[QUOTE=silverstwok,Sep 9 2007, 07:13 PM] Brian Proctor is absolutely not affiliated in any way with My Webpage

 

pwned

 

LMFAO...PWNED>>> +1


Why do you need to do an engine swap anyway? All you got to do is put in a turbo or supercharger. It's much cheaper too.

 

 

Look at the fiftyfiftyracing.com website and you will see that it has not been updated in about a year. I built his site in a day because he needed a site quickly, it is hosted on my server and the only reason that it is still up is because it gets so much traffic, why would I take it down when it is making me money. Yes you sure did meet me at Proctors house. The business between him and I went extremely sour, so we don't even speak. So do not associate me with him or fifty fifty racing. One last thing, what ever lies he told you have absolutely nothing to do with me.

 

There was a gentlemen in Utah (Chris Zwemke, to be exact) that did this to Ford Probe owners. I sent him roughly 5k via paypal (because it is a secure way to send money ) for a motor build and some other stuff and in turn I got absolutely nothing. He did this to A LOT OF PEOPLE. I know he got at least 60k, and dropped off the face of the earth. This happens all the time, someone gets a few people to say their work is good (who knows if it is) and a bunch of people send money. Just beware leary of who you are dealing with. When it happened to me I was fresh out of high school and naive to the internet scams, but now (about ten years later) it wont happen again (I deal local only). Even John Hennessy has been known to scam people, and he is in magazines, an still gets recommended all the time.

 

I wonder how long it's going to take until this Brian guy is turned into gator food...

 

you don't mind the money that he brings in, but don't want the association?

 

 

It seems I'm the last one to find out about this scammer. I was looking for an S2K engine to replace mine because of a spun bearing. And found a decent deal on eBay. The listing says ask for mike, but a few days after purchasing and paying for the motor a guy named Brian messaged me and said that he has to refund me the money because he could not ship the motor yet because he was going to his sister's wedding. He said he will repost the item a week later and he says, "the motor is definitely yours."

One week later he reposts it again on eBay and so I repurchase and pay for it again.

Another week later, I messaged him checking up on the status of the engine and then he replies back that he just got back from NOPI and didn't get a chance to ship it yet. I'm a patient guy so I gave him a couple more days to ship it.

Then another week later (just last week), I messaged him again on why I haven't received the motor yet. This time I was a bit more concerned. After sending two more messages and no replies I filed a dispute on Paypal. Mike finally replies saying that "somewhere between the first purchase and the repurchase" the engine was sold. WTF?! Mike adds that he had another motor "just as clean" that he will send to me and that he wanted me to close the dispute because the funds were being frozen on Paypal and that he needed the money in order to ship me the motor. He sold the motor I paid for and he needs money?!? Automatically, I escalated the dispute to a claim.

Surprisingly, he's back on eBay again after I left 2 negative feedbacks stating my case (2 feedbacks because I purchased it twice) with the same exact listing except the mileage on the motor changed. Then he also adds that he is re-listing because "it didnt get paid for from a loser ebayer".

These are definitely the same guys from 50 50 being it's from the same place Navarre, FL and that their items for sale are for S2Ks and Supras.

DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM!!

The eBay user name for these scammers is: mikes06636.