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napolitano
02-26-2012, 06:06 PM
Buyer beware!!!
Since Bigcowl edits my posts on his forum, I 'll post it here and maybe it will last.
bigcowl was selling rims for two different prices last september. Here is the ad..

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MM wheels
I have 8 but 3 are pending.......A couple of them had vary minor curb rash that i fixed and now they look sweet .......you might be able to tell if you get super close.......There might be 1-2 with vary minor teeny tiny itty bitty dings.......but most i would give a 9.....from 1-10
Leave me your email for pics.......if your thinking of getting a couple widened i could drop them of at Weldcraft for ya as there only about 15 minites away.....I could also see about getting a Roush discount for ya ??
I also have 2 BF Goodrich tires that i think there the correct size for the rear with about 80-90%.....245/55/18
$250 for the rims that are near mint ....plus the ride
$225 for the other ones....plus the ride..
Leave your email address for pics....or pm me...
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I purchased two of his near mint rims for $250 each plus the ride. I didn't haggle price because I was willing to pay premium for his near mint 9 out of 10 condition rims.

I paid him through paypal and he gave me tracking numbers for them.

Now it gets scandalous, after he receives the money and give me tracking numbers, he sends me a pm saying that I would probably have to take 1200 or 1500 grit sandpaper to them and hit them with mothers polish.
Why would I have to sand a rim and polish it if it is near mint, a 9 out of 10 condition?
I told him I'd like a refund because I was wanting near mint rims not his second that he was selling for a cheaper price.
His first solution was to send me sandpaper and mothers polish.

His second solution was to refund me $25.( the difference between his pricing on his two different condition rims he was selling.)

I tried to give him a chance, maybe these rims were not so bad, so I told him I would be patient and see what they look like.

I received them and one had black tar on the inside of rim in between where a tire would be seasted on each lip. Along with nicks and scrathes.

Then second rim looked good but after a closer inspection before I ended up returning them I found a weld spot on the inside about the three inches in diameter form who knows what?

After this I requested a refund through him.

Here is his exact words along with my earlier request:

ME:
I just received the rims today. One is good condition just like your post about a rim with no curbrash for 250. The other rim I received from you has a nick that I don't believe I can sand out. It would need to be ground down and filled by a professional that repairs wheels. It also has a black tar like substance on the inside of the rim, pretty thick and spread out. Per our original conversation about my purchasing two of your rims with no curbrash, You told me that is what I would pay for. I had no problem with your price and even rounded up to the $550. To me it looks like you sent me one of your good rims and one of your rims that has curbrash per your ad. Work with me here. My idea would be to refund my $274 for the one rim plus shipping to your house or refund my $274 and give me money to ship it to another one of your customers. What do you think? However we resolve this I would at least like my money back because this is not what you described to me that the rim would need to be repaired, sanded or whatever. Thank you.

Bigcowl:
How about i send you the $25 for shipping the one rim back and i will send you a better rim.....
Sorry for the inconvinance but its hard to explann the condition of rims that are all most 10 years old........But in my add i never said mint or flawless.....i said near mint.....I`m hopeing i don`t have to to do a refund because my unemployment stopped 3 weeks ago...This stuff is my only income...Too top it of i found out 2 month ago i have cancer and have to do keymo and radiation for the next 6-8 months.......and i have no insurance......
Maybe your looking for other Marauder parts and or other parts i can send you ??? My buddy has a junk yard but don`t like computors so i help him out.........

Me:
If you want to talk about problems, my wife lost her job last month, my mother needs to move in with me because she was layed off from the school budget cuts down here and lastly my father is at the Mayo clinic in Minnesota with liver cancer, he only has one more round of chemo before liver will shut down completely, just prolonging his death. Now onto our business transaction. We can keep this private and issue a refund to me for the $550.00 plus shipping back to you or another one of your customers or paypal can issue the refund. I was going to cover half shipping back to you but every time I look at these two rims I get upset because i feel you were dishonest in your sales ad. What is the black tar on the one? And what is the weld spot on the other one? I called a shop in Orlando that repairs and polishes rims, they just did my buddies MM rims for $80 per rim. And his were no where near this bad condition. What do you want to do of the two options I proposed?

So did you really have cancer bigcowl?
Because to me that is not something you use to find pity from someone and even if you did, this was a business transaction and you don't bring your problems onto your end.

Again /
BUYER BEWARE
My uncle is down from Detroit and warned me about people like Bigcowl.

In the end Palpay refunded my money and he never gave me the truth about what really happened.

napolitano
02-26-2012, 06:07 PM
I didn't know so many others were on the same page as me. I guess I will post our entire conversation per pm. minus my personal info.


