Buyers beware of Carbonlimited.com
10-31-2006, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by MustGoFastR
That really has nothing to do with the statement you quoted.
I think the problem here is not neccessarily Jim's fault; he obviously does not have ill intentions. The problem is an unfortunate side effect of how a business like his works, as opposed to a vendor that has the parts physically in hand and ships directly from their facility (thus receiving tracking numbers instantly). The problem is further down the line from Jim, which sucks, b/c it is frustrating for everyone. If he confirms the hood HAS shipped, then it will reach it's destination no later than Thursday, regardless of carrier. That would mean it shipped Friday. Fact still remains that it should have shipped out much earlier, so someone deffinitely dropped the ball.
I think the problem here is not neccessarily Jim's fault; he obviously does not have ill intentions. The problem is an unfortunate side effect of how a business like his works, as opposed to a vendor that has the parts physically in hand and ships directly from their facility (thus receiving tracking numbers instantly). The problem is further down the line from Jim, which sucks, b/c it is frustrating for everyone. If he confirms the hood HAS shipped, then it will reach it's destination no later than Thursday, regardless of carrier. That would mean it shipped Friday. Fact still remains that it should have shipped out much earlier, so someone deffinitely dropped the ball.
I've done alot for this site and its members (especially DavidF). Its almost like a slap in the face when people start these threads. I told them the hood has been shipped, and he has absolutly no reason to doubt otherwise. If I recall it took 2 weeks for his last hood to arrive in Texas.
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10-31-2006, 07:33 AM
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No no Jim I never ever asked you to hold anything for me ,why on earth would I expect you to hold something, I simply said when you get in an unsold hood pm me and I'll buy it. YOU contacted me and said you had one IN STOCK which to anyones understanding IN STOCK means in your possesion I'm I correct on this. So when and if the hood gets here it will have originated from your shop not another vendor such as Showtime in Cali. You just said the hood shipped out LAST WEEK,WTF, I paypaled you $675.00 on the 12th and you told me the hood would ship friday the 13th. Why was it shipped last week when you've told me all along the hood has been in transit, now you've been lying to me, buying time. I myself have shipped items to people and yes I was issued a tracking no. at the time of the transaction, this is how shippers do business. I've ordered other items from vendors in Cali. since my order from you and have recieved them since, but come on 19 days and you told me it was IN STOCK. I just can't get over it being shipped last week, I will post the actual vendor the hood came from and I'll bet it's not from Carbonlimited.
10-31-2006, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by CarbonLTD
See thats the misconception. I do have 60-70% of the parts in stock. If I dont have them in stock at MY warehouse in Minnesota I then get them drop shipped by other distributors. Just like how I have arranged pick-ups in Socal through another distributor/friend.
My mistake, however, David's hood was obviously one of the items drop-shipped, which takes that part of the process out of your hands. Switching to a more reliable carrier and 2-day shipping is a good move, but on drop-shipped items, there is still the issue of getting the item sent out in a timely manor, which you can't really control. Granted, sometimes, it's unavoidable.
10-31-2006, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by davidf
No no Jim I never ever asked you to hold anything for me ,why on earth would I expect you to hold something, I simply said when you get in an unsold hood pm me and I'll buy it. YOU contacted me and said you had one IN STOCK which to anyones understanding IN STOCK means in your possesion I'm I correct on this. So when and if the hood gets here it will have originated from your shop not another vendor such as Showtime in Cali. You just said the hood shipped out LAST WEEK,WTF, I paypaled you $675.00 on the 12th and you told me the hood would ship friday the 13th. Why was it shipped last week when you've told me all along the hood has been in transit, now you've been lying to me, buying time. I myself have shipped items to people and yes I was issued a tracking no. at the time of the transaction, this is how shippers do business. I've ordered other items from vendors in Cali. since my order from you and have recieved them since, but come on 19 days and you told me it was IN STOCK. I just can't get over it being shipped last week, I will post the actual vendor the hood came from and I'll bet it's not from Carbonlimited.
10-31-2006, 07:39 AM
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But it should'nt be dropped shipped in this case because he said he had it in stock. I'm just so frusterated now because some of his statements to me have not seemed to be true. It shipped the 13th, now it shipped last week, I really don't know if theres a hood in transit at all at this point.
