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? |
KELTY360 |
Apr 23 2023, 08:15 AM
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914 Neferati Group: Members Posts: 5,081 Joined: 31-December 05 From: Pt. Townsend, WA Member No.: 5,344 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
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? This is the kind of response I'd hope for from a 914World member. Surprised no one has commented on it. Thanks Clay, for stepping forward. Hope you guys can work it out. |
Root_Werks |
Apr 23 2023, 08:33 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,426 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
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? This is the kind of response I'd hope for from a 914World member. Surprised no one has commented on it. Thanks Clay, for stepping forward. Hope you guys can work it out. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) NOS is NOS. Buyer beware. I've bought a lot of NOS parts. 70% they work as new. Rest they don't. It's a risk on the buyer's part. |
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