Bought a buggy got the HOSE!!!

collinmaune · Mar 4, 2016

Shipping the locker this afternoon to the buyer. Will post tracking info and pictures

creepycrawly · Mar 4, 2016

collinmaune said:
Shipping the locker this afternoon to the buyer. Will post tracking info and pictures

Top notch response. Thanks for being transparent. Glad you fellas worked through it.

collinmaune · Mar 4, 2016

creepycrawly said:
Top notch response. Thanks for being transparent. Glad you fellas worked through it.

Only way go to business on this forum, like said before would rather try to make it right then get bashed.

Beerj · Mar 4, 2016

smbroady82 said:
I know with this ton set I just spent a small fortune on, I've kept the invoices/emails . That way if I ever go to sell I have proof of all the good stuff in it.

But I know you can't always do that, especially when you get something 2nd hand.

Not exactly, you just have proof that you bought it. I'm not saying you'd try to be shady but some people will and I would have to weigh the cost of effort/hassle to physically inspect and verify vs. the cost of the part in question.

infamous1 · Mar 4, 2016

Re:

Good deal!!

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blacksheep10 · Mar 4, 2016

dwa2469 said:
The guy I bought mine from, gave me receipts for the parts. and he is not on here or I would have set him out when I discovered last fall.

I think he's saying that is what happened to him.
Just lurked until now. Essentially you didn't verify gears, which is done with a jack, and paint marker and your hand. hell can even do it without a jack if there are lockouts or someone to drive the rig forward one tire revolution while you count the driveshaft revolutions. Lack of due diligence. Locker, totally stand up deal dude is doing, sounds like he is losing money with putting tires on it. Sucks, but he's standing up. Lesson learned for 2, move on and chalk it up to experience. Remember, he's out cash, you have a buggy now

smbroady82 · Mar 4, 2016

collinmaune said:
Shipping the locker this afternoon to the buyer. Will post tracking info and pictures

That's awesome, glad to see that!!! :dblthumb:

Top Notch in my Book!!

Beerj said:
Not exactly, you just have proof that you bought it. I'm not saying you'd try to be shady but some people will and I would have to weigh the cost of effort/hassle to physically inspect and verify vs. the cost of the part in question.

Yeah I guess you are right. I wouldn't ever do that but I guess there are some that might. But, it would help put my mind at ease if I was buying something without inspecting it.

I just sold a built set of yotas and pulled all the prices off my invoices to show what I paid, I even stated that I had the invoices if anyone wanted to see them.

It kills me to see a 30-40-50k buggy on here with "built tons" or "built 14s" and not one detail listed on em...

stano · Mar 4, 2016

In light of this thread and a past experience, I will pull covers when buying a rig/axles in the future. I bought a Jeep with 4:88's and deteoits. The add was right the condition was wrong, I can't blame anybody but myself and learned a lesson. Detroit had some missing/composted bolts, and the gears had some missing teeth.

And good on the 2 parties involved in working this out, it's nice to see people acting like adults instead of throwing tantrums!!

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jayphizzle · Mar 4, 2016

collinmaune said:
Shipping the locker this afternoon to the buyer. Will post tracking info and pictures

Definitely good to hear! Glad ya'll are working it out. :dblthumb:

collinmaune · Mar 4, 2016

Per buyer request I took down his address

Locker is on the shipping dock waiting ups pickup this afternoon

jcox1214 · Mar 4, 2016

This is great thanks a lot , solid dude!

Zjman · Mar 4, 2016

And now we can send all kinda weird porn to ur house ????

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Beerj · Mar 4, 2016

Zjman said:
And now we can send all kinda weird porn to ur house ????

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If I post my address can i have some too? :cougar:

kushKrawlin · Mar 5, 2016

Haha be my luck to take both diff covers off... Buyer inspect it and not buy it.. Me standing there with Fukin oil and **** everywhere wavin as they pull off... Ha. Actually it would be my luck to have the same problem as OP. but I will say, I was sittin here thinkin " dam seller needs to man up". But really, i can totally put myself in his shoes.. If I took a man's word (wouldn't unless I knew him) and bought something only to have to sell it soon after, and it didn't have Wat I was told it did ... It would be really Fukin hard to get **** from me. And I don't believe in doing folks wrong.. it'd just be hard for me to cough up that bread.. So basically the seller needs to find the guy he got it from and roast his ass... Let's get Em! :woot:

kushKrawlin · Mar 5, 2016

^ I really hope that made sense .. I've been working on trying to make sense with my comments .. I've been told it's hard to understand my post... Bare with me.. :flipoff1:

kushKrawlin · Mar 5, 2016

collinmaune said:
Only way go to business on this forum, like said before would rather try to make it right then get bashed.

Dam. Gotta be a good dude .. Hell even I would take a dam good bashin for a couple g's... A verbal bashin, not a all men physical bashin like Creepycrawler would love...

John Galbreath Jr. · Mar 5, 2016

kushKrawlin said:
Haha be my luck to take both diff covers off... Buyer inspect it and not buy it..

Nope, the sale would have to be done, then inspect to verify, good swap money. Bad, then you had it coming.

infamous1 · Mar 5, 2016

Re: Re: Bought a buggy got the HOSE!!!

JohnG said:
Nope, the sale would have to be done, then inspect to verify, good swap money. Bad, then you had it coming.

Ahhhh sensei!! I was trying to figure out how that would work.

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Skidkid · Mar 8, 2016

JohnG said:
I feel when you have an as is where is sale, you should do whatever in your power to inspect and verify what you have prior to completing the transaction. The seller should have said, "I was told" it had such and such, then he wold be totally off the hook. However, I do feel like he owes you one Detroit locker, because he states that in the ad and it is not readily available information from a visual inspection.

I understand you could have opened the difs. But carry it a step further, if he had said flat top pistons, would a buyer tear a motor down before purchase, not practical. So, in my opinion, he covered that up, honest mistake or not.

How hard is it to check if the rig has ratchet lockers in it? No, really? Ummmmmm, raise the diff or at least one wheel off the ground and move a tire back and forth :idea: it'll tell you if it's open, welded or ratchet locker pretty quick. You could go a step further and paint mark the diff pinion yolk and inside a wheel or tire, then with it off the ground and in nutrual, turn the drive shaft by hand and count yolk revs to wheel. This will give you what gears are in the diff.

So it's possible to know what's in these differentials without opening them up and making a mess. Turning them over by hand can tell you other things as well, crunchy gears, tight spots etc etc.

It sucks OP got screwed, but some of it is on him as well. Bring a high powered LED flash light and keep your excitement in your truck you drove to the buggy in. Don't be an ass but inspect buggy thoughly and ask plenty of questions. I mean look it over with a comb, inspect entire chassis, drivetrain, electrical... Everything before you pay for it. If time is an issue with seller and in a hurry, just leave.

Pretty much goes for anything you're buying really. I've been burnt before on stuff I bought because excitement clouded my judgement. Learn from your lessons.

On stuff seller said was on the buggy and were not, he needs to deliver on that stuff period.