ohlegend
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- Apr 2, 2012
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Pemberville,
Ohio
I am going to write this as fair and impartial as I can. Back in early January I bought a new ebay turbo (16g) from a guy on craigslist. I then got on here and everybody convinced me to sell it and get a genuine Evo III 16G.
I think I ended up with $190 back from the ebay turbo. So in March, I posted a WTB add for a genuine E316G and had a few responses. I ended up buying from a member on here who said that he had an Genuine E316G. He sent me a picture of a turbo, coolant lines, and manifold stud - AS IS. (I bought this from him in March for $300).
Fast forward to about 3 weeks ago, turbo was blown and would not build boost. So I sent it to jusmx141 for a rebuild. He came back and told me that the hot side was from a small 16g or big 16g, but it wasn't an evo hot side, but it was a true MHI Evo III compressor housing. The CHRA was from an ebay autocracy that someone tried to rebuild with a mix of parts. Justin said that this turbo would have never built boost and it would be pouring oil into the exhaust. The locating pin was also cut off to fit the ebay CHRA. It is going to cost $350+ to repair this turbo.
So I went back and filed a claim with paypal and said that it was not as described, missing parts, and defective.
He said he had a Evo III 16G and I did not receive that. I literally got a pile of assembled scrap parts. The seller kept saying that he sold this to me as is. If the turbo would have been a true MHI Evo III and it was blown, I would have no problem keeping it and rebuilding, but what I got was clearly not that.
Paypal sided with the seller.
Oh, and this user joined Tuners the day he sent me a PM that he had a turbo he would sell me. I saw that too late.
Now I'm out $300 and have to finance a new turbo/rebuild
So did I get ripped off or was the seller right
And this guy has a business that caters to DSMs, He has a website and everything...
I think I ended up with $190 back from the ebay turbo. So in March, I posted a WTB add for a genuine E316G and had a few responses. I ended up buying from a member on here who said that he had an Genuine E316G. He sent me a picture of a turbo, coolant lines, and manifold stud - AS IS. (I bought this from him in March for $300).
Fast forward to about 3 weeks ago, turbo was blown and would not build boost. So I sent it to jusmx141 for a rebuild. He came back and told me that the hot side was from a small 16g or big 16g, but it wasn't an evo hot side, but it was a true MHI Evo III compressor housing. The CHRA was from an ebay autocracy that someone tried to rebuild with a mix of parts. Justin said that this turbo would have never built boost and it would be pouring oil into the exhaust. The locating pin was also cut off to fit the ebay CHRA. It is going to cost $350+ to repair this turbo.
So I went back and filed a claim with paypal and said that it was not as described, missing parts, and defective.
He said he had a Evo III 16G and I did not receive that. I literally got a pile of assembled scrap parts. The seller kept saying that he sold this to me as is. If the turbo would have been a true MHI Evo III and it was blown, I would have no problem keeping it and rebuilding, but what I got was clearly not that.
Paypal sided with the seller.
Oh, and this user joined Tuners the day he sent me a PM that he had a turbo he would sell me. I saw that too late.
Now I'm out $300 and have to finance a new turbo/rebuild
So did I get ripped off or was the seller right
And this guy has a business that caters to DSMs, He has a website and everything...
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