Ebay parts OEM warning

lnlogauge said:

In reply to Opti :

 Just warning everyone to be careful where you buy from. 

The problem is you haven't indicated who you bought the part from. eBay is not the seller.

In reply to Streetwiseguy :

A clockspring that fits in a small bubble wrap bag. That makes sense. Every other actual Toyota latch is in the same bag as Tyler. On eBay, as well as Toyota resellers. 

Where is that popcorn eating emoji when I need it?

Just watching BTW.   Nothing to add.

Cousin_Eddie (Forum Supporter) said:

You're a piece of E36 M3 with no integrity. You lied to the seller and took his money. There is no way to make that acceptable.  

As an active ebay seller, I have lots on input on his interaction with the seller and on the seller's shadiness. But the more pressing issue is your tone here. I think you could have come up with a hundred different ways to express this more constructively, and I'm disappointed that you didn't try. It does not set the tone I'd like to see in something we do for fun and camaraderie. If you want to talk like this to other people take it to Facebook.

dculberson (Forum Supporter) said:

Cousin_Eddie (Forum Supporter) said:

You're a piece of E36 M3 with no integrity. You lied to the seller and took his money. There is no way to make that acceptable.  

As an active ebay seller, I have lots on input on his interaction with the seller and on the seller's shadiness. But the more pressing issue is your tone here. I think you could have come up with a hundred different ways to express this more constructively, and I'm disappointed that you didn't try. It does not set the tone I'd like to see in something we do for fun and camaraderie. If you want to talk like this to other people take it to Facebook.

If you're a moderator or person of authority here you're welcome to ban me. Otherwise, put me on ignore. Unleash the hounds, whatever. My words stand.

I called it how I see it. He knowingly misled the seller to get his money back with no intent of living up to his agreement. He showed a decided lack of integrity to regain less than 100 dollars. My integrity cannot be bought. Nor can my silence.

I'm sure Toyota still makes the Sequoia tailgate latch because they break ALL THE TIME and it's a well-known problem. I went through THREE OEM ones (and two aftermarket ones) on my '05 over 8-9 year of owning the truck. It's just a crappy design. Go on the forums and find the guy who makes an electronic replacement actuator for them, they have a good rep. . 

Other note: at least one of my OEM latches (bought at the local dealer) did come in bubble-wrap packaging (it was clearly recent production becuase another OEM one I bought a couple years earlier was obvious NOS with a bit of corrosion on it and was in a non-bubble bag.

Third note: If the guy returned your money, pretty classless to not hold up your end of the agreement. Especially since you in no way have proven the item wasn't OEM

In reply to irish44j (Forum Supporter) :

I wonder if it is the same unit as the Sienna.  Sequoias are kinda rare for me to work on but I've encountered Sienna rear latch faults, often.

In reply to irish44j (Forum Supporter) :

if you remember what forum, Id appreciate any direction. my google searching hasnt come up with anything yet. 

In reply to Cousin_Eddie (Forum Supporter) :

My lack of integrity saved me a trip to the post office. the part is useless to me, and was going back for a refund either way. How many people have bought into that and allowed him to manipulate the feedback? probably more than one. Ebay would probably ban them if they found out he did that. or not. ebay doesn't actually protect buyers or sellers 

lnlogauge said:

In reply to irish44j (Forum Supporter) :

if you remember what forum, Id appreciate any direction. my google searching hasnt come up with anything yet. 

In reply to Cousin_Eddie (Forum Supporter) :

My lack of integrity saved me a trip to the post office. the part is useless to me, and was going back for a refund either way. How many people have bought into that and allowed him to manipulate the feedback? probably more than one. Ebay would probably ban them if they found out he did that. or not. ebay doesn't actually protect buyers or sellers 

If you're on Facebook, go on the "TSOR-Toyota Sequoia Off-Road" group and ask. I'm sure someone there can point you toward it, and it's a pretty active group. I can't say I recall where I saw it, but I've seen it a number of times on that group over the years.

actually, I think this is the guy: https://www.yorksolutionsupply.com/shop . He pretty much set up the company specifically to sell the electric conversion kits. 

He also sells them on Amazon, it looks like. 

