Beware of Local Online Purchases

Twinz

Forum - Support
Staff member
Iceman12596 said:
i think we need to create a section or sub section on the forum and list bad sellers and re sellers...

Sounds like a good idea. But we will need some criteria. For example the buyer should be able to demonstrate/prove that he/she tried to resolve the dispute. Otherwise people may report and bad rep a seller that was willing to fix a problem.
 

Iceman12596

///Member
Twinz said:
Iceman12596 said:
i think we need to create a section or sub section on the forum and list bad sellers and re sellers...

Sounds like a good idea. But we will need some criteria. For example the buyer should be able to demonstrate/prove that he/she tried to resolve the dispute. Otherwise people may report and bad rep a seller that was willing to fix a problem.

agree, will give it some thought buds
 

kilotango

New member
Twinz said:
Iceman12596 said:
i think we need to create a section or sub section on the forum and list bad sellers and re sellers...

Sounds like a good idea. But we will need some criteria. For example the buyer should be able to demonstrate/prove that he/she tried to resolve the dispute. Otherwise people may report and bad rep a seller that was willing to fix a problem.

:withStu: 100%
 

Venom

Member
The problem is we have a reseller (possibly a mate of Bruce's) here posting in defense of someone with a history of poor business ethics. I never posted all the content of the emails from this guy's friend. My posting as I stated was not about don't support the guy, but this is what happened to me.

I agree that an ethical business register should be created which helps buyers to source products from sellers. Not sure why anyone would call that stupid. (Unless they are mates with Bruce or doing the same thing as Bruce....oh wait.)
 

Iceman12596

///Member
Venom said:
The problem is we have a reseller (possibly a mate of Bruce's) here posting in defense of someone with a history of poor business ethics. I never posted all the content of the emails from this guy's friend. My posting as I stated was not about don't support the guy, but this is what happened to me.

I agree that an ethical business register should be created which helps buyers to source products from sellers. Not sure why anyone would call that stupid. (Unless they are mates with Bruce or doing the same thing as Bruce....oh wait.)

Friends or not with Bruce, it don't matter, sh1t business is sh1t business.
If Bruce had any tact, backbone or a set, he would register and defend himself here, if he does infact have a friend here looking at this thread (Witch i doubt) let his friend weasel his way back to bruce and tell him about this thread.
 

zippy320

Well-known member
Im a little confused about this post .

I have seen his site , some parts state

Starter Motor - BMW 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 / X3 / X5 / Z4 Series - Various Models

BMW Part Number: 12 41 2 354 701 / 12 41 2 344 243 / 12 41 7 526 237 / 12 41 7 526 236 / 12 41 7 521 116

Brand: Bosch (German O.E.M)

Fitment: Complete

And some state on the adverts

Power Steering Pump - BMW 1 /3 Series - Various Models - LF-30

BMW Part Number:32 41 6 769 887 /32 41 4 042 171 /32 41 4 039 954

Brand:Replacement

Fitment:Complete


I would assume that on those adverts that state the brand name , he would get that brand name , and on those that state replacement , well you would get an unbranded or unknown brand copy .

Did you purchase a product that stated the brand name on the description ? or did it state replacement on the description?

Having brand and company logos all over the site mean nothing , it just means they do stock those company's parts , it does not mean your getting parts from those company's .

Unless the advert was misrepresented , and stated he would receive for example a Bosch product , but received some unknown knockoff?

Crookedness of the owner and his issues aside , the site seems pretty normal in the descriptions on what you are buying?
 

Kimeran

///Member
I have to agree with Kilotango unfortunately.
The seller technically did nothing wrong, he is just an unethical bum.
You as the buyer, trusted him and got burnt.

In future, purchase items from reputable sites like Bid or Buy, Ebay etc that have the final say on whether to return your money in full or not.
Even there though, go through all the info carefully before purchasing.

I remember once I was on Wish looking for a backpack, and I found an awesome Alpinestars once advertised for R3.
I clicked on it and had a closer look, only to realize that they were advertising the lock on the backpack for R3 :roflol:
 

kilotango

New member
Venom said:
The problem is we have a reseller (possibly a mate of Bruce's) here posting in defense of someone with a history of poor business ethics. I never posted all the content of the emails from this guy's friend. My posting as I stated was not about don't support the guy, but this is what happened to me.

I agree that an ethical business register should be created which helps buyers to source products from sellers. Not sure why anyone would call that stupid. (Unless they are mates with Bruce or doing the same thing as Bruce....oh wait.)

oh please.... just because you didnt:

- do your due diligence on some random website before placing an order
- read the advert properly
- understand what it is you were buying
- understand who you were buying from
- bother to read or understand the T's and C's properly

.....and because i called you out for that, makes me Bruces friend and that im defending him?

Dude, im not even in South Africa. i dont sell anything to anyone, you dont know anything about me or what i do. you've got no one to blame for getting taken for a ride, except yourself, take responsibility for your negligence.

had you asked about euro auto parts on this forum, BEFORE you went ahead and splashed cash, people would've told you to stay away from there.

you know, maybe you should just stay away from buying anything on the internet for a while, i dont think you should trust yourself with that much responsibility.
 
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