Hi Bryan,
I'm sitting at home trying to get over the flu, and I happened to see your post. Sorry I missed you at the shop today, but it's better I don't pass this along to anyone else
I know you're looking for input from those who have used non-aviation upholstery shops, and I don't mean to butt in on that conversation, but I wanted to shed some more light on the pricing of our products. It's easy to compare apples to oranges here.
We do offer a lower cost seat option that starts at $786 for a ready to install set of seat cushions covered in vinyl ($831 for cloth etc.). That is our Sierra line. We don't have this option for your RV-6 at the moment, but we could adapt it if you wished. I feel that price is very competitive for what you get. It still features materials that are certified to FAA specs, same top quality that is used on our more expensive seats, cnc contour cut foam parts, highest quality foam available (including 1" memory foam), and made by an experienced shop.
There are a few benefits you get from working with an experienced shop. Over the last 14 years, we've made well over 2000 sets of seats for RVs. In that time we've made some significant improvements to our seats more than once. We've also stocked almost the exact same materials for about the last 10 years. Many customers have contacted us years after their seats were made asking us to repair something, or make some other interior accessory to go along with their seats. In most cases, this was no problem (I'm sorry you were an exception Dan).
The last thing I'll mention is that our profit margin is very modest. I don't know of many companies that are getting rich making seat cushions. If I wasn't a pilot and an airplane nut, I would have gotten out of this business a long time ago. Anyway, I hope I didn't rattle on too much. Feel free to drop by again (I'm almost always there during any week day). If not to talk about seats, I'd like to hear about your Kitfox. I'm slowly working on an old Avid Flyer.