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Re: mm rim

ME: Will you put me in line for 1 rim if you separate please. Paypal ready. I grew up in Saginaw,MI. To bad I moved to hotter than balls Florida otherwise I'd pick it up. PM me if you plan to separate them. Thanks. Levi

HIM: Are you willing to pay $250 plus shipping for a sweetheart rim without curb rash ??? I have a forsure from one guy...

ME: Yes. I just sent two rims to weldcraft in MI. It was $52 shipping one way. So I will take one rim 250 plus shipping to 33844. I believe I am second in line so can I please getone of your best ones.

ME: I will let you know whats up later today...[/Qod seal man. Forgot to ask if center caps are included.

HIM:I`m getting the tires taken off tomorrow morning and i already have boxes.......so if you pay soon enough i can ship tomorrow.......yes you will be happy....How about $274 shipped and i will cover paypal fee...paypal= trozenboom@ameritech.net

ME: Sounds good. No hurry on the shipping I will pay this afternoon or tonight when I get home if that's alright with you. My phone isn't that sophisticated enough for the paypal app. Do you still have more rims left? If you do I will buy two all together for your 274 x 2 price. Just let me know before this afternoon so I can send money all at once. Thanks. Heres my number if any problems arise on your end. XXX-XXX-XXXX. Paypal this afternoon. Got your info. Talk to you soon.

HIM:Yes you can have 2........and yes i have 2 boxes..

ME: Just sent the money $550.00.
Shipping address is
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

ME:You never answered about the center caps though.

HIM:Hey 1 of the 2 rims that i sent you has 2 small minor scratchs.......i learned yesterday how to take scratches out......hopefully you have some 1200 or 1500 sand paper.......just lightly sand the scratch (lightly) then hit it with mothers polish 2-3 times......if it don`t go away do it again.....

ME:You set two prices for your rims. One price for rims with curbrash or scratches and one price for rims with no curbrash or scratches. You assured me that I payed for two rims that were flawless. Now are you trying to prepare me for a dissapointment when I receive my package. I f I felt like sanding scratches out of rims I would have bought your cheapers ones. I will be patient and receive my package but if I have to sand a scratch off, I need my money back.

HIM: All these rims are almost 10 years old.......they all have scratches..yes all 12 rims but i`m being vary picky.......and i never said flawless or mint did i........i said near mint in my add.....so don`t expect new rims........it might take you 3-4 minites to fix the one rim if your picky like me and you should be vary happy...if not i will pay you for your time......if you don`t have the sand paper or mothers i will send you
some...

napolitano
02-26-2012, 06:08 PM
Part two:

ME: I just received the rims today. One is good condition just like your post about a rim with no curbrash for 250. The other rim I received from you has a nick that I don't believe I can sand out. It would need to be ground down and filled by a professional that repairs wheels. It also has a black tar like substance on the inside of the rim, pretty thick and spread out. Per our original conversation about my purchasing two of your rims with no curbrash, You told me that is what I would pay for. I had no problem with your price and even rounded up to the $550. To me it looks like you sent me one of your good rims and one of your rims that has curbrash per your ad. Work with me here. My idea would be to refund my $274 for the one rim plus shipping to your house or refund my $274 and give me money to ship it to another one of your customers. What do you think? However we resolve this I would at least like my money back because this is not what you described to me that the rim would need to be repaired, sanded or whatever. Thank you.

HIM: How about i send you the $25 for shipping the one rim back and i will send you a better rim.....
Sorry for the inconvinance but its hard to explann the condition of rims that are all most 10 years old........But in my add i never said mint or flawless.....i said near mint.....I`m hopeing i don`t have to to do a refund because my unemployment stopped 3 weeks ago...This stuff is my only income...Too top it of i found out 2 month ago i have cancer and have to do keymo and radiation for the next 6-8 months.......and i have no insurance......
Maybe your looking for other Marauder parts and or other parts i can send you ??? My buddy has a junk yard but don`t like computors so i help him out.........

ME: If you want to talk about problems, my wife lost her job last month, my mother needs to move in with me because she was layed off from the school budget cuts down here and lastly my father is at the Mayo clinic in Minnesota with liver cancer, he only has one more round of chemo before liver will shut down completely, just prolonging his death. Now onto our business transaction. We can keep this private and issue a refund to me for the $550.00 plus shipping back to you or another one of your customers or paypal can issue the refund. I was going to cover half shipping back to you but every time I look at these two rims I get upset because i feel you were dishonest in your sales ad. What is the black tar on the one? And what is the weld spot on the other one? I called a shop in Orlando that repairs and polishes rims, they just did my buddies MM rims for $80 per rim. And his were no where near this bad condition. What do you want to do of the two options I proposed?

HIM: Just wondering when your going to ship ?? i have a guy that needs 4 rims widened for some reason ??

ME: Tonight. Will pm you tracking number. So would you tell me theI truth about what happened?

HIM: What are you talking about ?

