XxmerlinxX..........wtf??
 

He recieved my money via paypal on Jan 9th for a 13brew core($450). Since that time he claims he is unable to ship me the motor since he cannot find a freight company that will handle the weight.

He has not responded to any of my pm's since Saturday, at which time he said he was still looking for a suitable shipping company. I can understand if this is the case, but he(Porter) needs to let me know what is going on.

I have sent him numerous pm's telling him to simply refund my money and he of course does not respond. I am very patient, but this is starting to piss me off.

I know he has been on here, just deciding to keep me in the dark.
So right now I'm out a good chunk of change with nothing to show for it, and not even a hint of contact from the seller.

I would love for you to respond to this Porter, and once again.........refund my money or ship me a motor. It really isn't that hard.


Travis

If this is a core, all you have to do it tear it apart and send it in pieces.

how long ago did you purchase the item? Just a question though...How come you didn't see if he had a suitable shipping company before you sent the money...

I don't think that should've been his concern. If the item was listed for sale, the seller should've had arrangements made for shipping. Otherwise, it should've never been listed for sale. Simple as that.

yeah true...but i guess for me i like to go into more detail about how the product is getting shipped and stuff...but i do see your point

first good luck to the both of you but after i searched his name he seems to be a stand up guy.i think he will fix this for you as far as him taking so long to ship and not even an update doesn't look good again good luck to the both of you .

You'll get the engine, Porter is a good guy.

hes a good guy..

Uh-oh! Mr. perfect is slippin up? :/

Hope you get your parts or money..

Easy problem to solve for the seller. Go to wal-mart and ask the 95 yr old man down at the entrance by teh lawn care products if you can have one of the empty pallets. He will say yes, go in the store and buy about 4 ratcheting straps. Strap engine to pallet securely and call truck freight company. I use gorlc.com. If you cant take the engine to them they will come pick it up. Problem solved.

ding ding ding, we have a winner!!!

A PM that you started this thread would've been nice, thanks to Sprockett for the heads up.

As far as not responding, I sent you a PM yesterday, but going back and looking in my sent box, it's not there. I don't know what that's about. Anyway, it's been hard for me to get this shipped out as the engine is in Greenville at Greg's place, an hour away from me. Granted that's no excuse, but once I got over to Greenville and had everything arranged and put on a pallet, I was going to have DHL ship this out. After picking up the core and shipping it to their hub, they then inform me that it's too heavy and they'll be dropping it back off. I argued with them for a while that if it was too heavy, why was it picked up in the first place, but it didn't matter and they dropped it back off anyway. I then get in touch with their freight department, but they won't pickup from a residential address. I then mentioned to the buyer that I was going to break up the core so that I could make 2 shipments, but he said no, that he wanted a whole core because he's teaching his girl about rotaries. So now I'm trying to find a freight company that will pick up from a residential address and that's basically where we're at now.

I admit this has taken a lot longer than it should have, but you'll get your engine, one way or another. Beyond that, I don't know what to tell you.

Yeah, been havin' some problems with this one. You Vegas guys would know all about that though right? We should ask Gonzz how I should.... oh that's right, we can't can we? :lol2:

Try Pilot Air Freight http://www.pilotair.com/ they will pick up at a house. Just need to tell them up front.

Trying to figure out why it is so hard to take it to the freight company. Why must they come pick it up from you?

Beyond that, you could at least respond to my pm's so I don't get the "I'm getting scammed" feeling in my gut.

Once again, if it is too much trouble, all you have to do is send me my money back. At this point I really don't care.

t

I can't take it anywhere because my 7 is my only vehicle. I used DHL initially because they actually come to your location and pick it up for you. Greg has a utility van that he uses to haul stuff around with, but I'm not sure that it's running at the moment. If it is, when I talked to him yesterday he was still out on a job, so it still wouldn't be here. If the van IS running, we can take it to his warehouse and have someone pick it up there and label it as a business address.

Yeap, since I have sooooo much bad feedback on here and Ebay :wallbash:

I agree with str8ryd though. You should've done more research about shipping an engine so this wouldn't have gotten to this point. None of us like to feel like we're getting ripped off.

XxmerlinxX i need to talk to you about the turbo timer harness that you sold me. sending pm now.

Those who live in glass houses...

(remember when you talk shit in my threads? comes back to bite you in the ass, doesnt it?)

Porter, call up Ray Crowe. He gets great prices on shipping motors, and will be happy to help you out :icon_tup:

Thanks for the good idea Rich, I think I'll do that.

Uh, no??? :uhh:

Just a question... how is you only having the Rx7 his problem? If he paid you send him his shit or refund his money, it's really as simple as that. :uhh:

Thanks for your brilliant insight. :icon_tup:

ONCE AGAIN, just refund my money and you won't have to worry about it.

Remember how I went out of my way to send you money TWICE? If i'd of known it would take a month for you to even ship it, I wouldn't of bothered.

