I think if you're on a "budget" PERIOD, you shouldn't have this car.

Way to take pics of your friends' cars, J.

 

To the members of this board, i do sincerely apologize for the inappropriate behavior i demonstrated when i called Mr. Sandoval those unkind words.

I just couldn't believe the way in which he attempted to cover up this bad act of trickery. His only way to sway the board was calling me out on being a kid, who drives and upgrades his fathers cars. No one likes to be ripped off....

Think about it, i would of taken the pulley and installed it, i only returned it because of the extensive unseen damage, and i took the advice of the owner of the shop who installs kleemann pulleys every single day almost.

Why do u think he lowered his price from 1200 to 600 local pick up?

Thanks for the understanding.

Jordan

 

what ever makes u sleep better at night buddy.

 

So you took it to Tom at Lucent and he said that ?? I'm good buddies with him...Now I know your car, situation and name...I'm sure Tom will remember this situation and tell me what really happened...
And for your information, they do not do that much Kleeman. Most of, and the best Kleemann work in LA is done by DC performance.

 

I invite you to ask him what he recalls.. I have nothing to hide or mask here. I am being honest. Eric seems like a nice guy, he just wasnt being 100% honest on the sale. Tom will tell you what i have told here on this forum. Whats your name btw, i might see you at lucent some day.

 

not sure why i am not believed here. jeez do i smell like a liar lol

 

For the record I called Lucent as soon as you told me Tom said it would blow up your engine. I won't name drop out of respect, but I called Lucent and they said that they explained to you that they could not and would not warranty your engine because it was a used part. He went on to say used parts are used parts and they are always hesitant to install them in any condition. They are running a business, a business that sells and Installs new parts.

BTW You can cut and paste excerpts of my emails to attempt to dig yourself out of the hole you have created. However, You and I both know you are missing the detailed information. Very convenient. Sorry Jordan you are a kid, you act like a kid and you will continue to be a kid until you decide to grow up and earn the respect of an adult. We made a deal and you decided to back out of it by using lying and deceit. Listening to some of the voice mails you left for me are hilarious. Telling me you just left your office? Seriously? Telling me your parents are on your case about getting back to school but you want to get "This handled" before you go back. Seriously? I am a good guy conducted lots of transactions with members here. Honestly I would have given you your money back if you would have just called me and said my dad is worried about the condition and he does not want me to install it on the $60K car he bought me. I would have understood. Instead you and your father call me on my cell to let loose on every 4 letter word while I am at dinner with my wife. Then daddy threatens me with both legal and physical harm.

Good Luck kid. Oh remember this one "You better hope our paths never cross"

Mods sorry for dropping the "S" bomb but I was annoyed by his cavalier comments.

 

U refused to allow me to return it right off the bat. I called u 5 minutes after it was received and opened by me. Why not allow return it at that point? Eric, how come you decided to sell the part for much cheepr after i sent it back to you... Lost out on half of your profits no? we should make a movie outa this, i dont want to go back and forth any more.... ....

 

Eric are u by any chance related to the guy on the nightly news? Not talking ****, just wondering

 

Mods please close this thread. I am sorry i hijacked my own thread

 

.....after being called out now you want the thread closed. You took a used part to a shop that refused to install it for fear it will damage your car. And your point is what? For your information, that is an everyday occurence. Shops do not like to install used parts that they don't know and cannot vouch for. I cannot believe (actually I can) that this is all there was to this and you started posting slandering another guys name for selling you a "defective" item. Even when I buy brand new tires on-line I have trouble finding a local shop to install them, unless they have an esterblished relationship with the on-line store. You owe Sandoval an appology.


Ted

 

Interesting....

Here's where SANDOVAL advertised his pulley in the classifieds: https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...light=kleemann

Funny, the price was at $700 shipped, then $650 shipped; did he hit you for $450 extra to reach your number of $1,100?

There are plenty of pictures in his post, did you not look at them? You certainly posted in the thread & asked about it. I was interested in it as well, but decided that I'd rather buy new than used with some damage (even if cosmetic)

Maybe you should just buy new from your boys at Lucent?

 

I'm not getting involved in the dispute, other than to say I don't really see any one side being the issue. I'd suggest you two talk offline and make sure there is an issue before you wirte this permanent book of your relations.

I can only hope that this thread makes people think a bit more about modding their cars. You have to take responsibility when you decide to make that brake from what MB recommends. I do not know of any shop that would even be willing to install a used pulley, much less recommend doing it. I don't doubt for a second that Lucent looked at that thing and wouldn't warranty it. That proves NOTHING. All the shops I know of (except Creative) will only mess with a pulley IF it has been sent out to have it balanced. But that was when pulleys were $2K and came with tunes. Now, prices have dropped, so why buy used?

 

Here's how I see it. Tell me if I am wrong.

You bought a used pulley and were told it had some nicks and dents. When it arrived you confirmed it and then took it to the shop to install.

Noone likes to be embarrassed and when you took the pulley to the shop, they probably started snickering at you that you would want to put a used and banged up pulley on a Mercedes. Most likely comments were like, "Look son, with a pulley that ugly, there's bound to be some damage to it" etc etc. You have to understand that it's also the shops a-ss if he installs this pulley and it toasts your crank so he was also covering his own a-ss.

If the mechanic had installed the pulley and she ran fine, like 99% likely it would have, this would have never happened.

I honestly don't think there was any scamming going on from either end.

 

When I originally posted the ad I agreed to $1100 shipped because Kleemann pulleys were being advertised (recently at the time) for $1500+ It was inline with the market. By the time I got my pulley back months later there were more options to buy new pulleys and a few used on the market. Also Jordan kept jumping on my threads bashing me so that did not help. ****edited****

The pulley he received was the pulley in the pictures. All of the rash on the edges were in the pictures. Full disclosure, he had all of those pictures prior to making the deal.

 

Dude, who stole the springs out of your G35?

Also from the looks of it, you need more covered parking so sell a few cars and build a bigger garage!