he's not my "buddy" ... he's a business man who i sent a significant ammount of money to, and i got what i wanted within a week and a half (woudl have been sooner but snow delayed it) ... id be willing to bet you dont have one engine/clip related customer who can say that. and when i contacted him telling him the side mount i/c had been damaged, he didn't ask questions, he simply said he would have another one sent out. customer service.

its funny how everytime your legitity comes into question, you have something bad to say about someone else... seriously man you need to take a class in business etiquette.

there is no flame war, simply opinions being stated, some can take it better than others.

 

I'm just telling the truth about another importer...Ryan had lots of problems, I'm glad to see he doesn't have those anymore. Ryan's a much better guy than Rob was...and he used to buy clips from Rob as well. I didn't say anything bad about Ryan either...I couldn't, he's never done anything to provoke me...he's always been a nice guy to me and we stay in touch ever so often. I just thought maybe you'd like to know his story as you already know mine....I know stories on most every major importer in the US about problems they've had, where they buy their engines, problems with their engines etc... I study my competitors and learn who they are...that's what I do, it's not science, it's just business.

There wasn't a question of my legitness...and yes, there are about 10 customers of mine who have ordered and got their clips within a week from when I said they would. I have a lot of current customers ordering SR20DET's and CA18DET clips because those are the main thing I am importing at this current time. My engines are coming in on time, clearing customs on time, and going out to customers on time. I still have a broad customer base, and I have the same type of customer service...if something isn't right, I'll generally send something out to replace it or rectify the situation.

 

good to hear

 

www.jarcoinc.com
that is where i shop

 

ahh truth comes out.....thanx rude, I'll keep that in mind.

 

Well back to the original ??? Mckinney Motorsports has been nothing but legit and reliable from my and several others experiance and almost always have motors in stock.

 

And charge a premium due to their name.....

 

Well lets start with as stated before glad to see some of your customers are finally getting their motors and as stated before why do insist on always have comments on all your competitors. Myself and several others have stated that its just not good business to do that. If you have info on parts post it, if you have info on installs post it, hell why dont you just post about your business and parts. Why must you always post as you say your knowledge on one, well hell all of your competition. I know as you always say its information people need to know so you pass it. You need to grow up as a business man. Your business is doing alright now and you state motors are going to be coming in on a regular basis now so why dont you quite trying to pull everyone to you by all those little comments about all the other shops and let the end products and customers be the judge and jury of a company. This is not intended to start another post war its just come on this is getting old.

 

Because all you do is talk about McKinney this and McKinney that....blah blah blah and how great this and that is....fact is their products have failed many times (mounts)...their prices, you know, are way overpriced....as does everyone else on EVERY forum. All I ever asked of them was to be more reasonable on pricing so that people could actually afford **** for their cars. The day you stop praising McKinney for ripping people of their money (whether they are legit or not) is the day I will stop saying they are overpriced etc... due to their name and thinking they can charge whatever they please.......oh yeah, they aren't the original either....remember we already had a war...I finished the RB25DET swap and had it running first....came online to the forums to tell people about it FAR before McKinney ever did....they may be originals when it comes to 510's, but not 240's.

 

Yes I do praise them. Reason why??? They have what I need when I need it, they have awsome customer service and relations, a reputable name, a shop with a business license, a plethora of knowledge on not only nissans, thay have a thing called professionalism and an actual shop. And why do I support them and no one else? Well, because just about everything I have on my car, including motor set, wiring, mount set and drive shaft has come from them without one problem and I have been driving it daily since March 03. YES DRIVING IT DAILY.

Now what I said in my other post is why, as a business owner, must you come online and have comments about every single one of your competitors' companies in such an unprofessional manner. I never once metioned prices for anything. Then you come on and start talking money and prices. Well to start with, you can check any car forum you want and you will see the old saying "you get what you pay for". Now with that said, you stated they rip people off. Well, lets check your history, how many motors or deposits do you still owe from the past year??? Oh yeah, you got a few motors in and now everyone loves and trusts you again. Now about prices, I don't care where people order from, you or anyone else, but if you think Mckinney's rips people off, consider the extra $200-$300 for the in stock motors means you wont have to wait 6 months to a year for YOUR stuff. It sounds worth it to me. Now like I said before why don't you just keep your stupid little plugs for your company to yourself and let the the buyers post their experiences from first hand knowledge like I have from Mckinneys.

 

Because I don't take 6 months from time of order to get out a product...in fact, in the last two months, all orders have been filled that were ordered within 1-4 weeks from time of order. I am RUNNING my own business now instead of relying on a person in WA to **** me over. Sh*t happens, luckily McKinney didn't have it happen to them....when it could have happened to anyone.

I am still sending out orders to RB25DET customers - why? Because a person named Rob up in WA never sent my motors out...beyond my control and he still owes me a large amount of money, but I am making by with what I have to rectify the situation. I won't take RB25DET orders from customers, despite the 15 requests I get per day for them...until my customers are taken care of.

