Badboy Motorsports SUCKS - stay away!!

[bpatterson@stanford.edu (Ben Patterson)]

Hey all -

	Here's the warning. Bad Boy Motorsports shipped me a set of 
used Borbet Type C rims off an eBay auction a few months ago. When 
they arrived, they were still in plastic and I looked them over 
generally, but put them straight into storage without opening the 
clear plastic shipping bags. When I went to put the rims on last week 
I discovered that one of the wheels has two hairline stress cracks 
and will not hold air and is not reparable according to Wheels 
America. After calling Bad Boy Motorsports 
(http://www.badboymotorsports.com) and relating my issue with their 
damaged merchandise to a salesperson, they said they would call me 
back with a response. 3 days later and after I left 3 more messages 
on their machine, they STILL had not called me back. When I called 
today, the same salesperson told me that they would do nothing for 
me, and said that since more than 90 days had gone by (which I 
understood) that they were no longer responsible.
	In the sense that it is my fault for being too trusting, 
sure, blame me. But that is no excuse for shady crap like this, and 
it is horrible customer service. My response to the salesperson was 
that I would post as much bad feedback about their business as 
possible in every European car forum as I could. These guys shipped 
damaged merchandise, did not respond to emails while the auction was 
going on, and phone calls since things have gone bad, and regardless 
of whether or not 90 days had passed, that is slimy business 
practice. Stay away from these guys and spread the word. This just 
makes you appreciate good people like Mike Potter all the more.... 
I'm copying Bad Boy Motorsports on this email, and feel free to send 
them some feedback in writing, by phone or in person at:

Bad Boy Motorsports
1122 West ML King Jr. Bl
Los Angeles, CA, 90037
(323)293-4234
parts@badboymotorsports.com
sales@badboymotorsports.com





			Ben Patterson, '87 16v Scirocco
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