vladconnery

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Yes I flamed him for a bad business experience. I'm posting the emails that went back and forth. I also can post the phone records as well. However I need to first check the legal issues with that. Anyway you be the Judge if I was wrong than say so. However this is not about whether he can modd an engine or not it's about a bad business experience. He says he sent the engine well at the time when I checked (I know the postman personally). He did not have a package for me nor when I went to the post office. Not to mention the amount of time that went from when he received the engines to the point when he said he mailed it. Not only that but what he says he sent was less then what we agreed upon. Oh and yes after a while I just gave up chalked it up to lessons learned. Yes he has called me since Oct 20. However I at that point was so tired of the B.S. I quit taking his calls. I mean this has only been going on since JULY!!!!!! I established on July 29th he had received the parts. He actually had received 7-10 days prior to that confirmation.


First things first when I flamed him he acted like he didn’t know who I was.

Maximo: “Now I know who you are...Tracy Morris !!! finally !”

I think he forgot something here:
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Maximo, You can reach me at **********. Kinda desperate to get it worked out my point series season finally is tomorrow and I'm in 2nd place. Want to talk to you about one of those clockworks anyway.

How did engine run for you ?
Well I got to say that you were pretty spot on. 1st thing that I noticed was the engine shutting off when it went upside down. You mentioned that to me. I did get it running no problem with the p3 plug. It ran good I just not convinced that I have fixed the issue. I am going to order some Picco plugs. I might as well order a bunch as I am going to be running some form of Picco. I just can deny that It is every bit as powerful as anything I've ran which is quite a few. I never like to get into whats faster. Allot of times it's what works for you thats faster. However for the price of a Jammin JPX I can get 2 for less than a speed or a C6. I debating whether to just send this one to you so you can perform surgery on it or just buy another one to send to you. I have a Evo II basically new in parts. We got rained out before the 1st heat so I didnt get to test it under race conditions.

We spoke the very next day. How many 1st time phone conversations does a person have without introducing themselves?

Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 8:26 PM
Subject: picco pics


Neil, enjoyed talking to you today you are a wealth of info. After reading your take on the Toro I know you know your stuff. As I promised here are the pic of the picco parts I promised. http://s330.photobucket.com/albums/l...Picco%20Parts/

Thanks

Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:12 PM
Subject: engine parts
Neal so what did you think of the parts?
Thanks

Response to this was a phone conversation. However he had received the parts and was very pleased.

Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 4:54 AM
Subject: Clockwork Jammin
Neal, Have you mailed the engine out?
Thanks
no I havent modded it yet.... I have been having some health issues with my vision again....... I am behind a few engines right now, I am hoping to be caught up this week..... all your stuff is still in the box !Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: Clockwork Jammin
Neal have you sent this engine out yet? I have not heard from you in a month.
Thanks
I am sorry to say but I havent sent anything out yet...in fact I havent touched an engine in over a month..... I got very sick and ended up in the hospital... They didn't know what was wrong with me at first, but I was losing my vision, passing blood and losing weight ( 50 lbs)...ended up I have heavy metal poisoning ! I guess all the metal dust I inhale while grinding has made me very sick... I took a month off to mend and am now just feeling better ...tho I may have to still go for Kidney Dialisys and chleation therapy , I am feeling much better...........

I have also reworked my shop space and now am setup to be able to work much safer, I had no clue I was making myself sick... I appologize for the massive delays, but my life has been turned upside down by this...My body was literally shutting down and I was in very rough shape mentally and physically......

Anyways I am getting back into the grind of things, I am still weak and tired but my vision is cleared and I will be able to finish everyone's engines very soon... I would have called you but I don't have your numbetr, and I switched computers and couldn't find your email adress.... to be honest my head has been soo cloudy i couldn't even remeber your name.... However your engines are here safe and sound ! I have started modding your offroad .21, but havent touched any of the others....... I am likely just going to send the works back to you anyways, I have not been able to run any nitro anyways.... So your .21 will be no charge for making you wait so long...I am not going to keep any of your other eengines....

feel free to call me anytime you wish, I have pretty much been laid up in bed anyways !