You contacted me first about the block for sale. That generally means it is ready to ship. Sounds like you BARELY have a plan on how to get it to me. So for a 5th time, refund the money and forget about shipping it.

Still waiting on some sort of SOLID resolution.

thanks
travis

Be a smart ass if you want, it's people like you that ruin communities like this.

What the fuck are you talking about? In all of this thread, did you see anything at all where I stated I wasn't going to ship the man his part??? No, you didn't. Did I or did I not JUST say that I was going to contact Ray Crowe about shipping arrangements? I believe I did. So yes, I'll continue to be a smartass, and you can continue to be some stupid schmuck who can't read. :icon_tup:

Oh yes, you went SO out of your way having to paypal it to a different email address, I'm sure that was very hard on you. The block WAS ready to ship. In fact it was already on it's way when DHL figured it was too heavy and decided to drop it back off without contacting me. And as for you "demanding" a refund, please show me 1 PM where you demanded a refund? The closest you ever got was, "Once again, if it is too much of a pain to ship, then I'll gladly take a refund." So guess what, you're getting your god damn block, whether you want it or not. If you want to file a paypal claim, be my guest, as I'll have a tracking number ready by then and it won't matter. And if you're hoping to pull the, "Well I'll never buy anything from you again." card, please, don't bother, I wouldn't offer anything to you in the first place.

You lagged for almost a month to ship him his block, it's STILL not sent out and you're going to refuse to refund him his money?

It is people like you that make this community shit for buying and selling parts. Who the hell wants to wait a month for some stuff they bought?

Obviously your the "Schmuck" that can't read. All that shit you talked about Gonzz and you do this to one of your buyers.. wow!

I'm willing to bet that you won't refund him his money because you already spent it. Although you didn't have time to read proper ways of shipping items you're selling, I'm sure you didn't have a problem finding the time to spend someone elses money. Way to go! We should all look up to you and the way you deal with transactions!

Since your so hard up for yourself, the above comment was sarcasm ;)

OK, this shit stops NOW

You guys wanna kick each other in the pussy? Go do it somewhere else and stop messing up this buyer's feedback thread. He posted this to get a resolution to a problem, not to see you guys throw back and forth like some wannabe badasses all damn day long.

Frank--with all due respect, you need to knock it off. First, you dont even have yoru facts right--he didnt lag a month. He shipped it, and the shipping company screwed that up. And while I still dont know why nothing has been done since then, stop bitching about something that didnt even take place. You arent helping anyone with that.

rearview--you havent been here long enough to tell anyone what ruins this community. Please, leave that to people who have actually dealt with enough shit to know the difference. I honestly dont think that this seller has taken care of business, but you dont have any idea what youre talking about to make such a comment. And all that does is add to the shit and make this thread less productive for the buyer. This is his thread, stop shitting in it.

merlin--so, DHL sent it back. OK, why didnt something get done sooner? You have a community at your fingertips that has seen hundreds, if not thousands, of engines and cores sold and shipped--why the hell wouldnt you hop on here and ask for shipping companies people have used? You had obvious answers to the problem right in front of you and you chose not to handle it. That doesnt fly. How many members here could have told you who they used in the past? Your problem would have been solved with one thread....or even, one PM if you know someone that has sold engines!

There needs to be a plan in place in the next two days to get this engine where it needs to go. I dont care what it is, as long as you and your buyer agree on it and it's legit. And then, once there's a plan, it needs to happen, and not a month from now. Despite what some people say about you merlin, you have a good rep as a seller here....time to show everyone that the reputation isnt bullshit.

As for the bullshit in this thread, everyone needs to leave it the hell out. We dont need more jr high school drama, we need surfmon to get what he paid for or his money back. Come on guys, dont fuck it up for surfmon in his thread.

I can read you dickwad. It reads that you're no better than a scamming asshole. You get paid and make up excuses not to ship. But I digress, karma will sort people like you out in the end.

So I made all of this up did I? Everything's just an act and I'm really a scam artist, conning people out of their money daily. Hey genius, how long have I been here??? 3 years. How many negative threads are there about me??? 3 and for what, for complaining about MY order that got screwed up multiple times and another complaint because apparently I'm responsible for UPS's errors. So please show me your evidence that would lead you to believe that I'm some sort of scammer.

Fucking noob, god forbid you have a transaction where something goes wrong. You people are unbelievable.

I tried to be nice last time when I said to stop shitting in this guy's thread.

If you keep it up I will see to it that one of our mods pays you a visit. STOP SHITTING IN THIS THREAD.

You dont even know the history of this board, this seller's reputation, or what a scammer even is, based on your statement above. There are times when your post would have been appropriate. This isnt one of them. Yes, he screwed up. But he already posted about how he is gonna fix it. So, either get yourself a clue or excuse yourself from this thread. This section is for the purpose of informing others about buyers and sellers, and to try to resolve situations just like this. It is NOT for you to act like a moron because you cannot read the posts or dont know how things work around here. Of course, if you would rather get banned, we can try that out too. I would prefer for you to stop acting like an idiot while you complain about someone else acting like that at the same time.

