Background: On 6/29/08 I was browsing the 3rd Gen Parts forum and came across the following post by njstreetrx7

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=767596

I immediately sent payment for the item:

MAZDATRIX SHORT SHIFTER 3MONTHS OF USE- 150 SHIPPED

with the requested 3% additional for paypal.

I received a phone call shortly thereafter from the seller, who stated that he had mispriced the item. Even though it said SHIPPED next to the price, he said that he needed an additional $10 for shipping. This should have been my first sign and I should have ended the transaction there. As the story goes, I didn't and begrudgingly sent him an additional $10.50, for a total of $165.

A couple days pass as I eagerly await the shifter. It arrives UPS ground 7-8 days later. Great!

Upon removal from the package I am dismayed to notice that the threads at the top have obviously been hacksaw'd off. I pull the stock RX7 shift **** off my 94 R2 and try to screw it on. No dice, I can't even get a single thread to hold.

So I pm the seller, njstreetrx7:

And he replies:

At this point I was becoming concerned....


Again a repeated request for me to attempt to resell it

I send the video:

He receives but can't play it:

So I posted the video to YouTube (link below) to guarantee that he can view it

And his reply:

Mine:


I am filing a dispute with Paypal, and I am making this post in the Seller Feedback forum. Hopefully this will help in pushing this issue towards resolution. I have made multiple purchases from people on this board, and I have sold my share of spare equipment. I have always tried to conduct myself in a professional manner and until this I have not had any problems.

Colin

 

Shitty situation. Seller is definitely wrong, especially if he didn't mention that the shifter was cut. The fact that you can sell it does not negate the fact that what you paid for and what you received are two completely different things.

 

There is a very simple solution for sellers. Don't spend the money untill you know the customer is satisfied!

I would be pissed if someone said they didn't have the money to refund me. They have time to take your money but can't wait 5 days before they withdraw it.

 

I couldn't agree more. The last step in a transaction is not shipping, it is acceptance.

 

njstreetrx7 appears to be completely in the wrong on this one. I hope he gives you your money back.

 

You need to tell the seller of the item about this thread. There is no reason for njstreetrx7 to not refund you the $165.00.

 

How do you figure? He paid for something and received something else. If that doesn't warrant a refund, I'm not sure what does.

 

Sprockett- I left out a word in my post. Added into the post now. Plus it was early this morning.

 

Ha

The only reason I could see where he doesn't deserve a refund is because the picture of the shifter definitely shows a shorter area than normal where a **** would screw onto. On the other hand, if you hadn't seen a normal shifter before, you wouldn't have much to compare it to, and ultimately that MAJOR detail should have been included in the ad.

 

That's why when we ask people to talk about their items, to be VERY specific. If not, this type of stuff happens where you have a thread created about you and a pissed off buyer. So, in theory the person did follow the guidelines of the forums.

 

For the record, I have told him about the thread, yesterday morning around 7 AM. I have received no reply from him, here or in PM.

 

Good luck brother. He sold me a PFC that was broken when it arrived. Unfortunately it was for my project car and didn't test it out until a few months after I purchased it. The injector driver was burned out... that wouldn't happen sitting in a box for a few months. I contacted him about it and he told me he had a parts car coming in a month later and to PM him and he would give me the one out of it. He ignored my PM's after that and I deployed shortly afterwards and haven't had any time to deal with any of it. Pretty much just cut my losses at this point.

 

for the record, that doesnt even look like a mazdatrix shifter--this is blatant misrepresentation. Go look on the mazdatrix website to see what their shifter looks like, this is nothing more than a stock shifter that he butchered. And even if properly cut down, a stock shifter isnt worth $200 like he's claiming this one is.

I dont think paypal will help you much, because they tend to focus more on sales from ebay than anywhere else. But its worth a shot--seriously my next move would be filing criminal complaint with his local police for fraud. Since you sent money electronically, this would also constitute wire fraud. Then again, if it were me, I would also be contacting mazdatrix myself, send them links to the FS thread and this one, and inform them that someone is trying to use their copyrighted name to rip people off...once they get word of that they might tear into him for a piece of his back side as well.

If you wait for him to get back to you, you will be waiting a long time....I would take these steps to try to make something happen before he decides he's good and ready to do so. Meanwhile, we're gonna have a look into whether or not this guy will be selling parts here in the future.

EDIT--he has sold a lot of things lately, as someone mentioned, so money should not be a problem right now. ESPECIALLY since he sold his FD at the end of June and he was asking $25K for that!

 

linenoise - oh wow I ended up buying the jic Ti Muff from him and now you have me concerned with my purchase........ best of luck and I'll keep everyone posted on my purchase.

 

Im glad the turbo blanket and gauge pod i bought from him came as described. I hope you get your money back but in case you dont maybe you could go ask around at machine shops, looks like just a short time on a lathe would let you fit the stock **** on. Of course you shouldnt have to do that, im just thinking worse case you should atleast be able to use the thing.

 

You were right, Paypal was not helpful. My next step is his local police department.

 

Oh man!!! not good at all. Keep pming him and i wise you and me the best.
I still dont have a tracking number for the JIC

 

FDSeoul: If you do get your muffler I would be cautious about it having the ever so common rattle in the resonator that most all the JIC Titanium exhausts develop.

 

holy ****
information well noted thank you!!!!! good looking out!!!!

 

Roller,

Here is a side-by-side comparison:

Mazdatrix:



From ad:



Stock (OE) Rx7 Shifter:



From that, I'd say you might be right. The fat part of the actual shifter stem looks different than an actual Mazdatrix. The Mazdatrix shifter also looks like it has the company name etched into it...OP, does the shifter you received have "Mazdatrix" stamped/etched into it anywhere?

The guy could very well be selling a chopped stock shifter as a name brand aftermarket replacement.

 

man this sucks

 

I have sent njstreetrx7 a pm regarding this issue and he has been instructed to resolve this matter before he is allowed to continue selling on the club.

 

No, there is no name on the shifter. The only markings are a "93" on the large ring, but it looks like it was done with an engraver and isn't stamped. Looking at your mazdatrix picture above, it says 79-92...maybe the 93-95 shifter looks dramatically different?

Does anyone have a genuine Mazdatrix shifter they can take a picture of?

 

believe this--mazdatrix would not engrave that name into only the earlier shifter and not the 93-95 one. It only stands to reason that if they put their name on their other parts, that they also would on that one as well. Plus--there is a reason why the stock **** wont fit on it--mazdatrix gets rid of that fat shaft for just that purpose. Simple physics alone demands that no two solid items can occupy the same space at the same time. Thats why theirs is thinner all that much farther down, to accomodate the shift ****.

Thats why I said that this was a blatant misrepresentation. There is no way that shifter came from mazdatrix, especially when the seller even admitted cutting off of it.

 

I have been contacted by Njstreetrx7 with follow up info. regarding My JIC purchase and has expressed and clarified thing. thank you njstreetrx7.
best of luck with resolving the shifter issue.