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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 10:49 AM
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well, I can't say anything good so far............

I ordered a gear for my speedo and I told bruce I needed one for an electric speedo firebird 1989 specifically with 3.70 gears. I told him it used to be orange and was 21 teeth.. and sould have came on the 85-86 firebirds with 3.70 gears and a few other through out the years.

he said yes he has one and says it is a very hard to find part bla bla and it was goining to cost 25.00 and then 10.00 shipping

I was going to make my own but, I figured I had the money in paypal so why not get the right part and be done with it


so I order the gear with the 10.00 shipping and again I make sure he knows it needs to be a for the 1989 firebird with electric speedo and the tooth count needed by putting this info in the note box, 35.00 and over a week later I get the box from ups and guess what is inside......

a red cable speedo gear..... not only is this gear very very easy to find and still made even by gm but, it looks like the ones I have are in better shape than this one (which looks like it is brittle and sat in the sun for half it's life)

so I contact bruce send him a picture of his gear and my electric speedo gear and nicely explain he sent the wrong gear. now he says I need to send his gear and my gear back so he can match one up what the heck for 35.00 I should have gotten the right part the first time and now I need to ship this part back at my cost and I am sure wait well over a week again and hope he does not loose my gear 22 tooth at the same time.
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 10:18 PM
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well bruce has been very helpful and has already refunded my original payment to him. he does not have the gear I need which is why I got the refund for my original payment.
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 09:35 PM
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another update

I recived a refund for my shipping cost today. I am still waiting on my gear I sent though
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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 06:14 PM
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well, still no gear yet... this is really holding me up now but, I will still wait and see what happens for alittle longer befor I cut my losses on this and buy a new gm gear
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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 08:50 PM
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everyone makes mistakes. At least they gave you your money back.

I ordered a dual fan set up from them and they forgot the wiring harness

I called up and spoke to nick and he shipped it to me and I got it 3 days later...
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Old Mar 31, 2006 | 09:18 PM
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yes, he does seem like a very nice guy though
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 04:18 PM
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ok, another update....... looks like the shipper returned it to bruce since the label got damaged but... I was assured it is on it's way again and bruce has been very sorry for the delay
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 09:51 PM
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well this looks like the final update on this. I recived my gear back today as bruce said so everything done now.
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