[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Body parts RIPP-OFF on ebay .... "CARFINDS" LONG!! RIPOFF!!

["jgray_55" <jgray_55@xxxxxxxxx>]

-Eddie. I was at Mikes in New Mexico the summer of 2004,while on 
vacation......right before i returned home and 1200 of us Mittsubishi 
auto plant workers got laid off.I bought a 67 Ambassador 
hood,trunklid, bumpers,grille,GREMLIN hood,Pinto fenders (for my 
son's 351 Pinto),doors for our 57 F100 that was a RAMBLER  dealer 
service truck in the 60's. There were only TWO 67 Ambos out of 
several thousand cars.One 2dr/one 4dr. The 2dr 1/4's were sold to a 
Canadian fellow just a couple of weeks before i arrived. I HAD 
contacted him about the 1/4 panels...BUT did not have the $$$ to send 
a down payment right away to hold em!!!!!. So they were sold to 
someone with $$$$$ at the right time. I beleive the same fellow got 
the doors also. I saw the SHELL...ALL that was left was the 
floor,roof,  and firewall!! BEAUTIFUL sheet metal!! Mike is a VERY 
honest fellow....EXTREMLY accurate descriptions on the 
phone/email...REAL DECENT  on prices also!! I live in ILLINOIS...went 
across  Iowa to get a 2dr ht 67 Ambo body 2 months ago....NOT as 
described..but brought it home anyway!! I just can't waste ANY older 
car parts! It's a sickness (love affair)i've had for all my life(50 
years)!! Thanks for suggesting Mike..but i've been there! It's like a 
CANDY STORE...for old car nuts!! BUT..the yard is to be 
crushed...remember..the owner died and the widow sold the property. 
MAY be already gone?? AWESOME SITE TO SEE...thousands of ROT FREE 
cars..waiting to be rescued!! EBAY strikes again!! Thank GOD there 
are alot of honest folks on there also!!Joe- In 
BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, <eddiestakes@xxxx> wrote:
>
> Joe. this has been a common problem for years, even before ebay 
invented. 
> One thing you have seen me write about is NOS. Folks assume NOS 
means 
> perfect when in fact NOS is a say, 40 year old part that has been 
tossed 
> around in back rooms and shelves at deaerships, then warehouses for 
years. 
> Ususually has scuffs, scrapes, bends, shit wrong.
> 
> It's also why wen people ask me abuot sheetmetal I tell them to 
look a 
> little closer to home, like contacting all/and area/regional AMC 
and Rambler 
> clubs in my "links" section first, and by running ads in their 
area, and 
> also contacting any vendors in my 'vendors' area to keep a eye out 
for them.
> 
> Sheetmetal has been at a premium for the last 5-7 years, and is 
scarce since 
> most of the old aMCs have been scrapped, along with millions of old 
cars in 
> junkyards and salvage yards across the US due to the high prices 
Chinese 
> paying for steel.
> 
> A rustfree door is still a rust free door however, even beat to 
shit. 
> However, if it had waves, dents, broken off hinges, missing 
interior 
> regulators and tracts, no glass, and so forth, this should have 
been brought 
> up by the sellers! I can only imagine what you have paid for 
shipping all 
> this stuff also, especially the larger items!
> 
> I recently sent a 70 non ram air hood from Houston to Santa Clara 
and 
> shipping was $460 for it. The buyer has a copr account so they 
deducted a 
> sizable amount, but then popped them for 'fuel surcharges' so the 
hood was 
> still over $200 to ship.
> 
> As for junkyards, well, they will tell you anything to get a sale I 
learned 
> back in the 1970s. Especially if you can't see the part up close 
and 
> personal. Hell, even if you can touch it they will tell you it 'is 
rare, one 
> of a kind, you won't find another and if you don't buy it now, it 
will be 
> twice the price tomorrow' ad nauseum. Only the 'buy it tomorrow it 
will be 
> twice the price part applies to AMC however!'
> 
> I wished you had contacted Mike in NM, as he has a number of 
rustfree 
> intermediates like Rebel, Ambassador and Matador and could have 
hooked you 
> up. I recently posted that "non amx/jav form letter" on the amc-
list 
> amxfiles, as someone was looking for 66 1/4 panels. I can post it 
here if 
> anyone remotely interested as all those salvage yards have a slew 
of 
> Grem/Horn/Spir/Eag/Conc series cars in them.
> 
> You need to call that place back up and get on their ass and ask 
for a 
> refund. However, chancesd are you will be out not once, but twice, 
on 
> shipping and crating, to and from. But you do need to let them know 
that you 
> are not happy and disappointed in the parts! Maybe they will issue 
you a 
> partial credit.
> 
> PS: give the rest of us here their auction number or main link to 
stuff if 
> they are selling on ebay so we can check it out, or their website 
and other 
> info.
> Eddie Stakes'
> Planet Houston AMX
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxx
> www.planethoustonamx.com
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jgray_55" <jgray_55@xxxx>
> To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 2:56 AM
> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Body parts RIPP-OFF on 
ebay .... "CARFINDS" 
> LONG!! RIPOFF!!
> 
> 
> > Q@$#$^%&(*&%$@#&^*%$%#@.....OK. A couple of weeks ago i located 
some
> > much needed body panels for my 67 Ambassador convertible on ebay.
> > They were at a California salvage yard named CARFINDS on ebay!! A
> > good friend of mine loaned me the $$$$$ since i'm still laid off!I
> > CALLED the fellow in California several(4-5) times before 
bidding,and
> > got EXACT (HOHOHO) descriptions of the parts over the phone.
> > Well...the right door and right fender arrived at the airport bus
> > terminal Sunday....WHOLLY CRAP!!!! Waiting for my 1/4 panels,other
> > front fender...and a piece i bought for my son's car AND a set of
> > Ambo bumper guards....The left fender,bumper guards and part for 
my
> > son..MAGICALLY have NOT even been shipped yet. DHL is to drop off 
my
> > 1/4's Monday! I paid for everything TWO weeks ago!!!!The Door is
> > COMPLETELY SHITTTTTTT. RUST FREE...yes...BUT beat ALL to HELL!!!!
> > BONDO in it also...On the phone..."yes sir..it's perfect"!!!!!! 
The
> > right fender WAS originally kinda   nice(except for ALOT of small
> > dents...NOT mentioned on the phone)..BUT some MONKEY shoved it
> > straight up  from the car..did NOT un do under the windshield 
lower
> > molding/at the firewall...BENT the @#$#^#%$@ out of it!!!!!!I'll
> > likely have a stroke when the rest arives!! They WERE NOT 
dammaged in
> > shipping via Grey hound!! The dammage on the door has been there 
for
> > YEARS!!!The fender was WIPED OUT when removed..FRESH DAMMAGE..NO
> > rust!! HMMMM no wonder the photos were NOT too clear in the 
auction?
> > What happened to people being even REMOTLY HONEST?????? 
Q#@$#@#@$^%$%
> > ^*AAAARRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHH. Sorry..Stay away from CARFINDS!!!!!!!!!  
I
> > wish ebay would have a outside bodyman look them over...Joe
> >
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