Shipping girl.
That damn shipping girl AGAIN? Ever since she got off the steroids, she hasn't been able to get the shipping right (in or out).
Point: When a company is a ****, blame it on the shipping girl.
Shipping girl.
Mike,
It seems your years of internet business has made you quite cynical.
As I mentioned in my email earlier today, if you just approached things from a more communicative angle, like Hey, I got the claim notice and it was denied and UPS shipped the package back to me, where can we go from here?"
But instead every step of the way is shoot first ask questions later, "Give ,me my money, claim denied, I'll slam you on the forums if you don't, you're a fraud!!!"
Being advised of the damage you were the same way, (PS. Not everyone has time to look at and in a package at the end of the day when the guy in brown bounces in and needs to run off right away, I mentioned the box looked beat to the driver he just said "check it out and let me know and you can file a claim")
Same with the paypal dispute and unnecessary escalation to a claim
I have paid you back partially, I just paid a vendor the other day and I have to refill my paypal account and that will take a few days, so, hopefully you can be patient.
As for the speedster, keep it as a trophy you've earned it!
Now that it is cracked it is useless to me, if it doesn't fit your car you should look further into that as we all know your car has been dismantled by your body shop that painted, and I have never had one of these speedsters not fit so do yourself a favor and get it checked out, something may be out of alignment between the roof, trunk deck lid hinges etc.
As for scamming people, you seem to read more into things than I, most responses were heeding your warning which in my opinion was entirely unfounded, a damaged return needs to be treated properly, why did you insure the shipment at all, if you do not believe in the principals at hand?
Do you issue refunds in your 30K in transactions a month without following your own policies and procedures for getting the item back, in fact very few if any retailers refund before the return, many charge a restocking fee etc.
You are a major ****** BAG who has, on many occasion, screwed customers out of money, product, or both and made it a habit to blame your shipping girl. I suppose she "screwed the pooch" on this one as well and sent him the "wrong" top?
Anyone who is thinking of doing business with this guy = BEWARE!!!
If there really is a pattern of alleged fraudulent conduct on the part of a vendor, then all of those who have had such an experience should consider getting together by initially posting something simple like "I have had a similar experience" here and after that through a series of *** which exchange regular email addresses which allow off forum communication. This will permit the group to draft and execute affidavits and file a complaint with the affidavits attached as a composite Exhibit with the applicable State's Attorney General's consumer fraud division. It will then initiate an investigation ( civil and/or criminal depending on the facts alleged) and determine if action should be taken against the vendor in question. However, if there is no pattern of conduct then what is written below might constitute grounds for the Vendor to sue for defamation due to a libelous written statement.
If you reused his packaging he should honor the refund regardless of damage. Damaged shipments are a part of doing business. If one of my customers received something damaged, I don't even bother with a claim. I get a new one to the customer as soon as possible. If I ship the wrong item, I issue a call tag and ship the correct one out ASAP whether I have got the old one back or not.
You are the customer and trust should not even be a factor in any of this. You paid for a certain item and you should get what you paid for.
I agree with you regarding him signing for the package as well. If the box is damaged, you note that with the driver. Most drivers will wait there while you open the box to see if the item is damaged.
The short version was I sent it back to him when it was the wrong item and it didn't fit. He avoided ups after multiple attempts to start a claim. UPS picked it up, denied the claim because he had no PROOF that anything was damaged and then sent it to me for some reason. I was asking the board, given this guy refused to refund me when he had this item in his possession a month ago, should I send it back and trust him to give me back my money.
Public boards make people accountable, which is why I posted everything on here. I have no desire to own this hunk sitting here. He will have a tracking number as soon as I get refunded, which should have happened the first time.
Enough already! Ship the item back per HIS UPS account number at his expense. If he does not refund your money, post again. Then we will all jump on his back.
In all my dealings with Steve I have found him to be dishonest and extremely good at twisting the truth. I understand he is a vendor but his bad reputation has spread like a disease out of control. With a limited amount of vendors I still can not perceive why the VCA takes his dollars when everyone is fully aware of his antics and finger pointing.
At least he didn't blame the shipping girls for this fiasco.
You are a major ****** BAG who has, on many occasion, screwed customers out of money, product, or both and made it a habit to blame your shipping girl. I suppose she "screwed the pooch" on this one as well and sent him the "wrong" top?
