Hey bitches, a few weeks ago, I bought what looked like some awesome condition Hella french elipsoid lights. The sale was on Facebook and I asked the condition of the lights and we'retold they were great with no missing/ broken adjusters or parts. He did state that the adjusters were stuck. I didn'tthink to ask about fading due to the pictures. They look nearly perfect in the pics. We agreed on a privatee of $250.00 and I paid by paypal.
My friend picked them up for me because the lights were in North Carolina. My friend doesn'thave any knowledge when Iit comes to these things and he told me they looked fine. Well my friend shipped them to me at a cost of $68.00. I am now at a total of $318.00.
I open the box and crapped myself. As you will see from the pics below that the lights look nothing like the pics he posted.
The lights are completely missing the city lights all together.
The plastic is broken away to accommodate HID wiring.
One of the bulbs is missing the spring clip that holds the HID bulb.
The adjusters are actually bent pretty bad towards the light fixture.
The plastic surrounding one of the lights is gray and the other is black and looks like epoxy is holding it together.
They yellow is faded really bad on both.
The glass Iis also very very pitted.
I contacted the seller right away and he told me that he didn't realize they were that bad and he doesn't have any money to refund me the total amount. He did say that he can give me back what I spent on shipping and maybe a little bit of cash. He also Iis very apologetic and doesn't want anyone to feel ripped off but he is broke.
now my problem is that if I file a paypal claim and he doesn't have the funds, will paypal tell me to pound sand? I really don't want to kick this guy while he is down but thid really jacked up my plans for my car. It was really a kick in the pants to see the real condition. Or, can these lightsbe brought back to life and can I find new city lights? Thanks for any advice.
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The lights I received
My friend picked them up for me because the lights were in North Carolina. My friend doesn'thave any knowledge when Iit comes to these things and he told me they looked fine. Well my friend shipped them to me at a cost of $68.00. I am now at a total of $318.00.
I open the box and crapped myself. As you will see from the pics below that the lights look nothing like the pics he posted.
The lights are completely missing the city lights all together.
The plastic is broken away to accommodate HID wiring.
One of the bulbs is missing the spring clip that holds the HID bulb.
The adjusters are actually bent pretty bad towards the light fixture.
The plastic surrounding one of the lights is gray and the other is black and looks like epoxy is holding it together.
They yellow is faded really bad on both.
The glass Iis also very very pitted.
I contacted the seller right away and he told me that he didn't realize they were that bad and he doesn't have any money to refund me the total amount. He did say that he can give me back what I spent on shipping and maybe a little bit of cash. He also Iis very apologetic and doesn't want anyone to feel ripped off but he is broke.
now my problem is that if I file a paypal claim and he doesn't have the funds, will paypal tell me to pound sand? I really don't want to kick this guy while he is down but thid really jacked up my plans for my car. It was really a kick in the pants to see the real condition. Or, can these lightsbe brought back to life and can I find new city lights? Thanks for any advice.
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The lights I received
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