Driverz, Inc.

[usa-69z]

Originally Posted by Simmo

Hey man I feel your pain, but curious as to why you ordered the second set off essentially the same crowd that dicked you around the first time?

Have you paid by paypal/cc? I'd pull the pin and raise a dispute ASAP.

Hope it all works out for ya

yes probably wasnt the best desicion but i gave Jon the benifit of the doubt at the time and as they wernt a custom order wheel i thought it would be qwik.. the turnaround would be on time if he shipped them this week but after reading this stuff im gettin nervous and with no more contact its smellin' fishy. I paid by credit card in Jan this year so not sure what i can do,, Ill wait this week out and see what happens, then ill take it further.

[Simmo]

Just be aware beyond 90 days any cc charge may be more difficult to chase up, you might be getting close to that 90 days now.

Shouldn't be too much issue re-stocking an off the shelf set of wheels too.

Google "american racing custom wheels" and I got this + a few more leads...

http://asp.americanracing.com/bottom...p?section=cont

http://wikimapia.org/11356609/Americ...-Equipment-Inc

American Racing Custom Wheels
19067 South Reyes Avenue
Rancho Dominguez, CA 90221

Phone: 310-761-4915. Fax: 310-608-0297.

If you want attention I'd chuck a 001 in front of the number above and see where that leads, pretty big company so I think you might have more luck emailing Jon than them. Fingers crossed for ya!

[novanutcase]

Originally Posted by usa-69z

yes probably wasnt the best desicion but i gave Jon the benifit of the doubt at the time and as they wernt a custom order wheel i thought it would be qwik.. the turnaround would be on time if he shipped them this week but after reading this stuff im gettin nervous and with no more contact its smellin' fishy. I paid by credit card in Jan this year so not sure what i can do,, Ill wait this week out and see what happens, then ill take it further.

And look what happens when you give someone the benefit of the doubt! They dick you with no regard to ethics. I know how you feel as I've recently had the same experience but in a slightly different way. I say forget about trying to work it out with NewGen/Driverz. They obviously have no regard for you or your order so why should you give them any? Call the CC company immediately and have the charges reversed.

Maybe this would be the best thing as it may put the final nail in the proverbial coffin and close down what seems to be an unscrupulous company. Also seems that Mr. Hensons company is working without any usable day to day capital. Not a good way of running a business.

John

[Ketzer]

Originally Posted by novanutcase

working without any usable day to day capital. Not a good way of running a business.

John

I personally think this is a whole lot more common than folks want to admit. That's the reason this keeps happening on here again and again.

Jeff-

[DTM Racing]

Originally Posted by Ketzer

I personally think this is a whole lot more common than folks want to admit. That's the reason this keeps happening on here again and again.

Jeff-

The internet has allowed this. I prefer to do business with brick and mortar stores. Face to face and handshakes with actual inventory are much more comforting than just giving some guy on the internet your money. The companies with the drop-ship policies cause these guys to deal at cut-throat prices. TO deal at those prices, you have to jack up your volume. If you do not have the capacity to deal with that volume, you'll find things getting out of control. Fast.

[The WidowMaker]

i agree that friends are friends and bus is bus, but in my experience the good guys are both friends and the guys i buy parts from. ive never had any bad experience and then said, "but id have a beer with him". if somebody is f-ing me over, id rather pound their face and shove the bottle up their arse instead.

im not a jon cheerleader like some others on here, but ive met him and cant see him doing this. maybe my character judging skills are way the heck off, but this doesnt make sense to me. get your money back that you have invested and all the other nay sayers need to just hold off and see what happens. i know hes focused on newgen, and newgen WILL NOT survive with this mess. give him some time to figure this mess out and he will come through. i hope im not proved wrong.

btw, mike @ muscle rodz, mark @ sc&c and tobin @ kore3 are some GREAT vendors for parts. but you guys already knew that

[raguemoe]

I had my 69 towed from Driverz last week (long story). Last I heard everything blew up on the deal and Jon sold everything @the shop and was filing BK. So anyone that is owed money/product from them I would put in a claim asap & cross your fingers.

I'm out another $650 for a new set of axles just to get my car back on the road after dealing with them for the last year on a bad suspension install they did. But at this point I'm just happy the car wasn't damaged or lost while at his shop!

Btw, Travis looked like a kid just out of high school so I wouldn't count on him solving anyones problem. I'd be talking to Jon!

[The WidowMaker]

I personally think this is a whole lot more common than folks want to admit. That's the reason this keeps happening on here again and again.

outright scary

Jon sold everything @the shop and was filing BK

not good......

[DTM Racing]

Originally Posted by The WidowMaker

outright scary



not good......

And why is it so terrifying to imagine that a company doesn't want to operate in the red?

[rfrankb4]

This whole situation stinks. I am with several other people on here in that I managed to dodge a bullet by deciding at the last moment to deal with someone else on my wheels.

From reading the timeline on here and at yellowbullet it sure smells like this "Sale" was a poorly set up scam to buy time while arranging for a favorable bankruptcy after the money that was paid in quietly disappears into daily operating expenses and small cash withdrawals for "petty cash expenses"

I sure hope the aggrieved parties follow through and pursue criminal actions as needed. It never ceases to amaze me just how many broke people "find" 10k or more when it is that or go to jail. There is little doubt in my mind from these accounts that there were orders taken when the management had no intention of paying manufacturers for the product as agreed.

While It is still possible that Jon is a stand up guy and this has all been a misunderstanding but the odds on that are looking mighty slim atm. (not sure I would gamble on that at 50:1)