Anyone who is thinking of doing business with this guy = BEWARE!!!
If there really is a pattern of alleged fraudulent conduct on the part of a vendor, then all of those who have had such an experience should consider getting together by initially posting something simple like "I have had a similar experience" here and after that through a series of *** which exchange regular email addresses which allow off forum communication. This will permit the group to draft and execute affidavits and file a complaint with the affidavits attached as a composite Exhibit with the applicable State's Attorney General's consumer fraud division. It will then initiate an investigation ( civil and/or criminal depending on the facts alleged) and determine if action should be taken against the vendor in question. However, if there is no pattern of conduct then what is written below might constitute grounds for the Vendor to sue for defamation due to a libelous written statement.
Thanks for the offer to "jump on my Back" Bob, but he has already been told to "KEEP THE PART" and his refund is already in process with some of the funds already in his hands.
Hey...lawyer up and give hundreds if not thousands of dollars to those lawyers over a few hundred dollars...sounds like great advice from a lawyer .
no ones perfect..just send a full refund and save face..The longer he plays this out the more his buisness will be affected. I was just looking at one of the CF tops for my yellow vert a week ago...if he had just apologized and paid 400 then I would still consider it..But at this point..I would pass..
Again the customer is always right...Ive had more then a few people in my liquor store who purchased a 50$ bottle of alcohal and then 30 seconds later dropped it in the store..or even worse..left the store and dropped it on the way to their car due to what they said was a faulty bag ect..
So now I double or triple bag these items (costing me money) and as well I will replace at no charge the alcohal beverage. If their in the store or even if they left a few minutes ago and bring back the broken remains..
not uncommon lo lose 20$ out of my pocket..But it would even be worse to lose that customer or *customer's* over spilled milk
rather you are selling viper parts/Q tips or bottles of whiskey it's all the same..
CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT
..... maybe ask for my tax receipt for the donations, I still never received it.
Actually, there would be no fees for the first alternative except those incurred by the vendor being investigated if that vendor chose to use an attorney. A defamation suit, assuming it has merit, would be handled by a competent lawyer on a contingency basis plus the costs incurred. The damages in a defamation suit, subject to applicable state law, would be the lost business attributable to the false statement made - not an easy thing to prove. In some states for aggregious defamation there might be punitive damages but I am just guessing since this is not my area of practice.
that's wrong
(not to get a receipt i mean)
Richie, Richie, Richie,
As you well know, we never had any business dealings outside of me donating items as prizes for your Bradenton race a few years back, which I took exception to when you gave the prizes away in private "drawings" prior to the race. Non the less, all your ill given prizes were shipped to the recipients, correct?
The drawings were done by other members not me. Whitebeard and Karen did the drawings so again you have the facts mixed up because of all the lies you tell. Underground racing was the only one who asked for a tax receipt and received it. Stretching the truth again Steve.
You agreed about how prizes should be awarded and that after you had problems with Klly you did a 180 and said we should have waited till race day to give out prizes. Prior to that you thought it would be a good idea for a member to show off your hood at that Bradenton race to help promote your business and I agreed.
It took you over 3 months to send out some of the dead pedal kits. It took a letter from an atty(Shotgun Willie) before you decided to stop making excuses and ship out parts. Tim (Red Snake) waited nearly 4 months for his dead pedal kit. On that occasion you also claimed it was your shipping girl. You slammed Klly about a dented hood and then made up another excuse until we found out you did not even have the hood in your possession.
If you like I can go through my PM's. I have one from Venomiss about another incident back in 08. There are so many it is actually funny that you are still PEDALing parts.
Saying your are doing a refund and doing it are two different things. As of this am, I have 1/3 of my money.
Rocman,
He received the right item just made out of a superior material, he was offered a replacement and he refused it, the damage happened on the return trip with his shipper, I was just following the procedure set out by UPS to follow through on the claim. Nice of you to pop over from the alley for a visit!
Please don't make it seem like I'm out to attack you. I have nothing against you. I just gave my opinion based on the OP's post.
Now that I read more, my feelings have slightly changed. If a replacement is refused, I would have not given a refund until I got it back as well. That said, whether he shipped it with your account or his, his refund should have been processed no later than a day or two after you getting it back, regardless of condition. Everyone knows Viper owners can be a little touchy, so companies have to adjust their business practices to better deal with them. As mentioned earlier, you should have a documented return policy.