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 vwombat
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| posted on December 31st, 2008 at 06:56 PM |
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The Samba dot com
I've seen some sweet looking NOS starters on the Samba. Anyone ordered big parts from the states off the Samba? Good experiences? Shipping
nightmares?
Any info would be welcome.
Taa and happy new beer.
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t2
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| posted on December 31st, 2008 at 09:48 PM |
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yep,
i bought a set of wide 5 fuchs through a member on the samba, after i paid for them i found heaps of stuff out about the member i bought them through,
apparently he was selling things and not shipping the goods etc ...this concerned me to the tune of 1k . at the end of the day my rims turned up
really quickly all boxed up fine , they just had plenty of curb rash and marks on them ..
what i would suggest is to check the members seller feedback before committing and ask plenty of questions so you know exactly what and when the bits
should turn up ..
this is how my rims looked when they arrived...
then i had to file sand and sand then polish and paint them , this was very time consuming and painfull
they turned out nice in the end as i could detail them closer to the original fuch style, but hey i could have saved 1 week of my life with no
polishing if i had just bought some of the shelf rims
gravity wont get you high
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hellbugged
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| posted on December 31st, 2008 at 10:03 PM |
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yeah, i've bought heaps from the samba.........all good experiences, but CHECK SELLER FEEDBACK FIRST!!........send a few emails, and see if their
communication is good, get them to do some shipping quotes both air and sea, if they are out to rip you off, it's less likely they will enter into
too much communication (well my theory)
with the $$ wheee it is now, would it be worth buying som ething like a strater tho........i normally only go for bargains or rareites.
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jhp1
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| posted on January 1st, 2009 at 03:47 PM |
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t2
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| posted on January 1st, 2009 at 08:27 PM |
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if you wanted them fully polished you would have been disappointed ,these had been polished very roughly all the edges looked uneven and horrible.
i was always going to paint them the polishing part was a bonus 
shit happens worked out in the end
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jhp1
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| posted on January 1st, 2009 at 08:44 PM |
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t2
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| posted on January 1st, 2009 at 09:08 PM |
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ha ha, cheers
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vwombat
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| posted on January 2nd, 2009 at 07:26 AM |
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Thanks guys - actually I just bought one from Seagull in WA.
I'd much rather keep the money in the aussie family at the moment.
Shame about the exchange rate!!!
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| posted on January 2nd, 2009 at 12:09 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by hellbugged
yeah, i've bought heaps from the samba.........all good experiences, but CHECK SELLER FEEDBACK FIRST!!
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That is great advice!
Remember, TS is a forum, like AVD. There are good people and bad there. While Everett can and does ban the obviously fraudulent some folks have to
get burned before that can happen.
Check out the feedback section and also look at the seller's posts. Someone with a bunch of stuff for sale but who only has a couple of posts is
waving a red flag particularly if they joined recently.
Make sure the seller is up to speed on international shipping procedures. US folks aren't quite as knowledgeable concerning international shipping as
folks are on your end.
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