Nothing like buying wheels..

[PCB]

He just sent this:

I am willing to offer $200 in order to settle this argument but no more. I still know that I sent you wheels that can have the tires mounted on them without a problem seeing as I did it myself twice. My offer still stands. If you do wish to opt to return the wheels for a refund of $1289.00 I am open to that option as well. However, it will be a refund of $1289. The tires that you already paid for have nothing to do with my sale of the wheels. You also should have contacted me prior to having refinished the wheels and then demand I pay for half of it or all of it in the case of a return. This is especially true when there was no need to refinish them. As for shipping back, I paid for the shipping to you and you would pay it to send it back. That is the way returns are normally made when sellers charge a restocking fee. You are asking me to refund you more money than what you purchased from me because of decisions you made on your end (prepaying tires and going ahead and refinishing)"

My reply:

"$375 will settle this. It's fair. You went against eBay policy and didn't declare the wheels refinished. As you can see in my pictures the wheels did needed to be refinished as the clear coat was chipping and cracking off the wheel. Look at the pictures, I am not lying. $375 and it's a done deal. If you decide not to take my offer, I will let eBay handle this matter, and leave negative feedback. Sellers charge a restocking fee when they are honest with the buyers and the buyer wants to return. Not when the seller lied about the condition of the product. I have proof in pictures, you broke eBay policy, and I have perfect feedback rating. How do you really think this is going to go?"


Does this guy really think he is in the right?

[zsommer79]

Originally Posted by PCB Does this guy really think he is in the right?

No but he knows you want the wheels since you already went through the trouble of having them refinished and if you send them back he has wheels in better shape than when he sent them.. Ya'll are basically playing a game of chicken now.

[PCB]

Originally Posted by zsommer79 No but he knows you want the wheels since you already went through the trouble of having them refinished and if you send them back he has wheels in better shape than when he sent them.. Ya'll are basically playing a game of chicken now.

Well everything is in my favor. Rating, membership length, proof in pictures. I'm not that worried.

I just can't believe people nowadays. What happened to respect and pride.

[46Tbird]

Originally Posted by PCB At the end of the day I got a set of "10 footer" wheels. Up close the clear was cracked and chipped. Runs in the refinish work as well. From 10' away they look great. Now i know you don't know me from any other guy however if I did an auction for these wheels, I would have had indepth pictures and stated in the auction the blemishes as well as obvious needing to be redone.

I think I see the problem here. Forgestar wheels are usually no better than "10-footers" even when new.

Google 'forgestar quality issues' and you will get many hits on many forums.

http://mbworld.org/forums/wheels-tir...xperience.html

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=944057

http://www.the370z.com/wheels-tires/...nal-story.html

http://www.gtrlife.com/forums/topic/...-the-bs-i-got/

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...rgestar-wheels

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=254608

Are you sure these wheels were ever refinished? It seems like the dude gave a REALLY squirrely answer here:

Originally Posted by Dude In the message you stated that I did not say the wheels were not factory painted ("refinished"). In the description I clearly defined the wheels as "Custom Machine Face Silver with silver powder coat". Apart from that, I never stated they were factory painted either.

I don't even know what the hell he means by that. But I do know that the quality of Forgestar finishes are generally "average to poor" with some pretty glaring quality control issues. I'm not convinced the poor finish shown in your photos is anything but typical Forgestar quality.

(sorry, some of these may be huge)

[PCB]

Originally Posted by PCB Attachment 1175Attachment 1176Attachment 1177Attachment 1178Attachment 1179 .

Originally Posted by 46Tbird

I wish mine looked as good as the ones you posted.