Disappointed with a fellow TVR owner.

[so called]

I had a spare pair of sleeved cans that someone was interested in.
I left them with Ian at Torque RVT and the interested party later had them fitted along with other work.
I had asked for £100
About 8 weeks ago I called the guy who, having not paid for them and driving round with them on his Tuscan, and asked when he was paying.
The conversation went,
Him "there not worth £100.
Me "make me an offer "
Him "the carbon sleeve on one is split"
Now having cleaned them before they were removed ......
Me "OK bring them back and they will be good back ups for myself"
Him "My old ones are with Ian" ?
Me "I don't want your old ones for the same reason you don't want them, they look naff"
Him OK I'll bring them back when I have the car serviced"
8 weeks later I am ready to pay the ignorant tw@t a visit and fit his old cans where the sun don't shine.

[m4tti]

There really are some terds in the world..

[LordGrover]

Poor show. He should be ashamed.
Pretty rare in the PH/TVR community though; I've never had any issues with anyone here or TVRCC. Please don't let this sorry episode colour your opinion of PHers in general; overall very good bunch of like-minded people. And a few awkward so-and-so's - but I'd still trust 'em.

[m4tti]

Well he's not a business so you could give us his ph name just so others can be aware.

[clive f]

if he knows the price was £100, and he is driving around with them on his car, he has no right to say they are worth any less than that, if he`s not happy with the price then he shouldn`t have put them on, bad show, give him a coupleof days to pay up, or name and shame, as he will be giving the rest of us a bad name

[Jurgen Schmidt]

how awful, and from one of 'our own'

[gordonsalive]

Don't worry too much, if that is an example of how he runs his life then you can rest assured the rest of it won't be up to much

[haircutmike]

There are a few unfortunately.

I bought a P/S rack off a known guy on here, when I fitted it, it was apparent that it had a significant amount of play in it.
When he was told this fact he said that was the risk buying secondhand, no refund!

[blueg33]

haircutmike said:

There are a few unfortunately.

I bought a P/S rack off a known guy on here, when I fitted it, it was apparent that it had a significant amount of play in it.
When he was told this fact he said that was the risk buying secondhand, no refund!

To be fair that is a bit different. Did he tell you it was fine? did you ask if there was any play?

If he misrepresented it then he is a st, if it was sold with no statement about condition then it is caveat emptor

[Alexdaredevilz]

Blue33

I see your point, but why sell a part to a fellow ph if it's fked?

[Podie]

LordGrover said:

Pretty rare in the PH/TVR community though

I wish it was.

I certainly have my own list that I'd never touch with a bargepole.

Unfortunately, that includes a number of "respected specialists"

Perhaps I've just been unlucky?

[blueg33]

Alexdaredevilz said:

Blue33

I see your point, but why sell a part to a fellow ph if it's fked?

Fair comment. The only answer is that many people are self serving and greedy, unfortunately in some cases car ownership or being in the same group makes no difference. I had a fellow surfer run off with my new custom surfboard whilst I was half out of my wet suit.

Mind you, he may not have known it was fked. Plenty of TVR owners seem to know very little about cars, I have met Tuscan owners who have never even removed the bonnet

Edited by blueg33 on Friday 27th April 09:00

[m4tti]

Essentially if he has an item of yours which he hasnt paid for, it is theft. Hand the details to the police. They at least have to log a call.

[Robertjp]

this would infuriate me, thats a terrible way to behave and bordering on criminal. I would ask for them back regardless now, give him a time limit and inform the police. Oh, and tell us his name. . .

[haircutmike]

blueg33 said:

To be fair that is a bit different. Did he tell you it was fine? did you ask if there was any play?

If he misrepresented it then he is a st, if it was sold with no statement about condition then it is caveat emptor

Statement was, "I believe it has recently been overhauled"!

At £650 for the rack, pump, reservoir and a few ancilleries, it wasn't cheap.

You wouldn't believe the email excuses.

[Barreti]

If this guy knew the price, paid to have them fitted and has been using them for more than 8 weeks with no plan to return them then not paying for them constitutes theft.

Report it to the police.

[blueg33]

haircutmike said:

Statement was, "I believe it has recently been overhauled"!

At £650 for the rack, pump, reservoir and a few ancilleries, it wasn't cheap.

You wouldn't believe the email excuses.

Thats pretty stty

[Ribol]

We were off out for a picnic on a nice sunny day when we saw a Griff with the bonnet up on the other side of a dual carriageway.
Initially I thought at least it is a Griff owner and laughed (joke) but then my Mrs insisted we went back to see if we could help.
Despite him being a Griff owner (joke) we drove miles to the next roundabout and went back.
The owner dispensed with any hellos, thanks for stopping etc and said "it just stopped".
He didn't have a clue, after a bit of a poke around I had some idea.
To cut a long story short it needed a piece of wire to make the car go, we didn't have one.
I wandered off round the back of some garages to find some (don't ask) and came back with a suitable piece.
With some bits and pieces I already had with me I got it going but told him to disconnect it when he got home because it wasn't a proper fix.
He asked will it get me home, I said 100%.
He got in the car and left without even saying thank you, leaving me covered it shid and us starring at each other thinking "WTF".
At some point he had asked if I posted on PH and when I told him my screen name he said he had seen my posts.
Haven't heard from him so far, but that was only 9 years ago so he will probably PM me to thank me soon

Moral of the story never stop to help Griff owners

[haircutmike]

You did let yourself in for it .




I think we all want to know where the piece of wire came from?

[swanny71]

so called said:

I had a spare pair of sleeved cans that someone was interested in.
I left them with Ian at Torque RVT and the interested party later had them fitted along with other work.
I had asked for £100
About 8 weeks ago I called the guy who, having not paid for them and driving round with them on his Tuscan, and asked when he was paying.
The conversation went,
Him "there not worth £100.
Me "make me an offer "
Him "the carbon sleeve on one is split"
Now having cleaned them before they were removed ......
Me "OK bring them back and they will be good back ups for myself"
Him "My old ones are with Ian" ?
Me "I don't want your old ones for the same reason you don't want them, they look naff"
Him OK I'll bring them back when I have the car serviced"
8 weeks later I am ready to pay the ignorant tw@t a visit and fit his old cans where the sun don't shine.

Name and shame him!