yep, I shoulda knowed better. i'm only out the part; the customer paid the shipping. not gonna drag out names and addresses; if he's here, he knows it. we set a price on a part he'd seen a clear picture of, and I agreed that he could adjust the price if he felt the need and contacted me. I suppose that, either it arrived fubarred, or he felt it was worth nothing.... i'd like to have heard about what made him decide that. I kept the piece around because new ones are damn expensive. rant over; not gonna let this ruin my day. the rain is doing that!
I agree with him "sorta" calling the offender out.....what the F*%K, its the HAMB...A tight knit community of rodders, when you get burned it sucks! Pete-
Your ant freaked me out. I'm at work in an electronics clean room and wondered where it came from. Well for a couple of seconds anyway!! Thanks for the laugh. Bill
I guess he "adjusted the price" alright. Gotta say...it's great to be reasonable and friendly, but not a good idea to ever let anything go until it's paid for. If you feel he took advantage of you, (and it sounds like he did) then take it up with him or report it to Ryan. Does no good to start a thread about it. Good luck.
Hah! Your bug got me too! I didn't realize it wasn't real 'til LongT said something. Good one, HRP. Lol!
I disagree,,,,I was burned for a grand and calling im out was a good idea Because it got him banned and stopped him from doing it again. Dont shun him for letting folks know that the "pay it forward" doesnt always work. Pete-
A friend of mine would go to car shows with his '48 pickup-leave chairs ,tools,parts in the bed; out in the open with no cover all the time. I asked him once if he was afraid something would get stolen? His reply-A 'True Hot Rodder would never steal from another Hot Rodder' seems to apply to this situation.
I say you've got a legitimate bitch... We are a community, and I fortunately have dealt with a lot of great people here. If anyone had a gripe with me, I'd willing give their money back. You never got the money. This isn't a business, this is helping fellow hot rodders out and both should benefit from the transaction!
At the top of the classified forum where you placed your parts for sale: @ http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=630481 Location: Austin, TX Price: 50.00 <!-- message -->Hey fellas, we host a ton of classified ads here on the HAMB. In fact, we average almost 300 new ads a day. And these ads are viewed by millions of people per month. Of course, we offer this service absolutely free of charge. That said, we do not police deals made between non-Alliance members. As much as I wish we could do that, we just don't have the time. And at the end of the day, there is not a whole lot we can do with offending members without their verified contact information. However, we absolutely police deals made between Alliance members and in the 6 years of the program, we've never had a deal go by that wasn't fixed in one way or another. So, protect yourself: Buy From Alliance Members! Sell To Alliance Members! Become An Alliance Member! Jim <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
Who ships a part without being paid for it first? I wouldn't even do that for Jesus H. Obama himself.
and you did give him the option to adjust the price and pay whatever he wanted. it was nice of him to pay you shipping. he got a bargain. maybe next time be a little more firm on your price.
sorry to hear about your experience, I had a problem once, I sold an intake, the guy saw a million pictures of it, said he could likely get one local, I said ok, do that then, it is ok if he doesn't buy he, he said no I want it...I sent it to him, he had paid for it, then a week later he emailed me saying it had a lot of problems ( I was like not really and you had tons of pics, was described to a T) he wanted to send it back, instead of arguing, paypal etc I said, send it back, minus the shipping, got it back, looks like he tossed it around, was scuffed etc he then stuffed to the brim packing peanuts inside the runners. After taking them out, sold it on here the day after I got it back!!!! to a guy who also inquired when the first sale was pending, he got it and was TOTALLY happy with it. Rule of thumb for me, feel the buyer out, read some of their posts, their history and describe parts, post several pics and if there is any doubt, don't sell to them, I love posting on here about builds, selling parts and really have met some great people, some of whom I have met in the real offline world, I am glad to be on this forum, part of this online community.
Some things are not even worth commenting on .... maybe that is the stance the buyer took when he opened the package you sent him. Just because you were the first to pound on the keyboard does not mean you are right. ..... add one to my post count.
the piece I sent him was the same one he saw a clear picture of before I packed it up. it wasn't show quality and he knew it beforehand. daily driver at best. I wouldn't have minded so much IF he'd contacted me after getting it. funny thing is, this isn't going to affect how I deal with hamb'ers. I've gladly given away more expensive stuff than this to people I've met through here, and I still will if there's a true need as has often been the case. I don't even know if the guy contacted me from my ad here or one of the other sites I have ads on. somebody whack that damn ant.
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