Maybe expected a bit more...., Recent Fuel pump purchase |
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Maybe expected a bit more...., Recent Fuel pump purchase |
914Next |
Apr 22 2023, 08:28 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 702 Joined: 28-July 14 From: Ephraim Wisconsin Member No.: 17,695 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Not sure if I'm just ranting, venting or just verbalizing a bit of disappointment. And let me say that I fully accept and I don't expect any guarantees (unless a seller offers one) in buying a part on the World but I'm just a bit disappointed after my recent (september) purchase of what was supposedly a very nice (possibly NOS?) 3 port fuel pump for my 914. I bought it as a spare and then found reason to actually need it a couple of weeks ago. When my service guy installed it, it leaked terribly so I had to quickly buy a remanufactured one and overnight to my service garage.
Won't disclose the seller but he is one of the most highly respected contributors on the World. We negotiated a bit and I agreed to pay $600 for this part....premium money. I don't expect a refund but I sent a note to him telling him that the part was unusable. What did I expect? I guess maybe a "damn, really sorry about that" or some other simple acknowledgement that spending $600 in good faith and ending up needing to spend another $500 for a re-manufactured pump is a real bummer. But, no response. I guess in the end I am just venting and feeling like as a seller I would have handled it differently. But....I move on. |
ClayPerrine |
Apr 23 2023, 04:26 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,820 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
I am the seller.
The fuel pump was sold as NOS in good faith. In the ad, I feel that I described the pump accurately, with no misleading info. I never tried to run it, so I had absolutely no idea if it leaked or not. Testing it would have made it used and not NOS, so I didn't test it. I have been buying, selling, and giving away old car parts my entire life. I am sorry that the pump leaked and wasn't what you expected. The fact that it is 5am on a Sunday morning and I am up on the computer writing this instead of sleeping shows that I am bothered by it. I have to ask... what do you want from me? |
914Next |
Apr 23 2023, 08:52 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 702 Joined: 28-July 14 From: Ephraim Wisconsin Member No.: 17,695 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I am the seller. The fuel pump was sold as NOS in good faith. In the ad, I feel that I described the pump accurately, with no misleading info. I never tried to run it, so I had absolutely no idea if it leaked or not. Testing it would have made it used and not NOS, so I didn't test it. I have been buying, selling, and giving away old car parts my entire life. I am sorry that the pump leaked and wasn't what you expected. The fact that it is 5am on a Sunday morning and I am up on the computer writing this instead of sleeping shows that I am bothered by it. I have to ask... what do you want from me? HeyClay, Had no intention of mentioning who the seller was. And as you can tell from my message to you privately or here, that I was asking nothing nor did I even begin to claim that you knowingly sold a bad product. I guess what I had hoped for when I messaged you privately was what I said in this post....."Damn....I'm really sorry 'bout that. Wish we both could have had a more positive outcome". It was more the lack of response to the private message I sent telling you that the part was unusable, that seemed disappointing. I had no intention of using a the public forum when I messaged you but then, as I think you can understand, when I got no response....well it just bothered me. As a seller I would not do that. I've bought a lot of NOS parts.....many from Mark. I know the risk in buying old parts. Knowing what I do now about the perils of old pumps I probably would not have purchased....but that's my problem and my learning experience. Steve |
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