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Originally Posted by mrmustang
Jessica,
This is the last person you want to take advice from. Do a search on "Unique Performance" in Texas. 
At Unique, didn't you guys screw hundreds of people out of millions of dollars and get closed down by the feds for VIN tampering and a Ponzi/Pyramid scheme. Something about turning 6cyl rusty Mustang fastbacks into "Licensed by Shelby" abominations selling for over 100K. I'm not sure whether to feel sorry for your ex clients, or for anyone that associates with the old company with his head still held high as if they did nothing wrong.
With the way your company was run,and the money spent on extravagant things, I would think you would be the last person to comment on a thread like this, let alone admit you were associated with them here in public
Bill S. |
With all due respect Bill you do not know me so lumping me in with the thieves that ran the business is out of line and insulting. I worked at Unique for less than 5 months before getting laid off as part of the bankruptcy and consider myself as one of the employee victims that also got screwed. I lost tens of thousands myself moving from out of state to work for them only to lose my job and find out I couldn't even file for unemployment because they never paid the state of Texas the money they were taking out of my paycheck (which bounced the last time they tried to pay us) and consequently I lost several months of unpaid wages that was promised to me.
So yes, there were thieves who ran the place but there was also 100's of hard working people there who loved their jobs that were not involved in what was happening at the top of the company.
The purpose of my post was to point out that there are other bronze sculptures, of very high quality, that were made and sold at a much higher price than $3K
If you want to get into a separate debate regarding Unique, it's business practices, and the granddaddy thief of them all (Carroll Shelby) and how he helped mastermind the demise of the business I would suggest you take it to another thread.