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#1 ·
so I just posted a few items I have in the For Sale forum, and now I'm not able to open up Classifieds to check my posts... any ideas why??

I swear, its always something with this site

please explain
 
#2 ·
I think that you should have a PM from Peloton25 soon. Your classified privelleges have been revoked due to the past issues you have had with completing transactions.
 
#3 ·
WTF?!?!?

Do I need to get homeboy in here with a notary certified post that we completed the transaction?? He was satisfied, I went OUT OF MY WAY to sell an item he backed out on, and now I'm the one with "issues"??

Peloton tell me Devs got the wrong info.
 
#5 ·
Yeah... see I just happened to be in the Atlanta area on Saturday morning and had a chance encounter at a gas station with someone you used to do business with, and who you apparently still owe a very large sum of money to. Something close to $1000 as I recall. :what:

You may not like him, but I thought he was a pretty nice guy. He even gave me a free hat. :D

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So how about you call him and set up a new payment plan to return the money you still owe him. I really don't want to hear any excuses or any arguments either. I want to hear that you have called him and arranged to make payments, and then maybe when he has the first payment in hand (and not a rubber check) we'll consider reinstating your Classified privileges.

>8^)
ER
 
#6 · (Edited)
Dev said:
No sir there is also another transaction that there are issues with. Hypnotic?
Hypnotic?

Dont get me started on that half ass wannabe mechanic. So he sells a couple SCT stock programs online, and now he's the only story?? That entire failure that was my car happened off of Focaljet, and I dont see what that has to do with me selling a Eurospec tag in the classifieds. online.

Honestly I don't know why I'm still defending myself, ask anyone else in SR besides Wayne and his sidekick Ryan. Have you bothered doing that? I got money that those are the only 2 you (or whoever hit the button) have talked to. Have I gotten a question like "what happened from your point of view, Ricky??"

I dont know why I'm being penalized for overpaying someone for lackluster results, almost 2 years later. I dont know what happened to this website. Its not the site I joined 5 years ago though.
 
#8 ·
thinkfast said:
Have I gotten a question like "what happened from your point of view, Ricky??"
Nope, and you won't... I don't care what happened from your point of view because you'd obviously have no interest in telling the truth. I don't want to hear stories from your cronies either. Wayne has no reason to lie to me and his credibility in comparison to yours is much, much greater from my perspective.

I dont know why I'm being penalized for overpaying someone for lackluster results, almost 2 years later. I dont know what happened to this website. Its not the site I joined 5 years ago though.
Well then you know what they say about not letting the door hit you. ;)

>8^)
ER
 
#10 ·
because you are wrongly accusing me, or I should say they are accusing me (greaseball+sidekick) of owing something for no kind of services rendered. Who are you guys, e-police? If I owe him so much, he must have proof of this right? I tell you if I had that kind of money out there, it wouldn't be a forum administrator I'd be contacting, get my drift??
 
#11 ·
Peloton25 said:
Nope, and you won't... I don't care what happened from your point of view because you'd obviously have no interest in telling the truth. I don't want to hear stories from your cronies either. Wayne has no reason to lie to me and his credibility in comparison to yours is much, much greater from my perspective.
My cronies? I'm talking about 99% of Team SR, not a gang of thugs. and yea, I am still friends with a few of them.. unlike some people I have common sense, business sense, and thats why I'm at where I'm at right now- VERY far removed from the small group of people like him. I'm not out to burn bridges, and you can be buddies with him all you like, but I'm letting you know this is wrong, Eric. you make it sound like I have some gang out here ready to just bash Wayne on the internet, I'm just letting you know if those are your sources, well I feel sorry for you.

I feel sorry because what you lack in common sense you make up for with e-balls. And thats a sad way to live.
 
#13 ·
Peloton25 said:
So how about you call him and set up a new payment plan to return the money you still owe him.
even cuter :lol: :lol:

How bout you do the right thing for once Eric, instead of taking sides and listen? talking about Wayne has more credibility in your eyes?? HAHA when have you met me? Off of focaljet, do you even know me?? This is looking more and more one sided Eric, if there was so much money on the table wheres the proof? did he show you that? Where is his court case to get the money back?

