I realized today that I never posted my feedback of my transaction of Alex Blackwell, aka b-well, ACS cabrio and probably a few other screen names.
Back in September I posted a WTB for a 4.10lsd diff. Alex contacted very quickly stating that he had a 4.10LSD with about 60,000 miles on it. His communication was prompt before money traded hands, and he answered all my questions via pm usually within 24 hours.
After I sent him a cashiers check/money order (I forget which) he sent me a text. We communicated via text from this point on, and communication was far less persistent than before the payment. I decided to screen capture our text conversations so that everyone thinking of buying from him can see what kind of timeline it took for him to ship a tupperware can with a few strips of duct tape wrapped around it.
Around this time, I posted in his for sale thread that I had not received the diff yet. A few nice people PM'd me who had also had problems with him, and that is when I decided to look into him a bit more... finding this thread and some other information about him. http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=264088
Sometime in January, I called his father and the shop foreman for the manufacturing company he works for and explained my situation. Wouldn't you know it, I got a text from him within hours!
So sometime in mid February I finally received the diff. It was packed moderately well in a rubber tub duct taped shut in a few different wraps. Diffs are heavy, and shipping them has to be a chore no matter which way you do it.
The diff itself looks to be in pretty good shape, I haven't open up yet do to other projects, but it looks to be in better condition than the 3.73lsd it will be replacing.
So although I did not get scammed by Alex Blackwell, he is NOT somebody I would recommend buying from again. He has a few things for sale on the forum, so I hope potential buyers are careful!
Back in September I posted a WTB for a 4.10lsd diff. Alex contacted very quickly stating that he had a 4.10LSD with about 60,000 miles on it. His communication was prompt before money traded hands, and he answered all my questions via pm usually within 24 hours.
After I sent him a cashiers check/money order (I forget which) he sent me a text. We communicated via text from this point on, and communication was far less persistent than before the payment. I decided to screen capture our text conversations so that everyone thinking of buying from him can see what kind of timeline it took for him to ship a tupperware can with a few strips of duct tape wrapped around it.
Around this time, I posted in his for sale thread that I had not received the diff yet. A few nice people PM'd me who had also had problems with him, and that is when I decided to look into him a bit more... finding this thread and some other information about him. http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=264088
Sometime in January, I called his father and the shop foreman for the manufacturing company he works for and explained my situation. Wouldn't you know it, I got a text from him within hours!
So sometime in mid February I finally received the diff. It was packed moderately well in a rubber tub duct taped shut in a few different wraps. Diffs are heavy, and shipping them has to be a chore no matter which way you do it.
The diff itself looks to be in pretty good shape, I haven't open up yet do to other projects, but it looks to be in better condition than the 3.73lsd it will be replacing.
So although I did not get scammed by Alex Blackwell, he is NOT somebody I would recommend buying from again. He has a few things for sale on the forum, so I hope potential buyers are careful!
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