Shop payments?

I hear the paint jail stories all the time have several in my shop that have come from other shops. The biggest problem I see with these shops is they are production shops/collision repair they have no idea of how much work goes into doing a good paint job on an old car. They are in over there head before they start. Deal with a specialty shop like mine. or one of your choice. A time line is some what realistic if you have the funds set aside then a time frame of 8 weeks is reasonable. Depending on how much reassembly is required from the customer. more times than not it starts at paint and we end up finishing most if not all of the build. In turn throws the customers waiting to come in behind schedule.