doGGy, has anyone else had a horrible experience dealing with him? Options

[elvasoshexai]

as the title states... has anybody here had a horrible experience dealing with him?

he never really scammed me per se as i never had to pay for the item since he never finished it...

but to this day i still feel shafted after having to pay over $100 to ship something to lithuania yet never recieve a finished product over a 1.5 year time span (early 2006 til late 2007)... although i did get the original product i shipped back because he didnt want to recieve it because of VAT and sourced one locally instead

ya i kno he doesn't work on celicas anymore since he doesn't come here often and stopped replying to my PMs a long time ago... but still... when i first contacted him he was still active here and still introduced new parts here and worked on other members' projects too... yet he never finished smething he said would take 3 weeks but was prolonged for over 1.5 years...

i gave up contacting him back in late 2007... but while clearing some emails it reminded me of all this...

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This post has been edited by elvasoshexai: Apr 13, 2008 - 6:55 PM

[Tigawoods]

i dont have a problem with him. although he was finished the last made pods for me a month ago and havent heard from him since. Since then i have ordered lo-tek gauges, i couldnt wait any longer

[dustin15brown]

this thread is retarded, Romas is a stand up guy that I would easily stake my reputation in a heartbeat. He wouldn't screw anyone on this website, and if people feel like they cannot communicate with him, PM me and I will help resolve any issues at hand. I think the entire moderating team/community will vouch for Romas. How could you think he screwed you at all if he never even received the item?

[elvasoshexai]

ok, i guess i didn't clear that up... he wouldn't accept the item due to the VAT and said he'd source one locally...

not that i'm trying 2 ruin his rep here... i just want the product that he decided never to finish...

i never said anything before because he was the only one that makes these custom items for celicas... so really, what bargaining power do i have? but i'm sure anyone would be pissed after not recieving an item that was supposed to take 3 weeks, yet recieved nothing after 1.5 years

^you got pm

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This post has been edited by elvasoshexai: Apr 13, 2008 - 6:55 PM

[dustin15brown]

Please, lets try to use grammar that we may all understand. Like I said, if you have an unresolved issue, there are ways to rectify the situation. Please PM me all the details of what is going on and I will bring it up the next time I talk to Romas. Thank you

[Tigawoods]

he didnt screw me at all. he is a very nice guy, just hasnt had the time to finish the job probably. hasnt been online in a while, thats all

[Supersprynt]

Please, lets try to use grammar that we may all understand. Like I said, if you have an unresolved issue, there are ways to rectify the situation. Please PM me all the details of what is going on and I will bring it up the next time I talk to Romas. Thank you

x2. What are they teaching in schools these days?

[creis]

I got my guage cluster cover from him, shipped my stock one and got one of his, was very smooth transaction and had no issues with the time it took, plus got a great cover in return, I cant imagine he would knowingly screw you, hes a good hunist guy. If you do feel wronged just talk dustin, there both good guys and I'm sure they will do what they can. Sorry to here you had a less then perfect dealing though.

This post has been edited by creis: Apr 13, 2008 - 8:23 PM

[Valo666]

what exactly did you send him?? I only delt with Romas once and it was me shipping him a center dash peice. He was a little late on sending the payment, but i finaly got it about a 3 weeks after i sent the peice.

[elvasoshexai]

it was my gauge cluster... he was going to make one of those custom gauge clusters that he did a while back (not just the cover thing)

This post has been edited by elvasoshexai: Apr 13, 2008 - 9:22 PM

[j0e_p3t]

did he take your money?

[malpaso]

You know what this is all about? It's about time. Romas has always been very busy person (that's why he quit with making parts for celis btw). I have met him in person, he build my 7afte and I have some DCW parts from him... yes it took some time sometimes (hope it sound correct since in this topic is grammar delicate theme ) but I can honestly say he always made his job and never took money for nothing. Also is true since he sold his celi he is even more busy than before... Last SMS I send him he answered after 4 days about... And it's just about lack of time. That's all...

