Marty, you need a friend near Portland..I might know someone..
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Marty
Nowak (Got-Speed)
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:24 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: Re: Trouble with getting money back from DML member
Ken,
May I ask what you bought for $500 ?
I lost $746 to some jackhole in portland, or.
Unfortunatly I don't know of anyone there to pay a visit for me!
Marty
http://members.cox.net/got-speed
""Ken Allgood"" <kenallgood@cox.net> wrote in message
news:000d01c26368$e6f723a0$0201a8c0@ken...
>
> Ok, sorry for bringing this onto the DML list, but my patience is
completely
> gone, and yes, this is very Dakota-related and DML related.
>
> Back in May, I ordered a part for my truck in the neighborhood of just
under
> $500 from a store, and at least 1 or 2 of the people running the store
are
> members of the DML (active members I might mention). After waiting
for 2
> months, and no part, and VERY intermittent contact with this business,
I
was
> told they no longer carry that part, and will send me a refund the
next
day.
> So I bought the part from another Dakota store, and had it in 4 days.
> Guess what though, no refund.. I checked all of my records, and could
not
> locate a refund (about a month after refund was to take place). So I
asked
> store #1 to check their records about the refund, and if they did send
me
a
> refund, to please tell me where they refunded it to and on what date.
I
> received an email back the same day saying they would the next day.
That
> was the last time I had contact with the company, and that was almost
a
> month ago... I have since sent about 3 or 4 emails to both the
business
and
> personal email addresses with absolutely no response. So here I am,
4
> months after this started, and i'm out almost $500. Since it's been
4
> months, I cannot dispute the charger on my CC nor paypal. I guess in
the
> next day or so, I'll call the BBB and report this business to them.
Up
to
> this point, I have enjoyed the parts & service of this business, but
this
> has definitely left a foul stinch that I have a hard time getting by.
Yes,
> it's only $500, and it's not enough that I won't be alright, but it is
the
> principle of the thing. I paid for an item to a business, and I
expect
> delievery. Failure to delivery, then I expect a refund. That's all I
want
> is my money back (or the proof that the refund has already been
provided,
> which I do not see in my records). Does anyone have any suggestions
on
> what legal recourse I may have? I cannot go to the business because
it's
on
> the other side of the country, though I think I may have some friends
down
> there that may want to pay a visit :-). And Yes, I can pretty well
> guarentee that the referenced members are reading this email and know
that
I
> am referring to them, however, I will refrain from saying any
names....
for
> now........
>
>
>
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