Complaint Review: Jonathon Campbell/RJ-Performance

I have a mobile business using a truck for sales and delivery of product.  Mechanical failure caused the engine to need replacing.  I preplanned for the downtime by locating what I thought was a good used engine from a reputable company, RJ Performance.  My mechanic and I reviewed the data and pictures we received concerning the engine and decided to buy it.  I contacted Jonathon Campbell at RJ Performance to tell him to ship the engine.  He said he would get a quote for shipping and get me a total price.  I was to send the money directly to him via FedEx and upon receiving the check he would have "his warehouse" ship it out.  I complied.

Time was running out according to my plan but no engine.  I continued to call Campbell urging him to send the engine.  He kept telling me it was shipped but wasn't sure what was going on.  Eventually my engine failed completely and I had to take it to the mechanic.  My plan was to spend a few days with my son while the truck was being repaired.  I went ahead with the plan.  That Friday I got a call that the engine was in so I called the mechanic.  In the meantime the driver of the freight truck delivering the engine called me and asked if I new I was getting a used engine.  I told him yes, thinking that he expected a new unit in crate.

The following morning about 5:00 am my mechanic called telling me he had some bad news.  The engine had a broken  oil pan and busted accessories and that the crankcase area, rods, crank, etc was badly rusted.  The engine wouldn't even turn over by hand one revolution.  I immediately called RJ Performance.  I was told by Campbell that a replacement would be shipped out that day from "his warehouse".  Days go by.  I'm out of business without a truck and no replacement engine.  I am calling continuously trying to get the issue resolved.  No success.

Weeks go by.  Finally, out of desperation I look elsewhere.  I find an engine is the Ogden, UT area and elect to drive there and get it.  I bring it home, install it and am back in business. 

Now I am trying to get a refund from Campbell/RJ Performance.  I was first told that as soon as there was a bill of lading for the return of the bad engine they would refund.  Then it became when they received the engine.  I finally get a copy of the bill of lading only to find that the engine is being return to another vendor in New York that is NOT associated with RJ Performance.  I track the location of the engine through 3 different carriers only to find that the selling vendor will not accept delivery.  I call the selling vendor.  Their first question of me is "why are you calling us"?  I explained my situation.  The gentleman told me he sold the engine to RJ Performance "as is, no returns".  He asked what I paid for the engine.  I told him, then he told me he sold it for less than 1/2 of what I paid for a "good, low mileage engine".  He also told me he had sold a couple of other engines to RJ Performance and had similar experiences and that he wouldn't do business with them again.

Now Jonathon is always on the "other line" when I call and most recently the phones go to voice mail.  You may have figured out---this RJ Performance is a broker, they DO NOT have a warehouse, they are liars, cheats and con artists.  They'll tell you what you want to hear.  I'm still trying to recover some/all of my money.  I am considering contacting an attorney and the Attorney General.