jamespond24

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I bought an chipped ecu from this person for my FD. The ecu wouldn't rev over 3500rpm underload. I put my stock ecu back on and it ran fine. I tried pm'ing the seller with no success and as for paypal they like to help me too. So basically I lost my money dealing with another forum member. Everybody stay away from this member.

Rx-7Doctor

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James,

First of all like most all Bg threads that get started there is no relevant information for us to evaluate.

When did you buy the item?
Did you contact him and inform him of the problem and if so when?
How many times and when was the last time you attempted to contact him?
Did you try his email address or just pm?
Did he get back to you concerning the item and if so what was said?

Do you have a link to his for sale thread that we can look at?

jamespond24

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Here's the thread

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ght=j-specfd3s

I pm'ed him about this problem with no response
I also file a paypal dispute without him responding
i just pm'ed him and file the paypal dispute, also post about info on him on "qeustions about members"
I have not heard from him ever since I paid for the ecu.

Rx-7Doctor

iTrader: (13)

I noticed that in an older thread that he had 2 ECU's for sale. 1 for a A/T and one for a M/T. Why don't you verify the one you have is for your vehicle.

jamespond24

iTrader: (13)

On the thread he said it was a non-cali 5 speed ecu. I bought the chipped ecu that he had advertise on the thread posted above. He also told me it's for a 5 speed over pm's.

djessence

I think the Doc means check the actual ECU and make sure its for a 5speed cuz theres a possibility he sent you the wrong one...

jamespond24

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It a 5 speed ecu.

jamespond24

iTrader: (13)

hey Doc did you get ahold of him?

j-specfd3s

ok, i just got back in town from being out of the country i did send the right ecu non cali for a 5speed, worked perfect in my car before i shipped it to you dont know what happed but it was perfect not one single problem with it at all. Before shipping.

j-specfd3s

I'm very sorry to hear about what happened,
but i can not grant you a refund, the ecu was working perfect with no problem at all, i checked it in my car before i put it in the box and it was fine with not 1 problem. I dont know if you maybe didnt connect it all the way or if it some how got damaged later on after it left my hands, but like i said the ecu was fine. Also your telling me that your car wouldnt rev over 5k under load, But i have also seen you say:

jamespond24

iTrader: (13)

I smell a scam going on here. First it toke you forever to ship the ecu and once I got it, I plug it in and it past 3500 rpm under load. Pm me you without a response so that's why I made this post. I could care less if you think you're legitimate seller, to me your a scammer. You sold me a POS ecu and now you're trying to blame me for causing it? You're a scammer regardless other good transaction you claim you have. Beware of this guy!!!

j-specfd3s

Like i told you i didnt sell you a faulty ecu, you either fucked something up or you just dont know what you are doing. But like i said it worked perfect before i put it in the box and shipped it to you, perfect! Not one problem, ran at idle, under partial load and full load in my single turbo fd with no issue at all, so i dont see how it would only work in my car... I dont know if you are trying to scam, but it seems funny that i sold you a working ecu to replace yours and now yours if fine and mine is broken...

Boostmaniac

If this is the ECU that I believe it is, I have also verified that it was 100% in working order.

When that ECU left his house, it worked and it worked well. I have driven on this (and all of his other) ECU's. All maintained proper ignition and fuel maps, and all pulled hard. The only exception to this was the AT one. That one I can not verify.

Your posts are odd, poorly constructed, with contradictory information. Your stock faulty ECU is not functioning, you buy one that does work, and the one I know for a fact works is now faulty (just like your stock ECU), and your stock ECU is working again..

Sir, I would advise that you apologize to the seller and get wise to the buying and selling of used parts. If you want your money back, I hope you still have the warranty that came with that ECU, and if it didn't come with one then it was sold as is to prevent people from switching the parts upon delivery, claiming a defective piece, and shipping their old busted stuff back, which from your story, sounds EXACTLY like what you are trying to do.

The seller is one of my personal best friends and I have known him and his wife for years. All items he has sold he has been as honest as he can be with the buyers. That ECU was functioning when it left, perhaps it was damaged during shipping or on install, but such is life. He would never sell a faulty product on purpose or as a scam. I move that this entire thread either be deleted or renamed, because the only scamming going on here is being done by the original poster.

-Maniac

jamespond24

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If the ecu is working like the seller discribed I wouldn't made this post. To me it's a pos when I recieve it and now still pos ecu. If it's damage during shipping would it be my fault? HELL NO!!!! All I know is that I recieve the ecu and when I install it, it wouldn't boost under load. Now what are you wanting to do with your POS ecu?

hwnd

iTrader: (4)

How did you verify it?

So youre clearly capable of tuning since you can verify proper timing given the engine internal mods (porting,etc)?

I dont think his first language is English but i'm only guessing... He/the buyer clearly noted (to me at least) that another ECU cleared up the current issues.
#1: Bad ECU
#2: Bullshit/Unknown chipped ECU
... by installing a working/known ECU & running the car under normal conditions, reaching the RPM-Limit in question,etc.

to me that says...
#1 - `Chipped ECU` doesn't work (reqs per this `chipped` ecu?).
#2 - Replacing the bad ecu & `chipped ecu` with a 3rd one which cleared his issues... sounds like he has 2 bad ecu's now.

LOL.. `get wise` ..i love that part

To me, it doesn't seem like he's really out to scam for $65;
to be very honest, I have not seen a legit Pettit/RE/M2,etc reworked ECU sell for less than $200. There is a good deal of work involved in adding the daughter-card,etc to have a re-programmable ECU. While some of the techno-weenies could dump the PROM off the CPU, rework/mod,etc.. its too much of a hassle .vs buying standalone (and nevermind the needed equipment to do such).

I wonder if its possible to have a `non-personal` best friend or a `proxy best friend`.

