Sometimes it is hard to respond to a useless question that has not much
information to start with. Just a pathetic cry from the dark with just their
desires to be answered as if there were that crystal ball I've heard about.
All that was needed was "I have a door ding I need repaired so I can sell
the car" or, "I got keyed on both sides and want a complete repaint with a
show room finish". Many things can be in between those conditions and a few
outside of them. I don't always agree with Tom and he will question me and
that's as it should be. In this case he was as always a gentleman and
replied to your rather curt reply with more information then you deserved.

If you had even said that you think the paint might be good enough to be
repainted without a complete strip or that the body was off , or there were
multiple stress cracks and glass damage to be dealt with the question could
have been addressed with a more acceptable answer for you. There were times
when a customer would tell me "Just paint it so it looks good" and you had a
pretty good idea that he wanted something close to perfect. Others that went
over it in detail how they wanted it painted never looked at it other than
when they got in it to drive away.

Ease up, there are some good contributors on this group.

Good luck on your repairs.