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Strut Bushings, cheaper, miscommunications explained...
AH! misunderstandings... The source of all evil known to mankind...
Glad it turned out ok!
Cheers.
Marc
'83 Scirocco
'97 A4
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]De la part de David Utley
> Envoy? : jeudi 12 f?vrier 2004 21:58
> ? : Dan Smith; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Objet : Strut Bushings, cheaper, miscommunications explained...
>
>
> Okay... I am an idiot, have I mentioned that here before? Although Larry
> said I was right (once), I am still an idiot... This is one reason I am
> patient, Dan, inevtiably it almost always comes down to a
> misunderstanding...
>
> Some history on the transactions between jman and myself...
>
> I did buy said Euro oil cooler set-up, but I also bought a TSR linkage
> setup from him as well that I had forgotten... For this linkage,
> he charged
> 65.00, shipped... I sent the money, and Paypal ended up charging me twice
> for this transaction. Jman said that he only showed one deposit... Well,
> like a dumbass, I waited too long to go through paypal, so I arbitrated it
> with my bank instead (via CC). I was refunded the money, but
> in-turn, jman
> had that money taken from his account, so he in fact gave me some
> links, and
> paypal got the money instead... This is what he was refering to when he
> said that he did not want to lose any more money. Believe me, he was not
> very explicit in his explanation of why he canceled the order. When he
> called this evening and told me, it all made sense... As it turns out, he
> is a very resourceful fellow.. He has several complete synchro
> setups, and
> is planning many other things to import... As it turns out, this VERY
> irritating day has turned into an excellent source for some
> choice bits and
> pieces... :)
>
> But I am still an idiot...
>
> Regards,
> The idiot without his own village... :-P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Dan Smith
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 4:03 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Strut bushings not coming...!(Rant)
>
> 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
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