[ot]Airing out the dirty laundry

[treed2 at u.washington.edu (T. Reed)]

Sorry to hear about your problems.. here's my take on the situation:

Dirk is a great guy; I've met him in person. If he's not answering your
e-mails then like others said he is probably gone on vacation or has some
sort of personal emergency.

That said, nobody's perfect. I bought a Scirocco II euro high beam lens
from Dirk and he sent me one for the wrong side. When I emailed him about
it he told me they were the same. That is clearly not the case if you look
at them side by side. Yes, the beam pattern is the same. But in order to
point them anywhere close to straight ahead, you have to adjust the lens
until it's visibly cockeyed compared to the others. To say they are the
same just isn't true.

I might have tried to send it back if it had not been for my euro lights
lenses' cracking less than a week later. They're still cracked and that
one lense is crooked; but I can't afford to get replacements so..
whatever. My car has lots of problems - what's one more?

Also keep in mind Dirk deals with plenty of deadbeats and has lost a lot
of money to dishonest people. Perhaps he doubts that he sent you the wrong
lense (a photo is not "absolute proof").. you could be trying to "scam"
him in to giving exchanging parts to get you what you want at his expense.

What would I do in your case? Send him a letter via snail-mail. That way
when he gets back from wherever he is, he will not fail to notice that
you've been trying to contact him.

You also ought to verify his address and e-mail; who knows.. maybe it's
not the -real- Dirk Schneider. It could be "Astra-lady" hiding behind his
good reputation.

-Toby

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Marko wrote:

> Well I am tired of waiting for this guy.
>
> For some crazy reason, he can no longer respond to my
> emails. Its been a month now and there is no
> communication. This deal started in June. I don't care
> if he is a popular figure on this list and a pillar of
> the rocco community. As a fellow lister said to me, "
> a rat is a rat." This seller did not do right by me
> and now here comes the story....
>
> I got this nice 84Jetta w/a 16V. Really clean for a
> car w/360K miles on it. So I asked around for Euro
> Jetta lights, and this guy is known for getting the
> goods and cheaply too. So he quotes me $240 shipped
> for new lights, corners, grill and plastic surrounds.
> Great price, I am psyched to get them and send the
> check out right away.
>
> The package arrives packed well and I check out the
> stuff. For some crazy reason I thought that the grill
> was gonna be new too, but thats not my beef at all. It
> did have a busted tab, but not a biggie. Everything is
> in good shape and the lights are brand new.
>
> I got help installing them at a guy's house that I met
> from vortex. We take off the old lights and soon
> realize that the left Euro light is wrong. Its not an
> H4 lens. It looks like the correct part and even says
> jetta light but, does not accept H4  bulbs, it takes
> T8s. The two hella boxes are different for the right
> and left lenses.
>
> At this point I am bummed b/c I have the American spec
> lights out and cannot put in the Euros. The guy that
> is helping me also has a Mk1 Jetta and the left Euro
> lens. He lends me the light just so we can finish the
> job.
>
> Soon after I tell Dirk Schnieder (the seller) about
> the mix up. He offers to send me another lens after I
> send pics providing proof of the mix up. I go ahead
> and win an action on German eBay for the lens and get
> it shipped for $39 Euros. I wanna replace the one that
> was lent to me asap. Later I send a dozen pics of the
> bad light to Dirk and have not heard from him since.
>
> WTF ? In one email he tells me something to the effect
> that its not his fault. I tell him to send me $50 to
> make this right. He sent the wrong part and that the
> size of things. I paid for two new lights and have one
> new and one old.
>
> Am I outta line to expect some cash back ?
>
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> --- Mike Weiler <relbrb@comcast.net> wrote:
> > My wife tells me this.....Woman got to a store to
> > purchase items they want
> > (shopping its called). Men order stuff on the
> > internet then spend alot of
> > time bitching about how much they hate how either
> > the transaction went or
> > the product they recieved. Go figure and I discount
> > any woman I meet 230 IQ
> > points when she speaks the first time hehe.
>
> =====
> 87 Scirocco 8v
> 84 Jetta 16v
>
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