Thanks for the replies, gents. I assume that this stuff can be procured/work executed at most in two months.
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Originally Posted by 130fe
Have you been in contact with the vendor you bought the parts from? What are they telling you?
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Yes, weekly to twice per week. The initial order was placed in September 2010. 60% was paid in Sept. and the rest was paid in October. Everything was supposed to be here "before Christmas." The vendor pretty much has said "Yes, this is coming, yes, this is shipped and it'll be there by the end of this week or it'll be there next week." Then, it never shows. More expediting, same story, a few more parts trickle in (rinse, repeat for a few months) but I can't install the engine/tranny because a few key components aren't in. In a sitcom, it would be almost comical because the Vendor doesn't even know what I have/haven't received, so I'll have to call and say, "Yes, the kit came, but only about 25% of the stuff in the kit was there." Essentially, all the work that I thought I could get done over the winter during the cool months can't/didn't get done.
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Originally Posted by 509Chevelle
First, it would have to be Jesus Christ for me to give anybody $20k in total on any business venture that isn't complete. Second, I would never give the total amount down...ever! I don't care how well respected a business is. That's just the nature of the business. Now 25%-30% is ok. 50% at most in an extreme case after sitting down with a dealer/vendor on a conference call or something after assuring me all parts are available. Now me personally, I don't even see an LS (plus parts) and T56 even being a 2-3 month out order. You can go all the way to the moon and find that stuff. IMO, by giving the 25%-30% down would make or should make the vendor work more diligent and be more eager to get your parts in so he can get the rest of his money.
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Yes, agree and a valuable and hard lesson was learned. There's no incentive for them to deliver if you don't withhold partial payments. However, I've heard from other people on totally different forums that sometimes middle men vendors won't place orders until fully paid. That's actually how we do it in the engineering/construction business. We withhold the final payment until all documentation is received.
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Originally Posted by Stuart Adams
When buying parts from so called buying groups, smoozers, middle man , vendors, etc., we all need to be very careful. The economy is tight and we as customers need to be sure the money we are putting down for our parts are NOT paying for the previous guys parts. IMO.
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Very true. That thought has crossed my mind, along with:
1) Vendor is very busy and *ahem* doesn't have time to expedite/deliver parts/track the order
2) Vendor doesn't have the money to order parts because they're behind on bills
3) Parts are back-ordered (very unlikely for some of the parts missing)
I'm a pretty docile guy, but I just want my parts so I can finish my project. I also would really like to prevent this thing from happening to someone else so they're not left with their pants around their ankles for six months waiting on an ECU/wiring harness/flywheel/clutch stuff/ac compressor/water pump that could seemingly easily be ordered from someone else.
Who knows, maybe Christian holidays are good milestones to have things done, because Easter is just around the corner, so maybe I'll have the parts by then. Whenever I clicked my heels and set out for LS-land, I had no idea this was going to be part of the bargain.
And yeah, OOCustoms, I don't like to be a whistle blower, but you can ctrl-f here and there and find out who it is pretty easily. You may be surprised, but then again you may not.
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