From:Maximo Sat Sept 12, 2009

Yo dude I am done your engine !!!!! please can you call me this afternoon ? *********** or leave me your number...I also need your mailing address....
Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: engine parts

OK, so you emailed me on 09/12/2009 to tell me that you are done with my engine. It is now Oct 2/2009 and i nave not seen an engine or heard from you. Which seems to be your typical style thus far since I have dealt with you. Not to mention you reneged on our original deal my parts for a modded jammin engine new. At this point I'm quite pissed off with you and I'm about to put you all over every site you belong too. I' going to make sure everyone knows what type of business person you are. You may be able to actually modd an engine however no one would know because you don't deliver the goods. This whole deal with you has been going since July 9, 2009. Trust me I saved all the emails oh and in case you forgot who I told you I worked for producing phone records. Of how you called me regularly up until the point you actually got the parts will be know problem at all. Not to mention I still have the pics of the parts so everyone can see it was a square deal actually better than square for you. The parts and the engine don't even mean anything to me it's the fact you tried to take advantage of me. Since July when I first started dealing with you I have bought 3 new engines. I am a very patient person as anyone can tell by how long this has gone on without me losing it with you. Well that's over I have officially lost it with you at this point. Produce what you said you were going to produce by Sat Oct 12, 2009. Or when I'm done with your rep you will be lucky if anyone will let you tune there engine let alone modd one for them. All in all I should have known you were on some bullshit. However that's my fault I won't make that mistake again.

Thanks for nothing because that's what you have produced!

From: Maximo , October 02, 2009

the engines were sent sept 24th Canada Post tracking # CX 274 711 167 CA

I did modify your engine, So I am unsure what part I renged on..

From: Maximo Fri, October 2, 2009 9:49:28 PM

And Tracy I must definitely appologize for how much time has passed since I got your parts.... I honestly don't recall saying I would trade a new JPX 21 for the parts, however I definitely can't say that I didn't..... I really hate giving people a whole pile of excuses as I would rather say nothing at all...... However I guess I should explain why things went the way they did... I am a straight up honest guy and would never ever take advanatge of you or anyone else, or try to rip you or anyone else off for that matter... I would give you the shirt off my back if I could afford to........ I am not by any means mad that you sent me this email, chances are you have no idea of my circumstances so I really can't blame you.......

I am unsure if you remember or if i even told you, but I had been very sick this last couple of years, whatever was wrong kept getting worse and worse for me. Till this summer when I nearly lost my vision and my internal organs started shutting down.. For the last couple of years I have been having some pretty severe issues very similar to Chron's disease or Collitis... I was constantly on the can and was passing a large amount of blood, not to mention I was having severe stomach cramps, so bad I was sometimes going into shock..... The doctors here couldn't figure out what was wrong, I went for all sorts of nasty tests, but nothing showed up... Yet my symptoms kept getting worse and worse...Back in July ( my memory is foggy ) I started to have blurred vision and severe eye pain...The first time it hit I went to a optomitrist and they diagnosed me with euvitis, however it appeared to be clearing up so they sent me home...About 1 week later my vision went extremely blurry and eyes were throbbing extremely bad, I went to the optomitrist and my symptoms were so severe I got rushed into the Hospital too see a resident specialist.... I had severe Bilateral Euvitis, which is one of the leading causes of blindness in North America... Euvitis is a condition where your own immune system attacks the tissue of your eye..they don't know exactly what causes it, but people who suffer from Imfamatory Bowel dissease are more prone to it..... My stomach issues were very similar to severe Bowell disease.... However none of the doctors or specialist could pinpoint what exactly was going wrong with me... All they could do is feed me painkillers and steroid drops for my eyes... As well I had to take dilation drops to work my iris muscle to prevent permanet damage.......

