Category: | Used Auto Parts Store |
Address: | 3802 E 8th Ave, Tampa, FL 33605, USA |
Phone: | +1 813-403-4826 |
Site: | stores.ebay.com |
Rating: | 2.6 |
Working: | 8AM–5PM 8AM–5PM 8AM–5PM 8AM–5PM 8AM–5PM Closed Closed |
BR
Brad Wilkerson
I had read reviews about this company before I ordered anything. From what I saw, they seemed pretty reputable. I needed a long block for my 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. I bought the car used and ended up blowing the motor the same week I bought it due to a bad tune/too much boost. I found a long block for a 2005 Evo on their site for a pretty good price so I called them and talked to one of their salesmen. I cant recall his name off the top of my head. He told me the compression on the motor was pretty solid; cylinders 1 and 2 at 155 and cylinders 3 and 4 at 160. He also said the motor was "bone stock" and ran fantastic. This seemed like a great buy. I purchased the motor and received it about a week and a half later. We got the motor to a local performance shop and they installed it over the course of a few weeks (they had other cars in front of mine so it took a little longer than usual.) As they started taking my old blown motor out and swapping parts over they noticed the new motor I ordered had ARP head studs and had been driven hard. This obviously means the motor has been torn apart before could be anything but "stock". They got the motor installed and ran a compression test on it to find cylinder 1 at 125 cylinder 2 at 130 cylinder 3 at 145 and cylinder 4 at 135. This is nowhere close to what I was told. This motor has obviously been abused and not very well taken care of. I completely understand that thats the case with most cars like these, but I wouldnt have wasted my time with this motor if I was told the real condition of it. I would have opened a dispute through eBay, but it had already been over the time limit of 45 days before we found out the condition of the engine. I definitely do NOT recommend this company to anybody looking to get a decent used long block.
JU
Juli Henry
My son purchased a used engine from these people. When they finally received the engine and got i put in the car it broke down the next day. My son called them because here was supposed to be a warranty for 14 days. He called talked to someone and they said they would call him back. This was day 11 of warranty. Finally on day 15 of warranty (1 day past) I called and talked to them. They informed me that the warranty was over before my son called. I said no because he just received the engine last week and it takes a few days to put it in so this is day 11 (counting weekends) TAE informed me that the warranty started the day they shipped it out. NOW HOW CAN THAT BE..you havent even received the product as of yet..how do you know it is going to work. Needless to say..the whole engine needed to be rebuilt....top and bottom. the timing belt went out causing the upper engine to have to be rebuilt. They also informed me that in the warranty it says that you have to change the timing belt for the warranty to be good. HOWEVER, on the engine itself there were tags on there that said if you remove this part the warranty will be invalid. WHICH IS IT...Change it out or no? I thought my son had changed the belt but misunderstood him. Any way...it is costing another 2700.00 to get this car fixed maybe more because there is a KNOCK in the engine. The shop informed me that whoever looked this engine over did not know what they were doing. All we want is at least half our money back for this engine so it can get fixed right. HONOR YOUR PRODUCT!!!!!! NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH THESE GUYS UNLESS YOU ARE LOCAL AND CAN PICK UP THE PART FROM THEM!! I WOULDNT EVEN THEN. I did contact Consumer Services there in Florida and we will go from there.
SA
Sang Lee
I would like to give a round of applause to Cody and its colleague for their hard work and craftsmanship. You bet they purchase and sell the greatest quality used parts from wrecked vehicles as well as have the fastest shipping in the nation. Why cant they provide customers VIN #? Perhaps, they can create endless combinations of VIN/serial numbers and paint the parts to appear new/used. Otherwise, its considered false advertisement. Goodluck with their communication since most of the colleague need to take an anger management class too. I dont even know if theyre able to accept the truth because itll affect his businesses. Why cant they take responsibility of their own actions? Dont let their excuses stir you away from receiving your refunds/exchanges. Have a great day everyone!
CR
Cristian Craioveanu
I ordered an exhaust system from them online. The exhaust system was $1600 new but they had a used one for $1000. The pictures looked GREAT! I went ahead and purchased the item and once I received it there was some major scratches on the blue tips of the exhaust. VERY NOTICEABLE that for some reason did not show up in the pictures on online. Shipping was fast and they wrapped up the item very well. There was no way the item got damaged during shipping. So BUYER BEWARE when you buy from them. I wish I would have just bought the new exhaust and never dealt with them. I will give them one star for fast shipping and one for well packaged item.
ST
Stephen Mason
I bought some parts for my scion from Chris one of the guys that works at TAE and this group of people are the nicest and the most genourous people that I have ever bought car parts from. They were all so helpful and the answered the phone every time and talked with me about what was going on. Great people to deal with and I read the bad review first so I was really worried but Chris and his guys had my back the whole time I couldnt have asked for better service from them 10/10 customer service and 10/10 communication and helpfulness! Thank you guys so much! I will be looking forward to doing business with you.
BR
Bry Styles
Claimed they were selling me an OEM original motor. Upon receipt, and inspection the motor has been rebuilt. Ive back researched the vin of the vehicle to match motor codes and this long block does not match up. Chris is very fishy and on the phone is very irrational and extreme. I will not do business with these scam artists again. I will be opening a dispute and getting my money back. For a purchase of several thousand dollars, youd think that the listings would be accurate. These people have no backbone or integrity, at all. Shame on them.
NO
nomad diagnostics
I ordered parts that showed up the next day. all in good quality condition. I ordered the wrong part and they gave me a no-hassle full refund. I am sure some people have bad experiences with places, especially buying a used motor. You really never know how hard someone beats it up. Even doing a compression, or leak down test, doesnt always show the true condition of a motor. I will do business with them again!
CH
Chris Waggoner
Asked the seller how they know if the engines they are selling run, dont smoke, etc.. When I asked the seller how they know the engines condition I was told to buy elsewhere. Will claim you will have to have it installed by a dealership in order to get a refund which is very unlikely. ALSO be aware seller has a BBB rating of F. I would stay away from this place.