"Oh I get it, lets just run Ricky's name down, and make him look bad, with him not here to defend himself, that will make me look like the victim, the person that was wronged..."

Are you reading this Eric? Is this registering in your head? This isn't Chromie you are talking to, or if you think you can talk to me anyway you want! I'm a stand up person with plenty to show for it - I dont just run around not paying debts, I'm much, MUCH better then that.

This isn't right Eric.
 
#14 ·
Okay... This has way more to do with your attitude and the way that you have handled yourself on this board than it is the Hypnotic issue. I too have been here for 5+ years and I have watched you get yourself into situation after situation. You are the one to blame. You were the moderator that lost his forum. You are the one that is in the middle of ALL of the SR drama as far back as I can remember. Now the way you handled that last transaction with w00w00 was the capper. I meant to ban you from classifieds before all of this but it slipped my mind. Taking several months to get someone their money back to them is just messed up any way that you look at it Ricky. Weather HE was the one that cancelled it or not.

Yet here I find myself dealing with you AGAIN. You do not contribute to this board in any way shape or form anymore. You come here to post crap for the most part and to get a rise out of people then leave and sit back and laugh about it. After this post is over and you have said your piece you will more than likely be banned. No PM's needed from you. This will be your forum until we get tired of it or you make your point.

Sorry man but I have had it with having to always get in the middle of your drama.
 
#15 ·
Well you can say anything you want about him or me, but the fact remains that you owe Hypnotic $1000 (not counting interest) for work he performed on your car and until you pay up you will not be utilizing the Classified forums here to peddle your parts. Keep up the Junior High-style retorts and you won't be using this website for anything at all.

Regardless of the rest of your story, you can count that as a fact.

Incidentally, I don't need to meet you to form an opinion about you. I didn't need to meet Wayne either - it just so happened that I ran into him down there and had never really heard the story of what occurred between the two of you and was appalled to hear the details I was given. Had I known about all this sooner you can bet your wings would have been clipped long ago in an effort to get this resolved.

For the record, I know you're never going to pay him, he knows you're never going to pay him, and now everyone who is reading along also knows you are never going to pay him.

>8^)
ER
 
#16 · (Edited)
Dev said:
Okay... This has way more to do with your attitude and the way that you have handled yourself on this board than it is the Hypnotic issue. I too have been here for 5+ years and I have watched you get yourself into situation after situation. You are the one to blame. You were the moderator that lost his forum. You are the one that is in the middle of ALL of the SR drama as far back as I can remember. Now the way you handled that last transaction with w00w00 was the capper. I meant to ban you from classifieds before all of this but it slipped my mind. Taking several months to get someone their money back to them is just messed up any way that you look at it Ricky. Weather HE was the one that cancelled it or not.

Yet here I find myself dealing with you AGAIN. You do not contribute to this board in any way shape or form anymore. You come here to post crap for the most part and to get a rise out of people then leave and sit back and laugh about it. After this post is over and you have said your piece you will more than likely be banned. No PM's needed from you. This will be your forum until we get tired of it or you make your point.

Sorry man but I have had it with having to always get in the middle of your drama.
So now the story changes... is it my situation with Hypnotic, or its about my attitude and you "dealing" with me? What other part of the job does moderating entail? please elaborate, because I fail to see where I have caused you so much stress. You don't see any of these people in SR on a daily, weekly or yearly basis, so there is nothing that you can tell me that stands up.. me being in the middle of the drama? far from it homey. You want to call my posts crap, I can do the same with you. I post threads to entertain, threads to humor people, and I also help people out when I can and ask my own questions (you seen Pit Stop lately??) Anyways, I'm not going to defend my posts, there is a lot worse on here so thats a moot point.

As for w00w00, How is that the capper? you want the details, here they are - He sent a money order to pay for a NX nitrous kit, there was confusion on where it was, I never had it in my hands but it was deposited, so I agreed to send him the nitrous kit HE PAID FOR. He then changes his mind and decides he wants the money back. Meanwhile I am missing work and dealing with the difficult situation of my father in the hospital from a stroke (please, no pity) I work out a deal WITH HIM AGREEING, that I would sell the kit locally and I would pay him once I sell it. It didnt sell overnight, I didnt know that was a problem for you? If I was on a timeline noone let me know.

