Mondo

Cheers, buddy! :) She's currently dying on the couch so that's fairly cheered her up!

Ah... dogging requires a very different type of donation, mate... ;)

Some of you may remember that my missus, Fran, did the Race For Life earlier this year. She did incredibly well considering the last time she'd have ran a distance of anywhere near 5k would've been when she was at school! :lol: Anyhoo, her and her younger sister are doing another 5k run next Sunday (in the freezing North East weather, no less!) and they're raising money for Stray Aid, which is a charity local to us that takes in, looks after, reunites and rehomes stray dogs. I actually rescued a Collie pup a couple of years ago and took him there, and they took superb care of him until his owners (whose details they found from his chip) were able to come and collect him. I know Christmas is looming and everyone's probably spent up buying crap TVs in Tesco yesterday :lol: but if anyone can spare even a £1 to sponsor Fran and Catherine, it'd be hugely appreciated and, of course, will go towards helping to care for stray and lost dogs. The JustGiving page can be found here should anyone wish to help. Thanks! :)

That's a pretty Starion but the seller's blatantly a bit of a muppet - how can he claim "full leather with no rips" when the top corner of the driver's seat is so obviously torn on the seam...??!! :nono:

How can it be made to "pop back in" Gary...?

My next question then: how many people are actually coming in a Zed...?? :)

sigh All my initial thread did was highlight an issue between myself and a supplier. I didn't go on a witch-hunt... I didn't defame you or say anything that wasn't true... I simply stated facts. There is nothing illegal, immoral or ungentlemanly about that. If I, as a consumer, no longer have the right to air my experience with a supplier, then what's the point? Are you seriously suggesting that consumers can only comment positively...? If anyone who's read this entire thread has decided not to deal with Ionic Dynamics, I imagine it's more to do with you posting deeply professional comments such as "don't cry about being misled" when your possible target audience are watching! Throughout this entire debacle, I've maintained that the items I received were of good quality. So I haven't slandered your product quality in any way, shape or form. Your attitude, I fear, is the issue for 1Daveg... food for thought there, Jose...

'Ello matey! And I haven't been teasing anyone, thank you - I've just been posting pictures of my shiny Datsuns, that's all :lol: There's a lot of good people on here and they'll see you right in your search :thumbup1:

The "power" light is connected to the fact it used to be an auto. My old one did the same after I converted it to manual. To the best of my knowledge, it causes no problems or anything - it's just a flashing light. The hesitation is probably due to an air leak of some description.

So who's actually going to this then...? Bird? Kev? Josh? Stevie...? It'll probably be your last chance to see me with a wonky snout...!! :lol:

Cheers Lee :) How's my old girl doing in your capable hands?

The bodyshop's fitting the decal, JP. And removing the old spoiler. And bonding the new one on! Booked in for December 4th (they have the spoiler already, as of this morning) and I'll then collect the car the following day. :)

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And the next piece of the puzzle has just been delivered: A Car.Mad replica 89 Spec spoiler! :) I was going to shave the boot but I actually rather like the OEM spoiler on the Shortie so I thought I'd get one that wasn't completely knackered! :lol: First impressions are that it's very well made and well finished and practically theft (me stealing from him) for the price including delivery. I just need to get it sprayed and fitted now! I got a replacement blackout strip from Z1 the other week so it'll look exactly as Nissan intended it to. :thumbup1:

Well, she went to Surrey and back yesterday and never missed a beat. :) All the wheels stayed attached and there were just no dramas! A couple of highlights for me: Being stuck in an M25 traffic jam on the morning and seeing two young lads glued to the windows of their parents' car to get a proper look at the Zed! An Audi Q7 roaring up behind me on the M1 coming home, only to see my taillights getting smaller and smaller. :) And a Police 4x4 pulling up alongside on the A1 Northbound and the passenger giving me two thumbs up! £130 of V-Power covered the entire trip, which I don't class as too bad. She's a thoroughly pleasant car to drive, feels very planted now and can spin up in 4th (on a damp road)! Happy Mondo here, with his new Shortie. :) :)

I need a JDM folding drivers mirror (the complete assembly) in 673 Silver if anyone has one please!! Must be in as good a condition as possible. :) Cheers.

You're right - it seems that we will always be at opposing ends of this discussion. You have your opinion of what I should've done before I placed an order and I have my opinion of what you should've done before you replicated and marketed a product. Your spats have been reboxed and are getting booked in this evening for delivery to Si - I'll drop him a line with the tracking info so he can monitor it's progress until it lands at his door. :)

Looooooooads more fun to drive!! :D Me and Tom went for a small joyride yesterday afternoon and it was great fun - even had the targas off :)

I've never seen one like it before!

Well, Diesel's finally in a reasonable condition where I feel like I don't mind showing her off a little :) So here she is, ready to head down to Surrey first thing tomorrow morning: Let's hope all the wheels stay attached this time...!!! :lol:

Update: today's sees my car up in the air right now as I'm getting my new parts put on :) Polybushed torsion rods have been fitted, front shocks are off, the ARB is being fitted and the nearside rack boot is being changed. Question: the two bolts that hold the torsion rod to the lower arm - when they were taken off, the boltheads were beneath the arm (so the studs face downover)... is that the right way round...? Or should the studs push up through the lower arm...? :)