10-31-2006, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by MustGoFastR
My mistake, however, David's hood was obviously one of the items drop-shipped, which takes that part of the process out of your hands. Switching to a more reliable carrier and 2-day shipping is a good move, but on drop-shipped items, there is still the issue of getting the item sent out in a timely manor, which you can't really control. Granted, sometimes, it's unavoidable.
10-31-2006, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by davidf
But it should'nt be dropped shipped in this case because he said he had it in stock. I'm just so frusterated now because some of his statements to me have not seemed to be true. It shipped the 13th, now it shipped last week, I really don't know if theres a hood in transit at all at this point.
10-31-2006, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by davidf
My point from the very beginning is Do Not tell someone an item is in stock when it is in fact not in your stock.
10-31-2006, 07:54 AM
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Man I have nothing but good things to say about Jim. I got my CF TT lip ( which is getting installed right now Jim ) like 5 days after I ordered it. He was very easy to deal with. I didn't experience any of the problems mentioned in this thread.
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10-31-2006, 07:56 AM
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Man I have nothing but good things to say about Jim. I got my CF TT lip ( which is getting installed right now Jim ) like 5 days after I ordered it. He was very easy to deal with. I didn't experience any of the problems mentioned in this thread.
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10-31-2006, 07:57 AM
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Well thats what you should have said from the get go because when a vendor, any vendor tells me it's in stock and it will be shipped the following day I assume this is what will happen, but you've led me to believe it's been in transit all this time and now suddenly it was shipped the 18th. And as you will read from my 1st post I'm not one to flame and it was very hard to work up to posting this, but 19 days with no tracking no. warrants some kind of action don't you agree.
10-31-2006, 07:58 AM
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I'm having a hard time understanding why it would take two weeks transit time in shipping.... Guess that's another issue with the carrier. Going to 2-day shipping on these items is a smart move if only b/c less time in transit = less risk of damage. I know david's last CF hood (don't recall where he got it) arrived with some damage.
10-31-2006, 08:04 AM
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davidf, I understand your frustrations and creation of this thread. Just thought I'd say that if you didn't have 2,000+ posts you'd be getting flamed on right now, just like that other guy who complained about carbon ltd. Thats what makes this site so BS sometimes. Two guys with similar arguments and the guy w/ less posts gets random hate thrown at him. I support what you're doing because since you have a high post number you don't get the random @-holes attacking you. And the consumer's voice needs to be heard!
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I'm still confused on all this. If he ordered on the 12th and it was supposed to ship on the 13th, there is no way that it would take this long to get. I haven't seen yet where this is explained by CarbonLTD.
What kind of carrier takes 2 weeks to deliver from west coast to east coast?? I am not buying blaming DHL. They, like UPS or Fedex, give you a tracking number either when you drop off the item or you use their online system. This nonsense of having to call DHL to get a tracking number doesn't fly.
I guess the statement of being "in stock" can be interpreted differently if it is not clarified.
What kind of carrier takes 2 weeks to deliver from west coast to east coast?? I am not buying blaming DHL. They, like UPS or Fedex, give you a tracking number either when you drop off the item or you use their online system. This nonsense of having to call DHL to get a tracking number doesn't fly.
I guess the statement of being "in stock" can be interpreted differently if it is not clarified.
10-31-2006, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by jadaniya
davidf, I understand your frustrations and creation of this thread. Just thought I'd say that if you didn't have 2,000+ posts you'd be getting flamed on right now, just like that other guy who complained about carbon ltd. Thats what makes this site so BS sometimes. Two guys with similar arguments and the guy w/ less posts gets random hate thrown at him. I support what you're doing because since you have a high post number you don't get the random @-holes attacking you. And the consumer's voice needs to be heard!
10-31-2006, 08:12 AM
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I'm still confused on all this. If he ordered on the 12th and it was supposed to ship on the 13th, there is no way that it would take this long to get. I haven't seen yet where this is explained by CarbonLTD.
What kind of carrier takes 2 weeks to deliver from west coast to east coast?? I am not buying blaming DHL. They, like UPS or Fedex, give you a tracking number either when you drop off the item or you use their online system. This nonsense of having to call DHL to get a tracking number doesn't fly.
I guess the statement of being "in stock" can be interpreted differently if it is not clarified.
What kind of carrier takes 2 weeks to deliver from west coast to east coast?? I am not buying blaming DHL. They, like UPS or Fedex, give you a tracking number either when you drop off the item or you use their online system. This nonsense of having to call DHL to get a tracking number doesn't fly.
I guess the statement of being "in stock" can be interpreted differently if it is not clarified.