Call the guy and see if you can work a deal. If does
want to get rid of it and it is that bad chances are
he will make a deal rather that try to sell it again.
Brian
--- "Marty Nowak (Got-Speed)" <got-speed@cox.net>
wrote:
>
> Ok I bought a powerdyne supercharger (just headunit
> and brackets) from a guy
> in GA. He had it listed on Ebay for $600 shipped, so
> I emailed him and
> bought it (not through Ebay). The description said
> it was "Very clean, like
> new". I told him I would want it sent COD and he
> said fine. Well he sent it
> to me, but forgot to send it COD. He emailed me
> yesterday telling me to just
> send him the money via Western Union. Well I got the
> blower today and at
> first look, it looks like someone took a wire wheel
> to most of the unit that
> they could get a large wheel to and then painted it
> aircraft grey. I was
> fine with that, saying to myself I can just
> beadblast it. Well not wanting
> to fill up the inside with blast material I took it
> apart, and the thing
> looks like it has been sitting in the ocean for the
> past year ! There is
> rust, sand, and white powder all over inside (I'll
> bet the outside looked
> the same and thats why it was painted). Basically
> the whole thing needs to
> be ripped apart and rebuilt. Powerdyne wants a few
> hundred to do this and I
> can get new bearings for $100. My question is what
> should I do about this ?
> I have not yet paid the guy, and don't feel that it
> is worth $600. I am even
> more upset that if I would have paid, I would have a
> POS right now. I feel
> like not even paying him anything for it. I don't
> want to send it back
> cause, 1) I want a blower, and 2) he would probably
> just put it back
> together and sell it to someone else who is not as
> "smart" as me. Any ideas
> ?
>
> Marty
> http://members.cox.net/got-speed
>
>
>
>
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