Tein Spring Fraud Alert
03-30-2006
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Originally Posted by gaugeof12
Knock off exhausts are one thing. However making knock off springs that could endanger someones life is F'ed up!!
03-30-2006
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Yet another reason not to buy car parts from ebay. First the Apexi timers, now this.... support the dealers peeps... the extra $10 guarantees real parts.
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Originally Posted by Boilermaker1
Yet another reason not to buy car parts from ebay. First the Apexi timers, now this.... support the dealers peeps... the extra $10 guarantees real parts.
03-30-2006
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Rep Power: 372 Apexi had someone make a shat load of knock off turbo timers. They looked similar, but they put out a stat sheets that showed uyou the difference between the real time rand the knock off. I'm sure someone will post the link to the thread, or the pdf file from Apexi.
03-31-2006
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Rep Power: 399 Just go to Apexi.com they've got a release on it. Basically someone's selling Apexi TTs with no electronics in them.
I'm to lazy to copy picture links.... see post #1
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1577519
I'm to lazy to copy picture links.... see post #1
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1577519
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04-01-2006
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ive seen that Apex'i counterfeit thing before...i can't believe how ****ed up people will be just to make money and to damage someone's well made money on their cars....what *******s, but this spring counterfeit is sooo dangerous; it could kill someone
04-01-2006
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Rep Power: 0 son of a..... and I just purchased my springs from a ebay dealer and this comes out??!? I havent installed them yet but I guess good thing I havent I will take a look at them when I get home. I wonder if there is some sort of replacement policy that they are offering which I doubt because I didnt read anything about that. DAMNIT! something tells me that mine are fake I dont know why but i got a feeling that they are. I will post my info when I check them out.
04-03-2006
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Rep Power: 311 eh, don't hate on ebay. there is nothing wrong with it. i got my real s techs on there. you can't get mad at ebay, get mad at the people who sell crap on there and the people who choose to buy it.
04-03-2006
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Rep Power: 787 ya you cant buy stuff like that on ebay. if you want name brand parts, look at the vendors here that actually have a rep for selling. hint hint buy from dezod.
04-04-2006
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Originally Posted by MajinB
yes you can buy stuff like that on ebay. you just have to be smart about it.
04-04-2006
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Rep Power: 296 xbeebop, MajinB, it doesn't matter how hard you look at them, people will claim 100% that they are the real deal, if this wouldn't have come out you would never have known about it. Although ebay is good to get stuff off of, it can bite you in the *** in the long run.
04-04-2006
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Originally Posted by CuRiOuSfIsH
hope no one gets involved in this
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Originally Posted by drew22mader
xbeebop, MajinB, it doesn't matter how hard you look at them, people will claim 100% that they are the real deal, if this wouldn't have come out you would never have known about it. Although ebay is good to get stuff off of, it can bite you in the *** in the long run.
people who are stupid should not ebay. if the dude has no feedback, im not gonna bid. check the rating. its not there just because. and i would rather get the same **** for almost half the price, then spend the rest on more. just my thoughts.
don't blame ebay. its not their fault asshats are taking advantage of a good thing.
04-04-2006
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Rep Power: 787 ebay doesn't do crap about fraud. the worst they do is ban the user if there are alot of complaints. dont think like the person is going to jail or paying a fine. hes just signing up as a different user and starting over.
04-04-2006
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Rep Power: 0 well here is an update. I checked the my s techs and it turns out that they were real but I still wasnt sure. So this past weekend was the formula D drift show in long beach and I Just happened to have the set with me so I took them to the tein booth and asked them to verify and indeed they were real. SO THANK GOD!! Thats a load of my mind.
