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Old 04-22-2015, 07:10 PM
Nate Nate is offline
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Originally Posted by TylerH860 View Post
Dodge Dakota SLT Crew Cab Pickup 4 Door | eBay

How could you not tell from the eBay ad it was not a plow truck until it showed up? The holes in the roof, wires, etc are obvious.
Where do you see holes in the roof and wiring? It was a huge shock that it even HAD a plow mount on it... One is a 1" circle for a CB antenna whip, and 4 1/4" holes for a light bar? Ok, fine, no description of body damage, its old I get it, that's fine. Clean interior? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA yeah, if you work in a sand mine, but small potatos.

How'd I find the shop? The seller gave me his location, I "yelped" 3 in the local area that acceped my request for a used vehicle inspection. No mention of plow use or anything, but it's fine. Drives ok (seems to, put about 100 miles on it driving it home from the shipping depot)

The shaft is $680 parts and labor, getting a junkyard one and rebuilding it will save a bit of money but still... We've been bickering back and forth for a month, I have no title, but the truck's here... Pisses me off... He said not one mechanical flaw, his words. I feel the major mechanical flaws should be factored into the price, because it's not as described.

Trucks not going to return to the seller unless I get every penny back invested into it (shipping, payment WITH DEPOSIT, and fuel costs for driving to and from the depot). I have submitted a claim with paypal outlining my requests. Depending on what happens, I "may" do a chargeback with my discovercard if I dont feel I'm made right. We'll see. Just playing a waiting game now.

Seller refunds me 100% including costs, and gets it out of my garage within 1 week.
Seller refunds me SOMETHING for repairs, and sends me the mofoing title.
Seller does nothing, I part it out, and we play in small claims court for the next several? years. Not getting a lawyer or doing any leg work untill I have something to legally respond to.

I got 20mpg driving it back, tells me a lot about running condition. Got some maint records from coloroado, trans and filter changed yearly (8-12k ) diffs and t-case bi-yearly. Coolant and p/s in 06 and 2011. Brakes and ball joints in 2013. Retired from service Early 2014 (never understood gov veh maintiance... Why spend the $$$ if you're going to sell it immediatly?) Go Colorado maintiance shop union!!! (and thanks for paying your taxes to pay for that lol)

I think I'll like the truck, once I own it, and it's fixed... Seems to start up fine. Almost a quart down on ATF4... Thats nice for the enfiroment. Had a catch pan under it...

Frustration continues. I have too much time to be angry about this, because I'm not able to work or do much (see other thread lol)

Thanks everyone
~Nate
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