Someone should have gotten some heads or money for Christmas by now
Red 69s Heads
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OK guys I received a PM from Red 69 and he said : "Roger, I am truly grateful for your offer and effort, but I decline".
So I guess this deal is over.Thanks to those that offered to help.
So I guess this deal is over.Thanks to those that offered to help.
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Bottom line...it is Durango_Boy's wrong to make right and no one elses. Couph up the damn money Durango_Boy/Quiet_vette. The longer it takes you to follow through with your end of the bargain, the less credability you will be able to save for yourself on this forum.
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Whew, between this thread, the two threads by the newbie goofball trying to sell his buddy's radiators while bashing a supporting vendor, then starting another one crying about the forum, and the other thread that disintegrated about riff raff leaving the CF, there has been some ugly, ugly content here the last day or so. 
Too much eggnog? Ho, ho... ho?
Too much eggnog? Ho, ho... ho?
Melting Slicks
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From: Perkasie Pa
Just talked to DB here is what he said...
Basically, I sent the money to the machine shop for a set of heads to go to Mike to replace the ones I damaged.
The machine shop sent the heads via USPS but didn't insure or track it...just $40 in postage.
Mike says he never got the heads and I offered a refund. Being almost broke I had to request a check from my MM through work.
I got that check intending to send it to Mike, but my furnace died and I had to use it and the rest of my credit cards to come up with the $770 to pay for the $4,300 furnace.
I told Mike this and offered to send him $110 to tide him over until I could get the rest together but he won't accept my money any more and has decided to pursue legal action.
You can update the forum if you like since I cannot speak for myself on this.
Rest assured I am not trying to scam Mike or steal him money, I feel bad for him in this situation, but my hands are tied.
If he can't accept the money as fast as I can get it to him then I don't know what to do
Basically, I sent the money to the machine shop for a set of heads to go to Mike to replace the ones I damaged.
The machine shop sent the heads via USPS but didn't insure or track it...just $40 in postage.
Mike says he never got the heads and I offered a refund. Being almost broke I had to request a check from my MM through work.
I got that check intending to send it to Mike, but my furnace died and I had to use it and the rest of my credit cards to come up with the $770 to pay for the $4,300 furnace.
I told Mike this and offered to send him $110 to tide him over until I could get the rest together but he won't accept my money any more and has decided to pursue legal action.
You can update the forum if you like since I cannot speak for myself on this.
Rest assured I am not trying to scam Mike or steal him money, I feel bad for him in this situation, but my hands are tied.
If he can't accept the money as fast as I can get it to him then I don't know what to do
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I don't believe I've spoken to Red/Mike since our last race on 6 December, when his transmission croaked while racing, but I'll explain what I've been told about this transaction, and give an example of his character.
When his transmission began slipping at the track, I told him I'd get my Suburban & trailer (I live 6 miles from the strip), and tow him home (90+ miles away), but he declined, saying
"I wouldn't want you to spend 4 hours making the round-trip on my account..... I'll get the car home"
A week later, another racer told me that while conversing on-line about upgrading to an OD transmission (so that the car wouldn't turn so-many RPM while traveling to/from the track), Mike ran-across a nearby Forum-member (on another Forum) who had a fresh THM350 and converter in his shop that he no-longer needed, and that if he would travel an hour-away from his home, Mike could have these parts, free-of-charge, but the fellow-racer told me 3 days ago that Mike would ONLY take them after paying for them.
Mike first told me about this situation after having paid for these heads (I believe it was late October, over 8 weeks ago), but within a few days, he sent me an e-mail, telling me they'd been damaged, and shipment would be delayed:
since that time, when we exchange e-mails, he tells me it is one story after another, and he's given-up any hopes of these heads arriving in-time so that he can build a fresh motor for the '09 racing season.
..... HELLUVA-way to run a railroad.....
When his transmission began slipping at the track, I told him I'd get my Suburban & trailer (I live 6 miles from the strip), and tow him home (90+ miles away), but he declined, saying
"I wouldn't want you to spend 4 hours making the round-trip on my account..... I'll get the car home"
A week later, another racer told me that while conversing on-line about upgrading to an OD transmission (so that the car wouldn't turn so-many RPM while traveling to/from the track), Mike ran-across a nearby Forum-member (on another Forum) who had a fresh THM350 and converter in his shop that he no-longer needed, and that if he would travel an hour-away from his home, Mike could have these parts, free-of-charge, but the fellow-racer told me 3 days ago that Mike would ONLY take them after paying for them.
Mike first told me about this situation after having paid for these heads (I believe it was late October, over 8 weeks ago), but within a few days, he sent me an e-mail, telling me they'd been damaged, and shipment would be delayed:
since that time, when we exchange e-mails, he tells me it is one story after another, and he's given-up any hopes of these heads arriving in-time so that he can build a fresh motor for the '09 racing season.
..... HELLUVA-way to run a railroad.....
