So my PITA transaction with dude01 is ongoing. UPS denied my claim for shipping damage, but per their policy, returned the valve cover to dude01. After waiting for over a month without any word from dude01, I PM'd him, and he told me that the valve cover was sitting in his house. On November 13, dude01 said that he was sorry that the transaction had gone so wrong, so to make it up to me he was going to mail me the valve cover along with a Spoon spark plug cover that he's been trying to sell.

Nov. 14th - dude01 says he will mail the parts out on Monday

Nov. 30th - I PM him asking for a tracking #, since I still don't have the parts and I'm going out of the country for a while. dude01's reply: "Hey Zach,
Still haven't had a chance to send it out yet. Work has me all tied up. I haven't be @ inline for months now =/ I will try to get it out soon. Prob in the next two weeks.

Huy"

I wait, and wait, and no parts show up. So I PM him on Jan. 4th saying: "Huy,

What is going on with these parts? I haven't heard from you in over a month, and haven't received the parts.

Zach"

He replies on the 5th, saying: "Been busy I haven't had time to go to Inline. I'm going to be backed up for months working on a special project. So its not going to be anytime soon.

Huy"

Are you kidding me? He's had my money since October 2nd, I have no part (lnot the valve cover, let alone the bonus part he promised to send to rectify the transaction), and now it's going to be "months" before he sends me the part?

How is this fair at all?

 

got your tracking number, called and they said you dropped the fenders off at 10:57 today..lol...oh well, atleast they're on the way now.... for real....again..... ...lol

 

It say is leave today cause like I say they have a accident in one of the bus so the package was lost and now they ship it out again, anyways sorry for what happen

 

Import guy, you have alot of petients

 

Like I said before I wasn't refunding you the money for the valve cover. I sent you a good valve cover. I just felt bad that you think you got the short end of the deal, so I tried to compensate you w/ a few parts I had left over, that never sold. I just haven't had time to send it out, and I do not dare ask Inline to ship out parts for me..... cause of the issue of you saying it wasn't pack well. You filed a claim w/ Ups. Take it w/ them.... I'm tired of dealing w/ u!! This is the last time I'm posting on this subject.

Huy

Then please give me my money back. I understand that you are busy, and it is a huge hassle for you to ship out the part, so that is why I gave you the option of returning my money (which you could easily do from your computer). You did not ship out a perfect valve cover, and every member of this board who has seen the pictures agrees that it is not perfect. I understand that you did not personally mail out the valve cover, so I understand why you would not believe that it was mailed out looking the way it did, but let's get past that and focus on completing this transaction or cancelling it.

You do owe me something. You have my money, and I don't have the part that I purchased. You refusing to mail the part or return my money constitutes petty larceny. I don't know if you're forgetting that YOU still have the valve cover or what, but it is illegal. I want to be a nice guy as well, so I will give you a week to either return my money or ship out the valve cover before I press charges.

Zach

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You know what ... I was trying to be a nice guy cause I felt bad that the transaction went bad. I don't owe you anything!! I shipped out a perfect valve cover. I had a few parts left over ... that I was willing to ship to you... I just don't have time at the moment. If you want to act like that then ... really I don't wanna ship anything.

Huy
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I'm sorry, but that is not acceptable. You still have my money, and I have nothing. I gave you two months to ship the parts, which is more than enough time. Please either return my money or ask Inline to ship the parts to me themselves.

Zach

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Been busy I haven't had time to go to Inline. I'm going to be backed up for months working on a special project. So its not going to be anytime soon.

Huy
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Huy,

What is going on with these parts? I haven't heard from you in over a month, and haven't received the parts.

Zach

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Hey Zach,
Still haven't had a chance to send it out yet. Work has me all tied up. I haven't be @ inline for months now =/ I will try to get it out soon. Prob in the next two weeks.

Huy

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Huy,

It has been two weeks and I haven't received the parts -- do you have a tracking # on them?

Thanks,

Zach

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Np Zach, I will send it out on Monday.

Huy
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Hello Huy,

I understand, I think that would be a very nice gesture and I would appreciate it very much. I will then delete & edit the posts I made in the bad seller thread.

Thank you,

Zach

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Hey Zach,
No I haven't heard from them at all. The only thing I got back from Ups was the Valve Cover. I do really feel bad about this whole ordeal. I know what I sent you, and I don't know how there was a crack in the valve cover. I can try to make it up to you .... I have a spoon spark plug cover that no one showed interest. If you want it...its yours. Again I just feel awful about this situation. I can't return your money back, cause when it was shipped out the Valve Cover was in good condition. Get back to me.

Huy

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Hello Huy,

I was wondering if you had received any communication from UPS on the damaged item claim for this valve cover? I talked to them today, and they said that they can only communicate with you, so they told me to talk to you about the status of the claim. Hopefully they have resolved this and we can just move on, I feel like this has been going on forever.

Thanks,

Zach

 

1. i'm confused about who is who
2. not sure why we bother posting stuff like this in here...nothing ever comes of it. probably should just leave it at "____is a bad seller, caveat emptor"

 

I'm not sure what you are talking about ... you still have the valve cover I bought from you, you told me so.

UPS told me that they will only deal with the shipper in a damaged item dispute, they won't even talk to me about the package -- they told me to talk to you.

You can't keep the valve cover and my money, legally you have to give me one or the other. You are not helping me out by sending me the part I bought from you, you are just completing your end of the transaction.

As far as offering to send me the Spoon spark plug cover, I thought that it was a very nice offering and I applauded you for doing so -- if you don't want to send it I understand, I'm strictly talking about you sending me the valve cover I bought from you. My plan is to take that valve cover to a machine shop to fix the dent and re-powdercoat it (to cover the spots where the powdercoating is nicked) so that I can install it on my car.

Please just make this deal right, I don't want to go back and forth with this any longer either, especially in court.

Zach

 

1. I am the one who bought the busted valve cover from dude01
2. You're right, I thought someone may have been able to help me, but to no avail. I guess an ebay-style ratings system would help, and if I had filed a Paypal dispute instead of believing dude01's word, that would have helped. So yeah, dude01 is a bad seller, caveat emptor.

 

no i know that, i just meant in the posts where there is running conversation being quoted, it's hard to keep up with who's who

 

Any information?

I have no time for users that can not explain their side.

I will ban TuanS2k later today.