BA98TA
10-14-2010, 02:19 PM
I know I posted this once before, but I deleted it as a sign of "good faith". (I'll elaborate on that more in a minute.) I have since been encouraged to repost it by both CRAGER, and nhra-trans-am, so thats what I'm doing.
I had CRAGER run an IP check on Hnaskoct to see if he is under a different username selling, but Hnaskoct has too many IPs tied to his account to be able to track reliably.
Just over 5 months ago, on May 13th, I contacted Kenneth Lemieux AKA Hnaskoct about a complete t56 swap he was selling. We discussed the price, shipping arrangements, etc. Communication was going great. On May 17th, I had paid in full. At this time, communication came to pretty much a screeching halt. Two weeks went by, I had received nothing, not even a tracking number, and communication was sketchy at best.
This is when I made my first original post in the bad traders section warning people about him.
Finally, on June 1st, He PM'd me with a tracking number and asked me to delete my bad trader post. I did. (unfortunately) I took posession of the transmission on June 3rd. Upon further inspection of the transmission, I noticed that the center console had been wedged between the transmission, and the bell housing, and the Spec clutch was laying under the transmission covered in grease/oil that had dripped down from the transmission itself. At this time I have not confirmed whether the clutch can be cleaned and used.
I tried to contact him about the center console since that is the harder to replace piece. He assured me that he would look for a new console to replace the damaged one. He was dragging me on this "assuring leash" for about two months. Every time I contacted him, he reassured me that he was looking and just have not found anything yet. My last PM reply I have received from him was on August 4th. I have sent several messages, and have not received a reply since the 4th of August.
Let me be completely honest, I have one major downfall. I am a very trusting person. I kept giving him the benefit of the doubt instead of going with my gut feeling, hoping that the issue would resolve itself. However, after 5 months, enough is enough.
Up until 2 weeks ago, I had been unemployed and I had no way to replace my damaged parts. (not that I should have to replace them on my own dime anyway) My torque converter is going bad in my Auto, and I cannot replace the transmission because I have not received the replacement parts.
I have been a member of this site since August of 2006, even though my trader rating ammount is small, it is a perfect trader rating. I have never had a problem like this until this time.
It is unfortunate that there is scum out there like Hnaskoct that are ready, willing, and able to rip honest people off like this. It gives the ls1tech community a bad reputation and has totally changed my entire perspective on how I view the board. This whole ordeal has gotten me frustrated to the point I am unsure if I even want to keep my TA.
I probably will, however reality has set in and my views of trading on ls1tech have been changed dramatically.
I had CRAGER run an IP check on Hnaskoct to see if he is under a different username selling, but Hnaskoct has too many IPs tied to his account to be able to track reliably.
Just over 5 months ago, on May 13th, I contacted Kenneth Lemieux AKA Hnaskoct about a complete t56 swap he was selling. We discussed the price, shipping arrangements, etc. Communication was going great. On May 17th, I had paid in full. At this time, communication came to pretty much a screeching halt. Two weeks went by, I had received nothing, not even a tracking number, and communication was sketchy at best.
This is when I made my first original post in the bad traders section warning people about him.
Finally, on June 1st, He PM'd me with a tracking number and asked me to delete my bad trader post. I did. (unfortunately) I took posession of the transmission on June 3rd. Upon further inspection of the transmission, I noticed that the center console had been wedged between the transmission, and the bell housing, and the Spec clutch was laying under the transmission covered in grease/oil that had dripped down from the transmission itself. At this time I have not confirmed whether the clutch can be cleaned and used.
I tried to contact him about the center console since that is the harder to replace piece. He assured me that he would look for a new console to replace the damaged one. He was dragging me on this "assuring leash" for about two months. Every time I contacted him, he reassured me that he was looking and just have not found anything yet. My last PM reply I have received from him was on August 4th. I have sent several messages, and have not received a reply since the 4th of August.
Let me be completely honest, I have one major downfall. I am a very trusting person. I kept giving him the benefit of the doubt instead of going with my gut feeling, hoping that the issue would resolve itself. However, after 5 months, enough is enough.
Up until 2 weeks ago, I had been unemployed and I had no way to replace my damaged parts. (not that I should have to replace them on my own dime anyway) My torque converter is going bad in my Auto, and I cannot replace the transmission because I have not received the replacement parts.
I have been a member of this site since August of 2006, even though my trader rating ammount is small, it is a perfect trader rating. I have never had a problem like this until this time.
It is unfortunate that there is scum out there like Hnaskoct that are ready, willing, and able to rip honest people off like this. It gives the ls1tech community a bad reputation and has totally changed my entire perspective on how I view the board. This whole ordeal has gotten me frustrated to the point I am unsure if I even want to keep my TA.
I probably will, however reality has set in and my views of trading on ls1tech have been changed dramatically.