Seller made a good faith attempt to ship. Shipping company screwed that up. Seller has since come forward and sais he is calling one of the shippers that someone recommended. Let this play out before you think you know enough to make the comments you have made. I dont think thats too much to ask.

And you shouldnt have to be told the same things as the noob. Let's focus on handling the business at hand instead of feeding the trolls, fair enough? In the end nothing that they say will be remembered. Only the way you handle this problem will...

Right now, as we speak, I'm trying to find a shipping solution to this. Greg said he can fit the engine and pallet in the trunk of his wife's car and take it to the warehouse down the road so that we can ship it from a business address. Now I'm just trying to find a LTL freight company I can register with. UPS does LTL, but you have to be an actual business. I was originally told that DHL does freight, but I can't find anything about it on their website. Right now I'm checking Fedex to see what I need to do.

Seriously, I don't buy that with trying to ship it with DHL.. You should know common sense you can't send an entire engine in a package with DHL package, and even if you had doubts, that type of information is easily found on there website.

Anyways, Roller is right, just focus on the subject on hand. Fedex does do freight shipping and I believe they'll pick up the item as well. If worst comes to worst, spend the extra 25 dollars and rent a u-haul truck to take the engine down to the nearest warehouse.

Hey genius, you were told this about 20 posts up by djseven. www.gorlc.com. No account needed, cheapest non-commercial rates around.

Classy...:ugh2:

BAX global picks up also.

The issue to deal with here is getting the member his engine or refund.

The rest of the bickering crap stops now. Next one that comes in here and starts putting flame on the fire is not going to like the results of their actions. :-)

Now it's XxMerlin's time to make this right. I don't want to see anyone else in here right now except him and surfmon.

Thank you,

Doc.

i never "demanded" anything. I simply suggested an easier solution.

Just let me know when you have some firm info

t

still nothing..............

Closed due to certain member not being able to follow instructions as listed.

Surfmon, Xxmemrlin, please communicate to each other through the pm system. Let me know when there is a resolution to the matter and I will open it so that both of you may post your closing comments.

Thank you.

Reopened for Surfmon to post an update.

UPDATE: As of the opening of this thread, Merlin has become even more difficult to work with. He has not responded to ANYTHING I have sent him and has refused to supply a tracking number or a refund. Very businesslike............

He recieved my money on Jan 9th.

This is by far the worst transaction I have ever had.
Buyers beware of this guy..........

Working with the Mods to get some sort of resolution

Porter, you still have a chance to make it right.....
It's not that hard

Travis

Travis--it appears that he has been banned.

If you are still interested I would be glad to help you and hopefully we can get your money back. Just let me know and I will do whatever I can.

Jon

I'm the one that pulled Porter's motor. Everything he's said about the block is true. DHL did pick it up a while back, then brought it back a day or two later.

I don't know why that's such an issue for him as I've shipped short blocks via UPS before. They have a 160lb limit, and according to DHL, the shortblock is 210lbs, so we didn't even try them.

I know it's been an issue for him since he has been without his car and I live almost an hour north of him. I've been doing what I can to help him out with this, but haven't been able to do much as I travel alot for work. The only other person at my house is my wife and she's 6 months pregnant, so she's not much help either. All of my neighbors are retired and then some. The 3 closest ones are 70s, 80s, and probably 90s... he's in bad shape.

Anyway, I'm sure you'll get your block bro.... he doesn't have a use for it anymore.

-Greg

Apparently it has been fairly hard. As Greg pointed out, I don't exactly have a use for this core anymore and I have fairly limited means at the moment. I've been given offers for it locally, so if I had wanted to, I could've sold it to someone else and told you to kick rocks. So me scamming you is obviously not the case. Furthermore, I have made great efforts to try and get this to you, even to go as far as carting this thing around to different locations in the attempt of getting it picked up. Right now, as I type this, it is sitting in a warehouse so that a freight carrier can come pick it up. You said, "just let me know when you have some firm info." I assumed that meant let me know when you have a tracking # or when you're going to refund me. Since neither have happened, I have not updated you. Provided Greg can print out a label for it and take it to the warehouse for me, it will be picked up this week and then I'll update you through PM.

Edit: should be

"why it's such an issue for them"

Porter, like I told you today, Wendy and my mom are in the process of moving my office to the other side of the damn house to make a room for the baby. I should be able to print out whatever you send me, given they get the computers and shit hooked back up timely.

Try www.pilotair.com or refund the money. GL

I really don't understand why you didn't just refund this guy his money and sell the core locally... He's asked you to refund him numerous times. Why the heck wouldn't you just do that and diffuse this situation?