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

[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