Ironically, I think Toyota changed to basically the same electric setup on the 2nd gen Sequoia

In reply to irish44j (Forum Supporter) :

You are awesome. Thank you!!!!

lnlogauge said:

In reply to Cousin_Eddie (Forum Supporter) :

How many people have bought into that and allowed him to manipulate the feedback? probably more than one. Ebay would probably ban them if they found out he did that. or not. ebay doesn't actually protect buyers or sellers 

As a buyer you are supposed to report that. There is no mention here that you did.

In reply to lnlogauge :

Not living up to your end is a E36 M3ty move. Justify it however you want, but your word is no better than the sellers at this point.

Cousin_Eddie (Forum Supporter) said:

I called it how I see it. He knowingly misled the seller to get his money back with no intent of living up to his agreement. He showed a decided lack of integrity to regain less than 100 dollars. My integrity cannot be bought. Nor can my silence.

Neither can my silence. You can express disagreement without calling someone a "piece of E36 M3." You're not calling it how you see it, you're being rude.

I enjoy your posts here, and do not want to ignore you. But that doesn't mean I won't point out your bad behavior. I hope you would do the same for me.

I kind of enjoy the fact that Toyota isn't infallible and can make crappy parts. I wonder if Scotty Kilmer is aware?

No input on your actual part, but online marketplace knockoffs are certainly an issue that the manufacturers know, and are concerned about. Ford actually has "authorized sellers" which are almost exclusively real dealerships or parts warehouses. This way you know you're getting a genuine part from a reputable place that'll honor the warranty. You can see it under the part that Fairway Ford is selling. 
 

Lmao at the degridation of this forum. Oh how we have fallen. 

In reply to Junghole :

It happens from time to time.  The professionals usually nope the berk out of the thread, or read without comment. In spite of it all, there is some legitimate info in this thread. Almost all trashy threads have a nugget or 2.

The OP is factual. A year ago I bought a Honda knock sensor off of Ebay that was cheap and labeled as a non OEM replacement part.  It was machined so thin at the base of the threads it broke when I lightly tightened it.  No filets, thin walls, sloppy threads, goopy dirty plating- you get what you pay for, my bad.  So I buy a 'OEM Honda' knock sensor that comes in the bag with the nice Honda OEM label and it 3x the price of the cheap one but still 30% cheaper than Majestic Honda and the Ebay shipping is 5 times faster and I need the part.  Shows up and it is the same counterfeit part in a 'OEM' label and bag.  The add had a picture of the OEM one....  I went to a junk yard and bough the real part and it weighed 30% more and under a loop was much much much better made than the fake ones.  It has since become much worse- Ebay is awash with fake parts that have 'OEM labels' .  Ebay and Amazon have made billions fencing stolen IP...  These are all fake OEM knock sensors    At 15 bucks who is going to return them?  Ebay gets its cut- investors are happy, people go to space in their personal rocket ships, lobbyists get paid, whatever.

If you want to go into the fake knock sensor business for yourself, here is how.

Just sum up the thread now with this "buy from the dealer, or deal with the Devil."

I got bit with the "fake OEM parts" issue when I went to buy some badges for my truck on Amazon. The seller I bought from was very sneaky. His name was "Dealershipman" and his price was about $10 less than the rest of the listings. The rest of the sellers were "Dealership name Jeep Chrysler Ram Parts". Since the rest were legitimate dealer parts departments, the listing had the official Mopar parts pictures. The scammy seller just had to undercut the rest to show up first in the "See all buying options" section.

When I received my badges, it was in a plain cardboard box with a "Made in China" sticker on it and not in the labeled Mopar bags like the OEM parts should be in.

I filed for a return and left a detailed review that showed what the scammy seller was doing. I took screenshots of the sellers profile and everything.

Amazon deleted my review, stating that it "did not meet review standards". I think the seller complained and had them take it down.

Buyer beware

Slinging parts for.... well a long time. 13 years of OE parts I can tell you that stuff gets rebagged and reboxed constantly. Stuff is made in a lot of places. Japan included. 
 

thenpart in the OP's first post might be fake but I'd not bet on it. OE supply chains are really crazy in good times. Really odd now. 

Just because the plural of "anecdote" is "piling it on"...