Have you seen this engine??
 

Have you seen this engine??

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Few months ago I made a bad decision to buy a complete sr20 swap plus other items from a member of this forum. I sent the money and was supposed to have it all shipped over on a pallet, this never happened. The seller told me the pallet was stolen from his driveway along with other items on the day it was supposed to be shipped out and refuses to refund me. I am now planning my next steps in this mess and figured this would be a good start. If you have seen any of the items pictured please let me know.

Here is a link to the sellers ad
#/f/sale-items/42342...em-ems-v2.html

wtf, how is it your fault it got stolen from the driveway. that's shady as hell. ii smell scam.

Defiantly feels like I got scammed, an honest person would refund the money... I know I would.

Sounds like its time for you to take a road trip to the east coast and get your money back.

If not, you can start by calling his local police department and filing a complaint/report.

I kinda felt bad about his situation but after seeing this thread, fuck that guy. He should have gotten ran over instead of the car. Who the fuck leaves an engine pallet out in the open and not in his garage or atleast in the backyard? I don't even fucking leave my shredded drift tires out in the open...

I remember this guy, hes the one that deleted his side veiw mirrors and windshield wipers and drove cross county and fucked his car all up.

Did you pay pal him? hopefully not as a gift?

what a douche if hes not gonna refund ur money cuz he left out his shit to get stolen

Sorry to hear that, I hope you have all his information, especially if you made a BIG purchase like that over the internet, hope you get it resolved

Im thinking I might just have to do that. I contacted the police right away but they havent been returning my calls and don't seem to care. About his car, Karma's a bitch.

I sent a down payment of about $700 over paypal and unfortunately it was as a gift and the rest was wire transferred through the bank which I have documentation for.

I was afraid of this exact thing happening so yah I got all his information. He talks to me and everything, just doesn't think hes responsible or that he should have to refund me.

man this really sucks i hope everything gets resolved!

Me to, hate to take this to court but if its what i have to do.

holy shit worst story ever i fly to his house in a second....

Wow dick move by him but i would have been suspicious already beforehand with his feedback on here.

I delt with this guy in the past everything worked really smooth. if you search his email something shows that he owns or works at a shop. might want to look into that.

O shoot I remember reading about his trip. What dick hole though, op hopefully your mess gets resolved.

Wow. Even if it was actually stolen, how can he justify not refunding you the money?? What a dick

Chop his fingers.

I have his full contact information if you want it. I bought something from him too from the partout and it went smoothly. Sucks what happened to you though, hate it when stuff like this happens. If you need any help from the locals I'm from around there.

He was part owner of a shop called Back Road Racing, dont know how that info could help me out though.

Yah dont think ill be buying expensive items of the forums anymore. I have his info and all he just doesn't think he should be held responsible or refund my money which is dumb considering if did actually get stolen it happened so while in his care. What did you buy from him?

If you sent a wire transfer bank to bank you can get that back (depending on the time frame) but the gifted 700 your fucked on.

^^^$700 lesson on the worst fucking thing you can do online. If I do give a "gift" via paypal, its going to somebody I know and trust, and no more than enough money that I can live with if I get fucked over (no more than $50).

How would i go about getting that back?

Start with talking to your bank...ASAP!!! There's usually a certain time window before they can't do jack shit and its not that much time. I'd be surprised if its more than 30 days before their hands are tied.

Also, another suggestion to everybody. When you use paypal, DO NOT USE INSTANT TRANSFER DIRECT FROM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT!!! Always use your credit card/debit card for transanctions. If something happens, you can go thru your credit card company (Mastercard, Visa, etc) and they usually have a longer time frame to cover you.

dude your gonna have to take it to small claims but its gonna be really hard because no contract was signed stating what the money was for you may be shit out of luck on all of it

Dont think the bank would be able to do anything, i sent the money over 2 months ago and hes already spent it.

I may not have a contract but i have all of our emails, texts and im pretty sure the wire transfer form says what the money was being sent for.

Shit man I'm sorry this has happend to you.

Seriously you should have been in contact with your bank as soon as this happend.

I almost bought something from that car from him, glad I didn't.

"Stolen" my ass. NOBODY is dumb enough to leave that engine outside all night.

Probably decided to take advantage of the OP because hes in Canada. Mods should pink the seller until he can rectify this issue.

That sucks dude, everything seems so shady recently. I felt bad for him, he refunded the guy who bought the turbo, and it was cracked, he said the shipping lady dropped it. Hope all is well and you get refunded, it is shady that a shop owner wouldnt refund an unsatisfied customer

I been to his house to pick up some parts. He seemed like a legit person, but he is definitely dicking you over. The place he lives is in the middle of nowhere his driveway is up on a hill behind his house so it would be hard for someone to steal it even if he left it in the front of his house by the road his house is still up a a steep one lane road where no cars ever pass by. This is bullshit what he is telling you straight up.

You did fuck up wiring money and sending so much as 700 as a gift. Next time use a card that gives you some security in this case.

It is obviuosly his fault and not yours. I wouldnt be surprised if he sold it to someone local

Damn man this sucks really bad. The gift thing to me needs to be revised by PayPal. Same shit happened to me dealing w lame ass Jason at emance. Since u sent it as a gift they won't even let u appeal it so basically shit outta luck is. Sorry man but GL

No the gift thing does not need to be revised, people shouldn't use it if they dont wanna have the chance to get screwed simple as that wtf.

Yah thats exactly how he described his house and thinks the shipping company stole it, but he didnt see them. The thing is the shipping company said no one was ever sent out because the order wasn't even finalized. The entire things a mess and at this point ill be ok with losing the $700 as long as i get the rest back.