[Tigawoods]

thats what he was told me as well

[palooke]

Its a pure shame he doesnt create products for the Celica anymore. I dont know wether its time or money. However, Im sure he is doing quite well in whatever he has chosen to do.

As far as money is concerned I would have been willing to pay twice the price for his custom offerings. They were unique, beautiful, and flat out better than what I could have purchased elsewhere.

I wonder *IF* we had a group buy, paid in advance for products twice the price AND gave him a 3-4 month turn around time. Would he be interested? I think for what he offers and his skill I would be more the willing to pay the price and wait the time. This way he actually would make some Money and have some time.

[Supersprynt]

You know what this is all about? It's about time. Romas has always been very busy person (that's why he quit with making parts for celis btw). I have met him in person, he build my 7afte and I have some DCW parts from him... yes it took some time sometimes (hope it sound correct since in this topic is grammar delicate theme ) but I can honestly say he always made his job and never took money for nothing. Also is true since he sold his celi he is even more busy than before... Last SMS I send him he answered after 4 days about... And it's just about lack of time. That's all...

Your exempt - ESL.

[elvasoshexai]

did he take your money?

no. he didn't take my money. but i had already put money into the transaction. like i said in original post. i didn't get scammed. but i still feel shafted after i did put $ into this already (that shipping cost is basically 1/3 of what he charge for the custom work)

You know what this is all about? It's about time. Romas has always been very busy person (that's why he quit with making parts for celis btw). I have met him in person, he build my 7afte and I have some DCW parts from him... yes it took some time sometimes (hope it sound correct since in this topic is grammar delicate theme ) but I can honestly say he always made his job and never took money for nothing. Also is true since he sold his celi he is even more busy than before... Last SMS I send him he answered after 4 days about... And it's just about lack of time. That's all...

ya i know he is very busy. but i was already VERY patient. he gave me an estimate of 3 weeks. and after 1 month, i ask for update he is busy. that is ok. so i start asking for updates about once a month.. and soon, one year pass by, and then 1.5 years, and then all of a sudden out of nowhere without even telling me he just decide to quit doing celicas?

during this time he worked on so many other projects. dustin's HIDs, I believe your turbo project, he introduced the trd side skirts, duckbill spoiler, single and triple gauge pods.. i think he even sent a gauge cluster cover to someone here (defgeph i think?) during that time too... yet he couldnt finish my item.

he always assured me he would finish it and that it was near completion... it makes sense why i am somewhat not happy right?

Its a pure shame he doesnt create products for the Celica anymore. I dont know wether its time or money. However, Im sure he is doing quite well in whatever he has chosen to do.

As far as money is concerned I would have been willing to pay twice the price for his custom offerings. They were unique, beautiful, and flat out better than what I could have purchased elsewhere.

I wonder *IF* we had a group buy, paid in advance for products twice the price AND gave him a 3-4 month turn around time. Would he be interested? I think for what he offers and his skill I would be more the willing to pay the price and wait the time. This way he actually would make some Money and have some time.

i actually did offer him additional money if he could finish it, i even said if he did not have time to make entire custom cluster, i would be happy with just the cover but he reject the additional money and assured me he would get it done.





anyway, i have PMed dustin with details.. so maybe he will be able to ask doggy about it

This post has been edited by elvasoshexai: Apr 14, 2008 - 11:34 AM

[forkee]

i still have a cracked cf cooling panel just sitting around. never got a replacement

[manphibian]

You know what this is all about? It's about time. Romas has always been very busy person (that's why he quit with making parts for celis btw). I have met him in person, he build my 7afte and I have some DCW parts from him... yes it took some time sometimes (hope it sound correct since in this topic is grammar delicate theme ) but I can honestly say he always made his job and never took money for nothing. Also is true since he sold his celi he is even more busy than before... Last SMS I send him he answered after 4 days about... And it's just about lack of time. That's all...

Your exempt - ESL.

IRONY ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!


*You're exempt

[Supersprynt]

meh.

[nik]

i've shipped doggy products and bought stuff
I never had a problem

[ScoobyDooCruiser]

Since the title is "doGGy, has anyone else had a horrible experience dealing with him?" I will say no, I have not.

