warbonnet tarp from Brandon instead. Not one bit disappointed in going with the Warbonnet tarp and he had them in stock for immediate shipment to boot which was real nice.