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Total crap for service. Ordered 4 solid spicers from fastcorvette and after 4 days of no emails, I emailed them telling them to just cancel the order. The next day, the lady emails me saying, sorry, they were on back order and they had just come into their recieving dock that day. I emailed back and said "good, since they haven't shipped, cancel the order anyway as I had requested the day before. She emails back that evening saying, get this, "had you emailed me earlier I could have stopped the shipment. Your tacking number is X###$#$#$#. If you would like to return them there will be a 20% restocking fee". Then, when they get here, they are greasable what appears to be generic ujoints. Nor solid, like I ordered, yet their going to charge me a restock fee when I cancelled the order before they ever shipped them? And 20% on the cost of 4 solid spicers when they sent 4 $12 parts? They now won't return my emails stating "I expect the full refund amount plus the $7.50 return shipping it cost me" Is this justified? Or typical of them?
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From: In Dreams There Is Truth Ohio
Originally Posted by Jclgodale3
plenty of email history but I paid via PayPal which comes out of my chrcking account via debit 
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I guess PayPal is a matter of opinion...I have used it successfully for over 8 years buying and selling...just don't like those d@mn credit cards. Why pay a little cheaper but then pay 21% interest on a part? Never made since to me...I try to buy what I can afford
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Originally Posted by Jclgodale3
I guess PayPal is a matter of opinion...I have used it successfully for over 8 years buying and selling...just don't like those d@mn credit cards. Why pay a little cheaper but then pay 21% interest on a part? Never made since to me...I try to buy what I can afford
BTW they is no interest on purchases if you pay your balance off each month, better than interest free money since you are actually making $ by using a credit card compared to cash as long as you pay off the balance each month because you could theoretically take the cash you would have paid and put in the bank or some type of CD/money market and collect interest until you pay your credit bill.
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understand that but I think it would be safe to say, 5%...maybe 5% pay there balance monthly. Ok for small purchases but say a $3000 Tremec? Not likely to get paid by the end of the month...this is where the card people get ya...I keep one for emergency and business expenses only
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From: Chattanooga TN
Originally Posted by Jclgodale3
I guess PayPal is a matter of opinion...I have used it successfully for over 8 years buying and selling...just don't like those d@mn credit cards. Why pay a little cheaper but then pay 21% interest on a part? Never made since to me...I try to buy what I can afford
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From: Living in the Hartland
Originally Posted by Jclgodale3
understand that but I think it would be safe to say, 5%...maybe 5% pay there balance monthly. Ok for small purchases but say a $3000 Tremec? Not likely to get paid by the end of the month...this is where the card people get ya...I keep one for emergency and business expenses only
but there are some advantages to using a credit card like earning cash back, free stuff, credit towards auto purchases etc as long as you don't let it swallow you.
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I doubt 95% of people are paying the rediculous credit card interest, there are some that do carry a balance however. I payed the downpayment on the TKO 600 on a credit card, payed it off at the end of the month. If I didn't I would have used my line of credit at 5% to pay the credit card off. CC are a convenience that's it, should not be used to finance things at 20%, that's crazy 