Atkins Rotary - Deceptive Business Practices; Selling non-OEM as OEM Parts and Prices
#51
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Alright I feel like I need to chime in here.
I rebuilt an engine. I used 10 corner seal plugs from Atkins and 2 from Mazda (yes I can be strange like that sometimes).
The engine ran for 3 minutes, then I opened it again. The 10 plugs from Atkins were completely destroyed and 2 from Mazda were completely new.
I placed another order from Atkins and I clearly wrote (at least 4 times) that I want:
I received everything last week. The parts came in bags with blue and white Mazda tags. Wonderful!
I just discovered that one of my corner seals had to be changed, so I went to the local dealership and ordered one. It came with the corner seal plug.
I could compare directly the OEM plug from the local dealership with the Atkins OEM plug.
I don't wanna complain here about the bad quality of corner seal plugs. My concern is the fact that I paid extra money to get OEM plugs and they sent me "their OEM" plugs but with the Mazda tag in the Ziploc bag.
That is pure FRAUD and I don't understand how they can get away with this.
I rebuilt an engine. I used 10 corner seal plugs from Atkins and 2 from Mazda (yes I can be strange like that sometimes).
The engine ran for 3 minutes, then I opened it again. The 10 plugs from Atkins were completely destroyed and 2 from Mazda were completely new.
I placed another order from Atkins and I clearly wrote (at least 4 times) that I want:
- OEM water seal jackets
- OEM corner seal plugs
- OEM rear main seal
I received everything last week. The parts came in bags with blue and white Mazda tags. Wonderful!
I just discovered that one of my corner seals had to be changed, so I went to the local dealership and ordered one. It came with the corner seal plug.
I could compare directly the OEM plug from the local dealership with the Atkins OEM plug.
I don't wanna complain here about the bad quality of corner seal plugs. My concern is the fact that I paid extra money to get OEM plugs and they sent me "their OEM" plugs but with the Mazda tag in the Ziploc bag.
That is pure FRAUD and I don't understand how they can get away with this.
#52
Rotary Enthusiast
Oh damn glad I saw this thread
#53
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I put down $2500 in new bushings from Atkins a year ago. After reading this this thread i also specified in the «message» field that i wanted OEM parts only. And thats pretty much what i got.
(Unless it was a straight up forgery with fake mazda labels, which is a crime)
When i got the box they had «mislabeled» the value and forgott the last zero, saving me $500 in import tax.
My experience with them is nothing but good on all accounts
(Unless it was a straight up forgery with fake mazda labels, which is a crime)
When i got the box they had «mislabeled» the value and forgott the last zero, saving me $500 in import tax.
My experience with them is nothing but good on all accounts
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#54
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Why gamble?
www.mazdatrix.com
is right here, and without a reputation of putting lesser quality parts in a Mazda bag and charging full price for them.
www.mazdatrix.com
is right here, and without a reputation of putting lesser quality parts in a Mazda bag and charging full price for them.
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