Anyways after discussing with my doctor about what I do for my engine business we started questioning that maybe I had metal poisoning from allt he grinding dust I have been inhaling.... I initially took 5 weeks off from touching the engines and my symptoms started to clear up.. I was still very weak and mostly bed ridden, as in the month of June I had lost 50 lbs due to my digestive system shutting down.. So I kept quiet and didn't really talk to anyone, I replied to anyone's emails, but I felt far too sick to really deal with anyone if I didn't have to.....

Anyways it is now the beginning of October, I am feeling about 90% better, my stomach is regular and I am no longer bleeding inside...I have basically shut down my modding business in this time because I was not well enough to work, as well I needed to see for sure if the metal dust was making me sick...Sure as shit it was the metal dust making me sick, it apparently could have killed me..With my rapid weight loss and vision problems things were looking pretty grim for me, at one time I was scared shitless of what was wrong.....As it is I have permanently lost 20% of my vision in my right eye, and I will be going to have to go for specialized dialysys to clean the metals from my kidneys and liver...they call it chelation therapy

I was taking pretty heavy painkillers, so my memory is very blurry, so I honestly can't remember everything we discussed..... I have been off the painkillers now for about 3 weeks, my head is clear and I am feeling stronger and healthier then I have in the last 3 years..... Since I started modding these engines I have never worn any sort of dust mask, I never figured any harm could come of it..... Unfortunately I had been getting sicker and sicker and figured I had some sort of illness, I never figured for a second I had metal poisoning....


So dude I seriously appoligize for all the delays, I honestly went thru hell and my entire life got turned upside down.... I don't really enjoy telling people that I am sick, or that I am passing piles of blood, as that is rather embarassing for me.... So I just kept quiet and prayed I would be well enough to finish everyone's engine's.... I sent your engine on the 24th, and I didn't say anything as I figured I would wait till you received the parcell first.... Deeds not words, and after making you wait so long I figured you would rather have your engine then hear a bunch excuses.....

If by chance you doupt my story I can provide you any proof you need, in both doctors reports and prescription receips, as well as my paperwork from my stay in the hospital...As well I have several people who were privy to what was happening who will bear witness if needed.......

As I say I am sorry for how things went, i would never ever consider ripping anyone off or ever taking advatge of anyone....I am not that way at all....I was completely incapaicitated for most of the summer and was definitely in no condition to work on any engines... I guess i could have called and explained everything, but I hate making excuses and as well I hated talking about what I was going thru ...Looking back July and August were nothing more then a bad nightmare for me.....

Anyways your engine is modded, it is still in parts but ready to assemble... I put the matched turbo button into a baggy so you know which on it is..I sent back all your parts except for a spare piston that was in the box..... I had a need for the piston but nothing else... And if that is an issue I would be more then happy to pay for or replace the piston to you....... I am now just starting to get back to working on engines, I installed a dust collection system and bought the appropriate protective gear.. I will still have to be very cautious but I feel I will be able to modify engines safely........... I am pretty broke, as not being able to work for a couple of months isn't good for the pocket book.....

If there is anything I can do to make things right again please let me know, I am not a bad guy by any means nor would I ever want to be considered shady or dirty..I had a very bad situtation happen and many thtings were out of my control......

I typed this in a hurry, so I appologize for any bad grammer or spelling..... My GF is waiting for me to pick up supper so I have to go

Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 5:31 AM
Subject: Re: engine parts

At this point this is so hysterically funny. Me and all the guys at my local track are having a really good laugh at your expense. Lets see today is October 15th and still nothing.

Thanks
Tracy


From:Maximo Thu, October 15, 2009 10:33:46 AM

you need to check the tracking, the parcel has been out of delivery since the 10th !!!! check the tracking number for yourself ! I can't control the border, I do live in a different country and I have zero control over customs or your countries postal system....... your parcel was mailed on the 24th......... And nobody is going to be laughing when you run that engine...its going to rip !!!

MadRussian

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Thats the first I have ever heard of anybody having an issue with Maximo.
After reading all that, it appears his health went and he had to cease work for a while.
He has shipped your engine back to you now?

Maximo

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Tracy your a total jerk

why dont you tell the people what you paid me to do this work for you ?

