Getting ripped off by thieves and vendors (Sometimes at the same time)

[Doug1]

The last year has been unbelievable as far as losing money to vendors who don't come through. I lost 2 classic cars to theives who apparently had them crushed. One was supposed to be painting a numbers matching car for me. He got into drugs and had every car at his shop towed to the crusher for drug money. Warrants have been issued for his arrest so he'll be going to jail. The other car is not even of interest to the police. My brother had it stored at his shop and he reported it stolen. The police told him they would let him know if it showed up on the crushed car list after the fact. You'd think they would send the list to salavage yards showing the stolen cars VIN.

Now I am having problems getting a refund from a well known pro-touring vendor who shall remain anonymous, though infamous. I've spent a lot of money with them and EVERY order took much longer than it should have. Several times I spoke with the manufactures only to find out an order had not been placed and it was months after the fact.

Now I can't even get a refund for stuff I ordred LAST MARCH. I've been promised a refund in a bunch of emails, even had one where they issued a USPS tracking number but never mailed it. So I am out almost $4000 and they have been using my money for close to a year now. That is about ridiculous. In fact, I'd go so far as to say it was "UNFAIR".