Re: Should I expect a refund from Kevin at Northern Ohio Ducati?

[hbliam]

Kevin's ad for the crank is long gone.
From my memory, his description was "Perfect to send off to Ben Fox for balancing/polishing/knifedging"
He neglected to use the word "repair".

In response to Kevin's contention that the tech told him the crank was fine.

Amazing what the search button can find.

So, Kevin, when the tech took *that* crank out of *your* blown-up motor, did he say it was fine?
Did he say those rod bearings were fine?
Why did you buy a new crank and rods, etc, if they were fine?

You take a ravaged crank out of *your* blown-up motor, sell it to me without disclosing it's true condition, then when I call you on the phone, you tell me the tech said it was fine?

And you repeat that again here?

Holy shit. That's worse then what he did on my deal.

Seriously. Does Northern Ohio Ducati know this guy is "representing" them here?

Edit: Good memory Nick. Here it is on .ms

Crank-SOLD! shipped -Perfect to send to Ben Fox for balancing, lighteneing, knife edge...etc


Cheers!

[ducpainter]

Anything to say Kevin?

[BlackKat]

The same thing I just said to Nick in a pm...

My tech advised me to buy another crank in the interests of time to get it to ben fox. He looked at the crank from the blown up engine and said it was usable. I'm not tech by any means! When Nick called me, I told him what my tech said and if he was not correct then he could return it. I never heard anything from him again! I was posting here pretty frequently, Nick could have said something at anytime...its been MONTHS, but I'll still willingly refund his money. Its never been a question!

I also noted that its amazing how nobody mentions the 100s of smooth transactions I've had.

I'm done posting here. Those on the hunt get their blood but I'm not going to be extorted into paying 25.00 when far less would have been faster and safer. I'll be cutting up my monster and putting all the parts on a Sport 1000.

Ducpainter and speeddog both have PMs from me.

[hbliam]

I'm done posting here. Those on the hunt get their blood but I'm not going to be extorted into paying 25.00 when far less would have been faster and safer. I'll be cutting up my monster and putting all the parts on a Sport 1000.

You weren't extorted. You obviously don't even understand the elements of extortion.

Once I posted this thread I had no expectation of getting a dime from you. I posted to make sure I wasn't missing something and apparently I wasn't. I also wanted others to be aware so they could proceed accordingly in the future.

I took the $25 you just sent me and donated it to the DMF. It was never about the money, it was always about the principal. It was those five minutes I spent at the mail center asking myself, "Why the hell am I paying to send this guys crap to him?"

I hope you can reevaluate how you treat people you do business with. This is a very small community and we all know each other.

[Monsterlover]

I'm done posting here. Those on the hunt get their blood but I'm not going to be extorted into paying 25.00 when far less would have been faster and safer. I'll be cutting up my monster and putting all the parts on a Sport 1000.

I don't think it matters whether or not you could have shipped for less. The $25 is what it cost him to ship the parts back to you properly and with insurance.

The way I see it, $25 to make it right and retain some shred of credibility, $0.00 to be black listed in many people's eyes. Mine included.

<edit> glad the money got sent but I'm still never buying from you </edit>

[hbliam]

I don't think it matters whether or not you could have shipped for less. The $25 is what it cost him to ship the parts back to you properly and with insurance.

The way I see it, $25 to make it right and retain some shred of credibility, $0.00 to be black listed in many people's eyes. Mine included.

He just paid the $25 which I promptly donated to the DMF. I don't know if it helps his credibility. That's for others to decide. He paid the original $250 when I filed a claim with Paypal. He paid the $25 after I asked if his employer knew how he was representing them. I'm not sure what to think.

[Howie]

I don't think it matters whether or not you could have shipped for less. The $25 is what it cost him to ship the parts back to you properly and with insurance.

The way I see it, $25 to make it right and retain some shred of credibility, $0.00 to be black listed in many people's eyes. Mine included.

I have to agree with that, not required, but good business sense.  

[Howie]

He just paid the $25 which I promptly donated to the DMF. I don't know if it helps his credibility. That's for others to decide. He paid the original $250 when I filed a claim with Paypal. He paid the $25 after I asked if his employer knew how he was representing them. I'm not sure what to think.

Not now, a wee bit too late.

[BlackKat]

Its all good guys. In my time I made plenty of friends and obviously 3 enemies. In the next hour or so I'll be nothing but a ghost here, so love me or hate me I'll find someplace else to lurk.     

[hbliam]

Its all good guys. In my time I made plenty of friends and obviously 3 enemies. In the next hour or so I'll be nothing but a ghost here, so love me or hate me I'll find someplace else to lurk.    

I'm not your enemy. I don't trust you and would never buy anything from you or your business but what's done is done.

Edit: I see you deleted your business name from your sig line. I changed the thread title for posterity.

[ducpainter]

per forum rules...

no posting of any personal info.

This is done.