ME: Im talking about why would you tell me I would be happy with two good condition rims then tell me after I paid for them that I would have to sand them and repolish them. And what about you playing the emotional card on me to keep these damaged rims with a $25 refund because you say you have cancer, no job and this is your only income, hawking used parts to us for top dollar. What about that floor carpet you sold mercuryed that was what $100I or something and it had holes in it where shoes wore through the carpet. Yin should be paying vendor fees and ai should put you on blast on the. Net and impala forums showing everyone pictures of the curbrashed welded rims you sent me for your more expensive price. Now your to much of a coward to provide a solid truthful answer as to why you sent me your curbeashed rims and charged top dollar for them.

HIM: After i shipped you the rims i learned how to fix minor scratches so i thought i would tell you ....i thought i was being a nice guy by telling you....

HIM: The $25 was not a refund it was for shipping the 1 rim back so i could replace it with a better one.......

HIM: My rims that i sent you did not have any curb rash ......so what are you talking about ?? I have pics and i also marked them...

I talked to Russel and heres what he said...

Originally Posted by bigcowl-imp
Did you not like the carpet i sent you ?? If so why did you not say anything to me ?? A guy just pm`d me this...

What about that floor carpet you sold mercuryed that was what $100I or something and it had holes in it where shoes wore through the carpet.

the floor area for the driver side was not what i was expecting but it was that big of a deal to me i had a friend that would take it off my hands just the way it was so i didnt really need to make a big deal out of it i reallly wanted the dash cluster more then anything! so dont worry it`s cool.

Did you tell people that it had holes in it where shoes wore through the carpet ?

not at all! all i said was the the area where the heel pad was worn out and almost flat but never said it had holes.

So why are you twisting the story around ????
I never said the carpet was mint and he had 4-5 pictures...
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http://www.impalassforum.com/vBullet...ht=bigcowl-imp (http://www.impalassforum.com/vBulletin/showthread.php?t=246701&highlight=bigcowl-imp)
http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=300243 (http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=300243)

By the way, who is Russel?
Near mint, 9 out of 10 condition and then he tells me what do I expect they are ten years old.

bigcowl-imp
02-27-2012, 05:05 AM
I see you edit a lot of pm`s and your leaving out alot of the pm`s ......how come ?? because you have to try and make me look bad some how ???

Also guys if you read the pm`s you can see that lies alot.......
Heres one
HIM= What about that floor carpet you sold mercuryed that was what $100I or something and it had holes in it where shoes wore through the carpet.

ME= So then i talk to mercuryed about the carpet i sold him and he also had 4-5 pics...i asked him if he told people that the carpet had holes in it.......heres what he said
not at all! all i said was the the area where the heel pad was worn out and almost flat but never said it had holes.

Heres another lie

HIM= Now your to much of a coward to provide a solid truthful answer as to why you sent me your curbeashed rims and charged top dollar for them......

ME= My rims that i sent you did not have any curb rash ......so what are you talking about ?? I have pics and i also marked them...

As you can see the 2 rims i sent him had no curb rash......so when i got the rims back one of the rims had slight curb rash so i new right there that the rim was not mine........i flipped the rims over to look for my marks on the back side and one rim was mine and the other one with the curb rash was not mine..........

Heres the 2 rims i sent him and the marks i made on the back side.....
....you can see theres no curb rash....and you can see that the rims are in excellent condition......

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f393/bigcowl-imp/Marauder%20parts%20for%20sale/DSC00183-1.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f393/bigcowl-imp/Marauder%20parts%20for%20sale/DSC00184.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f393/bigcowl-imp/Marauder%20parts%20for%20sale/DSC00181.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f393/bigcowl-imp/Marauder%20parts%20for%20sale/DSC00182.jpg

Heres the marks i put on the back side

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f393/bigcowl-imp/Marauder%20parts%20for%20sale/DSC01033.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f393/bigcowl-imp/Marauder%20parts%20for%20sale/DSC01031.jpg

Heres the last pm he sent me a few days ago

2/20/12
In our deal, you made right by refunding. I give you that bbut what I wanted to know was the truth about your situation. Cancer and all. That hit it for me with my father having it. Thats all I wanted. By no means did I want to have a badtransaction with you especially since your from my home state and my entire family still lives there. I definately need more parts and could use your stuff but am hesistant about it now. Again I do give you credit for being thorough about your descriptions now. We will always need MM parts and my brother is constantly on the hhunt for impala parts so you do provide us with a way of getting them.

I have 2 keymo treatments left to do and then we do a p.e.t. scan to see what the cancer did......hopefully its gone...if it is gone then 3 month later i get to take this bag off my stomach and the tube put back in my stomach (i also had a tumer in my colin) and at the same time he will take the port out of my chest..... ....if not i have to keep doing keymo..........my Dad died of cancer at 61..