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Marsh Monster

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Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> "ajcrm125" > wrote in message
> ps.com...
> > http://www.onecircuit.com/prtbad4u.html
> >
>
> This is all very interesting, but it happened back in 2002, and I
> have to ask if Phoenix has remained as bad as this for the last
> FOUR YEARS then why are they still in business?
>
> I also will repeat what I said back in October on the Chrysler newsgroup
> regarding these folks:
>
> "The cheapest remanufacturer/rebuilder in the country that rebuilds these
> and ships them out all over the country that I've seen advertised is
> Phoenix Hard Parts in Phoenix AZ, they sell them for $625. But, this is
> without converter, and shipping is an additional $260, plus you have to
> pay to ship your core to them which is at least another $200 or so in
> shipping costs, plus if your core has anything seriously wrong with it -
> like a broken gear in it - they don't accept the core and you get no core
> refund.
> And while they advertise American-made parts, they don't advertise
> American-made 'hard parts' (ie: gears) which is what really matters since
> the gears are what take the power and cheap gears will fall apart under
> load."
>
> Also I'll say one other thing about this website. You bought a
> transmission from them and halfway through decided to back out
> of the deal. Up to that point they showed a perfect willingness to
> work with you. After that point they dug in their heels. You observed
> this yourself. What you don't understand is that even the best
> rebuilders can make mistakes. If your paying a mechanic $2200
> to do a turn key job on a transmission, he's damn well going to
> test the vehicle 6 ways to Sunday before you get it back, and
> if he happened to sub out the rebuild job to a place like Phoenix
> and the same problems happened, you would never know about
> them because he would be eating the labor costs. But if you
> elect to try to save $600 or so by doing your own project
> management then your going to have to learn to deal with stuff
> like this. And nickel and dime items like bitching about a banged
> up oil pan is rediculous. If Les was doing his job he would have
> not used the dented pan he would have used your pan, and he
> would have tested the vehicle when he got it put back together,
> you would have not had it blow up on you 5 blocks away from
> Les's shop.
>
> If your going to use a professional mechanic to do work on your
> vehicle then you let HIM buy the parts, you don't go buying them
> yourself and giving them to him to put in. If you think you know
> better than the mechanic, then you should be doing the service
> work, not him.
>
> Ted

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Ditto

what Ted said.

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Marsh Monster
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