Purchasing engines via eBay

Post by **I H8 UR DSM** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

http://forums.freshalloy.com/u...SSID=

Post by **Daunttless** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

In addition, I've seen that guy rip off at least a half a dozen people.

If the engine is in Singapore or wherever, the 500 dollars you end up paying in customs and shipping fees only gets it to America. You still have to pay American taxes and customs, as well as overland shipping to your door.

If the engine is missing parts, you can't do anything about it.

If the engine doesn't work, you can't do anything about it.

Did I miss anything Jesse?

Post by **Daunttless** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

Oh, I would also like to add that my engines, Joel Burke's engine ( formerly of Unstable ), and I believe Heavy Throttle's engines all come out of running vehicles in Japan, if it is less than 2,000 dollars it isn't from a running vehicle.

Post by **SpeedRacer1** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

Thats why I just stick to buying the small stuff off of ebay. People just need to learn to be 'smart' shoppers.

Post by **usuck** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

one word, escrow! for less than $50 you can insure a $3G transaction:D

Post by **Daunttless** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

they only insure it for the transit though. They don't insure that its complete, they also don't insure anything that the seller never sends...

Post by **usuck** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

Daunttless wrote:they only insure it for the transit though. They don't insure that its complete, they also don't insure anything that the seller never sends...

actually, they insure it through transit so if any thing happens to the engine during shipping your $$$ is still safe, and the company gets a refund from the escrow service for the lost engine. once you receive the engine you normally have 48 hours to examine the engine. if your satisfied, you tell the escrow service and they wire the money to the place of sale. if you are not satisfied with the engine, you ship it back. once the company receives the engine, you get your money back minus the escrow fee!

this way the seller and the buyer are both protected for a minimum fee:D

Post by **ninjak84** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

this is terrible.... there has to be a way for this kid to get his money back...

Post by **MasterMan** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

yeah thats alot of money to get jacked.. i know i bid on a processor for my computer a while back.. got jacked.. but after about a week of calling the guy *****ing at all of his family members then threting with legal action he finnaly sent my money back.. so thats what that guy needs to do..

Post by **johnsharpe** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

This company's a complete fraud...they've used a number of eBay aliases (jdmengines, illron, jdm1, etc). An SR20 for <$2000? You gotta be kidding me.

I certainly hope this kid's persistant and gets his money back...

John

Post by **pissedoffsol** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

would you folks consider this bunk??

http://classifieds.se-r.net/fo...99IFR

no mention of trubo/cooler inclusion... not planning to be- just seeing what you all think

Post by **I H8 UR DSM** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

well being there is no mention of what kind, year, parts include, warranty, ecu included? uncut wiring harness? ignitor chip? not enough info for me to even consider it a good deal....my guess for that price is

Cut wiring harnessmissing igntor chip (maybe)missing intercoolerno gaurantee on anythingand hopefully it has an ecu....

no way to tell without talking with him

always better off buying from a legit company WHICH PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCE AND GOOD WORDS ABOUT!!!

Post by **red240ne** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

yea, you might as well spend 500 more and get from daunttless

Post by **pissedoffsol** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

I'm planing on it- jsut wanted to see what you guys thought of it

Post by **BuudWeizErr** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...08157

He's up to it again :/

Post by **Onizuka** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

If anyone sees anyting like this, PLEASE have the heart to email the top bidder and tell him what hes getting into... or email me and ill email the bidder.Im going to make it a habbit to check ebay at least twice a week for this, and the more people that do it, the better.

Post by **Daunttless** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

They don't listen to you 99.9% of the time, and if they question the seller about it, he can then report to eBay and YOU will get in trouble.

Post by **Onizuka** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

well **** then, ebay sucks more than i thought it did

Post by **AznRide** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

pissedoffsol wrote:I'm planing on it- jsut wanted to see what you guys thought of it

I have been admiring the transformation of this orange 240sx for the longest time of my life on any picture. Beautiful car when it's done...just a thought

Post by **mitch89fback** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

Hey buud how much did you have to spend to get your sr in you 89?

Post by **GTR-33** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

A friend of mine was going to order a motorset from Jspec, until I convinced him to ask and make sure that it came with everything. Turns out that everything that could be missing/broken was. No MAF, no ignitor, cut harness, and no ECU, and broken steering pump. All for a cool 2K. My friend was going to buy it too, until I told him that it need 1200 in parts just to make it run. I doubt they even run with all the parts. I'm sure Ebay can just block this person's IP adress. I doubt he has an IP scrambler.

Post by **AznRide** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

don't even buy motors on ebay. Ebay can't do jack **** if you lose your money anyways. In another word, don't buy things that is too good to be true, and also, don't spend more than 100 bucks or 200 per item on ebay jsut for your safety sakes...unless the seller has REALLY GOOD FEEDBACKS...but tempting still.

Post by **Silviagirl79** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

GTR-33 wrote:A friend of mine was going to order a motorset from Jspec, until I convinced him to ask and make sure that it came with everything. Turns out that everything that could be missing/broken was. No MAF, no ignitor, cut harness, and no ECU, and broken steering pump. All for a cool 2K. My friend was going to buy it too, until I told him that it need 1200 in parts just to make it run. I doubt they even run with all the parts. I'm sure Ebay can just block this person's IP adress. I doubt he has an IP scrambler.

Thanks for posting here and telling him what he needs to do (i.e, IP scambler) lol

Post by **Silviagirl79** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

AznRide wrote:don't even buy motors on ebay. Ebay can't do jack **** if you lose your money anyways. In another word, don't buy things that is too good to be true, and also, don't spend more than 100 bucks or 200 per item on ebay jsut for your safety sakes...unless the seller has REALLY GOOD FEEDBACKS...but tempting still.

I know you would have to be the biggest moron to buy a 2k item when the seller has 0 feedback AND you havent even seen the engine.

Post by **GTR-33** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

Silviagirl79 wrote:Thanks for posting here and telling him what he needs to do (i.e, IP scambler) lol

ooopps my bad!

Post by **StanBo** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

I H8 UR DSM wrote:always better off buying from a legit company WHICH PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCE AND GOOD WORDS ABOUT!!!

I would also like to add that you should question the person vouching for the shop. What amount of responsibility can they hold if the job goes bad and do they really have a clue what is going on.

Thanks for this post guys I will consider this when searching for my engine.

Post by **GTR-33** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

I just noticed that you are in NY. Why don't you just get one from Heavy Throttle? They are pretty good and your motorset is gonna be complete. It's kinda pissing me off that they have not completed updating their site though....

Post by **StanBo** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

I am going with a local shop. Full Throttle is their name. They have completed many swaps in the area and they do some good work.

Post by **RPS13Sideways** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

What about http://www.flashoptions.com Has anyone got any of their engines from them if they ordered? They are doing that Christmas Special $1600 and says everything is included and not broken....comp/checked etc...?

Just wondering, I emailed Dauntless, probably gonna go through him cause this **** is gettin me worried....damn can't trust anyone these days...sick of it.....

Post by **mxd** » Mon Sep 16, 2002 6:54 am

hey whats up guys,let me tell you that i feel bad for the guy who got rip off by this bastards,im from montreal and i cant believe there are a$$.. that still do that!

this guy should call local police and report the stolen money if he needs the phone number i can get it!the other guy must have a proof of shipping!

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