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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 04:24 PM
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Just got this e-mail from a friend who has a 78.

Hello mike,,
Im freaking cheesed off !!
I ordered a bag to store my T-tops in from Ecklers at a price of £50 and they sent the bag in a box the size of a freaking football pitch and charged me £106 shipping..
the bag is made of nylon so they could of rolled it up and sent it, but no, they put it in as it was, In a freaking 3ft by 3ft box!!
Ive got onto them and went crazy so they are gonna contact me monday and see what they can do.. freaking ridiculous !!
plonkers !!
just thought i'd let you know




(i had to edit it a bit otherwise i could not post it)

I would love to know how the postman got it through the letter box.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 04:43 PM
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IMO, this is a total rip off!!! plus ridiculous.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 04:48 PM
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Wow! that package is as big as the package I got today, mine was a ghila rear window shade. I guess when its not their money they don't care. I would e-mail a complaint to Eckler and let them know how upset you were of their delivery.
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 05:02 PM
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Old Apr 27, 2007 | 05:44 PM
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another satisfied customer from ecklers.......they suck! they really do, terrible customer service too.....my headlight switch sat in dallas, tx for 2weeks, so they say.....I called and had a few edited words with them and it came 2 days later.....


my business is going elsewhere's....
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 01:00 PM
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What other options are there if Ecklers is out? Who has the same kind of things that Ecklers has?
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 01:08 PM
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If you look at their site there is a rating/feed-back system on every part page. It doesn't work. I tried on 3 attempts leave feed-back and to register and no e-mail code /link was fowarded. I know they don't want any negative feed-back, guess this feature will never become active.
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 02:14 PM
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OUCH... Unreal!!
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Originally Posted by 69 Convertible
What other options are there if Ecklers is out? Who has the same kind of things that Ecklers has?
ZIP
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To name a few. If you are not happy with them, there are plenty of options.
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 06:31 PM
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OMG thats too FF. I am sorry they tagged you so hard, but that cracks me up that they would be that stupid. I have been to their warehouse several times and am not really supprised, I have seen the bubba's and his sister working in shipping.
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Blimey !
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Old Apr 28, 2007 | 11:50 PM
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Thanks Duke94 for the many options to look at. Do you know if they have catalogs?

Tony
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 12:13 AM
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Try http://www.volvette.com/ free catalog and great prices...Mike
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by 69 Convertible
Thanks Duke94 for the many options to look at. Do you know if they have catalogs?

Tony
Yes, they all have catalogs and they are all free except Doc Rebuild (4 bucks unless you order something, then it's free). Mid America will send you a new one EVERY month.
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 02:19 PM
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It seems as if Ecklers is trying to get out of the Corvette business.
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Sunspot
It seems as if Ecklers is trying to get out of the Corvette business.

At the rate they are going, that shouldn't be very much longer, FORTUNATELY.
They are terrible.
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