Ok: firstly, thank you for agreeing to issue the refund - that is very much appreciated. Secondly, I have made no attempts whatsoever to "defame" you or try to coerce you into issuing a full refund. The purpose of this thread was simply to draw peoples' attentions to something that could well affect somebody else, and to seek opinions over my options. I've never slandered you in any of this, I've praised the quality of your products and I've been continually polite, courteous and avoided being overly familiar so as to maintain some professionalism. I don't appreciate being talked down to by a supplier, especially when I haven't done that to you, nor do I appreciate being told "not to cry" about being misled! I've continued to mention my analogy because pictures seen do not necessarily have to be of the item a customer will receive. I'm not suggesting for a second that your website shows pictures that are unrelated to the actual product here, so please don't start thinking that - however the fact is that there are sellers out there who use that practice. You've mentioned my failure to do my "due diligence." Here is how I see it: when there are no part numbers and no multiple options, then an item's description is the key thing. I didn't stop to consider the possibility that your items could be moulded off the incorrect parts because your description basically assured me that that wasn't the case. I've explained how the SWB spats don't fit the LWB bumper so, when your description clearly stated that your items were moulded from genuine SWB parts and they would NOT fit the LWB bumper, then the obvious assumption to make (and not an unreasonable one either) is that they are replicas of the exact parts I was looking for! So my intent to transfer "the blame" as you put it simply isn't so. The fact of the matter is that your initial knowledge and statements were incorrect, leading you to inadvertently market your product incorrectly, leading me to purchase the product based on incorrect and misleading information. Therefore I still maintain and admit to my "mistake" here, which was to put too much faith in your knowledge of the product you marketed, which has led to this unfortunate and unpleasant situation. Should I order anything from overseas in the future, I'll be making absolutely certain that I'm ordering exactly what I want, so there's a lesson I intend to take from this. You mention your "binding returns agreement" but I'm fairly sure that doesn't (and shouldn't) necessarily relate to items that aren't what you described them to be, hence me looking for a full refund. Had they simply been marketed as "your version of OEM mudguards" then I'd have asked for more information before ordering. As I've continually said, I didn't ask for any more i nformation because your description was so specific. I will get your spats collected and sent down to Si shortly. He can then confirm that they are no longer in my possession and they are in the condition one would expect for brand new fibreglass parts. The real irony here is that, despite all of this, your products are very good quality and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to other people! Anyway, it seems this thread has probably run it's course now. Nobody has been defamed, you have been made aware of your descriptive error and now corrected that. Thank you to everyone for their opinions in this unfortunate matter... thank you to Jose for agreeing to issue the refund and correcting his website so swiftly. I truly hope that doesn't dissuade anyone from ordering from Ionic Dynamics because, as I said, the products are excellent quality and the shipping was fast too. So I would recommend them. Si.

I was told that the spats were moulded from a SWB, that they would fit a SWB and that therefore there was no significant issue. A partial refund was offered, which I declined, providing the necessary evidence and photographic proof to support my case. Then it sent silent. I'd class that as refusal to co-operate... But you're right - you and I are going round in circles here, and there's no need for it. As I've said, I'm quite prepared to send these spats down to you so that you can then confirm to Jose that I no longer have possession of them, but not before an agreement is reached between he and I regarding the amount of refund he's offering. And on that note, I'm calling it a night.

I haven't dragged anyone's name through the mud here - I've simply brought attention to a serious error. Jose and I had already arrived at a "conclusion" inasmuch as he was prepared to refund the cost of the parts themselves, but nothing else. That's not a satisfactory conclusion from my perspective as my only fault in this affair was taking his website's description as being accurate. I gave Jose the facts. I sent him a link to one of Gary's posts that highlighted the difference between the two variants of rear spats. I even attached a picture of the two variants side by side (from Gary's post) to prove that my issue was a genuine one. The response I got was unsatisfactory, where I was told that the parts had been moulded on a SWB bumper, therefore they would fit a SWB, therefore they were fine. He then offered to waive any restocking fee (!) and offered the refund for the parts only. All of the above was following my providing "the facts" about how his supplied parts weren't as described. Then, and only then, did I start to quote his responses on here. As for how I'd like issues with my work handled: a customer damaged an armrest when he opened the packaging, so he asked me to provide another one (completely at my expense and without returning the damaged product to me). I did so. Without fuss or argument. Another customer asked specifically for suede parts for his car. I made them and sent them over. He got in touch over a year later to tell me that they'd faded very badly in the sun and they now looked rubbish! I replaced them with Alcantara parts (as it's UV protected) completely at my expense. I'm more than happy to work with Jose in a "respectable manner" but he seems to refuse to see my point, citing his lack of knowledge as the reason for the incorrect parts being advertised. When faced with that, what else am I supposed to do...? I have no problems with Ionic Dynamics as a company or with Jose as a human being - the quality of the rear spats is very good and I can understand why customers would be happy to receive them. Unless they were expecting replicas of the 2+0 specific rear spats, in which case I'd expect customers (like myself) to be highly disappointed! So what would people have me do here? Am I at fault for trusting a seller's knowledge of the parts he's replicating and marketing? Should I just chalk it up to experience? Should I perhaps take these newly-learned lessons and start applying them to my own trade...? I think not....

I've never suggested that it wasn't a genuine mistake. But the fact remains that he sold items that weren't what he described. Ok, Si - I'll ask you: if you buy a part for your car and it's not what it was described as, would you be happy or prepared to be out of pocket over it? Yes, Jose's offered a refund for the parts themselves but I still end up $65 down with nothing to show for my troubles. I bought in good faith, based on his description, and it transpired that his knowledge of the parts he was replicating was sadly lacking. So I have to pay $65, plus Customs charges, plus postage to get these spats down to you, just to increase his knowledge...?