Van Westervelt

[JeffRR]

Who the fuck do you think you are ???? Besides being a very good friend of mine, if you have nothing good to say or add to the conversation than stay out of it. Yep, I am defending him for no reason other than I trust and like Curt. Dont be an ignorant ass, and dont tell me your story (if you have one). I dont give a shit, and I dont want to hear it. Go beat off and take a nap, fucking whiney bitch.

Nice E-thugg’n there.

Its not unreasonable to comment on a bad transaction in the “transaction feedback” section.

You may be good friends with him, and its reasonable that you’d blindly defend him.

But please don’t be so naive to assume that you know his actions 100% of the time.



Curt seems to have many excuses and friends to back-up his poor habits.

I suppose a large post count and a good local rep gives you a free pass to rip people off.

[onaquest]

All I'm looking for is confirmation that he received my payment and that he has sent the item. He has clearly be on this website numerous times over the last month. If you guys are good friends with him, can you please do me a favor and see what the status is with my transmission cross brace.

Thanks

[Jand3rson]

Who the fuck do you think you are ???? Besides being a very good friend of mine, if you have nothing good to say or add to the conversation than stay out of it. Yep, I am defending him for no reason other than I trust and like Curt.

Seconded. Curt is a very good friend of mine.

[E30Idea]

Good luck on resolving your transaction with Curt.

He has 1000 excuses on why he doesn’t ship.

Don’t forget that you only have 45days to file a claim with paypal.


He seems to get a free pass around here sometimes.

He certainly is not the upstanding r3v member that he likes to portray.

Who the fuck do you think you are ???? Besides being a very good friend of mine, if you have nothing good to say or add to the conversation than stay out of it. Yep, I am defending him for no reason other than I trust and like Curt. Dont be an ignorant ass, and dont tell me your story (if you have one). I dont give a shit, and I dont want to hear it. Go beat off and take a nap, fucking whiney bitch.

As for Curt, I will call him tomorrow and try to help resolve this situation. I am sure something is going on. He is an upstanding guy and has no reason to stiff you out of whatever $13 part you bought. Lets be adults about this from here on out. Give me a shot to get ahold of him.

-Ryan

P.S. OP feel free to PM me if I dont post on this thread again in the next few days. I may forget to update.

[JeffRR]

Also known as 'e30 Groupie', feedback here: http://r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=72747

It has been over 1 month since I sent payment for a part to Curt. He assured me that after paying, he'd have the item shipped in 3 days.

There is no sign of my shipment, no tracking # provided. He has yet to answer private messages or emails.

Buyer beware when dealing whit this guy.

Good luck on resolving your transaction with Curt.

He has 1000 excuses on why he doesn’t ship.

Don’t forget that you only have 45days to file a claim with paypal.


He seems to get a free pass around here sometimes.

He certainly is not the upstanding r3v member that he likes to portray.

[onaquest]

I think its safe to assume that everyone here has a life outside of r3v.

[dashboardmonkey]

That sucks, it seems like everyone in Oregon are piece of shit dead beat sellers. I would just avoid dealing with anyone in Oregon.

I am not a piece of shit and I sell stuff with no problems whatsoever. Think about what you are putting a label on before hand.

Sucks to hear you got hosed. I hear that groupie has a life outside of r3v. No excuse for not shipping tho.

[Jand3rson]

I suggest you watch your mouth, especially when you don't even have anything to weigh in here with.

[onaquest]

Van Westervelt

Also known as 'e30 Groupie', feedback here: http://r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=72747

It has been over 1 month since I sent payment for a part to Curt. He assured me that after paying, he'd have the item shipped in 3 days.

There is no sign of my shipment, no tracking # provided. He has yet to answer private messages or emails.

Buyer beware when dealing whit this guy.

[onaquest]

I paid for a transmission cross member 7 days ago, I have yet to receive any sort of confirmation. I also have yet to receive a reply to several private messages or email. I will update this post with the outcome of the transaction.

[germancarsonly]

I have recently delt with Curt and am very happy with the parts and the quick shipping.

[ck_taft325is]

Bought Poly sub-frame bushings from Curt. Recieved them in almost no time at all and he was very courtesy. So much so that he PM'd me to check that I'd gotten them when I got swamped and totally spaced letting him know I recieved.

Couldn't be happier. One of the best sellers/shippers I've had to date. I would not hesitate to do business with him or refer him to anyone. He's an A+ person to do business with.

[JeffRR]

Update:

For anyone that is interested in a little reading:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=132656

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=138895

On page 2 of this thread Curt posted a video of himself burning $200, it was pretty impressive that I was video worthy. Curt deleted the post shortly after it was posted.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1300562

Short story:
I never received the rotor spacers, Curt did respond to my thread looking for him. When he responded he accused me of 2 possible scenarios:

1.) I received the spacers but was unhappy with the fit
2.) They were lost in shipping or lost in my house

After I was accused of these possible scenarios I posted every correspondence I had with Curt from the initial purchase to the point he accused me. He ended up backing off on the accusation that I had received the spacers but was unhappy with the fit.

I asked Curt 1 specific question after posting the correspondence, actually I asked it on the 2nd r3v thread and the bimmerforums thread, never got a response:

So how come you never mentioned anything about shipping the spacers?


Taken from the bimmerforums thread:

Everything was fine until after we spoke in Mid march, When we decided that we would speak again on the 6th of April. April 6th came and went you never returned my phone call or any attempt to make contact, and that is when it was obvious to me that I would never see anything from you.

If you did ship parts as you say in August/Sept 08 time frame, how come you never mentioned anything in the PM’s/emails we did have?

PM on 9/5 looking for status………… No response
PM on 10/2 looking for status…………..No response
PM on 10/8 looking for status…………… No response
PM on 10/8 looking for status…………….. No response
PM on 10/10 looking for status……………..No response
PM on 10/14 looking for status……………..No response
PM on 10/16 looking for status…………….No response
Posted on the r3v board looking for Curt 10/14 and 10/16………..No response

Sent email to Curt 10/16 looking for status:
Response to my email on 10/16:]“There has been a fairly large snafu and problem. The shop I paid to make them has since disappeared. My friend that worked there is trying to track down either the billet, or the money for me to have someone else machine them out. Sorry for the lack of response, I rarely check my PMs on r3v. I have over 100 unread, little daunting.”

So how come you never mentioned anything about shipping the spacers? The PM’s, posting and email never mentioned anything about a set being shipped.

The amount of PM’s in your inbox isn’t really a good excuse for not contacting a buyer about status of a purchase.

My theory
I don't think that Curt is necessarily a bad guy out to intentionally defraud. When we still had some correspondence he mentioned that he had trouble with his machine shop (email 10/16/08), they closed their doors with his material to make the spacers. He mentioned that he had a buddy who had worked there that was going to try and help him get his $$ or material back.
My thought is that he never recouped his money from this shop that went under. He lost some $$ in material, instead of being a stand-up guy and biting the bullet and making the spacers at a loss, he figured he’d blow me off. After all I was ~2500 miles away.


In the end just be careful dealing with Curt (e30 Groupie/ Van Westervelt)

[Mtriple]

If it makes you feel better Jeff, I did recieve my door panels last week from Curt.

Good luck!

[JeffRR]

I gave Curt $200 for a set of rotor spacers last May (08), the intention was that he was going to have them made in a few months. A few months came and went, I did have some correspondence with Curt about once a month up until March. At our last conversation he said that the rotor spacers should be done by the 5th of April and we would talk on the 6th if they weren’t done I told him I wanted my $200 back.

I tried to call him on the 6th and never got a response back, since I’ve tried PM at various site/ email and voice mail. No response.