Michelle Nelson rugging "Beware"

[h20hunter]

Yeah, what he said.

[Band]

Michelle Nelson Madoff...'cause she made off with your money and trophies.

[180-GRAIN]

Michelle Nelson Madoff...'cause she made off with your money and trophies.

Theres todays Redneck word of the day 

[jackelope]

Michelle Nelson Madoff...'cause she made off with your money and trophies.

Theres todays Redneck word of the day 

Did she ever get back to you ?

[180-GRAIN]

Michelle Nelson Madoff...'cause she made off with your money and trophies.

Theres todays Redneck word of the day 

Did she ever get back to you ?

Nope. Shows message received on facebook to. I will just keep calling I guess. I had to call probably 10 times and leave messages the last time over a months period. I gave up and out of the blue a few weeks later she called.

[birddogdad]

wow, just did the full 16 page thread read!! 16 pages!! I cannot believe that anyone would venture down this path after reading this. Could be the best work in the world, but damn if I could bring myself to roll the dice with this person on my trophy's ... ever...

[h2ofowlr]

This is not an acceptable business model by any means! Horrible customer service. 

[Bango skank]

Michelle has a bear hide of mine as well. Dropped off spring of 2012, it was tanned. I stopped back and choose mounting for a rug.
 I Stopped by Michelle's end of December 2014, she advised the hide was in the "wet stage" and ready for the next batch. Sent email May 2015 and was advised again, it was in the next batch. No more contact since, so I stopped by August 2015, she was not there, I left my name and number with her husband (?), asked to have her call. No call back. sent emails and and left messages, no response. I stopped by her house again February 2016, again left message with her husband(?). He said I'll have her call you on Monday. No call back. I have again left a phone message and email. No response. I'd just like the hide back, what ever stage it is in.

wow.  this guy dropped off an already tanned hide 4 years ago, and michelle wont even speak to him.  thats impressive.

[Timberstalker]

One train wreck after another...........
I can't seem to turn away.

[Skillet]

I've watched this unfold for over 6 years now.  I suspect the "taking deposits" side of the business has taken up most of the time that should have been dedicated to the "getting work out" side of the  business.  With lead times increasing from ridiculous to asinine, I forsee a day of reckoning coming that even a shop that demonstrates this level of ignorance of operating a service-based business won't be able to excuse away or ignore.  Technical skills or not, it is my guess this business has to be close to imploding ala "Cascade Taxidermy."  It really sucks, because I've seen great work from this shop.

My personal, unsolicited, worth-what-you-paid-for-it advice to anybody who has work in progress with this shop is to cut your losses and get it back any way you can, in whatever stage it is.  Legally, of course - but if enough people demand a sheriff's presence to retreive their property at the same time, they just might get one. 

Or, write it off entirely and just let it go.

[Magnum_Willys]

squeaky wheel gets the grease - I would be squeakin every week until she delivered or begged me to come and pick it up. 

[Taco280AI]

Why would anyone just let it go? That's why so many people are screwed now, because others just let it go.

Take her to court. Have the small claims judge see a trend for the next batch of people. Have continuous judgements against her. Then get your stuff back and make sure this doesn't keep happening to the next in line. Or just "let it go"

[Skillet]

Why would anyone just let it go? That's why so many people are screwed now, because others just let it go.

Take her to court. Have the small claims judge see a trend for the next batch of people. Have continuous judgements against her. Then get your stuff back and make sure this doesn't keep happening to the next in line. Or just "let it go"

First of all,  this statement is not even close to the truth.  People are screwed because the shop doesn't fulfill promises - not because of other screwed customers' actions.  Blaming  a guy who doesn't take your advice for another guy's problems with the shop is ridiculous. The fault lies with the shop and shop alone.  Your assumption of how many small claims court actions can work to build momentum against a shop in a judge's mind shows you don't fully understand how that works.

Second,  if you'd bother to read my whole post instead of getting fired up over the last line, you'd see I advocate for stepping up to the plate, biting the bullet and getting the work out of there by any legal means possible.  If someone is going to just sit by quietly, wringing their hands over the money already spent and not be a squeaky wheel as suggested by others, they might as well just forget about the money AND their trophy.  Because they will be the last ones to be taken care of, if at all.  So, if just hoping that getting along nicely is their only strategy, or they simply don't care enough about that particular piece of work they have in the shop I suggest again they just write it off and let it go. I suspect not every piece that shop has in house is worth the hassle and expense of even a small claims court appearance to its rightful owners.  That's for them to decide on their own - not you or anyone else to use to blame them for other people's issues with the shop.

The BBB rating for this shop is currently an F, and is the first thing that pops up on a Google search on the shop's reviews. Any kind of further digging through results shows threads like these. I am a little surprised that given this there is any more worked being dropped off there - but if there is, it sure isn't any of the previous customer's fault.

[Becky]

http://www.bbb.org/alaskaoregonwesternwashington/business-reviews/taxidermists/michelle-nelson-taxidermy-in-olympia-wa-22624197

The one with an F rating only has two reviews, there's way more on Hunt WA who have complained than just 2 people. I suggest you guys start taking the reviews to BBB and Yelp and other places than just here or this circle is just going to continue with no resolve.

[HntnFsh]

That lady must have about 5 acres worth of freezers to keep that many years worth of hides in!