I have got two things form him, and I love both. When I bought from him (2-3 years ago) he was was making a lot of parts, and make a lot of members really happy.

He doesn't work on celi's anymore, he's making way more money doing stuff that pays better than a bunch of poor (most of us) celica owners can pay.

I don't think i understand your complaint- If he doesn't have your money, then what are you complaining about? You spent $100 to ship something then he denied... what did you put on the customs form, Value: $800? Next time you're sending to a foreign country, check what the break points for duties are and he won't have to refuse shippment.

He agreed to make you something and he hasn't? Hm. Ok. He flaked out. So? People flake out all the time- try posting something for sale on craigslist if you don't believe me.

If he doens't have any of your money, or any of your stuff, then it seems the only complaint is he said he'd do something that he hasn't done, and thats pretty week.

You open a topic asking for it, and I tell it.

Lotsa love,

me

[elvasoshexai]

Since the title is "doGGy, has anyone else had a horrible experience dealing with him?" I will say no, I have not.

I have got two things form him, and I love both. When I bought from him (2-3 years ago) he was was making a lot of parts, and make a lot of members really happy.

He doesn't work on celi's anymore, he's making way more money doing stuff that pays better than a bunch of poor (most of us) celica owners can pay.

I don't think i understand your complaint- If he doesn't have your money, then what are you complaining about? You spent $100 to ship something then he denied... what did you put on the customs form, Value: $800? Next time you're sending to a foreign country, check what the break points for duties are and he won't have to refuse shippment.

He agreed to make you something and he hasn't? Hm. Ok. He flaked out. So? People flake out all the time- try posting something for sale on craigslist if you don't believe me.

If he doens't have any of your money, or any of your stuff, then it seems the only complaint is he said he'd do something that he hasn't done, and thats pretty week.

You open a topic asking for it, and I tell it.

Lotsa love,

me

lol ya, i expected most people to have had a good experience with him when i posted this topic

i shipped him with the cheapest method possible that included tracking @ canada post which was $100-$120 and gave it a value of $50 because that is how much i could probably find a used one for if anything happened. he tells then tells me later (once he found out customs held my package) that he forgot to tell me to mark it with a value of no more than $20 and not to get tracking otherwise vat tax was 100% or something ridiculous like that

anyway. ok so let's give an analogy, although it is a very poor one:
-you want me to rebuild a turbo because i'm the best (LOL) and i can do it in 1 week and you need it FAST
-it cost u $100 to ship it to canada via fedex 2day bcuz it's so damn heavy n because you want it rebuilt FAST.
-you put a value of $200 because well, that is what is is worth, you don't want anything to happen to it and i don't say a thing
-i decline it because in canada everything over $20 will be charged tax (13% here) and fedex brokerage is damn expensive (probably $40-$60 in fees for a $200 item). (i bet you don't know that huh?)
-it gets 'returned to sender' and you have to pay all the outstanding fees (luckily i did not have to)
-i tell you 'whoops. forgot to tell you to ship via USPS and with a value no more than $20" but anyway, i'll source one locally and get it done for you asap
-2 weeks comes along and you ask me how it's goin and i say i've started but i've been busy
-1.5months and you ask again and i'm 1/2 done
-3 months later i start selling some custom headers here and you message me, i say i'm busy
-6 months comes along and i'm still 1/2 done when you ask, and then you see i just did a custom build for someone else
-1 year comes along and i come out with... i dunno custom cams and when you ask, i'm almost done your rebuild, but i just don't have time to finish some final steps.
-1.5 years comes along and i leave the market without saying a word to you and you cant reach me with PMs anymore

can you say u will NOT have a sour taste in your mouth after that experience? you threw $100 down the drain, wasted 1.5 years and got nothing out of it. do you understand my complaint now? if you were dealing with somebody less known (like me) most people would probably have thrown a fit a lot sooner

doGGy is/was a mod here (was since he is no longer active here even though he still has that status) and he is basically operating like an individual business... and with all his reputation, you really would expect SOME professionalism (ie. communication).. i don't expect he answer my PMs right away or anything because i understand he is busy and he is an individual, not a big store.

