Over the last couple of years I have both bought and sold a lot of parts from and to members of this site, and never had a single problem. I'm sad to report that this is no longer true. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Back on April 20th, bigoltrux77, a.k.a. Jameson Stukes, currently residing in Houston, Texas, placed this ad for a set of 4 315/75R16 Goodyear MTR's: http://coloradok5.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=partsforsale&Number=728982&Forum=partsforsale&Words=mt%2Fr&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=allposts&Main=726076&Search=true#Post728982
After exchanging some PM's, and getting a price on shipping from Forward Air, I sent Jameson a Postal Money order for $323. I even paid extra to send it to him via Priority Mail, as he said that he needed the money he was making off of selling the tires to buy himself a lift kit the next Tuesday.
I've had nothing but a runaround since then. /forums/images/graemlins/angryfire.gif
First, he said that he would have the tires to Forward Air on Thursday, May 1st. That would have put them in Denver on either that Friday or the following Monday. His PM about it was rather vague, so I sent a reply asking about the specific dates. I got a Read Reciept that he had read the message on May 4th, but he didn't respond. I sent another PM asking what was up, then on May 8th I got this PM from him:
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The Shipping office called my cell phone today and said ther was some complication with the tire order, the got sent to Philly and they are supposed to be back in Houston on Friday. Im out of town until Monday so i wont be able to get em back out until around Tuesday. If youd like i can send you a money order back for $323 or if you can wait another week. Tell me what you want to do. Ill try to check my PM's as much as possible. Sorry for the i convenience. Im also keeping a look out for better tires if you want me to give a looksy.
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At this point I was getting very suspicious that this whole deal was a scam, especially since he included the "Im also keeping a look out for better tires if you want me to give a looksy." in the PM. What the hell??? I don't want another set of tires, I WANT the MTR's!
I sent back this message: [ QUOTE ]
Why would they send the tires back to Houston, instead of just sending them to Denver? What's the tracking number? I'll call Forward Air and get them to send the tires to the correct location. There shouldn't be any reason for you to have to go back to the Houston terminal for their screwup.
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Jameson didn't respond to that PM or any that I've sent him since, though I did get a Read Reciept for that PM. /forums/images/graemlins/angryfire.gif
I called Forward Air and talked with their very nice and helpful customer service to see if they could help me, even though I didn't have a tracking number. Lo and behold, I came to find out that NO ONE had shipped 4 tires out of Houston that week, to anywhere. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif So Jameson was NOT telling me the truth.
All my PM's to him have gone unread since May 8th. I've called his place of work several times, but it seems that he's never there. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif He was scheduled to work today, but didn't show up at work. In complete frustration I asked for the store manager to find out from him if these tires ever even existed. He did tell me that Jameson did indeed get a set of MTR's, and he mentioned the size without my providing that info, so they went somewhere. The manager told me that Jameson got those tires for his dads truck. /forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif
So 3 weeks later, I'm out $330 and have no freakin' tires for my Suburban. /forums/images/graemlins/angryfire.gif
I wouldn't be nearly as pissed off about it, but I haven't been employed for nearly a year, so $330 is a buttload of money for me right now.
So Jameson, I know that you aren't reading my PM's, but if you read this post, you need to contact me ASAP and get this straightened out!
Update - July 1, 2003:
The end of this saga can be found in this thread: http://coloradok5.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=garage&Number=788683&page=0&view=&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1&PHPSESSID=
The short story is that Jameson is a HUGE liar and you should never trust anything that he tells you. His mom covered his debt, to keep him from going to jail. The long story can be found in that post. /forums/images/graemlins/angryfire.gif
Back on April 20th, bigoltrux77, a.k.a. Jameson Stukes, currently residing in Houston, Texas, placed this ad for a set of 4 315/75R16 Goodyear MTR's: http://coloradok5.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=partsforsale&Number=728982&Forum=partsforsale&Words=mt%2Fr&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=allposts&Main=726076&Search=true#Post728982
After exchanging some PM's, and getting a price on shipping from Forward Air, I sent Jameson a Postal Money order for $323. I even paid extra to send it to him via Priority Mail, as he said that he needed the money he was making off of selling the tires to buy himself a lift kit the next Tuesday.
I've had nothing but a runaround since then. /forums/images/graemlins/angryfire.gif
First, he said that he would have the tires to Forward Air on Thursday, May 1st. That would have put them in Denver on either that Friday or the following Monday. His PM about it was rather vague, so I sent a reply asking about the specific dates. I got a Read Reciept that he had read the message on May 4th, but he didn't respond. I sent another PM asking what was up, then on May 8th I got this PM from him:
[ QUOTE ]
The Shipping office called my cell phone today and said ther was some complication with the tire order, the got sent to Philly and they are supposed to be back in Houston on Friday. Im out of town until Monday so i wont be able to get em back out until around Tuesday. If youd like i can send you a money order back for $323 or if you can wait another week. Tell me what you want to do. Ill try to check my PM's as much as possible. Sorry for the i convenience. Im also keeping a look out for better tires if you want me to give a looksy.
[/ QUOTE ]
At this point I was getting very suspicious that this whole deal was a scam, especially since he included the "Im also keeping a look out for better tires if you want me to give a looksy." in the PM. What the hell??? I don't want another set of tires, I WANT the MTR's!
I sent back this message: [ QUOTE ]
Why would they send the tires back to Houston, instead of just sending them to Denver? What's the tracking number? I'll call Forward Air and get them to send the tires to the correct location. There shouldn't be any reason for you to have to go back to the Houston terminal for their screwup.
[/ QUOTE ]
Jameson didn't respond to that PM or any that I've sent him since, though I did get a Read Reciept for that PM. /forums/images/graemlins/angryfire.gif
I called Forward Air and talked with their very nice and helpful customer service to see if they could help me, even though I didn't have a tracking number. Lo and behold, I came to find out that NO ONE had shipped 4 tires out of Houston that week, to anywhere. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif So Jameson was NOT telling me the truth.
All my PM's to him have gone unread since May 8th. I've called his place of work several times, but it seems that he's never there. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif He was scheduled to work today, but didn't show up at work. In complete frustration I asked for the store manager to find out from him if these tires ever even existed. He did tell me that Jameson did indeed get a set of MTR's, and he mentioned the size without my providing that info, so they went somewhere. The manager told me that Jameson got those tires for his dads truck. /forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif
So 3 weeks later, I'm out $330 and have no freakin' tires for my Suburban. /forums/images/graemlins/angryfire.gif
I wouldn't be nearly as pissed off about it, but I haven't been employed for nearly a year, so $330 is a buttload of money for me right now.
So Jameson, I know that you aren't reading my PM's, but if you read this post, you need to contact me ASAP and get this straightened out!
Update - July 1, 2003:
The end of this saga can be found in this thread: http://coloradok5.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=garage&Number=788683&page=0&view=&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1&PHPSESSID=
The short story is that Jameson is a HUGE liar and you should never trust anything that he tells you. His mom covered his debt, to keep him from going to jail. The long story can be found in that post. /forums/images/graemlins/angryfire.gif
