For what it's worth, I spoke to Joey Cole Tuesday nite & this was his explanation to me. He was unaware of the nature of the complaint against him on Moparts. The guy couldn't reach Joey by e-mail & didn't phone him so he took his anger about how long it was taking him to get his project from Joey to the Moparts Administrator. Moparts then sent Joey an e-mail explaining that they were locking him out because of the complaint so he didn't know exactly what the guy said about him. He admitted to being slow lately & he acknowledged that he takes a while to fabricate things but felt that was to be expected for the quality of work he does. He has had health issues that have slowed him down recently but has every intention of making good on all his orders. He seemed very offended at the way the complaintent went about trashing him without him being able to defend himself. I, for one, have purchased from him in the past & am very satisfied with his work & plan on using him for a project I'm doing now on my Porsche. There are two sides to every story. Hammer --- On Wed, 5/14/08, Dave Walters <whdavid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Dave Walters <whdavid@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: Gary Ball > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 8:25 PM > Enzo Cremasco wrote: > > > > Hi Guys > > I may be a liitle late on this response > > but I will defend Gary Ball. > > I purchased a complete interior set from Gary > > 2 years ago (assuming of course that I would have it > > in the car by now -not!!!) > > I recently attended the Indy Swap meet nad Gary was > > there with his new fold back version of the A100 van > > seats (my set was rigid) He took my original seats > > back and replaced them with the fold back- no charge > > I live in Canada and though it took a few weeks, no > > problems with communication at all. > > the seats are in my car now > > regards > > Enzo > > I'm glad you had a positive experience with Gary. As of > late, you are in > the minority. People are still free to do business with any > vendor they > choose. These days it's hard to tell when a supplier is > just slow to > ship the items, having financial difficulties, or just > plain ripping > people off. > > Personally, I rely a lot on the internet for vendor > feedback and Jim's > Auto Parts is a perfect example. Probably one of, if not > the worst Mopar > vendor out there, but he's still in business. How? Lack > of feedback > across all the forums, and uninformed buyers. If you've > never dealt with > a vendor before, it behooves you ask for feedback before > placing an > order. > > > Dave Walters > Denver, Co. > > > > > ---- > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one > person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car > transactions and negotiations as well as other personal > messages only to the intended recipient, not to the > Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the > content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.