[ot]Airing out the dirty laundry

[MK1Scirocco16v at comcast.net (Dave Ewing)]

I've never heard of anyone having problems with Dirk, never even heard him
speek crossly to or about anyone.  As I have no dealings with Dirk I think
my opinion would be of value since it is rather nuetral.

If Dirk went on vacation then this should of been handled before hand or he
should have told Mark that he was going on vacation and that they would
settle things after he got back.  Even though he may not of made any money
on the deal (or maybe he did) Mark is a customer and he should treat him as
such.

On the other hand, I wouldn't expect Dirk to pay for anything that you have
done on your own whether or not you had to get your friends part back to
him.  Before you started the project you should have checked the parts and
even when you found that you had the wrong parts you should have just
swapped back to the US lights and not borrowed anything from your friend
putting you in a position where you thought you had to go out and buy a
replacement ASAP.  $50 is a good percentage of the actual price and I could
see where if Dirk were to hand this money over (when he may have been able
to just ship you the right part) probably means that he would loose money on
an already non-moneymaking deal.

My 2 pfennig worth

Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marko" <marquez337@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: [ot]Airing out the dirty laundry


> Well I am tired of waiting for this guy.
>
> For some crazy reason, he can no longer respond to my
> emails. Its been a month now and there is no
> communication. This deal started in June. I don't care
> if he is a popular figure on this list and a pillar of
> the rocco community. As a fellow lister said to me, "
> a rat is a rat." This seller did not do right by me
> and now here comes the story....
>
> I got this nice 84Jetta w/a 16V. Really clean for a
> car w/360K miles on it. So I asked around for Euro
> Jetta lights, and this guy is known for getting the
> goods and cheaply too. So he quotes me $240 shipped
> for new lights, corners, grill and plastic surrounds.
> Great price, I am psyched to get them and send the
> check out right away.
>
> The package arrives packed well and I check out the
> stuff. For some crazy reason I thought that the grill
> was gonna be new too, but thats not my beef at all. It
> did have a busted tab, but not a biggie. Everything is
> in good shape and the lights are brand new.
>
> I got help installing them at a guy's house that I met
> from vortex. We take off the old lights and soon
> realize that the left Euro light is wrong. Its not an
> H4 lens. It looks like the correct part and even says
> jetta light but, does not accept H4  bulbs, it takes
> T8s. The two hella boxes are different for the right
> and left lenses.
>
> At this point I am bummed b/c I have the American spec
> lights out and cannot put in the Euros. The guy that
> is helping me also has a Mk1 Jetta and the left Euro
> lens. He lends me the light just so we can finish the
> job.
>
> Soon after I tell Dirk Schnieder (the seller) about
> the mix up. He offers to send me another lens after I
> send pics providing proof of the mix up. I go ahead
> and win an action on German eBay for the lens and get
> it shipped for $39 Euros. I wanna replace the one that
> was lent to me asap. Later I send a dozen pics of the
> bad light to Dirk and have not heard from him since.
>
> WTF ? In one email he tells me something to the effect
> that its not his fault. I tell him to send me $50 to
> make this right. He sent the wrong part and that the
> size of things. I paid for two new lights and have one
> new and one old.
>
> Am I outta line to expect some cash back ?
>
>
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>
> --- Mike Weiler <relbrb@comcast.net> wrote:
> > My wife tells me this.....Woman got to a store to
> > purchase items they want
> > (shopping its called). Men order stuff on the
> > internet then spend alot of
> > time bitching about how much they hate how either
> > the transaction went or
> > the product they recieved. Go figure and I discount
> > any woman I meet 230 IQ
> > points when she speaks the first time hehe.
>
> =====
> 87 Scirocco 8v
> 84 Jetta 16v
>
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