by twinjetguy » Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:26 pm
Gabe,
Called you yesterday and this morning to try and talk with you about this but you don't want to answer the phone. Didn't realize you would go talking with everyone EXCEPT for me, then bring this out on a forum like this.
Yes, I did go to the Toyota dealership and pick up springs for you. I have them in my garage. Like I said in my pm to you, I will ship them to you, or even ship them to whoever buys them from you. I was the one at the dealership, I was the one who asked the parts guy "Do you happen to have anything that will fit on my 2001 Camry?". The guy looked at me and said "you know, hold on, I might have something". At this point, you didn't know that they had the struts and springs.
So it is wrong for me to ask a dealership if they have parts for my car? Sure, I was there picking up parts for you, but like I said, you didn't even know they had these at the time. I fail to see how I bought them out from under you when you didn't even know they had them. Then, when I called you to ask you to help me figure out what they were for, you didn't know what years they fit.
After I figured it out with the parts guy and paid for them, I told the parts guy "If you have any other TRD parts for the Camry/Solara, call Gabe because he will take everything you have". I even made sure that he got your phone number.
So since you want to handle this on a forum and don't want to talk with me directly, let me ask this. Since you buy/sell TRD and toyota parts, does that mean every single TRD part at every DEALERSHIP is yours? These were at a dealership, not a good friend of yours, a dealership. Where anyone can walk in, ask if they have a part and buy them.
You also say that you want the thread locked so you can have the last word? It's a shame that this is being handled in such a manner. I would have hoped that you could at least call me and talk with me about all of this instead of talking trash about me and posting on a forum.
This is your place, I am not going to say anything bad about you. In fact, you have done nothing but help me out. I was under the impression that we were friends. You know, I even found a machinist local to me for you to help make parts for your supercharger kit that you are making.
Almost forgot to point out, I had a line on another brand new set of TRD struts/springs. I told Gabe that I would hook him up with the guy selling them. Of course Gabe probably knows the guy, but still, I had "dibs" on them told Gabe "That other set of strust/springs is yours". They weren't much more than what I had paid for these. So yes, you still have access to a brand new set of TRD struts/springs for your customer and wants to pay $1000 for them and you will still make money on them.
Let me know when you want to talk about all of this like adults. As for the rest of you, you can make up your own minds. Try to keep the name calling to a minimum if you can, we are adults and not in junior high. I understand Gabe is very well respected on here and I am not trying to take away from that one bit.
Ryan
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twinjetguy on Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:35 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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