i DO deal a lot online so i DO know people back out of deals and such. but you still feel mad when it does happen. besides, this is why all i said is i had a bad experience with him, not that he is a scammer or anything

This post has been edited by elvasoshexai: Apr 14, 2008 - 4:43 PM

[dustin15brown]

I ship Romas stuff on a very regular basis.... and shipping shouldn't have been over $100, nor should a declared value of $50 have given any taxes to Romas (I believe it's above 100 or so). Something isn't right here and we will get Romas into the thread. Romas operated on a very low profit basis while he was here and I can completely understand why he stopped. My .02 this thread should just be closed because it's retarded.

[elvasoshexai]

I ship Romas stuff on a very regular basis.... and shipping shouldn't have been over $100, nor should a declared value of $50 have given any taxes to Romas (I believe it's above 100 or so). Something isn't right here and we will get Romas into the thread. Romas operated on a very low profit basis while he was here and I can completely understand why he stopped. My .02 this thread should just be closed because it's retarded.

i have no idea why it is so expensive but that was the cheapest option for me when shipped with tracking. i don't know what happen really, that is all with the shipping companies and customs.

but he did start working on it after finding one locally.

sadly, i don't have all the old PMs between me and him because of the PM limit on 6gc and for some reason, emails kept getting lost between us so we just stuck with the PMs here.

i don't really think it should be closed yet. i mean, we are having some discussion still anyway, we can always wait until if doggy repleis first before closing or whatever

This post has been edited by elvasoshexai: Apr 14, 2008 - 5:04 PM

[doGGy]

yea, lots of people on here had a terrible experience with me - i can even name few:

QuintinGT - still waiting on his splitters

Enrique - he sent stuff to me not asking for any payment in front - telling me that once i get it - i will decide what to do

YOU - with your cluster

Dustin Brow - still waiting on his 1500$ value of stuff...

And i guess there are few more people here who can complain...

Why You wanna know why?

Quintin - im sorry man - your splitters are already somthere in US - cuz it took me 4 month to SOMEHOW get the packadge to US that was WAY TO BIG to ANYHOW ship it - dont trust me? Ask Dustin...

Enrique - this is just totaly my foult - i owe you man 25$ and i will send them as soon as i transfer $ to my account - its was totaly my fould and totaly out of my mind...

Dustin - we go this thing sorted...

YOU - im sorry man - but even reading you last statment - i should go on and correct YOUR SELF:

First thing - then i told you SHIP IT WITH USPS - what did you reponded to me? WE DONT HAVE USPS in Canada... Next thing what you did - was shipped it with DHL - shipping was like 120$ + you valued it at 65$! And DHL - is one of the WORST things here - they even charge for customs papers / declarations / work they do (even that they do nothing) and you have to go and pick the stuff from them even that they are like 100 miles from me... AND I DID told you to not DO SO - cuz im telling everyone to NOT DO SO - cuz we get charged for every freeking $ here... I HAD to pay around 280 litas import tax for this god damn piece of plastic - so i could easily do so - and charge you additional $ in the end and your cluster would run sky high - and you would not be happy anyway...

After this - it was all of my fould - im not denying - yea it was all me. Not having $ in hands, and not having somthing that isnt belonging to me - it was hard to find time to make all this happend... I have a life / job / wife / my own personal time - but from all this 80% takes my JOB, cuz im getting $ from what i do - and i do the jobs that gives me $ instantly - this is why your stuff was behind my back... And time passed and it was even harder to get back and finish what i started... NOW - i dont even have time to BREATH, really, im sleeping 5 hours a day, not spending my time with my WIFE, im not having my own personal time - and i really dont have time to go back and spend another 12-16 hours finishing what i started - and in the end getting 200$ that means NOTHING to me now - cuz of the works im doing and cuz of the works that have priority NOW to me, and that i get x10 bigger $ from them...

Maybe its not right - but thats how it is NOW, and i can not go back to past and correct this mistake.

And honestly - i dont even see a solution in this case - i could compensate your $ - but why should i do so - i didnt screwd you, right?

