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Post by Randy T. on Jan 24, 2009 14:55:07 GMT -6
This guy sells wheel bearings cheap with free shipping. I sent him a message asking if he could discount 2. I got a rude response so I thought I would share my experience. I could understand them not giving a discount but they don't have to be rude about it.  Randy "Could you provide a discount for 2 of these wheel bearings?"tennesseeautosales "they are dirt cheap as they are, free shipping, and you want more?
sorry, thanks"Randy "I would have bought them anyway, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. You are telling me you wouldn't take $5 off to sell 2. If it was me I would do that just to gain a good customer. So **** You!!"Randy "Another thing, I am on a Aurora forum with 3500 members. I will be posting a thread about this so no one there will buy from you either." |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2009 16:15:15 GMT -6
well I'm not a fan of purchasing parts and having them delivere dbut we were thinking about doing it for wheel bearings...but definately not from these people. Thanks!!
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Post by killroypete on Jan 24, 2009 16:46:03 GMT -6
The answer was rude, a very bad salesman. He could have said no in a more diplomatic way. BTW, a quantity of 2 doesn"t give a big order discount, unless you are buying a business jet.  |
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Post by latenight72 on Jan 24, 2009 17:53:03 GMT -6
I don't know. Didn't seem rude enough to warrant your response, or the post here?
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Post by Rocinante on Jan 24, 2009 18:03:48 GMT -6
Randy, did you send him a link to your post? |
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Post by Randy T. on Jan 24, 2009 18:25:20 GMT -6
Yes, that was the last thing I sent to him.
Latenight, it just wasn't very business like. A simple "no" would have been fine. I didn't need to be scolded, nor do I need his parts. There are several other stores that sell them for close to the same price. How would you have responded!
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Post by aurorabrain on Jan 24, 2009 18:48:56 GMT -6
I would spend $125 on a Timken and not have to change them every 6 months. I've got almost 3 years on a timken(RF Side), and i'm going to be putting the 4th BCA/National hub (LF Side) on my Aurora soon. The one that guy is selling looks like the NTP cheap chinese ones that Advance Auto Parts sells for $94.
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Post by Randy T. on Jan 24, 2009 21:25:32 GMT -6
I figured out I don't even need them. I didn't know an axle could make so much noise.  I could just go out and take some used ones off, if that's possible, but that is like doing the job twice. Aurorabrain, I know what you are saying about the Timken, I know they are far superior. But sometimes I can't afford the better parts. |
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Post by ntrenn on Jan 24, 2009 21:35:19 GMT -6
Randy - thanks for the heads up.
Personal opinion - you would be way far ahead to take a 100,000 mile used one off one of your parts cars over any non-Timken you could buy. Brain's experience bears this out.
Rockauto has upped the Timken price a little - now $102.79+ship, but $5 less when you use the ACNA discount.
Now about that shaft - anybody had any luck with the Rockauto shafts?? I'm testing one on my Intrigue right now....
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Post by Aurora40 on Jan 25, 2009 9:00:15 GMT -6
FWIW, this guy parts a lot of W-body cars, and sometimes I've seen the occasional G-body. I got take-off driveshafts for the Regal for pretty cheap from them after I nicked the boot on one changing the struts: www.moradpartscompany.com/ |
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Post by Randy T. on Jan 25, 2009 12:01:31 GMT -6
Thanks ntrenn, I will agree with that. A used gm part is better than a new china part.
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Post by aurorabrain on Jan 25, 2009 18:21:51 GMT -6
FWIW, this guy parts a lot of W-body cars, and sometimes I've seen the occasional G-body. I got take-off driveshafts for the Regal for pretty cheap from them after I nicked the boot on one changing the struts: www.moradpartscompany.com/I see this guy personally a few times a year at the grand prix meets around my area. Very nice to deal with and would highly recommend. |
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Post by Randy T. on Jan 25, 2009 23:54:28 GMT -6
Thanks for the morad lead guys, it's on my bookmarks now. Everyone is saying good things about them. |
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Post by XJSman89 on Jan 26, 2009 8:43:58 GMT -6
I hate people like that. They spend more energy writing an angry, stressful email than if they had just typed "I'm sorry, I can't do that."