Now then, please let me know how YOU of all people were getting involved with me and "my drama" as far as you can remember?
 
#17 ·
Peloton25 said:
Well you can say anything you want about him or me, but the fact remains that you owe Hypnotic $1000 (not counting interest) for work he performed on your car and until you pay up you will not be utilizing the Classified forums here to peddle your parts. Keep up the Junior High-style retorts and you won't be using this website for anything at all.

Regardless of the rest of your story, you can count that as a fact.

Incidentally, I don't need to meet you to form an opinion about you. I didn't need to meet Wayne either - it just so happened that I ran into him down there and had never really heard the story of what occurred between the two of you and was appalled to hear the details I was given. Had I known about all this sooner you can bet your wings would have been clipped long ago in an effort to get this resolved.

For the record, I know you're never going to pay him, he knows you're never going to pay him, and now everyone who is reading along also knows you are never going to pay him.

>8^)
ER
LOL you are bent on me owing some money arent ya?? :lol:

Please explain how I'm supposed to pay for services not performed? If we want to get into specifics, please let him know that I need the $400 he sold my intake manifold for, the $400 that I paid for a starter and an alternator he messed up, the money I had to pay to get the boost/vacuum lines installed at a professional shop that he simply tied in a knot, oh and also Joe needs the $200 that Wayne got from selling his stock springs without his knowledge, or wait, did he "throw it away".. should I go on? :lol:

guess I'm never getting that back :confused:
 
#20 ·
First and foremost, your slanderous comments about my business are absolutely ludicrous. I am a sponsor on several websites, and my customer feedback and reviews are for the most point, flawless. I was a top 20 dealer for several companies last year. I must be doing something right, but I digress, that is not the issue at hand.


When your car died on you in the Mall of Georgia parking lot, you had no money, and needed it running to go look for a job, I was there for you. I spent over 7 hours troubleshooting the fuel and electrical issues on your car. I replaced the fuel rail pressure sensor, and the fuel pressure regulator, which were fried by the JRSC Black box. At that point, the black box was done (common issue, even documented several times on these very forums), it had caused damage to your car, only a fool would have put it back on there to do MORE damage. I got your car running, with a drivable tune. I explained to you that it was temporary, and then we needed to get injectors and possibly a massair meter to get the car running right. But it was safe for you to drive around for job interviews, as I promised you it would be. There are SEVERAL witnesses to that fact.

So at that point, you owed me $1035. That was at the Team SR labor rate, the actual cost (no markup) on the sensor and regulator, and a discount on the Xcal1. That didnt even cover the datalogging time to get the tune to where it was (didnt get the dyno time, as I knew you couldnt afford it). It also didnt cover me repairing the wiring you chopped on your gauge pods/pillar (as Bobbie and Rock stated was what happened) and other little issues I repaired as I had the car there, figuring I was doing you a favor.

Several people rode in your car after that work, it was running fine, slightly lean, though safe enough for it be driven with the blower on it. As long as it wasnt raced (WOT) or beat on. I was informed by several of your IA buddies, that your car was a regular on N.Brown for a bit after the blow up between us.

On your manifold, that was placed in the JRSC box after the install, along with all the Jackson paperwork. I believe you gave that to William, might want to check with him on that. Oh wait, do even speak with him anymore either?

On your alternator, the stator coming apart in the first one was no fault of mine. How you can think to blame that on me is beyond my comprehension.
The second one was due to heat failure, caused by the heat from the JRSC. I suppose since you bought it, but it was installed in my garage, I am to blame for that too?
The starter is my bad too? Even though, when the car died on you in the MOG parking lot, and after you got it towed to your friends house down the street, you told me that you had been messing with it and trying to get it started yourself for over 2 weeks before you called me. So, that means the starter was run until the battery killed off several times, but I am to blame for it being bad?

As far as Joes springs, they sat in my storage, along with other parts that people had left in my garage. I sold some, and threw some away when I cleaned out the storage. Which set was his, I honestly dont know.
I do have 3 more sets of SVT springs sitting here now. If Joe wants a set, I will be MORE than happy to send him a set of these.