I could finish the damn cluster - but HONESTLY - i dont have time for this AT THE MOMENT and 2 month in front - so this isnt a solution...

So maybe you have somthing to offer to solve this?

Romas

p.s. BTW - Hello to everyone - i do really really miss you guys... Maybe one day i will jump it and say hello again... With teh Celi ofcorse...

[massbrandon]

Good to hear from ya Romas.

[elvasoshexai]

yea, lots of people on here had a terrible experience with me - i can even name few:

QuintinGT - still waiting on his splitters

Enrique - he sent stuff to me not asking for any payment in front - telling me that once i get it - i will decide what to do

YOU - with your cluster

Dustin Brow - still waiting on his 1500$ value of stuff...

And i guess there are few more people here who can complain...

Why You wanna know why?

Quintin - im sorry man - your splitters are already somthere in US - cuz it took me 4 month to SOMEHOW get the packadge to US that was WAY TO BIG to ANYHOW ship it - dont trust me? Ask Dustin...

Enrique - this is just totaly my foult - i owe you man 25$ and i will send them as soon as i transfer $ to my account - its was totaly my fould and totaly out of my mind...

Dustin - we go this thing sorted...

YOU - im sorry man - but even reading you last statment - i should go on and correct YOUR SELF:

First thing - then i told you SHIP IT WITH USPS - what did you reponded to me? WE DONT HAVE USPS in Canada... Next thing what you did - was shipped it with DHL - shipping was like 120$ + you valued it at 65$! And DHL - is one of the WORST things here - they even charge for customs papers / declarations / work they do (even that they do nothing) and you have to go and pick the stuff from them even that they are like 100 miles from me... AND I DID told you to not DO SO - cuz im telling everyone to NOT DO SO - cuz we get charged for every freeking $ here... I HAD to pay around 280 litas import tax for this god damn piece of plastic - so i could easily do so - and charge you additional $ in the end and your cluster would run sky high - and you would not be happy anyway...

After this - it was all of my fould - im not denying - yea it was all me. Not having $ in hands, and not having somthing that isnt belonging to me - it was hard to find time to make all this happend... I have a life / job / wife / my own personal time - but from all this 80% takes my JOB, cuz im getting $ from what i do - and i do the jobs that gives me $ instantly - this is why your stuff was behind my back... And time passed and it was even harder to get back and finish what i started... NOW - i dont even have time to BREATH, really, im sleeping 5 hours a day, not spending my time with my WIFE, im not having my own personal time - and i really dont have time to go back and spend another 12-16 hours finishing what i started - and in the end getting 200$ that means NOTHING to me now - cuz of the works im doing and cuz of the works that have priority NOW to me, and that i get x10 bigger $ from them...

Maybe its not right - but thats how it is NOW, and i can not go back to past and correct this mistake.

And honestly - i dont even see a solution in this case - i could compensate your $ - but why should i do so - i didnt screwd you, right?

I could finish the damn cluster - but HONESTLY - i dont have time for this AT THE MOMENT and 2 month in front - so this isnt a solution...

So maybe you have somthing to offer to solve this?

Romas

p.s. BTW - Hello to everyone - i do really really miss you guys... Maybe one day i will jump it and say hello again... With teh Celi ofcorse...

ok, so maybe i was wrong about the shipping value part and you not telling me. so i guess that part was my fault. but either way it would cost the same value to ship the item to lithuania for item value anywhere from $0-$100.

yea, we don't have USPS since i am in canada. so i used Canada Post. i did not use dhl. i guess canada post hands their packages over to DHL in your country. (i'm sure this is common in a lot of countries when shipping internationally) that was something outside my control. i never would even know that since it is my first time shipping outside north america.

well like i stated before, since you had already showed me the finished cover piece (that you used to also normally sell) i'll be happy if i can just have that instead of the entire cluster. (and this thread can end)

This post has been edited by elvasoshexai: Apr 14, 2008 - 5:41 PM

[presure2]

now that we've heard from romas, this thread can be closed and communication can be continued thru PM's.
please do so.