The Canned Ham Man

Wow, there are a few bad reviews of Chris BUT I can tell you that he is a very good man who does GREAT work. He restored our trailer and it went from a piece of crap to the most beautiful trailer and it has gone on to win awards at car shows. Complaints about not getting something in writing — well, you should have asked. Chris is a hard working guy and his work is supreme. For anyone considering a place to go to get their trailer restored — or looking for a trailer to restore — GO TO CHRIS. All merchants get bad reviews. As a matter of fact, pissed off people tend to seek out a place to vent, which is understandable. But I wish all the people (many) I have talked to that have worked with Chris would write a review because he deserves it.

Hey Everyone,
You know Chris… I was really just going to leave things the way they were, but sadly you have forced me to reveal some additional information that you were not aware that I knew.
Allow me to enlighten and educate.
Yes, I was originally very grateful for the opportunity to be part of the show. All I ask is lets make sure you are being HONEST about the term of your contract. Lets be clear… crystal clear.
You are correct in saying you were under no «contractual obligation» to use the $ 27,000 that the show gave you to put just towards our trailer. We called the network and got the exact financial figures of how much money they had allocated. This was actually rather simple to find out. You were under a moral obligation and a gentlemen’s handshake to ensure that our trailer received that money and instead you put that money elsewhere. Keep in mind that was just the money the show gave you and didn’t include the 10k we had invested throughout this ordeal. Lets now take it a step further…
We have spoken to the production company. Lets now understand why there was not a single show that was completed. According to the filming crew and producers, the reason why the show was pulled was because you played «hardball», got your own agent, and then tried to renegotiate the terms of your contract. That clearly failed miserably and as a result you lost an excellent business opportunity that you yourself lost. Additionally, the network said their decision to pull out was made simple because of your arrogant attitude and abrasive demeanor toward their filming crew.
You talk about me teaching you a lesson about the cost of being a «nice» person. A good person would tell the truth about the actual events that transpired. You make it sound as if you have invested your own personal money into our trailer and that you were the real victim. Forgive the euphemisms, but the fact of the matter is you got caught with your «pants down» and were «counting your eggs before they hatched».You were given and allotted the money in the FULL amount to complete the trailer and you chose to use that money elsewhere. So please do me a favor, please stop playing the victim card.
Sense of «entitlement.» That was a colorful term used to describe me. Being paid for services means that those services should be performed. Maybe I’m just silly for thinking that. Take responsibility for your actions.
As a laughable side note… I find it absolutely self-​confirming that you are using someone else’s user profile to try to defend yourself. My suspicions have now been confirmed on that front now.
It is reassuring to see how many people have since come forward revealing their own personal horrendous encounters with you on Unilocal.
I have since found a number of reputable trailer restoration experts since and look forward to issuing the facts… not lies… about the true Scam Ham Man.

I trusted this guy and he scammed me. He charged me $ 158.20 to complete a install I had already paid him for. When I picked up my trailer the first time no mention of possible additional cost could be incurred.
Chris called me when I was 3 blocks away to inform me he needed me to pay the additional amount in cash because his machine was down.
He didn’t ever give me a written estimate nor did he call me to tell me of the estimated additional cost.
If I’d known I wouldn’t have let him do the work. If you pay someone to install a water pump, the dang thing should work. The rewiring should have been part of the deal.
He was nasty and rude to my friend who was only trying to intercede on my behalf. After all she referred me.
I didn’t want to fight with him so I just paid him the money. But guaranteed I will do everything in my power to make sure no one else is ripped off by the Caned Ham Man!
He is not a man of integrity or honesty. He may of suffered a recent business loss but he shouldn’t take it out on anyone who he knows places their trust in him.
Don’t trust this crook. I should of questioned him on what was included in the install.
I didn’t ever think that he was going to rip me off.
Guaranteed I’ll never take my trailer back there again.
And, I don’t recommend him for anything.

What ever you do, DO NOT I repeat DO NOT, take your precious trailer to the SCAM HAM MAN, where do I start? Aside from the fact we asked Chris if he could put a special hatch in the back of our newly skinned trailer so we could load our cabinets easier for our t shirts, not only did we ask him 2 times, we asked him 3 times if he could handle it, otherwise we would have hired an engineer to help with the process which turns out took 90 percent of his time so the rest of the trailer must have been done by volunteers or the inexperienced because it was embarrassing! I wrote new skin earlier because you would expect no vertical seams, well we were lucky enough to get 4 one was hidden under the buckled door, which we were told by Chris that you have to slam it, to make it close and on top of that there was no handle or lock on inside of door or lock on new hatch. The new paint job, which by the way, they do their illegal painting in their warehouse, which is probably why we have lint, dust, scratches and the texture of orange peel every where on our trailer. what are the two thing you notice on a Shasta? Yep the «z «pattern and the wings, the «Z» was so ridiculously placed and the wing oh yeah they got painted, that apparently was the decision by Chris I think he said «artistic impression» we along with past customers have experienced Chris’ outbursts and anger on the phone and in person, how professional! I really dislike long reviews but there is just so much to bring out into the open after all this time, vintage items removed not returned, cabinets open wrong direction, two faucets, water tank was so screwed up, had to be removed, electrical was so dangerous, also had to be removed, there is so much more, please think twice about taking your prize possession to the SCAM HAM MAN