You told me, and several others (was posted on the SR forum as a matter of fact), about Joe at Knowledge putting the Xcal1 in a box and sending it back to me, even had Will as a "witness". Which I never recieved.
The funny thing about that is, I have spoken with Joe, at Balanced when Ed Sempf tuned his RSX to pass emissions. Nice professional shop owner, has to go to ANOTHER tuner to tune his OWN car. Regardless, he bluntly stated that he never even touched that tuner, that William was using a space in the shop to work on your car.
The classic ending to this part of the story? Aric Carrion told me that he loaded the tune he worked up, on the same Xcal1 you bought from me, as he saw the sticker on the back of the tuner. That was AFTER you stated it had been sent back to me by Joe at Knowledge.
Now here is the real kicker to all this:
A kid in Kennesaw contacted 2 months ago with the intention getting an Xcal1 unlocked by SCT, that he had purchased FROM YOU with the JRSC tuning on it, but that had never had the stock file returned to your SVT. He even told me that my calibration sticker was on the back of the Xcal1, and that YOU TOLD HIM TO CALL ME TO GET IT DONE.

I did the work on your car, and you promised to pay me as soon as you got back to work. In return for my good faith and trust in our friendship, you intentionally avoided me, didnt pay me, and tried to cover your tracks with slander and personal attacks against myself and my business.

In response to the comment about going to a "forum moderator", I did contact Gwinnett county to file a mechanics lein on your car.
Since they couldnt get anyone to sign for it at your parents house (only address I had) and since no one would tell me where you had moved to, there was no one to serve the paperwork, thus it was dropped.
 
#21 · (Edited)
Hypnotic said:
First and foremost, your slanderous comments about my business are absolutely ludicrous. I am a sponsor on several websites, and my customer feedback and reviews are for the most point, flawless. I was a top 20 dealer for several companies last year. I must be doing something right, but I digress, that is not the issue at hand.


When your car died on you in the Mall of Georgia parking lot
Stop right there. You ever wonder WHY it died in the parking lot/street/gas station/driveway or anywhere else?? Because you were a half ass mechanic who didn’t know what he was doing on a boosted car. I wasn’t the only one that felt this way Wayne, people that are on your little forum today, were the same ones saying I was a fool for believing in you.


Hypnotic said:
I spent over 7 hours troubleshooting the fuel and electrical issues on your car.

Hmm, lets do a little math here… 7 hours that you “worked” on my car, divided by the 14 days you had it before you turned it into me for another day or 2.. Is this the wonderful feedback you have on your website?

Hypnotic said:
I replaced the fuel rail pressure sensor, and the fuel pressure regulator, which were fried by the JRSC Black box. At that point, the black box was done (common issue, even documented several times on these very forums), it had caused damage to your car, only a fool would have put it back on there to do MORE damage. I got your car running, with a drivable tune.
Yea, you got it running, against what I agreed to, with one of your then prototype SCT tunes from what was recommended to you, to run on my car. You want to tell me when you put my car on a dyno for a REAL tune? A real Dyno wayne, not a butt dyno, not a “seat of your pants” feel as I always got from you when I asked for the results. I agreed to the bigger injectors/MAF route. You called me one night talking about you did the most wonderful thing by putting an SCT tune on there, when I told you from the start, I DID NOT WANT YOUR GARAGE TUNE, I WANTED A REAL DYNO TUNE ON MY BOOSTED CAR. PERIOD. Did you really expect a tune in your garage would get my car running decent? Honestly, is that what went through your head? That may have worked if I had some I/E/H setup, but I was running boost man!! Who told you this was going to work? Please let me know when I agreed to have you put an SCT tune on my car? Please, let me know Wayne. Last time I checked you had to notify a customer and have an agreement before performing any work on a car. On those grounds alone I don't owe you any "data logging" fees. BTW, data logging doesn't mean let me run WOT on a back road and see what I can adjust on the fly. Aric got some good laughs out of my stories on your "tuning" :D


