Jeff Jordan of Jordan Innovations has been promising me some replacement joints for my megan RUCA and tension rod since July of 2009. We're in January 2010 and I still have nothing to show for...
He received the first payment via paypal on July 16, 2009 to the amount of $69.
This was to include 2 pairs of his heim joints for my megan ruca and tension rod, the spacers needed, and a dust boot. Word on zilvia was that these heim joints had super awesome powers and were worth the $$$. So I wanted them.
After trading emails confirming my megan RUCA and tension rods, he tells me that he's dealt with those before and that he knew what sizes they were. Here's the extract from his email to me detailing what I was paying for:
Pricing is $16/ea for the heims, $2/ea for the spacers (two neede ed per heim), $2/ea for chrome jam nuts, and $10/set for machine work on the spacers. If you want boots, add $7/ea.
Total for two pairs with boots: $64
Without boots: $50
Add $5 for flat-rate USPS shipping (with tracking), and paypal to
[email protected] -or-
[email protected]
Here's my paypal screen shot for the 1st payment sent:
http://www.tahitiimports.com/randy/paypal jul16.jpg
So now he's got my money and I wait...then September comes around and still nothing. Mind you that at this point, I have to chase this guy to "check up" on my order, I got no emails or anything after I sent him my payment to confirm that he received it or anything.
By this point, I started inquiring on zilvia if this guy was legit or what (see this thread (http://zilvia.net/f/chat/267293-guy-selling-ball-joints-heim.html)) and everyone reassured me that he was. So I said cool and waited it out.
Finally, after chasing him a while, he gets back to me and tells me that he's been busy and what not. I told him that I understand and that all he had to do what tell me he was busy and I'd wait some more.
THis time he seems to be on it, updates me and lets me know he's got the parts in, the spacers machined, and they finally ship!
The parts arrive and it's the wrong size, no boots, and only 1 pair. So I email him back telling him that they don't fit and inquired about the other pair. Here's the picture I sent him to show him that the pair he sent me didn't fit.
http://www.tahitiimports.com/randy/hehim.jpg
So then he replies and lets me know that I didn't send him enough money for 2 pairs, even though we agreed for the purchase of 2 pairs and priced everything out for 2 pairs and he only sent me 1 pair. Neither of us caught it, but the math on the parts was wrong and I was short $44.
So I sent him the $44 via a 2nd paypal transaction right away.
Here's the paypal screen shot:
http://www.tahitiimports.com/randy/paypal sep27.jpg
now he's got the full amount. And I tell him that to be safe, I'll send him my megan heim joints so that he can match them and he agrees. I boxed everything up and since we were around Christmas and I had some Hawaiian Host macadamia nuts chocolates laying around, I tossed a few in the box that I used to ship him my megan joints and the wrong sized joints he sent me. He received the package right around Christmas and emailed me telling me that he received it, thanked me for the chocolate and then nothing since...
I've sent him 2 emails since the new year started and have gotten no replies.
what now? you guys still going to tell me he's legit? He can post on zilvia daily but not answer to a paying customer?