(OT) Bushing story continued...

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

Dan, 
  Thanks for the note, I shall do a search to see if I can find them...

  PS, did you place an order for the guage kit that we were discussing?        
Inquisitive minds want to see pictures of them installed!  :-)

  On the other, I don't mind the fact that he was hesitant, he said that he 
just lost 65.00 to someone else recently...  What I don't understand is why he 
chose to sell them out from underneath me like that...

  Since this morning, he and I had a chat via Vortex IM...  The following is a 
paraphrase of our conversation as I remember it...  I told him that I expected 
him to follow through, he said he did, by returning my money...  I explained 
to him I did not send him the money for him to return it!  I wanted the 
parts.  He said, get a secure address, and I will send them...  I replied, I 
have one, you did not bother to ask to see if I had one before selling to 
someone else..  He replied, I wish you had used that one instead, so we could 
avoid this hassle...  At that point, I was getting ready to convert myself 
into a data stream so I could fly across the web and sling myself out of his 
monitor, fist first...  Anyways, I replied, calmly, that his comment was a bit 
one-sided, and that I was not at fault for this 'hassle'...  I asked 'where 
are we?'  He replied, "Good to know"...  I answered, "short quips towards 
obvious questions via IM are easy, being responsible to your customers is 
hard, for some...  I will spell it out for you, do you want to sell to me, or 
not?"  He replied for me to page him, I told him I would this evening...

  SO, with all of that said, this should be an interesting conversation...  
Although I have only bought one other item from him, I would hate to lose him 
as a contact.  He appears to have a very good source for synchro parts, and 
other European only bits...  If he acts like an ass though, it may be better 
to cut my losses...  For those interested, I shall keep you informed...  
-- 
Regards,
David Utley
-----------
Cable Volkswagen
405-470-3129
1-800-522-6793


Quoting Dan Smith <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>:

> Man, that sucks. There is a set of the same bushings for sale for $60 on
> vortex, or there was recently. It was in either the Golf 1 classified or the
> Misc VW classified. I never understood the whole 'must be verified' thing
> that has sprung up everywhere on Ebay. The way I see it, if I pay them the
> money, they should ship where ever the heck I want, verified address or not.
>  
> Dan
> 
> David Utley <mr.utility@highstream.net> wrote:
> Folks, 
> I had hoped to not only settle the debate about lowering, but get myself 
> some better-than-stock strut bushings, but it appears that it will not happen
> 
> now...
> 
> jman, the fella on Vortex that was selling them backed out... I had sent 
> the 118.00 via paypal as requested, and I asked that he send them to my work,
> 
> as I live in vato-ville, and my parts may find a home elsewhere... Anyways, 
> after a few days waiting for the pending transaction to go through, he 
> refunded my money... He said in the note on the refund that he got burned the
> 
> last time he sent something to a non-verified address, and that was it... I 
> tried to email him back, and it bounced, so I sent an IM through Vortex two 
> days ago, asking what he would prefer to do... I just got a reply this 
> morning, his response was, "nothing." "I have a local buyer." WTflyingF is 
> that about? I am really angry. I have had one previous good experience with 
> the man, but I guess he only honors his word if he gets what he wants... I 
> apologize for the rant, but I have to tell someone who may have had a similar
> 
> experience. I also hope that if someone else considers dealing with the man,
> 
> that they will remember this note and be cautious. It would be one thing if 
> he apologized, with details of why, or anything... Instead, he wrote,
> that...
> 
> This is going to be a rare day, I can tell.... >8-()
> -- 
> Regards,
> David Utley
> -----------
> Cable Volkswagen
> 405-470-3129
> 1-800-522-6793
> 
> 
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