Lawrence G. Miceli wrote:
>
> Just a note to anyone who lives in the North East area about a bad parts
> supplier.
>
> Last May, a friend of mine and I attended the Carlisle Import car show
> and flea market. It was a great time and one of the items we purchased
> was a rebuildable overdrive box for a TR6.
>
> We paid $650.00 for a box that was represented as being "all there" from
> BOB KEEFER of British Sports car Services in Sykesville, MD.
>
> Well, just yesterday my friend Dean opened the box up only to find that
> all of the guts had been removed and the planetary gears had been welded
> .
>
> I can't say whether the seller knew of the deception or not, but his
> response to Dean was TOUGH LUCK. !!! $650 for a transmission case!
> That's it, no offer to help supply the missing parts or even an offer to
> refund a small portion of the purchase price. Just "TOO BAD". And this
> after he said it was all there.
>
> Needless to say, I plan on contacting the show promoters at Carlisle as
> well as Hemmings Motor News about this person.
>
> BE FORE WARNED
>
> Larry Miceli
> '76 TR6
> '73 Stag
> '66 Herald
Thanks. I personally really appreciate the warnings like these. I
think only ethical and honest people deserve our business.
In the same light, I'd like to give praise to someone who I've had good
dealings with: Scott Harper at Team Triumph. He is friendly, his prices
are fair, and he is honest. One of the first things I bought for my now
quite expensive TR6 was a used spedometer. After it was installed, I
noted rather quickly that is wasn't working properly. I told him, and
even though he assured me that he had checked it and thought it worked
fine, he agreed to take it back. In fact, he sent another FIRST, before
I even sent back the one I had purchased. In another transaction, I
bought two turn signal lens covers from him. He accidently sent two of
the same side, but quickly responded to get me the proper one that I had
requested.
Sirmoog
'71 TR6
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