Ripped Off By Gbody Parts

2aspire

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As the title states.

This scam is regarding my purchase of a A-pillar gauge pod from Gbody Parts.

From what I understand, Brain Weaver is the owner of G-body parts.com.

And to put it mildly, This guy is a lying weasel.

1. He does not give any indication that the A-pillar gauge pod I purchased does not fit nor is it shaped anywhere near close to the stock pillar trim piece.

2. Once I disclosed this, he gives me the quintessential BS of how many hes sold without a problem, thus indicating I must be the problem.

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3. For a T-top car, which is what I have, You must cut the piece to get it to fit in the spot where it goes. These people are so ignorant that they don't even realize that This instruction is on the ebay ad for the piece they are selling. Below is an example of an ad for a gray one. Additionally, It was only after doing so that I was able to position it and see just how poorly this piece is made. It has not provision to intersect to the upper trim and has large gaps along the length.

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4. I disclosed to this weasel that I cut the piece but still desire to return. He accepted my return and then, only after I found a box and paid to return, claimed that I never said that it was cut before he accepted the return. Below is the actual email chain that proves he is a Lying WEASEL...

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5. Now I am out of the money as well as the crappy piece.


I have a serious build that I have literally spent 10s of thousands of dollars on just the engine alone.
And I am going to tolerate and put this crap on my car?

Fat chance...I have no time or patients for someone like this.

Hey Brian!!! Here's a novel idea!!! Hows about accurately describing the product before you peddle it?

I have been selling items on ebay as well as other outlets and always took pride in detailing accurately exactly what I was selling.

Brian is a Friggin Jagoff that purposefully omits key details.. Plain and simple

My advice, stay away from this Jagoff.

On a side note, I asked Mike from Mikes Montes about this piece, he said he doesn't carry it because it looks like somebody carved the mold free-hand from a piece of wood. I would only add that they were probably blindfolded as well.


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I bought one from another "source".. It too was a pisspoor fit. Called them up. They gave me my $ back, and said keep it.
 
I will state this one more time.

LOOK AT THE VENDOR SECTION BEFORE DOING BUSINESS WITH ANY VENDOR!!!!!

These Gbody threads are becoming so common that anyone doing a simple search would steer clear and he would no longer be in business.
 
I will state this one more time.

LOOK AT THE VENDOR SECTION BEFORE DOING BUSINESS WITH ANY VENDOR!!!!!

These Gbody threads are becoming so common that anyone doing a simple search would steer clear and he would no longer be in business.
My point exactly!!!!
 
I will state this one more time.

LOOK AT THE VENDOR SECTION BEFORE DOING BUSINESS WITH ANY VENDOR!!!!!

These Gbody threads are becoming so common that anyone doing a simple search would steer clear and he would no longer be in business.

Ok..Point taken... However, If you look at my activity here, along with the fact I purchased through ebay, thus the reason I missed it.

Honestly I was hesitant to post due to the fact that they are a supporting vendor.. Wasn't sure how it would be received...

Was only comfortable in doing so after I saw the other recent post in this forum along the same subject.

It was only about 68 bucks or so with the return shipping I paid so I got out cheap but glad to give some more solid proof that this guy is a weasel.
 
This is an Auto Meter Pod I purchased that I will paint to match..
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Regards,

Matt
 
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This is an Auto Meter Pod I purchased that I will paint to match.. [URL='http://i64.tinypic.com/ht5x50.jpg%5b/IMG']http://i64.tinypic.com/ht5x50.jpg[/IMG[/URL]]

Regards,

Matt
My son flew to BG 5 years ago and paid for parts to be shipped after the event. Never happened and my son and I haven't bought a part from him since. And I always advise people not to promote his business. Just saying!!


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Shitty part is that some of his products are not sold by anyone else.

If that's true that does suck..To this I would add that I also see there are still a number of people that think hes a "Swell Guy"

Fortunately for me, since I have an LS Swap, I don't need him.

My only regret is that I let enough time lapse that my ability to ding him on ebay feedback expired. I honestly am considering on ordering another just to warn others on ebay about this guy..

Thanks to all for your feedback,

Regards,

Matt
 
lotek makes the pods for everyone.not sure if brian has his own made or not but lotek makes them for almost everybody
 
I bough the same exact 2 pod as you last month and was also surprised how sloppy fit it was on the side going up the a pillar. I was just hoping that I was going to be several car lengths ahead of the person I was trying to impress.
 
Like Chuck mentioned these gauge pods are made by Lotek and have been shitty since the beginning - All of them are shitty! I talked to Brian a while ago on why he can't make them like the stockers and he said tooling would be through the roof. FWIW I must be lucky because I've never had a bad dealing with Brian. Like many vendors, he doesn't make and stock everything - some stuff is drop shipped. I can only speak for my own dealings and understand some people have had horrible experiences. -aaron


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Like Chuck mentioned these gauge pods are made by Lotek and have been shitty since the beginning - All of them are shitty! I talked to Brian a while ago on why he can't make them like the stockers and he said tooling would be through the roof. FWIW I must be lucky because I've never had a bad dealing with Brian. Like many vendors, he doesn't make and stock everything - some stuff is drop shipped. I can only speak for my own dealings and understand some people have had horrible experiences. -aaron


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Thanks to all for the replys... Yeah, I was aware its not his product.. But only after I purchased and disclosed my dissatisfaction was I made aware via an email communication from Brian that he does not make it.

Not saying you don't agree but just taking this opportunity to point out again that this Doesn't absolve him from detailing the product and the clear lack of quality..

Additionally, Your conversation with him some time back just further illustrates his lack of integrity through his desire to intentionally sell crap cloaked by excluding key details.

Then the final nail to his lack of honesty and integrity is in his response... Which is a shrugging off of complaints with an insulting X number of happy customers served..rather than coming clean on an already known products short comings.

The result of which would have had an honest person motivated to do the following:

1. Make customers whole that were not advised.

2. Pull the poduct from your offerings or fully disclose the quailty issues up front if you desire to continue to sell crap.

In short, I am not trying to harp on you and understand that you are just disclosing the result of your dealings and conversations. I am glad that your results were not like mine.

Regards,

Matt
 
Thanks to all for the replys... Yeah, I was aware its not his product.. But only after I purchased and disclosed my dissatisfaction was I made aware via an email communication from Brian that he does not make it.

Not saying you don't agree but just taking this opportunity to point out again that this Doesn't absolve him from detailing the product and the clear lack of quality..

Additionally, Your conversation with him some time back just further illustrates his lack of integrity through his desire to intentionally sell crap cloaked by excluding key details.

Then the final nail to his lack of honesty and integrity is in his response... Which is a shrugging off of complaints with an insulting X number of happy customers served..rather than coming clean on an already known products short comings.

The result of which would have had an honest person motivated to do the following:

1. Make customers whole that were not advised.

2. Pull the poduct from your offerings or fully disclose the quailty issues up front if you desire to continue to sell crap.

In short, I am not trying to harp on you and understand that you are just disclosing the result of your dealings and conversations. I am glad that your results were not like mine.

Regards,

Matt

Matt, no hard feelings and I truly understand. I read all the reviews talking how bad GBody is and this and that and I truly understand people's anger. If it happened to me I would be angry too. I just cannot jump on a bandwagon because my personal experiences are good. I've emailed Brian a lot of times and he always responded. My parts have always arrived and I've never had an issue that wasn't resolved.... I've dealt with him for probably over 10 years. GBody also puts in a lot of time, money and R&D into products which are unique to GBody and can only be found through them. So that's the only reason, I won't condemn a company that I've had good personal experience but do understand people's frustrations. -aaron


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