I've been trying to contact him for a while now with no responce. As some of you know I bought the intake + parts from him, http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?29495-GT40-upper-and-lower-intake-UPDATED&highlight=
The last time I did have contact with him he said it had been returned to him because the box had gotted damaged and that he was going to reship it. Well I've still not recieved it and like I said he's not returning my pms or my emails. It's been over a month and I've been very patient but if I don't hear anything from him by monday evening I'm going to be forced to take action through paypal. They give you 45 days to take action which will be up next sunday, it's been that long. I don't like to cause trouble for anyone but without him letting me know what's going on I feel like I've been ripped off and $73 is too much to just drop it. So if anyone knows him please let him know he needs to get in touch with me.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Kostiak/585700334
I believe this is his facebook. I do not have one, so I cannot view his profile. I cannot confirm that this is his, but it has the same logo on his picture as the one he has in his profile here. let us know how it goes.
looks like that's him
Thanks for the link. I'm sure it is him, I left him a message there as well. So now I've tried pms here, his email, and now facebook, so it's up to him now. I hate having to do this but I think I've been more than patient.
His last log on here was the 14th of this month.
That's him on facebook, thanks again Haystack. He did respond this time, his lap top crashed which makes sence since he's not been on here lately. He said they were shipped tuesday so they should be getting here soon. I hope they do so I don't have to go through paypal. I told him I'll wait until thursday instead of tomarrow to do a claim if they're not here. I really don't want to be a prick but it's taken way longer than it should and I only have until next sunday to do a claim and like I said that's to much money to lose.
Karma for him being a prick about the intake plate :beatyoass:
Like I mentioned I do want to give him the benefit of the doubt, things happen. I just hope it gets resolved soon.
Just a little update. He has been keeping in touch through facebook. I filed a dispute on paypal and have been in touch with his buddy who's paypal he used to get paid. I was told it was sent out again, this tuesday will make two weeks and again they haven't arrived. I wrote and gave him a couple more days again then I want my money back. So if they're not here tomarrow, (monday), I'm going to escalate it on paypal to get my money back. This has gone on wat too long. I just recently shipped a TC headerpanel to Columbus Ohio and it got there in three days. So something's just not right somewhere.
IIRC he's only in NJ. Not that far of a drive.
I know on ebay your buyer protection only lasts so long (you only have so many days to force a refund). I realize you didn't use ebay, but I bet paypal has some kind of time limit too. Make sure they aren't stalling to get you past your protection deadline.
Paypal does have the same protection. They give you 45 days to open a dispute, I waited until there was only 2 days left, I wanted to give him time to get it to me. Then you get another 14 days to try and work it out, which we're getting close to the 14th day. That's why if it's not here by tomarrow evening I'm going to escelate it to a claim. I've given this way more time than I should have. I just wanted to be fair.
So what happened?
The parts still haven't shone up. I escalated it to a claim on monday with paypal. I wrote and told both Chris and his friend about it but I've not heard from either. Now I have to wait for paypal's determination.
. Sorry brother.
Thanks it does suck but hopefully it'll get straightened up soon.
That does suck.
Just an FYI, the one time I had to do the same thing through Paypal, they did find in my favor. Unfortunately, since the deadbeat who stiffed me parts didn't have any funds in his paypal account, I got NOTHING. So much for Paypal protection.
That's no good either. Hopefully I'll get my money back from him. He still seems like a descent guy and I'm not bad mouthing him, things just didn't work out for some reason. He just sent me a message on facebook and he's still having trouble with fedex.
Final update. His buddy who's paypal he used stepped in and took care of everything. I got my money back today. So finally after 2 long months this has been resolved.
Good thing buddy.
Awesome deal, I would post a big negative on his name here. people like that reflect badly on the rest of us:nono::deal:
I'm glad it's been taken care of, it's a good thing he has such a good friend. I hate to give him a bad rap because things do happen. And some people just take longer than others to take care of bussiness. Of course if anyone does a search on him this thread will come up and it could act as a warning.
but he is on facebook every day he could pop in here very easily and say something to you about the transaction.
Yeah I thought the same thing. There was alot of excusses made. But in the end it worked out, I got my money back.
Ah good deal
If he had access to a computer to be on FB, he had access to get in touch with you.
He won't be selling anything here for a while if he makes it back.
That's one of the things he said, his lap top died and he couldn't get on here. He said that he got emails on his phone from facebook, but that also stopped working at some point but then started working again. Like I mentioned there was alot of excusess made.
also if you can get to facebook on your phone you can get to here as well.
Only if you can remember your password lol.
Not taking ANY side here...but, I can NOT remember passwords...if it wasn't for a word document stashed away inside my computer somewhere, I'd never keep track of all the passwords for shiznit. And I still don't have my p/w for this place put into my phone yet...
Not that I'm taking his side...just sayin....
On the other hand, he had an Explorer upper/lower I was talking to him about not long after he joined here....thinking perhaps I dodged a bullet in not going through with it. Of course, I was broke and had/have other parts obligations anyway...