Elite Rotary Shop Files Bankruptcy

Old Oct 19, 2023 | 06:11 AM
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I personally have chosen not to do business with them, both as a customer, and as a supplier for a part he requested for retail.

Everyone has different acceptable levels of risk
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Old Oct 19, 2023 | 08:01 AM
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Sorry, but I disagree on going the laissez-faire route.
If you choose to deal with this ******* at least one of two things happens….you get screwed, or your purchase ultimately finances the screwing of someone else…likely on a larger scale.
For me it’s not a “risk” since that implies chance, and there’s no doubt the screwing WILL happen. And neither scenario should be acceptable.
Just don’t deal with him. Nothing that I’m aware of isn’t available from a legitimate vendor anyway.

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Old Dec 18, 2023 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Sgtblue
Sorry, but I disagree on going the laissez-faire route.
If you choose to deal with this ******* at least one of two things happens….you get screwed, or your purchase ultimately finances the screwing of someone else…likely on a larger scale.
For me it’s not a “risk” since that implies chance, and there’s no doubt the screwing WILL happen. And neither scenario should be acceptable.
Just don’t deal with him. Nothing that I’m aware of isn’t available from a legitimate vendor anyway.
We got screwed out of $2400 when ordering an intake. We'd bought parts from him before and received them but we bought this intake in summer of 2022. He won't respond to messages about the order and he won't give us a refund. He continues to sell preorders of this part that we've been waiting over a year to get and we can't likely get our money back because we didn't dispute it soon enough.
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Old May 16, 2024 | 03:12 PM
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Old May 16, 2024 | 06:34 PM
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its wild to me how seemingly no one cares and the community continues to support him. what do you have to do to lose the trust and backing of the rx7 community? starting to look like there is no line that can be crossed simply because there is no line
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Old May 16, 2024 | 06:50 PM
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**** this guy and his subordinates!
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Old May 17, 2024 | 07:09 AM
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it’s wild to me how seemingly no one cares and the community continues to support him. what do you have to do to lose the trust and backing of the rx7 community? starting to look like there is no line that can be crossed simply because there is no line
We care. But a guess is that with the importing and natural turnover, there’s a steady enough supply of naive new owners.Apparently it doesn’t take much when you have better than a 100% margin on parts and labor.

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Old May 17, 2024 | 07:46 AM
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They also installed a dyno so that is attracting locals who do not know their history.
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Old May 17, 2024 | 07:50 AM
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They also installed a dyno so that is attracting locals who do not know their history.
Wtf . . Everytime I called to check on my order, Sal was on the Dyno, with a customer or out sick. His secretary would pass it along I called. Emails were non-responsive.
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Old May 26, 2024 | 08:28 PM
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They also installed a dyno so that is attracting locals who do not know their history.
What new shop is this?? Last I heard he filed for bankruptcy and was only doing online sales. Hard to think he can pull any lines of credit for a dyno or even keep the flow of a materials for any parts.
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Old May 26, 2024 | 08:45 PM
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Old May 26, 2024 | 08:56 PM
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Connected?
Is this the name of his new shop, same location? I find it hard to believe he opened a new shop so fast, I know the online store, but a new shop in Illinois? Hmmmm....
If anything it looks like he's trying to drum up some business with the east coast shops, RPM, Angel and IRP. he's such a shady person, no surprises he has affiliates with those shops.

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Old May 27, 2024 | 09:10 AM
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Not sure why facebook links don't work, so just remove the ~ from this link ~https://www.facebook.com/mustangdyne/posts/congratulations-to-elite-rotary-performance-in-schaumburg-illinois-elite_rotary_/5184972411531380/

I've heard through the grapevine they are still dynoing cars. They are probably operating under a different business name or simply taking cash only for dyno time.

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Old May 27, 2024 | 11:28 AM
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facepalmbook links rarely work for me, but possibly they used all the supposed free other-peoples money to buy a Mustang dyno in Dec 2021:



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