MBWorld beware of Benzaddict, story inside!
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last i filled up with 94 octane, it was $1.51/litre... so multiply that by 3.78, you get $5.70/gallon... times that by an 80 litre tank, and it's $120 to fill 
which is why i drive down to Blaine and fill up a lot of the time, gas is a more reasonable 3.89/gallon there for 92 octane
which is why i drive down to Blaine and fill up a lot of the time, gas is a more reasonable 3.89/gallon there for 92 octaneHow much is it in Greece?
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I'm located in Toronto, and i'm down to help Hammerdown find benzaddict in Toronto
i'm not sure what I can post or not post on here regarding him, but i think best thing for me to do is to PM the info i have to Hammerdown
i'm not sure what I can post or not post on here regarding him, but i think best thing for me to do is to PM the info i have to Hammerdown
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/\ I'd go into every one of his posts and post up. It seems he's trying to sell some stuff on there too. I see you already made a new thread with it 
Good luck man.
Aaron
Good luck man.
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In May of this year I listed a brand new VRP 175 crankshaft pulley for sale in the classified section. I didn't get any takers so I decided I was going to take the chance and install it.
On June 9th Benz_addict sent me a pm asking if I still had the 175 and he also mentioned that he had a 180 and wanted to know if I wanted to do a 1 on 1 trade. So I'm thinking cool the 180 is actually what I wanted so I asked him how long has he had the 180 and when did he want to do the trade because I had the 175 boxed and ready to go. BA replied "I had it since November 2010 and it has normal wear and tear (whatever that is) and around 1500kms on it." "need it asap, so you ship yours and I'll ship mine out to you" So we exchanged address and since he needed it asap I shipped out the 175 FedEx to Canada $$$ He sent the 180 Canada Post which happen to go on strike a day after he shipped it out so it sat at the Canada Post for about two weeks.
Meanwhi I follow up with BA to see if he had received my pulley and all was ok. BA replied "got the 175 great packaging but my keyway on my crank is chewed up right now stupid mechanic really messed it up bad last time"
So its July comes around and I get the 180 in the mail and I notice that the keyway was damaged. I pm'd BA and asked him "why didn't he tell me that the keyway was damaged and I told him that I was going to send it to ASP to see if they could fix it and that I would let him know the cost. BA replied "Really? I didn't think it was that bad. Installer probably really messed up because I'm sitting here with a chewed up crank that needs to be fixed somehow"
I then forwarded the pics to BA and on August 6th BA replied and said "Trade back or I'll pay for the 175. Let me know"
I replied I bought the pulley from Shardul for $250 (in case he wanted to verify that's how much I paid) and that he could paypal me the $250. I also let him know that Shardul had taken the pulley to 3 or 4 different places for repair and not a single shop wanted to touch it. BA replied " Sure thing man. so $250 to my(Jack's) paypal account" he added "Sucks it couldn't work out. Anyway i'll forward the payment and could you send the 180 back?"
On August 8th BA sends me a pm saying that he's just saving up funds. Give him a week.
Sept 1st, BA sends me a pm saying "Hey man sorry for the reply. I know this is not right and its too bad the 180 is rendered useless. I'm really low on cash but I'm trying to borrow some money and I'll forward it to you once I can. I feel bad trust me I'll get your money soon as one of my friends is looking for a pulley"
Sept 24th he pm's me again after I said to him "this is not cool bro, I'm out
$250 and I'm trying to be cool but "seriously bro" his response is "alright man my friend is going to paypal you the money, send the pulley to the address he provides in the payment info
I told him that I would send the pulley as soon as I receive the funds and at that point I will provide him with a tracking number.
Sept 29th BA pm's me again "hey tomorrow hopefully"
Oct 24th BA pm's me again and says "So you want the 175 back or the $250. I thought you wanted the $250 vs the pulley.