I dont see any mention at all about trading a JPX 21 for all your dirty parts..

I have done nothing wrong to you except take longer to do your engines, I never lied to you, I was honest 100% the entire time....I got sick and was unable to work, what else could I have done ?

The only thing I ever did wrong was take longer to mod your freeby engine then we anticipated, but since you sent me a pile of dirty engine parts that had been sitting for several years I didn't feel it was a rush anyways...Hopefully one day you end up in the hospital and we will see how well you cope... I did you no wrong, I didn't charge you a single dime....... You were in such a mad rush for your scrap parts that you didn't even bother to pick up your dam parcel....This is the thanks I get for spending 2 hours on the phone with you teaching your stupid ass how to tune a Picco and doing a charity mod on your old junk Picco parts..... Your engines are here, if you want them it will be $90.00 to cover the shipping costs....

xlgraphicspro

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well, first of all this is the wrong location to post this thread. I know you want exposure. The Mods are just going to move it anyway.

second, I'm pretty sure modding the engine won't prevent flame outs when the car goes upside down. That's usually a fuel delivery issue, anything from the fuel tank, to the carb is most likely the problem, besides not wrecking.

Third, anytime you send something out of country, that immediately made this issue more complicated than it needed to be. There are plenty of engine mod companies in the U.S. plus shipping costs make this a ridiculous transaction, which I wouldn't blame maximo for.

Maximo

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I shipped his engines, he refused to take delivery and didn't bother to pick them up at the post office....So the postal service sent them back to me, all on my dime to boot, I have wasted over $60.00 now in shipping because of his engines...And to boot I didn't charge him a dime for the work I was doing anyways...lose lose for me..I got sick and told him exactly what was happening, i never once did anything shady or dishonest....This guy basically got all fired up one day and since then has been unwilling to take any emails, phone calls or even accept his engines.. And they weren't even compete engines, they were a box full of random dirty mismatched Picco parts....... The stupid thing is I was just trying to help this guy..i had nothing to gain at all.....now I am out $60.00, the time for modding and now I getting bad mouthed over it...

rawolfee

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Sorry to hear that you think Neal is a bad business man. I have had nothing but top notch customer service from him. So good to the point that he even calls me out of the blue to find out how the motor is running. No other vendor I have ever dealt with in this business has ever called me just to see how things are going.

I do know for a fact that Neal was having some major health issues last year and it put him on the shelf for a while. I am sure this has something to do with your rare bad experience with Neal. I have and will continue to always buy my modded motors from him. With Neal on my side, I always know that even if there is a rare failure in one of his motors (never have had one), he will back it up 100%.

It almost sounds like he was doing you a favor trading a modded motor for parts.

The fact that you would post someones personal medical problems on this website tells me all i need to know about you. The man was in very bad health and fell behind in his work. If I were as sick as he was, I would stop working too. Especially since the work he was doing was causing the sickness. Even your emails show that he tried to make good and was giving you the motor for free and sending the parts also. You apparently didn't feel like going to the post office and picking them up.

I honestly don't see where he did you wrong in your documented proof. Looks to me like he was trying and you just decided you were going to be a jerk.

vladconnery

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Hmmm

2 cases 1 new
3 cranks 2 new
1 carb
3 sleeves 2 new
2 pistons /w rods
and everything else pictured

Thats what you call free. No wonder the deal went south. You received enough to build another engine and parts for another engine. Thats not free in my book. Hell buy 2 cranks and you can buy a new engine.

The only person who was jerk doing all of this was you. I mean I understood that you got sick no problem. But hell it was me whom had to contact you to see what the deal was. I mean you are in business right. If your business is going to be closed for while for whatever reason. It's the business owners responsibility to let the customers know. Not vice versa.

Oh an I just recognized I didn't black out your number that was rude on my part. I apologize for that. Removed.

vladconnery

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I would have been a jerk if it actually came. Thats my point. Either he sent it to the wrong address or whatever. However it never came to my home like I said I know the postman personally. He lives 3 blocks from my house and I went to the post office. So whats your point It was a bad business experience. I'm not looking to argue with you. I'm stating facts not fiction or assumptions.

