V10SpeedLuvr
Enthusiast
For those of you who do not know, I purchased a set of stock wheels for my 96' RT/10 from a guy named Bobby (can't recall last name), who said his 96' RT/10 was a [*****] Viper. His auction description desribed them as "excellent"
I spoke to him on the phone several times and he assured me the wheels were actually in mint condition. The wheels arrived last Monday. As the pictures will show, the wheels are beat to hell! The tires that he described as having 10k left on them all need replacing! One even has a nail in it
! I immediately called Bobby and told him about the problems. He got a very snippy attitude and blamed UPS. Even though he did not pack the wheels AT ALL (all he did was slap a UPS label on the tires ), the damage OBVIOUSLY came from the wheels being curbed, not UPS. On Tuesday, I took them to a wheel shop to get their opinion/estimate. They said there was no way possible the damage was caused by UPS. After getting the quote, I emailed pics of the wheels and a copy of the estimate to Bobby on Tuesday night. I gave him until 5:00 pm this past Friday to respond. I checked the status and the email was read at 9:54 on Tuesday night so I know he received the email. I have received no response, which to me is as good as an admission of guilt In the auction photos, what I thought was glare off the wheel flanges, is obviously curb rash!
He is not a VCA member but did tell me he knew some of the NY/CT VCA guys and had been at Tator’s before. I recommend no one trust anything this guy says! He is a liar and ripoff artist. People like him are what give other Viper owners a bad name. I know he works at (or either owns) a Sunoco gas station in Connecticut. I would avoid this man at all costs and under NO circumstances do any business with him. His Ebay ID is YelloTalon. Below are photos of the wheels exactly as I received them.
(I know this isn't really Gen 1&2 related, so its ok if it gets moved, I just think all Viper guys should know this so noone else gets ripped off)
I spoke to him on the phone several times and he assured me the wheels were actually in mint condition. The wheels arrived last Monday. As the pictures will show, the wheels are beat to hell! The tires that he described as having 10k left on them all need replacing! One even has a nail in it
! I immediately called Bobby and told him about the problems. He got a very snippy attitude and blamed UPS. Even though he did not pack the wheels AT ALL (all he did was slap a UPS label on the tires ), the damage OBVIOUSLY came from the wheels being curbed, not UPS. On Tuesday, I took them to a wheel shop to get their opinion/estimate. They said there was no way possible the damage was caused by UPS. After getting the quote, I emailed pics of the wheels and a copy of the estimate to Bobby on Tuesday night. I gave him until 5:00 pm this past Friday to respond. I checked the status and the email was read at 9:54 on Tuesday night so I know he received the email. I have received no response, which to me is as good as an admission of guilt In the auction photos, what I thought was glare off the wheel flanges, is obviously curb rash! He is not a VCA member but did tell me he knew some of the NY/CT VCA guys and had been at Tator’s before. I recommend no one trust anything this guy says! He is a liar and ripoff artist. People like him are what give other Viper owners a bad name. I know he works at (or either owns) a Sunoco gas station in Connecticut. I would avoid this man at all costs and under NO circumstances do any business with him. His Ebay ID is YelloTalon. Below are photos of the wheels exactly as I received them.
(I know this isn't really Gen 1&2 related, so its ok if it gets moved, I just think all Viper guys should know this so noone else gets ripped off)
Someone else actually won the auction, but I emailed them and asked if he'd consider selling to me. He agreed, so I paid him and he paid the Ebay seller. So my money actually went to the "middle man" (actual Ebay winner) and he told Bobby (Ebay seller) to ship the wheels directly to me. 
