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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 16Again
For those that doubt.....

Rotor on LEFT is the WDP IMITATION Bendix Rotor, Rotor on RIGHT is the REAL BENDIX Rotor

I didn't buy these things from this company, but I am an empathetic person Bob. I fought one of these type of battles for months with CompUSA over a hard drive replacement on a new computer. After awhile it wasn't about the money.....if you know what I mean Peace to all but the guilty-Robert
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by troy144
I didn't buy these things from this company, but I am an empathetic person Bob. I fought one of these type of battles for months with CompUSA over a hard drive replacement on a new computer. After awhile it wasn't about the money.....if you know what I mean Peace to all but the guilty-Robert
I know exactly what you mean. Now for many of us it's all about getting even. Eye for an eye. Although in this case i'm going after the whole head.
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 08:57 AM
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Does anybody have their number

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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 03TORCHREDZ
Does anybody have the phone # to that place? I thought that i would be one of the lucky ones because i got my rotors early. So now ive had these things on for about 5 months and they are starting to crack around the holes that were drilled in there.
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 06:07 PM
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Oh yea, forgot to mention, I got a refund from them yesterday in my PayPal account. $240.00, minus the $7.something fees. So, $20 short plus the fees means I paid almost $30 for the aggrivation. Ordered on 3/8, no pads, bad rotors, many conversations and threats, receive partial refund on 8/24. What a loser Brian is. Didn't even reply to my email when I asked about the $20. Shock, surprise.
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by 16Again
714-666-8585
666 is very appropriate for this fly by night company.
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Cajundude
666 is very appropriate for this fly by night company.
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 07:42 PM
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I wonder why WPD would pick and choose who got replacement rotors, who got a refund. When i got my rotors they were wrong. I called they sent another set. They said keep the first ones they sent. And the replacrments were there in one week. Now why would they do that for me? IMO a lot of these post are just BULLSH--. Plain and simple.
They didn't pick and choose, it was simply they had NO CLUE. I PM'd that moron Brian dozens of times to get my refund. I would send him all my info in a PM, he would then say he never got it. I'd send it again, he said he had it and the refund was complete. I'd check with my CC company, no refund...I would start the process all over again. I finally just disputed it with my CC company and got my money.

At one point he sent me a PM showing me "my information", but it was someone else's credit card all together. Good thing I'm an honest person and didn't try to do bad things on someone else's card.

As for him telling you to keep the rotors. Of course he did. He was buying VERY cheap blanks and selling them as high quality rotors. It was cheaper to let you keep them than to pay the frieght back to CA.

I was one of the original people to contact Bendix about this joker and got their company to look into the WDP clowns. So I guess I'm talking BS as well. Hope nothing happens to anyone using these rotors. Personally, I wouldn't have them on my car.

It amazes me when I see a thread on tires and if someone buys cheap tires a bunch of people jump all over them about safety, handling, etc... But hundred's of people on this forum are using these rotors and have to justify the money they were ripped off by saying they're great. More power to them I guess.
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I had the same problem as everyone else had. I did end up with a matching set and have had them on for a while with no issues. Seem ok to me.
Now for the other thing on my mind. Just curious and NOT trying to knock on anyone here but... how many guys do you know that have spent $600-$900 on wheels made in China? Do they worry about the China metal holding together on a curve or when you light the tires up? I seem to remember when I first became a member here that GM was having problems with oem z06 wheels breaking under heavy acceleration and this wheel was probably made in the USA. I think this could be about the same thing , some people got good rotors ,then he got in too deep and started sending junk. My point here is how can guys call one China product junk when most of the repo wheels made that a lot of you have on you car are made in China also!!Not trying to defend anyone here ,just trying to make a point.
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Originally Posted by 1FINE99
I had the same problem as everyone else had. I did end up with a matching set and have had them on for a while with no issues. Seem ok to me.
Now for the other thing on my mind. Just curious and NOT trying to knock on anyone here but... how many guys do you know that have spent $600-$900 on wheels made in China? Do they worry about the China metal holding together on a curve or when you light the tires up? I seem to remember when I first became a member here that GM was having problems with oem z06 wheels breaking under heavy acceleration and this wheel was probably made in the USA. I think this could be about the same thing , some people got good rotors ,then he got in too deep and started sending junk. My point here is how can guys call one China product junk when most of the repo wheels made that a lot of you have on you car are made in China also!!Not trying to defend anyone here ,just trying to make a point.
I understand your point about rims made in China and about defect problems with GM rims. It's not that the metal was Chinese, those import rims were at least designed for our cars and should be able to handle the stress. What WDP was a bit worse though.

According to Bendix, these rotors were NEVER designed to be used for high speed applications and were designed for cars in China not Corvettes or other high performance vehicles.

Now take these same cheap rotors and intentionally drill a lot of holes in them and grooves. This weakens the rotors even more. Add some high speed and heat to them and it's a recipe for failure.

How many people honestly go out on a daily, weekly or even monthly basis and look closely at their rotors? I would guess not many. I'm sure a few will chime in saying "I check mine all the time", but in reality, not many people do.

I wouldn't want my safety or the safety of a loved one depending on some rotors that came from a guy who knowingly was scamming the good people of this and other forums. If he wasn't worried about fraud, why would Brian be worried about anyone's safety?

Just my .02 worth.
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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 11:58 PM
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Wow, I really dropped out of this thread!!! Sounds like the GREAT DEAL ended up being the scam of the year..... Shame!

So what ever happened with the legal action? Just curious how things progressed.
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Old Nov 18, 2006 | 12:58 AM
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Seriously, I completely forgot about this. This is some funny chit. I will tell Pewter99 in the morning...... HAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
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