Hypnotic said:
So at that point, you owed me $1035. That was at the Team SR labor rate, the actual cost (no markup) on the sensor and regulator, and a discount on the Xcal1. That didnt even cover the datalogging time to get the tune to where it was (didnt get the dyno time, as I knew you couldnt afford it). It also didnt cover me repairing the wiring you chopped on your gauge pods/pillar (as Bobbie and Rock stated was what happened) and other little issues I repaired as I had the car there, figuring I was doing you a favor.
Give me ONE example of when I half assed anything on my car or put any sub-par parts on my SVT. Everything on there was the best of the best, none of the e-bay specials you put on your shop rides, or crappy custom jobs. The Autometer gauges were new IN THE BOX when I brought them to you!! Don’t try and save face by telling me you did me a favor! And for your information I’m talking about the lines coming from my supercharger, smart one.

Hypnotic said:
Several people rode in your car after that work, it was running fine, slightly lean, though safe enough for it be driven with the blower on it. As long as it wasnt raced (WOT) or beat on. I was informed by several of your IA buddies, that your car was a regular on N.Brown for a bit after the blow up between us.
You call 9:1 SLIGHTLY lean?? LOL… What I do with my car AFTER an excellent tune from Aric, is not your concern. My car could barely get from point A to B with your work, much less run on any street or track! Aric stated he’s surprised with the crap I had on my ECu I didn’t blow my internals. Before him, you were the only one to touch my car.

Hypnotic said:
On your manifold, that was placed in the JRSC box after the install, along with all the Jackson paperwork. I believe you gave that to William, might want to check with him on that. Oh wait, do even speak with him anymore either?
Me and Will have the same relationship we’ve always had – I call him, he calls me, then a few months go by, and the same thing happens. Nothing ordinary friends don’t do.. Question is, do YOU still speak with him?? Who else are you still on speaking terms with, if anyone??

Hypnotic said:
On your alternator, the stator coming apart in the first one was no fault of mine. How you can think to blame that on me is beyond my comprehension.
The second one was due to heat failure, caused by the heat from the JRSC. I suppose since you bought it, but it was installed in my garage, I am to blame for that too?
The starter is my bad too? Even though, when the car died on you in the MOG parking lot, and after you got it towed to your friends house down the street, you told me that you had been messing with it and trying to get it started yourself for over 2 weeks before you called me. So, that means the starter was run until the battery killed off several times, but I am to blame for it being bad?
Nobody messed with anything other then you Wayne. Believe me or not, I don’t really care anymore. You were the only one with hands on that car, period. If you want to make yourself feel better, go ahead. Not once while all this was happening with my car did you stop and say “damn Ricky, I don’t know what I’m doing” or “hey your car seems to have this wrong with it, why not go to a shop or lets fabricate something to FIX the problem” All you had was your hand out, ready to keep accepting payment when something else went wrong.

Hypnotic said:
As far as Joes springs, they sat in my storage, along with other parts that people had left in my garage. I sold some, and threw some away when I cleaned out the storage. Which set was his, I honestly dont know. I do have 3 more sets of SVT springs sitting here now. If Joe wants a set, I will be MORE than happy to send him a set of these.
Do the people that you took these from know that you are now offering them for sale? Please don’t try and save face by telling me about his situation and what you have for him, Joe is the one that won’t do business with you again. Send him an email.

Hypnotic said:
You told me, and several others (was posted on the SR forum as a matter of fact), about Joe at Knowledge putting the Xcal1 in a box and sending it back to me, even had Will as a "witness". Which I never recieved. .
Joe never saw my car at Knowledge, because Joe was bought out before they moved to their new shop in Woodstock. Get your facts straight homey. The last time Joe saw my car was when we all went up for a dyno day to their old shop, and you won the award with “leanest car” remember that? Please, don’t make things up and assume them as truth.

Hypnotic said:
The classic ending to this part of the story? Aric Carrion told me that he loaded the tune he worked up, on the same Xcal1 you bought from me, as he saw the sticker on the back of the tuner. That was AFTER you stated it had been sent back to me by Joe at Knowledge.
Aric tuned my car at Ford right after I limped it to him from your “garage”, Knowledge wasn’t until a few weeks later, when they installed a stronger clutch. It was there that the tuner was sent to you. Again, get your facts right please. You’re looking like a fool.

