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Old 06-09-2017, 05:40 PM
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So I posted a WTB ad for an powertrain. I had a user contact me, "vacar" who gave me contact info for an individual he claimed is selling what I needed. I contacted this individual who responded back with a really good price and sent me pictures. He seemed hesitant to talk via phone but when he finally did the connection was terrible. I finally got him to call me, and I was trying to get into the specifics of the engine but he was being pretty generic. Finally, I asked him if this is the same GT3 engine that came with the "flux capacitor" option. He said "yes, of course it does".

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I guess he didn't watch back to the future.
Old 06-11-2017, 01:29 AM
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Looks like the user was banned, glad the admins caught on to these types of shenanigans. These users will somehow claim they have the part you're looking for but know absolutely nothing about it or even let you come physically look at it. They'll collect payment and you'll never hear from them or receive your part.



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