I then told him look you've already installed the 175 pulley on your car and quiet frankly I can't trust that you will return the pulley the same way you got it. You asked for the trade back in June and I agreed but I told you that the pulley you sent me was bad, the 1st thing that you should have done was pay me for the 175 which cost me $250 and I would have sent the 180 back to you once I received the $250. Do whats right, you are enjoying a brand new pulley for free which isn't right. You could have sent me $25 a week and been done by now or sent me half in good faith but you have done nothing and you continue to post on the forum like its ok. I got news for you for its not cool. Send me the cash and its all good
just to update during this time frame he has listed parts in the classified section under parting out and has sold a few things and as of today 10/27/11 I have yet to receive any funds.
lie after lie after lie
On June 9th Benz_addict sent me a pm asking if I still had the 175 and he also mentioned that he had a 180 and wanted to know if I wanted to do a 1 on 1 trade. So I'm thinking cool the 180 is actually what I wanted so I asked him how long has he had the 180 and when did he want to do the trade because I had the 175 boxed and ready to go. BA replied "I had it since November 2010 and it has normal wear and tear (whatever that is) and around 1500kms on it." "need it asap, so you ship yours and I'll ship mine out to you" So we exchanged address and since he needed it asap I shipped out the 175 FedEx to Canada $$$ He sent the 180 Canada Post which happen to go on strike a day after he shipped it out so it sat at the Canada Post for about two weeks.
Meanwhi I follow up with BA to see if he had received my pulley and all was ok. BA replied "got the 175 great packaging but my keyway on my crank is chewed up right now stupid mechanic really messed it up bad last time"
So its July comes around and I get the 180 in the mail and I notice that the keyway was damaged. I pm'd BA and asked him "why didn't he tell me that the keyway was damaged and I told him that I was going to send it to ASP to see if they could fix it and that I would let him know the cost. BA replied "Really? I didn't think it was that bad. Installer probably really messed up because I'm sitting here with a chewed up crank that needs to be fixed somehow"
I then forwarded the pics to BA and on August 6th BA replied and said "Trade back or I'll pay for the 175. Let me know"
I replied I bought the pulley from Shardul for $250 (in case he wanted to verify that's how much I paid) and that he could paypal me the $250. I also let him know that Shardul had taken the pulley to 3 or 4 different places for repair and not a single shop wanted to touch it. BA replied " Sure thing man. so $250 to my(Jack's) paypal account" he added "Sucks it couldn't work out. Anyway i'll forward the payment and could you send the 180 back?"
On August 8th BA sends me a pm saying that he's just saving up funds. Give him a week.
Sept 1st, BA sends me a pm saying "Hey man sorry for the reply. I know this is not right and its too bad the 180 is rendered useless. I'm really low on cash but I'm trying to borrow some money and I'll forward it to you once I can. I feel bad trust me I'll get your money soon as one of my friends is looking for a pulley"
Sept 24th he pm's me again after I said to him "this is not cool bro, I'm out
$250 and I'm trying to be cool but "seriously bro" his response is "alright man my friend is going to paypal you the money, send the pulley to the address he provides in the payment info
I told him that I would send the pulley as soon as I receive the funds and at that point I will provide him with a tracking number.
Sept 29th BA pm's me again "hey tomorrow hopefully"
Oct 24th BA pm's me again and says "So you want the 175 back or the $250. I thought you wanted the $250 vs the pulley.
I then told him look you've already installed the 175 pulley on your car and quiet frankly I can't trust that you will return the pulley the same way you got it. You asked for the trade back in June and I agreed but I told you that the pulley you sent me was bad, the 1st thing that you should have done was pay me for the 175 which cost me $250 and I would have sent the 180 back to you once I received the $250. Do whats right, you are enjoying a brand new pulley for free which isn't right. You could have sent me $25 a week and been done by now or sent me half in good faith but you have done nothing and you continue to post on the forum like its ok. I got news for you for its not cool. Send me the cash and its all good
just to update during this time frame he has listed parts in the classified section under parting out and has sold a few things and as of today 10/27/11 I have yet to receive any funds.
lie after lie after lie
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I just checked his profile. Last activity was at 12:38PM. Not sure if it is any help to you. I hope I have the right person and hope no one thinks I am a stalker lol.
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The deal wasn't done through PayPal. I had put the pulley up for sale in the classifieds and benzaddict sent me a pm asking if I wanted to trade pulleys since he was down sizing and I wanted to go larger. My pulley (VRP 175) was brand new in which I paid $250 to Shardul for it......the rest is history