Hypnotic said:
In response to the comment about going to a "forum moderator", I did contact Gwinnett county to file a mechanics lein on your car. Since they couldnt get anyone to sign for it at your parents house (only address I had) and since no one would tell me where you had moved to, there was no one to serve the paperwork, thus it was dropped.
Why not talk to your private investigator Ryan? With all the information he has why not get it :lol: a mechanics lien, get outta here with that nonsense. Where is any paperwork man?? Please, show me ONE document I signed?? Show me an invoice you ever gave me (besides some MS Paint invoice you emailed me) Don’t feed me garbage lines, I don’t believe it and bottom line I DON’T OWE YOU A DIME. You want to meet me, get my Dunleaf address from your P.I. so we can setup a “payment plan”
 
#22 ·
thinkfast said:
So now the story changes... is it my situation with Hypnotic, or its about my attitude and you "dealing" with me? What other part of the job does moderating entail? please elaborate, because I fail to see where I have caused you so much stress. You don't see any of these people in SR on a daily, weekly or yearly basis, so there is nothing that you can tell me that stands up.. me being in the middle of the drama? far from it homey. You want to call my posts crap, I can do the same with you. I post threads to entertain, threads to humor people, and I also help people out when I can and ask my own questions (you seen Pit Stop lately??) Anyways, I'm not going to defend my posts, there is a lot worse on here so thats a moot point.

As for w00w00, How is that the capper? you want the details, here they are - He sent a money order to pay for a NX nitrous kit, there was confusion on where it was, I never had it in my hands but it was deposited, so I agreed to send him the nitrous kit HE PAID FOR. He then changes his mind and decides he wants the money back. Meanwhile I am missing work and dealing with the difficult situation of my father in the hospital from a stroke (please, no pity) I work out a deal WITH HIM AGREEING, that I would sell the kit locally and I would pay him once I sell it. It didnt sell overnight, I didnt know that was a problem for you? If I was on a timeline noone let me know.

Now then, please let me know how YOU of all people were getting involved with me and "my drama" as far as you can remember?

I have had to poke my head in there several times when you were a moderator for SR. Also 9 times out of 10 when there was a problem in SR you were involved. Everytime there was a problem you were in the middle of it. :dunno:
 
#23 ·
I know this is something I should probably be keeping my ass out of, but it'd probably be nice if this wasn't around for everyone and their dog (well, I have a bird not a dog not that that matters) to read. Seems like most of this stuff is issues between the four of you and shouldn't be in a mass forum as it doesn't directly relate. Just an idea as I only read the first few posts and at a glance it looks like it's gotten a billion times more heated. Just a suggestion. :)
 
#24 ·
The only real problems we've had was when I was messing w/ a woman already involved in a relationship, and the bickering back and forth with red headed monkeys every so often.. There is a lot of issues that should not have been brought online, as they were started without Focaljet in mind.. but by no part of my own, they were. I fail to see how that is any fault of my own, whether or not it involved me. please explain
 
#25 ·
I am not going to go tit for tat with you Ricky.. I don't need to spell everything out for you as you are a smart guy. (I am not taking a dig at you) ;) You know what I am talking about and I don't need to build a case against you or anything.

mievil- I understand what you are saying but I want to give Ricky the chance to speak his piece in the open forum. I do owe him at least the chance to defend himself despite the issues that are going on here.
 
#26 ·
mievil said:
I know this is something I should probably be keeping my ass out of, but it'd probably be nice if this wasn't around for everyone and their dog (well, I have a bird not a dog not that that matters) to read. Seems like most of this stuff is issues between the four of you and shouldn't be in a mass forum as it doesn't directly relate. Just an idea as I only read the first few posts and at a glance it looks like it's gotten a billion times more heated. Just a suggestion. :)
Honestly man, its too late for that. This started out as an issue between me and hypnotic, and it should have stopped at that. Wel his sidekick ryan got involved for reasons I'll never know, then mr. admin paid a visit to atlanta over the weekend and chose to get involved in a situation where he only knew half the story, and something that honestly does not involve him or this online community. Hey, how bout I ban your rights to post in classifieds, because of a beef with you and a local halfwit mechanic?

Doesnt seem fair, but thats life. I came out chased by hounds, I'm just copin man