Was at the Porsche dealership yesterday and the service guy told me about Nine Apart & Whaletail Canada for used Porsche parts. Am in the market for a rear spoiler and was wondering if anyone has purchased any parts from either of these two places.

Interested in knowing if their prices are reasonable and are they a trustworthy seller. Thanks.

http://www.whaletailcanada.com

http://www.nineapart.com/index.php

 

I have had only good experience with WhaleTail

 

+1
Stand up seller

 

Do a search on here for nineapart.

 

Randy @whaletail is a great guy, 100% place to go

 

+4 or 5 for whaletail

 

Frank at Nineapart has a bit of an attitude problem. I only buy parts from the guy, so who cares as long as he's got what I need for the right price. I never really had a bad experience there, but I've heard stories.

On the other hand I've only heard good things about Whaletail. Never dealt with them though

 

I've dealt with both and no problems.

 

+928 for whaletail

 

That's my concern, I have limited patience for people with an attitude no matter what your position in life might be, especially when you're a vendor dealing with a customer and have zero customer service skill.

I appreciate the feedback though and will look them up.

 

I asked nineapart about their return policy. They said no problem full refund, minus shipping. Ok. So I buy some brake calipers. I wasn't happy with the calipers and returned them. They charged me a $160 "restocking fee". F*@k nineapart. Crooks!

 

I've had both good and bad experiences with Randy at Whaletail. He found me a single wheel to replace a bad one and left it for me at a tire shop because he was going somewhere, which I thought was very kind of him. I paid the tire shop for the wheel and they passed it on. He then sold me a fairly poor fender which he advertised as (from memory) pretty good. That's fine, but it was pricey. Unfortunately, the last time I bought from him, it was some brake parts, and he made a mistake and sent me correct rear parts, but fronts from a different car, then would never return my calls.

For someone who talks as much on the phone as he does, I found that an irritating way to dodge the issue. I eventually gave up, and bought the parts elsewhere.

 

Nothing but good experinces with Whale Tail, been dealing him for 15 years.

 

No issues with either for me personally. YMMV

 

I have had not so good experiences from Nineapart. I don't haggle on the price which I think is expected with the outfit. I don't mind paying for good parts but EVERYTIME I have purchased parts from him, he takes the price of a new part and charges 50% regardless of the condition of the part, and then sends me junk that was worse than the part I was replacing!

I will NOT buy parts from NineApart. It is like Frank is doing me a favour for taking my money and then giving me crap. Unfortunately, it will eventually catch up to him. I am Not very impressed.