Quoting bcjjones:
The guy with the turbo. He paid 290 dollars for a completely rebuilt mhi bastard 20g turbo. I basically threw in the o2 housing and actuator for FREE! He semt me some pictures of the "damaged" FREE items and i couldnt see anything that would prevent them from working as they should.
First off, it was $300 for the turbo. The only reason I was even interested in the used turbo was because of the stupid low price.
Second, you keep saying that the "free" o2 housing was damaged... Where are you getting this from? I sent you pics of the hot side of the turbo with a bent up flapper arm, and a pic of the smashed wastegate actuator.
I should have took pics of the shitty packing job. It am amazed that it made it to me without more damage.
My wife was watching me open the box and unpack the turbo. It was just thrown it a 3/4 filled box of packing peanuts. It was filthy and every orifice of the turbo had broken pieces of styrofoam stuck in it. My wife's first words were "You paid $300 for THAT?" lol
I had to remove the compressor housing to get all the pieces out. At LEAST throw the turbo in a plastic bag before packing it in peanuts.
Quoting bcjjones:
He never even tried them to test them out. He basically bought 2 brand new ones and wanted me to pay for them.
Would you put an obviously damaged part on your car only to turn back around and have to redo it?? Come on.
Quoting bcjjones:
I originaly agreed bur then realized that he would be paying 180 bucks for a rebuilt bastard 20g in a 7cm housing.
Again, I don't see how your math works here.
It went down like this. I paid you $300. Parts arrived in said condition. I sent you pics of damage. YOU apologized and YOU said for me to try to find some replacement parts to fix the damage, since insurance would cover it. Cool.
I posted WTB ads on this board, dsmtuners and ecmlink forums. Over the next 2 days I had a few replies about parts. I corresponded back and forth with YOU to make sure everything was still good before I sent money for the other parts. You agreed with what I found so I pulled the trigger.
So now I am almost $450 into the turbo.
I texted you the following day to see when you would be sending the money. You say that you need to put some money back in your account but would be sending it soon. Cool.
I wait 2 more days then texted you again. No reply. Ok...
I wait almost a week then text you again after seeing that money is still not in my account. Still no reply.
I start calling your phone, leaving messages and send another text. I really tried everything before turning to a paypal claim.
Basically it comes down to this. YOU agreed to handle this in the way we spoke about. YOU decided to change you mind after getting me to spend more money on the other parts. YOU, of course, don't tell me you have changed your mind. You just stop responding to any attempt I make to contact you. That is just as shady as it gets man.
Anyway, back to the math.
$300 to you
+
$150 in replacement parts
=
$450
Are we still following?
$450
-
$150 from insurance (that YOU agreed to send back)
=
$300
So, after opening the paypal claim he was finally quick to reply; although the reply was his stretched version of the truth about the o2 housing being damaged and that it was a free part that he threw in. Out of the kindness of his heart I'm sure. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rofl.gif
I assure you that the O2 housing is in great shape. No complaints there. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif
Quoting bcjjones:
I sold this other guy a completely rebuilt bare head(new valves, springs, valve seals) everything minus the cams as i described it to him. A freshly sand blasted 1g intake manifold, a cas sensor, a throttle body with sensors, and something else i cant recall for 290. The box was damaged during shipping and the throttle body fell out. Along with a couple cam bolts and a couple lifters. I bough another throttle body and shipped it to him. He still wants money for the few lifters and cam bolts that were lost. Which i feel werent even part of the deal. They were 3g lifters and i was going to sell them seperate. I had them bagged up already so I threw them in the box. I mean come on, this guy got an SERIOUSLY UNBELIEVABLE deal.
Thats my side of the story. I am no longer a dsmer so you wont see me on here anymore. Just wanted to give yalk my side of the story.
Wow, I didn't even know about this one.
Sounds like he got the same packing job my turbo did!