"Error, Life was damaged upon install"

Of course you say all those things - like Jesus, he's your `personal` best friend


I've delt with James once before (Wolf EMS)... He's no stupid idiot, capable of plugging in an ECU - which he did. Seems like to me, a chipped/modded/WTFE ECU doesn't sell for $65 unless its broken. Those Pettit Unlimited ECU's continue to fetch a semi-pretty penny as do the RE and Magic ECU's (though I think its a brand/name thing myself).

If you look at the other things James is selling / has sold, you'd be able to see that he's clearly able to handle basic jobs (like an ECU install).
If ya dig even further, you can see where he bought some of the things he's selling/has sold. For example, he *had* a '93 MB FD (AEM EMS,GT40, new engine,etc)... you could make a timeline of when he bought it (w/ a bad engine)to it being for sale to current date... The ******* guy can install an ECU and clearly isn't out to pocket an unknown ECU for $65.00; I'd say if anything he should have passed on buying that damned ECU due to the rarity of them and the cost.

Either way, to scam for $65 is really cheap and *most* FD owners have two nickels to rub together... (Doesn't James have 3 FD's & two FC with a DSM on the way?)

j-specfd3s

i sold him a working ecu, i sold it for $65 because i needed some money as quick as possible, i was leaving the country.. and was going to pass on a good ecu to someone that could use it, it had no problems and worked perfect, boosted to 9k w/no misfire, nothing. So im not sure what happened when he got it but it wasnt fucked up when i shipped it.

j-specfd3s

And no, maniac is a personal friend, not only was he my bestman in my wedding, but he also was a witness of the working condition of the ecu, witnessed it at idle and under partial and full load @18psi, pulled out of the car and put in the box.. Your buddy says theres no way you would of fucked the ecu up, you hwnd have also probably never meet james in person and only comunicated by pm or maybe phone. You have no clue who he is or what he is about except what you have read on this forum. You say he is no idiot bla bla he's sold me a wolf ems, etc bla bla, Thats fine, he sold you a wolf ems, but that was a totaly different transaction and i shipped him a good ecu, if you and him are sure that he didnt damage it then thats fine, you need to put in a claim with shipping. I can say it a thousand different times and ways you will either believe me or not, I shipped you a Good Working ecu with no problems.

jamespond24

iTrader: (13)

lol nice post of getting owned!

Boostmaniac

I swear to god, you give someone a keyboard and they feel like everyone really wants to hear their thoughts.

I was in the car while it was running this ECU. It maintained idle, low load driving, and maintained WOT at full boost. The final test yielded 18 psi, held solid all the way to redline with no misfires or hesistation whatsoever.


Yes I am.


Maybe English isn't your native language either. Go re-read the first post. The third sentence is the one in question.


so did I, thank you.



You are absolutely right. 65 bucks is a steal for this ECU.


non-personal best friend is technically different from a proxy best friend. And yes, you can have both.


Not sure where you were going with this. I'll just give you a


Ask him, if he was wrong I'd call him on it in a heartbeat and vice versa, that's just how Jesus and I roll. As for the seller, the same thing can be said also.


I never said he was an idiot. I said that ECU worked when it left. If it "really" doesn't work now then it was damaged during shipping or install. Since he clearly didn't damage it on install, then it was done during shipping. Putting in a claims report with them would have been the most logical thing to do instead of coming in here making claims that no one but himself can back up while ruining another sellers reputation. He may not be an idiot when it comes to cars, but he is certainly displaying ignorance in this dealing.

Your opinion is duly noted.

Exactly, why scam for that much, period. You just made my argument for me.

-Maniac

jamespond24

iTrader: (13)

Hey j-specfd3s, you and your friend don't know what you're talking about. You claim to boost 18psi on this ecu on stock injectors and on stock boost sensor? The more you both post the stupider you become. Do you realize stock injector can't handle 18 psi and boost sensor couldn't read past 17psi. Mods. why can't you see them lying their asses off. I want my money back and I'll ship you your almighty chipped ecu that boost 18psi on stock injectors

j-specfd3s

Actually i do know what i am talking about, i ran 21 psi on that ecu for a very short time and instantly blew my chargeline off, running stock injectors w/ reg and a stock boost sensor while using the twins ( My motor still works). So you cant tell me that the ecu cant handle 18psi. I ran 18psi for 3yrs with no problems. The ecu was in great working condition when i ship it, so you are not getting your money back. Either it was damaged in shipping or you are a total idiot either way its your ecu and if you are confident that you didnt damage it then you need to put in a claim with shipping.

charlies7

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Seems fair to me, refund his money and you'll get your ecu back. Issue solved.

j-specfd3s

No, because i am going to get back a **** ecu. Its now "broken" , it wasnt when i shipped it.

Natey

iTrader: (19)

And on the other hand, he paid you with money that's still spendable, while the ECU is obviously toast. Can you prove that it worked the day you packaged it up? If not then the burden of proof is on James' side.

Refund the guy's money. It's the honest and right thing to do. The longer this thread goes on, the shadier you look.

j-specfd3s

I do have proof, a witness that was in the car while i was driving it with the ecu in question, unplugging it and putting it in a box. You say return him his money its the right thing to do.... Your telling me you sell someone a chipped ecu that works perfect, they get it and say its now broken and you refund them there money and recieve a broken ecu that wasnt when you shipped it. That ******* retarded... If i hadnt verified that it worked perfect i would not have a problem refunding him his money back, but thats not the case it was ran in my car with not 1 problem and then put in a box and shipped. I am not going to refund him anything period and thats the end of it, i shipped him a good ecu, he recieved it and now its broken. Whats messed up is that this was going to replace his "bad" ecu, and now mine is "bad" and his original "bad" ecu is now good.