Seth
Baltimore,#2Author of original report
Fri, November 10, 2006
wow.. just when i thought this thing was over, i made arrangements to sell the engine which vardeman removed from the car, described to me, in writing, as "original, numbers matching 289" well, lo and behold, i take off a valve cover to photograph the head, and there's a big ol "302" casting mark, right there in plain sight. i really thought i'd be able to let this go, but now im more fired up than ever. to think i almost felt sorry for you. haha!!!
Seth
Baltimore,#3Author of original report
Mon, October 23, 2006
scott vardeman posted: "It amazes me that the description of this car was how wonderful it was after he had done NOTHING to it after purchasing this car and keeping it for a few months and then selling it for more than he paid for it." ok, i'll start with this one... first off, i didnt do "nothing" i re-did almost everything that vardeman did. ALL of the work was shotty and rushed, and totally unacceptable. if i did "nothing" i would have had it on the road within days after receiving it. instead, i had to wait until AUGUST to actually drive it. i purchased the car in november, it arrived in may, and was not road worthy. "common sence" (it's actually "sense", scott) would say i'd want to drive this car as soon as possible, right? i didnt keep it for a few months. i kept it for a YEAR. on to the next lie... "The bottom line is this. I offered to purchase this car back from this person and he said no." this is ENTIRELY untrue. he offered to sell it for me at auction. he wanted the car back first, and to pay me the money later. after hearing about mr osborne's ordeal with vardeman (read another rip-off report), there was no way in hell i would EVER trust this man with ANYTHING of mine, especially money. "He chose to blast me and my company and so be it. As it turns out he claimed to have done alot of work on this car in his ebay ad and that was all FALSE,he claims that this car was perfect in his ad and he did almost NOTHING to it once it left me." really? did you fly to baltimore and inspect it? i WISH i didnt have to do anything to the car, scott! i replaced the heads, intake, carb, cam, lifters... i also had to reinstall almost everything you added to the car, with the exception of the front discs. those you actually did a nice job on, surprisingly. moving on... "He had 3 months to come and look at this car and told me 4 times that he was. He never did. He got what I described and then wanted to whine." true, i DID have the opportunity to come see the car, BUT, i trusted your description, which was WAAAAAAAAY off. we will NEVER agree on what "perfect" is, apparantly, because i have EYES, whereas you seemingly do not. ok.. and.. "Common sence would dictate that if your spending 20 or 30K dollars you need to spend the 200 it takes to go and look. Everyone else does, so I get blasted for this? How can I be wrong after attempting to refund his money? Did I need to get him another house or do his windows or what to make him happy?" first off, common sense would dictate that an adult of 50 some-odd years would have a basic handle on the english language. and NOT EVERYONE else does, scott.. look at poor john osborn. the mnan gave you 15K upfront, sight unseen, for a rustbucket. when it arrived, he refused delivery, and you STILL havent paid him his money. i'd be surprised if he EVER saw a dime of what you owe him. do you think that he and i dont talk about this? do you think that because i sold my car, i wont stand by my offer to go to court for him, against you? dont bet on it. you NEVER offered to buy back the car. you offered to sell it for me. i purchased the car for 21.5K from you, invested another 10K in work i had you perform, and the work you did, was not up to my standards, or the standards of any of the professional mechanics i had inspect the car. AFTER i got the car from you, i had to spend another 4 thousand dollars to put it on the road. i sold it on ebay for under 23K. how the heck did i sell it for more than i paid? your grammar seems to be on par with your arithmetic. was 8th grade REALLY that tough to work out? i lost my butt on this car, and it was a valuable lesson learned. never buy a car sight unseen, and NEVER take the seller's word for ANYTHING. anyway... "I will continue to take care of my real customers and hope not to run into people like this. 33 years in the car business and from time to time I make someone angry. This is not my intention. I love it when they can't quit smiling. We sell alot of classic cars and a few over demanding people do not represent the average consumer." if after 33 years of working on these cars, you dont know which direction to install a monte-carlo bar, then you are in serious trouble, and you may want to persue a career more within your realm of expertise. politics would be a good place for a liar such as yourself.
Scott
Magnolia,#4REBUTTAL Owner of company
Sun, October 22, 2006
It amazes me that the description of this car was how wonderful it was after he had done NOTHING to it after purchasing this car and keeping it for a few months and then selling it for more than he paid for it. The bottom line is this. I offered to purchase this car back from this person and he said no. He chose to blast me and my company and so be it. As it turns out he claimed to have done alot of work on this car in his ebay ad and that was all FALSE,he claims that this car was perfect in his ad and he did almost NOTHING to it once it left me. He had 3 months to come and look at this car and told me 4 times that he was. He never did. He got what I described and then wanted to whine. Common sence would dictate that if your spending 20 or 30K dollars you need to spend the 200 it takes to go and look. Everyone else does, so I get blasted for this? How can I be wrong after attempting to refund his money? Did I need to get him another house or do his windows or what to make him happy? I will continue to take care of my real customers and hope not to run into people like this. 33 years in the car business and from time to time I make someone angry. This is not my intention. I love it when they can't quit smiling. We sell alot of classic cars and a few over demanding people do not represent the average consumer.