SilverSaloon
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2004
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- Car
- 1994 W124 E300D Estate, 1985 R107 280SL
a bit of a rant!
i scrapped a w124 estate the other week. scrapper guy collected it and he was to return the wheels and bolts next day as part of the deal. he was as friendly as anything,chatting away for about 30 mins..... anyway next day came, no wheels. a few calls to him and he tells me he will drop them round in a few days when he is in the area.... few days came, no wheels. aother call and he never answers... few days later i try on a different phone number, straight answer, and tells me he will drop them off again. never happened. another attempts to phone, and no answer... new phone number, answer straight away.... tell him i will come and get the wheels myself as i'm fed up now. he gives me an address.... i go back to my computer and look on google maps.... no scrap yard there - just a housing estate. so i call him (on yet another number!) and no answer. 30 mins later he phones back saying he had a miscall. as soon as he heard its me, he hung up.
i would name & shame but (a) it would be pointless and (b) these cowboys are probably not the sort of characters you want to get on the wrong side of.
next time - i follow the towtruck and take the wheels immediatly myself. lesson learn - you cant trust people these days i'm afraid.... if you value something, dont entrust it with someone you dont know, however good their credentials appear to be.
i now need to source some more wheels for my winter tyres. i believe the scrapper guy may be a banker or even a bar steward in his spare time
cheers
Derek
i scrapped a w124 estate the other week. scrapper guy collected it and he was to return the wheels and bolts next day as part of the deal. he was as friendly as anything,chatting away for about 30 mins..... anyway next day came, no wheels. a few calls to him and he tells me he will drop them round in a few days when he is in the area.... few days came, no wheels. aother call and he never answers... few days later i try on a different phone number, straight answer, and tells me he will drop them off again. never happened. another attempts to phone, and no answer... new phone number, answer straight away.... tell him i will come and get the wheels myself as i'm fed up now. he gives me an address.... i go back to my computer and look on google maps.... no scrap yard there - just a housing estate. so i call him (on yet another number!) and no answer. 30 mins later he phones back saying he had a miscall. as soon as he heard its me, he hung up.
i would name & shame but (a) it would be pointless and (b) these cowboys are probably not the sort of characters you want to get on the wrong side of.
next time - i follow the towtruck and take the wheels immediatly myself. lesson learn - you cant trust people these days i'm afraid.... if you value something, dont entrust it with someone you dont know, however good their credentials appear to be.
i now need to source some more wheels for my winter tyres. i believe the scrapper guy may be a banker or even a bar steward in his spare time
cheers
Derek