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Old 05-26-2013, 12:47 PM   #51
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Old 05-30-2013, 02:45 PM   #52
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This is ridiculous. I blew my oil seals on my turbo and was referred to nasioc to get a used one. Stuff like this makes me very leery
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Old 06-01-2013, 03:30 AM   #53
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I know sdmideas personally and i know for a fact that he does amazing engine building work. His personal race car is out at thunder hill race ways running lap after lap with ZERO motor issues. I feel like this cranberryumyum just scammed my friend for a motor which he has not shipped back at all and $2000+ because of one nasioc transaction with cards well played by the buyer. Sdmideas could have not lost his 2000 dollars but nothing could be proven because of nasiocs PM system that does not keep more then 70+ messages at one time. Also stating that the bearings were not new is not true considering that the bearing film is clearly still on the bearing. Also his ring gap choice is his build spec, you dont like it, then buy a quality motor from AXIS racing lol Oh wait...
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Old 06-01-2013, 09:29 AM   #54
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You may want to remind the virtuous Sinclair "Sdmideas" that he forgot to ship me an engine. Sounds like a legit business person.

Pretty damn sure a photo by photo teardown with clear evidence of deceit and falsification on the sellers part is impossible to deny with a ****ty "I know him he's a good dude" message.

Oh and the part that he never shipped me a motor, or the parts he owes me from the build.

There is good news, that PayPal reimbursed me fully and is pursuing him.
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Old 06-03-2013, 01:08 AM   #55
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Pictures don't lie. And you are ignoring the evidence presented to you and blindly advocating someone who has well over $7,000 in mine and jbulls's money, not to mention $3,500 of FedEx's money he has pocketed. And he sent a na pump.
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Old 06-03-2013, 03:44 PM   #56
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Just read all this... wow scary
I need a motor too... But i think i will pay the xtra money to build one, rather then having some douche take my hard earned money.
I wish you two the best in getting all of your money back.
I hope he has to sell that porshe to pay his legal fees, or he sits in jail for awhile-he surely deserves it!
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Old 09-06-2013, 08:49 AM   #57
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what happened with this? im verry interested i have the pop corn ready
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Old 09-07-2013, 01:44 PM   #58
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yea im scared to buy "big ticket "items now
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Old 09-10-2013, 01:43 PM   #59
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yea im scared to buy "big ticket "items now
Why? It's too easy: make the transaction in person or if the person doesn't accept PayPal then walk away.
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Old 09-10-2013, 04:27 PM   #60
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what happened with this? im verry interested i have the pop corn ready
the seller is still not banned, lawyer is still fighting with chase and paypal on my transaction because i was two days outside their 30 day fraud policy when i filed, and i paid another ~$2000 to get the motor assembled correctly. does that pretty much cover it?
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Old 09-13-2013, 09:41 AM   #61
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the seller is still not banned, lawyer is still fighting with chase and paypal on my transaction because i was two days outside their 30 day fraud policy when i filed, and i paid another ~$2000 to get the motor assembled correctly. does that pretty much cover it?

Don't buy a motor from somebody on here.. Im sure you learned your lesson..

Buy through a reputable business only/dealer.

And yea it sucks... I hope you get your money back..
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Old 09-23-2013, 06:58 PM   #62
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any other news on this?
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Old 09-30-2013, 12:25 PM   #63
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any other news on this?
yup. paypal refunded me after seven months of fighting.

are the nasioc moderators sitting on their thumbs? this is not a "possible scammer" this is a guy who scammed two members out of felony-sized amounts of money and you are doing nothing but changing his caption.
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Old 12-30-2013, 09:02 PM   #64
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just a friendly reminder that people capitalize on our enthusiasm as enthusiasts to make a buck. be wary with your up-and-coming tax checks before you go through what myself and jbulls93 did for the past year. still not going to do anything about th seller nasioc? didn't think so.
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Old 01-02-2014, 10:18 AM   #65
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Wow sorry u guys had to go through that. Ban this piece of **** already...
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Old 01-11-2014, 01:18 AM   #66
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just got pmed by another member that got fucked over by this guy. who's in chico that can clear this up for people in the right?
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Old 01-14-2014, 12:02 PM   #67
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let me reiterate, this guy is still scamming people! the least you can do is ban his username.
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Old 02-04-2014, 06:11 PM   #68
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Hide yo kids, Hide Yo Wife!
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Old 05-24-2014, 08:01 PM   #69
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still getting pms about this guy screwing people over in southern cali.
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Old 05-27-2014, 04:59 PM   #70
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Clearly people are imbeciles for even dealing with a user with a blatant tag of "potential scammer" under their name.. I'm sorry to hear of your transaction cranberry, have other's post about being scammed and maybe this douche will get banned after all.
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Old 05-29-2014, 02:15 PM   #71
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Clearly people are imbeciles for even dealing with a user with a blatant tag of "potential scammer" under their name.. I'm sorry to hear of your transaction cranberry, have other's post about being scammed and maybe this douche will get banned after all.
Is is no longer just NASIOC and ClubWRX. Northstate Subaru Club (Chico, CA) on Facebook is his new target group.

He has screwed a kid out of a low-mile block that ended up coming back to the buyer with different block numbers, and since this guy isn't a real shop, formal complaints can't be filed. There are also numerous other smaller claims that i do not have specific details on.

I do not have a Facebook, or I would post in the group myself. Is anyone a member on that group that can post this thread? Sinclair is apparently pretty active on that forum.
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Old 07-08-2014, 04:25 PM   #72
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Old 07-18-2014, 08:04 PM   #73
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His website actually says "Quality: Blah Blah Blah Blah". Seems fitting.
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Old 08-22-2014, 11:45 AM   #74
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still getting pms about this guy screwing people over in southern cali.
surprised with the amount of people that this guy has screwed in socal that something bad hasn't happened to him yet.

there is going to be that 'one person' who takes it into their own hands because they got screwed out of thousands....
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Old 10-08-2014, 03:45 PM   #75
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Rule of thumb. Never buy used shortblocks. Unless you can examine it in person.
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