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Post by blackcherry95 on Jan 27, 2009 21:14:54 GMT -6
Not that i'm taking sides randy (because you know i've picked up a few things from you--thanks!--) but you gotta try and put yourself in this fella's shoes. selling things on ebay you get all kinds of questions from all kinds of loonies and he does sorta have a point about pricing and shipping. if maybe you would have alluded to purchasing more things from him in the future or something besides just asking for a deal. the response you received was a little short, but i wouldn't call it rude. was there a better way to answer you --sure, but there was also a better way to ask the question too. like i said not taking sides but a "**** you" might have a been a bit much  |
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Post by Randy T. on Jan 28, 2009 8:20:07 GMT -6
I still stand by my response. I usually try to see both sides. I wasn't being rude when I asked. That guy could have been having a bad day or something, but that doesn't mean you can't talk to someone normally. If he wasn't making money off of them he wouldn't be selling. Like I said, not giving a discount is totally understandable. But his response was not.
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Post by bojanks on Feb 4, 2009 16:46:38 GMT -6
agreed.
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Post by gmfreak on Feb 15, 2009 0:01:01 GMT -6
The one in Elizabethton?
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Post by intheb0x on Feb 15, 2009 4:50:06 GMT -6
i got my timkens from ebay, about a 125 each i think, im not really sure, im sure i got a thread on here about it.
i would go the ebay route for timkens,
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Post by unirok on Feb 15, 2009 15:05:16 GMT -6
I don't know. Didn't seem rude enough to warrant your response, or the post here? Sigh......I actually agree with this  |
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Post by Randy T. on Feb 15, 2009 21:36:18 GMT -6
I don't know. Didn't seem rude enough to warrant your response, or the post here? Sigh......I actually agree with this How would you guys have responded? I don't let people talk to me like that! |
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Post by unirok on Feb 15, 2009 22:46:45 GMT -6
Sigh......I actually agree with this How would you guys have responded? I don't let people talk to me like that! I guess its because I have heard alot worse responses which made that one sound pretty tame in comparison. |
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Post by Randy T. on Feb 16, 2009 8:08:36 GMT -6
That's true. I have a temper sometimes.
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Post by unirok on Feb 16, 2009 16:28:08 GMT -6
That's true. I have a temper sometimes. I understand I have the same problem... |
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Post by roara on Feb 17, 2009 3:13:09 GMT -6
The answer was rude, a very bad salesman. He could have said no in a more diplomatic way. BTW, a quantity of 2 doesn"t give a big order discount, unless you are buying a business jet. If you're in sales or selling something in this day and age you need keep your emotions in check. Who knows, Randy could have needed 28 of them! 7 x 4? Just because the first order isn't huge, doesn't mean you don't have a good future customer. R.T. told us about the "bad" experience but also would have told us about a "good" one. How many more sales could that generate? Word of mouth can go a long way. It's OK to ask for a break, if you don't you'll never know. |
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Post by AuroraZero on Apr 12, 2009 21:23:24 GMT -6
The answer was rude, a very bad salesman. He could have said no in a more diplomatic way. BTW, a quantity of 2 doesn"t give a big order discount, unless you are buying a business jet. If you're in sales or selling something in this day and age you need keep your emotions in check. Who knows, Randy could have needed 28 of them! 7 x 4? Just because the first order isn't huge, doesn't mean you don't have a good future customer. R.T. told us about the "bad" experience but also would have told us about a "good" one. How many more sales could that generate? Word of mouth can go a long way. It's OK to ask for a break, if you don't you'll never know. I agree with this here also whatever happened to service? I do believe a lot of the problems in general with sales is the fact no one is willing to be nice anymore. I used to sell computers and things and I would outsell guys that had so done for years. The main reason was I treated people as I would have wanted to have been treated. No question was stupid. If they needed help they got it. If they wanted a discount they just needed to ask. I didn't get rude I didn't get mad. If I could give a slight one I usually would. If not I said so but nicely. Rudeness in a situation such as this should have been curbed. Personal things in your life no matter what they are should also be curbed. They should have no bearing what so ever on the transaction. This is my 2 cents and take it as you will. Anyone ever remember NOT pumping you own gas? |
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Post by sall on Apr 13, 2009 10:25:18 GMT -6
Exactly, the only stupid question is the one that goes unasked! |
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Post by AuroraZero on Apr 13, 2009 16:32:10 GMT -6
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I could just go out and take some used ones off, if that's possible, but that is like doing the job twice. 
