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Old May 2, 2006 | 03:28 PM
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Default Macewen Sucks! Other shift overlay options?

Yes, Macewen Motorsports still sucks.
1. I ordered the shifter overlay March 28. It's May 03 and still nothing.
2. I was overcharged 4 dollars from what the online total to the e-mail
receipt was.
3. Daily e-mails unanswered.
4. Repeated phone calls go to a voicemail that won't let you leave a
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I knew it was a risk since others were complaining about them at the time but, thought others might want to know to watch out.


Soooooooo..........are there any other manufacturers for shift overlays that might match Mac gauge overlays? I've had zero luck in my searches.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 05:21 PM
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Go with the overlays from the WS6store, they're Macewens, but you'll get them alot quicker (took mine about a week), and without any hassles
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Old May 2, 2006 | 06:11 PM
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man that sucks, I hate internet scammers. Makes it real tough to go out on a limb and spend money on a risk.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 07:07 PM
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granatelli makes the 200mph white face, i believe also silver, overlay recal. you simply send in your cluster, like any re-cal, and they return it with beautiful new 200mph white faces! awesome quality!!
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Old May 2, 2006 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by MyWs62FaST4u
granatelli makes the 200mph white face, i believe also silver, overlay recal. you simply send in your cluster, like any re-cal, and they return it with beautiful new 200mph white faces! awesome quality!!

If I where to do it all over again that is what I would do!! It is WELL worth the money.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 10:46 PM
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he's looking for the SHIFTER overlay!
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Old May 2, 2006 | 10:48 PM
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WS6store and be done with it
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Old May 2, 2006 | 10:52 PM
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Another vote for WS6 store.
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WS6store.com
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I had the same problem with macewen. i ordered an overlay on january 27 2006 and got billed for it in mid february. I have called and emailed, but have gotten no response. Is there way to get my money back or is it down the drain??? i ordered other overlays from them a couple years ago and got them right away. so im not sure what happened this time.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Scotty-Z
WS6store.com
I've already ordered and received the mac white gauge overlay from the ws-6 store but, the don't have (or I can't find the shift overlay)
In fact I went on last night to check again, in case I'm just blind, and I didn't even see any Mac overlays.
I know there are a ton of gauge overlays but, Mac seems to be the only ones with a shift overlay.......man this sucks........
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Old May 3, 2006 | 03:22 AM
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Macewen Definetly Sucks!!!!!!!!!!
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Old May 3, 2006 | 04:35 AM
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if u havent got what you ordered, go to ur bank and dispute the charge, they will get ur money back or make macewen realize they need to get their **** together and ship ur ****
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Old May 3, 2006 | 10:40 AM
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Good thing everyone keeps saying Ws6 store. I ordered on the 23rd of April and have only recieved the little bird for the tach. I got a tracking number Monday that to this minute still doesn't work! (I just tried it agian) So I guess I'm not one of the lucky I got it in a week guys! I'm pretty patient, but when it comes to a couple of decals that just get printed/cut this is rediculous! Granted it's only been a little over 2 weeks, it was all the 1 week guys that persuaded me to order them.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 11:52 AM
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WhiteRhino, We have been waiting 3 weeks for a large shipment from Macewen that has yet to arrive. Not sure If anyone noticed or not but we took all the Macewen Products off our site until it arrives to avoid any backorders. Macewen is aware of this. You and 1 other guy are the only 2 people that got an order in before we had a chance to take them off the site. We asked Macewen to dropship those the same day you placed the order. We were told they would ship the next day. As you know they diddnt. We just recently got the delivery confirmation #'s and forwarded them to you 2 guys. I am sorry that he did not ship them immediately. We do not do dropshipments from Macewen for this reason. Normally we do have all Macewen Guages in stock for same day shipping. Hope this clears things up..

FYI , until we get this order in, all we currently have in stock is 97-98 Camaro white, 97-98 Camaro Silver, 99-02 Trans Am Silver. We also have both white and silver HVACS for both Camaro and Firebird in stock.

Thanks all!

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Old May 3, 2006 | 12:32 PM
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Better Business Bureau anyone?
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Old May 3, 2006 | 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by WS6store.com
WhiteRhino, We have been waiting 3 weeks for a large shipment from Macewen that has yet to arrive. Not sure If anyone noticed or not but we took all the Macewen Products off our site until it arrives to avoid any backorders. Macewen is aware of this. You and 1 other guy are the only 2 people that got an order in before we had a chance to take them off the site. We asked Macewen to dropship those the same day you placed the order. We were told they would ship the next day. As you know they diddnt. We just recently got the delivery confirmation #'s and forwarded them to you 2 guys. I am sorry that he did not ship them immediately. We do not do dropshipments from Macewen for this reason. Normally we do have all Macewen Guages in stock for same day shipping. Hope this clears things up..

FYI , until we get this order in, all we currently have in stock is 97-98 Camaro white, 97-98 Camaro Silver, 99-02 Trans Am Silver. We also have both white and silver HVACS for both Camaro and Firebird in stock.

Thanks all!

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Thanks for the reply, like I said I can be pretty patient and I know its tuff when dealing with suppliers sometimes. At least I did get an order in even though it may take a little while longer. It just sucks when you get caught as a vendor, sometimes things are out of your hands.

Toasty, what's the BBB thing suppose to mean. There was an issue and its being delt with.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 04:38 PM
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Like I said, I ordered from the WS-6 store with no problems and would have loved to go through them for the overlay but, it wasn't an item that was offered.
I just can't understand Macewen's horrible business practices. 2 different prices, no product delivered, and no refund? After 5 weeks? Come on. I would love to contact the BBB and other agencies but, being here makes it a pain. I'll just have to suck it up but, I will tell anyone who will listen how shitty they are
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Old May 3, 2006 | 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by bob320fa
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I knew it was a risk since others were complaining about them at the time but, thought others might want to know to watch out.
Yep thats why i try to post about them anytime someone asks to let them know they will have to fight tooth and nail to get what they paid for. I also still can't believe people suggest buying the overlays from the WS6store. Nothing against the WS6store i just don't believe in supporting the bad business practices Macewen uses. It doesn't matter if you buy from him directly or from the WS6store you're still supporting him and as long as he's in business he'll continue to jerk around your fellow Fbody owners. DO NOT SUPPORT HIM!
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Old May 3, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteRhino
Toasty, what's the BBB thing suppose to mean. There was an issue and its being delt with.

The whole point of the BBB is to report bad businesses, so that they will be rated poorly and highly encouraged to change their practices to earn back a customer base.

Here's Macewen's file....

http://search.buffalo.bbb.org/nis/ne...41000017002703
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