Oh and as I first stated never said whether he could ar could not modd. Thats never been in question well atleast I can't comment on it cause I've never seen it.

Further go buy 2 cranks for any engine and tell me whether you could have purchased the engine new or not. So it was not a freebie buy a long shot he ended up with an engine in return new and parts.

Maximo

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what was I to gain from doing this for you ? i wasn't keeping any of your junk..... I was doing you a favor you stupid ass. ...What did I charge you ? I didn't keep anything but a used piston from your box, i did however put you together a nice modded engine out of your parts, it was in the box for you to run, but since your too lazy or bitter to pick up the parcel I guess you wouldn't know...When I get back from the races I will take pics of your box....... The only reason you didn't get everything back you sent, plus a free mod job was because you didn't pick up the parcel, and you were too impatient to wait for me to get well enough to finish the project....I mean dude these parts had been sitting in your drawer for a couple of years now, you can't tell me you were in any panic to get them..... even when they were shipped you weren't even concerned enough to pick them up......... seriously dude you have done me wrong, slandered my business and illegally posted phone conversations and displayed my medical issues..... I have this saved now, so no point trying to delete it.... all because I tried to be nice and help you get a good running Picco !

GSMike

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The bottom line is Vladconnery seems to be a tool.

I can't see anything-except the justified extension of time- to cause you to make such brutal accusations. Neal has the records of this entire transaction and seems to have his ducks in a row. It's obvious he sent you your engine and you made absolutely no attempt to pick it up.

I have bought an engine from Neal and the transaction went flawlessly. That was on top of the fact that the motor is flat out fast. He has already received a second order for another engine. Neal has never refused to take a call or answer an email. He was always right there for my questions and steered me away from options that were not optimum for my applications.

No one is perfect or walks on water but I don't see the slightest indication where Neal tried to "scam" you or that he's a "liar". All I see is you; a guy that made a mistake by not picking up his engine and now he's looking for someone to blame.

And for you to post personal medical information not only shows how you are inconsiderate and low class, but also reinforces what Neal told you as to why he was delayed. I am in gastrointestinal medicine and if I posted on a public forum what you did, I wouldn't be able to step foot in a hospital again.

Neal, you call me. I'll buy his motor and reimburse you for your shipping hassles. Then I'll post a video of it on You Tube and show how these engines kick butt.

Vladconnery, if you had an ounce of integrity you would post a public apology to Maximo for your selfish and false accusations.

rider313

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your a joke guy. Maximo was sick. he took your parts. he did the work for free. he helped you tune your engines. ships the package. and you refuse to pick it up so you rant on the net about how you were to lazzy to get off your but to get it and its maximos fault? these threads are getting very old very fast that prove nothing besides ppl always try to screw bussneses out of money and how everyone wants alot for nothing.

vladconnery

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Just for the record I mailed my items to him in Canada. He received them in less than 10 days. I sent mine the cheapest way which cost me $8. They were delivered right to his door step with no problem. Still can't figure out why his was so difficult. Not to mention unless it needed to be signed for it would have been left on my door step. With all the other stuff that comes to my house whether international or continental.

The true bottom line is I never received after he sent it. It was not at my local post office nor made it into the hands my postman. This all is fact not fiction or assumption.

boomgagem

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I don't know why all of you are bashing the buyer here. You all would be the same way if a business took more than a week to get you your parts or whatever.

And besides, it's not about how big the transaction was, if a seller agree's to it, it should be treated as any other high dollar sale.

I'm not taking sides here, it's clear the buyer is VERY bitter, and doesn't take into account that he is the lone person who has had a problem with the seller

Brandon Black

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This might be the problem, but using postal service to mail a package, u can not send out of ur country, i may be wrong but this could have ha something to do with not recieving ur motor. I've seen this problem 1 other time and it has something to do with customs

vladconnery

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Thats possible and is part of my point that I never received it. Never said he did not send it. Saying I know for a fact it was never at MY post office nor in the hands of my postman.