Yet, what's funny, is that despite everything, you, Jon Powell, Dekand, and god knows how many other people on every forum stood around and trashed me, spoke bad things about me, doubted me etc... when they didn't know the situation....didn't know what was happening, or what or who was involved....despite that, I am still here and taking **** from people. The funny part of it all is that AS SOON AS I got engines out to those people, all of the sudden people's opinions change to: "yeah, he's a good guy, fixing his situation and getting engines out to people." Or they immediately stop trashing me etc.... People are two faced...always looking for the bad guy, when the bad guy turns out not to be bad, they don't know what to do.

If you'd like to see my business lisence...I'll fax it to you. If you want to see the lease agreement on my warehouse...I can fax that to you as well. I have a website, a warehouse, a lisence, and a reputable name...as well as reputable products...however, I'm still not McKinney (or Greddy, or HKS, or Apexi) that charge for a name.

 

This is not about your sad story or how hard you have had it. Hell, I have even said good to hear you are getting things on track with your mess. Believe it or not I even meant it. NOW, what i did was come into this post and post a legitimate company that I have had experience with like several others did on this thread to answer the guys question. Low and behold after each company who had some smart a$$ little comment on each company. Why it was you!!! Think about it night!!! We have had our words in the past and I said I would leave your post alone when you could prove you were not a thief, and you did that. After you started giving your customers what you owed them I congradulated you and did not post one bad thing towards you or your so called home business. But I am tired of seeing you still getting all your free advertising by tring to comment on your COMPETITION. Hell I would have said nothing about this whole thing if you had not made your comment after my post. I again am tired of you and your ****. So if you want this to end here and now you stop trying to play the victom, become a real business man and grow up. If you want to continue go ahead show your true self to all of your potential customers.

Now on to your next comment about how your are not Mckinney's, Greddy, HKS or any other large company. Well you are correct the way you are going you never will be or be able to move anything unless it sell dirt cheap. : ) Now there is a comment of mine.

Signed
a once potetial customer

 

A once potential customer that in 03 March took his car to McKinney Motorsports when I had an excellent reputation for getting engines out and supplying good engines....how was that a once potential customer? You were never my customer and never had plans to be.

What's also funny is that the only people that see me as unprofessional (minus a select few) and unreasonable on these forums are the people that go around promoting their "prize installers" such as you. The rest of the people that I get emails from, PM's and IM's from think of all of you as being unreasonable and idiots for doing what you do on here. Basically....all of those people think the same of you as you think of me....so no matter what you say or try to get other people to think, they are emailing me with the opposite.

By Mentioning HKS, Greddy, Apexi etc...I was not referring to large companies, I was talking about companies who charge a premium due to their name....you know that Tomei gets some of their turbo manifolds built by a company in Taiwan? The Taiwan company wholesales them for around $120 each....yet what does Tomei charge for them??? Why do they charge so much??? They are Tomei! Same goes with McKinney....why do they think they can charge so much, because they are McKinney....who cares how big you think they are...fact is anyone that talks to me says the same thing "I'd never go with them...they're too expensive and a ripoff."

Last comment (this one of my own)...I could charge McKinney prices and sell just as many clips as I do now with no problems....because I have quality **** and have quality service to my customers... Why don't I charge those prices? Pretty easy....I like to be fair to people and understand that not everyone is a CEO in a company with $25k to drop on a 240....majority of the people are highschool and college students working part time with little to no money to play with....and with those people, I sympathize and offer an excellent product (same or better than most of my competition) for a lesser price.

Night

 

Actually night in march 03 I did not know you exsisted and had no plans for an RB untill I saw Mckinneys Purple car. Prior to that I wanted an SR and they supplied them local (no shipping). So thats where the RB install came into play.
Anyway At one point I was going to purchase from you. If you remember my e-mail about your turbo that you offered. When I got your reply it did not quite answer my questions. The big question that you did not answer is, has this turbo been tested. No answer for that one so I was not very interested any longer. Then came your whole situation with your customers and your comments way before I ever posted anything to you or about you is what made my mind never to do business with you. Hell, just about every post you post on reconfirms why You will not see any of my dollors. So what it comes down to is I decided where to take my business and choose where to keep (for the reasons I listed above) So there you go. So if you choose to end this little dispute fine, but if you choose to keep this going, go ahead I have some down time before I leave next week. Have a nice night.

 

hey, sorry to interrupt the war going on above me, but i was wondering if anyone knew any good swap places in north texas.

i am not made out of money, so i cannot just take a road trip to pick up an engine. also, i do not have the experience needed to swap the motor and do all the troubleshooting $hit. i live in a town full of rednecks, so i would be screwed if i tried to get a mechanic from here to swap the engine.

i would rather haul my car to a place anywhere in north texas and let them worry about swapping out the old with the new, and getting it to work.

any info would be cool