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im glad i put him on blast. i didnt realize how many other people he's pulled his shinanigans on. i held off on this for a few months but when you see/hear of other guys getting their baits, that you know damn well you sent in before them, getting theirs ahead of you, kinda pisses you off. i had friends contacting him (voluntarily) with responses of how he felt bad and that he was getting a brand new TT to paint for me... empty promises. and it sucks that THIS is what it takes to get his attention to do the right thing but it is what it is. im 1 for 2. ive got my money back now but lets see how long it'll take to get my bait back.

like i said, i got nothing against BB. they put out good stuff for people to rep the fishing community. i still wear their stuff. my beef is with rich. #fishbeef

i have faith in the UnderGround that this post will stay up. awesome people run the underground. and oh i know he saw this cause i got a deposit into my paypal about an hour this got posted up

a week?!? try 7 months. good thing im not able to fish much...

ish, i hope he sees this. and everyone else! and im not bashing on bass brigade, i like their stuff. i just dont like how rich is puttin in all his effort ( it seems like) to all the "in" guys and F'in off on PAYING customers.

save yourself some money and headache and send it to either brock or pizz. never heard a complaint about either

yea bro, 7 months! i sent my sht out in april.

Holy freakin hell! im sure for the most part everyone knows who Rich "rbtek1" Baldonado is and the reputation he has painting swimbaits. ive been following his work for awhile and always liked what i saw, so i decided that my custom 7 in TT needed a make over. my brother got a bait painted by him last year before he blew up on IG and was still getting his name out. he got a romanmade trick painted in bass and even tho the paint job wasnt his best work (not instagram worthy, splotches, some runny spots) i'll give him a shot. so i emailed rich back in april about doing a custom paint on a triple trout for me. im in the army and was recently issued my multicams at the time so i thought that a bait in multicam would be awesome. i ask him if he could do it, he says yes, i send him a picture of what the multicam pattern looks like and then tells me it'll be 40+shipping. i get back to him a little later about where to send payment, shipping address, and all that with his response of "I can get the bait back to you within 2 weeks of receiving it. You can PayPal me at: rich@illusiveink.com Total $50"..... i dont know about you but 40+a small flat rate shipping box of 5.80 doesnt equal $50, but he he has to drive to the post office so im not gonna complain about $4.20. a week after i ship my TT out he tells me its on the rack sanded and primed. 2 week goes by, i email him for an update, no response. another week, i email, finally responds, tells me its in the next out going batch. so im thinking it i should be getting mail any day now. a week after we last talked he emailed me about who painted my bait before. i didnt know, i bought it off SBNation. waiting waiting email him wait some more. tells me he's having trouble painting the bait cause of the paint the previous painter used. tells me he's got the issue handled, i should get my bait soon. wait wait wait some more... another email saying he's gonna send it out, after 3 MONTHS! wait wait wait.... i get fed up with his sh*t and tell him to give me my money and my bait back. i didnt even care if it was painted or not. so 4 MONTHS later he tells me i'll get my money and bait back. FINALLY......... NOT! i still dont have my money or my bait. this is absolute BS! what pisses me off more is that i see him posting up pictures of baits that he's painted up on IG! and FB posts of him on vacation and all this other bs. he has all the time in the world to paint all the bassbrigade guys' baits but he cant even send a courtesy email to a PAYING customer??? ive even had friends, who are known in the IG world and are friends of mine, talk to him for me hoping i could get a more real response. still no contact. its been so long since he's had my bait and money that ive forgotten about it and people have to remind me if ive gotten my sh*t back. ive waited to put him on blast but screw him. people should know about his shotty customer service. damn it.... now im more pissed about this

hudds are the least of your worries. now losing a deps SS250 is something to cry about.

i got a presidio auto and i absolutely love it. i wanted the one with the tanto blade, but i couldnt pass on a deal from a friend. whats funny is that this is the same knife that caused 11 stitches on my brothers hand. sharp as a mofo

i used a friends remmy 1100 when i went duck hunting... its a semi, has a nice classic look and it kills ducks.

now thats a black bass!

+1 thats an awesome house!