Ebay'er - Racing Lifestyle
 

Anyone know/heard of the 'Racing Lifestyle' ebay'er ?
Appears to have caused an upset or two on this side of the pond.
I purchased some flares nearly 3 weeks ago from them and haven't received anything yet, I sent emails and haven't received a reply.
It seems I could be on the same road as some of the UK guys, communication seems to be very bad across to this side of the pond or something.

They are a vendor on CR.net.. I ordered a NRG QR from him and it took a long time to get it. Didn't respond to my emails, and just as I was about to start really complaining the part showed up. :jerkit:

Seems like a small timer who doesn't take customer service seriously enough. I'm glad he only had $100 of my money.

Start a thread at CR.net and jack him up. Do a search first to see if there are any other threads bashing him. Bad publicity usually always gets you some communication.

Here is their website:
http://www.racinglifestyle.com/index2.html

A quick Google search reveals nothing bad.

Took almost 3 weeks to get my steering wheel. Didn't answer any emails, I sent messages via AOL instant messenger to his phone, didnt get much in the way of how long/where my steering wheel was, he was always "looking into it."

It finally showed up. I've ordered twice from him. First time shit came fas as hell. Second time, it took forever.

There's a big thread on CR.net about it. It's a shit-storm.

-meaty

Here is the thread:

http://clubroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18669

Long story short, this Racing Lifestyle person attempted to send a set of wheels to the UK via USPS, doh.

Crap !
There is another thread on www.mx5nutz.com in the UK which I have 'updated'.
I will give him until the 3 weeks are up, even though I usually get stuff from the US within 2. The 3 weeks are up at the end of this week, then I suppose the shit wil have to start flying.

Think I may have just gotten burnt by another Ebay'er called Eurotuning1 to the sum of over 300 euro.
Seems his account was closed by Ebay 6 days after I placed my order. Got the notification from Ebay about the account but must wait until Thursday to start gettnig my cash back as his listing said delivery can take up to 3 weeks.

If you used Paypal, you need to read this thread:
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/showthread.php?t=21113

I ordered some other stuff from the US (TAFTVILLE, CT) on the 17th July and it is now in Ireland, I should have it tomorrow.
Pity I can't have my other stuff :(

My mistake, that 'other' part from another business arrived in Ireland YESTERDAY and I should have it TODAY :)

I have sent Racing Lifestyle one last email, that makes 3 emails in total since my purchase on Ebay. I have read that post on Cr.net and have signed up just to respond to that thread, which I will be doing after the three weeks are up.

I ordered a quick release from him and after a month and a half of short answer or non answered emails, I filed a dispute with Paypal and had my money refunded.

I just got an email, he said the items were shipped the week I ordered them which was nearly three weeks ago.
Still, if I can get a big bulky item from the states I ordered last week today I should be able to get the parts from him within 3 weeks.
I'll wait and see.

Got my funds back from the other ebayer via PayPal after just two days :)
Still waiting on the flares though and next Friday is the deadline :(

Well, I've got no reply so I have just opened a dispute with PayPal :twofinger
I actually opened two disputes since I had to send the cost of the shipping in another payment.
I also put in...
"Discovered a week after purchasing the Ebay items that the seller has a reputation online for selling items on Ebay, receiving the payments for the items, items not been received by the buyer, and then the buyer is given a paritial refund (ie less P&P) after a duration which can be in excess of over four months".
Even if he gives me a full refund I'm notifying Ebay about this guy :fawk:

I have seen his ads, I avoid people who use the same photos for repeat auctions.

Got an email from him within 10 minutes of starting the PayPal dispute, he said he'll send me out another set and this time there will be a tracking number.
I emailed him saying I just want my money back, I didn't get a reply.

I messaged him on ebay saying he has a declining reputation on the forums.

This sucks... what am I dealing with here a Fn spastic ?
What a way to do business. I haven't received any response from him about a refund.
This is how he's been with other buyers, stringing them along with NO communication... for weeks etc.

What's going on out there.....

ClubRoadster.Net
http://clubroadster.net/forum/viewto...=245898#245898

Mx5Nutz.com
http://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.p...pic=18747&st=0

MiataTurbo.Net
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/showthread.php?t=23818

What kind of bullshit is this? Apparently as long s you sponsor a forum noone is allowed to share any bad experiences they have with you publicly.

http://www.clubroadster.net/forum/vi...46&no=1#245946

Looks like Boostin Boy should've sponsored here :giggle:

That's why that place sucks. The guy has all the markings of a typical douchebag scammer. He ships just enough things on time to keep a customer base and earn some loyalty, and then he waits until business is good... and when he's got a stack of orders lined up, jumps ship with the money.

Just imagine over the course of around 2 months, if he could get one person a day to buy something for about $500, then he'd clear $30k... and *poof* gone like Kaiser Soze.

Oh they've locked the thread....not surprised really.
What's the saying again... "It'll stick like shit to a blanket".

CR.net & M.net are both just as bad when it comes to protecting their bottom line.......the sponsors that is.

Escalated to a claim due to 'sellers failure to communicate' and 'possible fraudulent account activity'.

PayPal have 'decided in my favor' but there were no funds in 'Racing LifeStyles' account and they could not give me a refund. It appears that he cleared out his PayPal account.
So, he's still got nearly $500 which belongs to me. Anyone know where this guy lives ?

WHOIS information for racinglifestyle.com shows:

Registrant:
Michael Eguina
26895 Aliso Creek Rd
#147
Aliso Viejo, California 92656
United States

You need to communicate this with anybody you can find who may have some sort of professional relationship with this guy.

Find out where he advertises, all his phone numbers and email accounts, all the forums he frequents, anybody who may be supporting him.... get loud about it shut him down.

Thats looks alot like the standard "Gary Fischman/M.net Approach" to forum admin...just keep the paying sponsors sending in their checks and if they fuck over a few people squelch the 'chatter' about it and assume a 'neutral' position.

http://clubroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21086

Wow, if it was my board I would have shitcanned the guy. Obviously he was on 'summer vacation' before going back to school :jerkit:

I must say, I made that post to help him out a bit but at this point, he should be shit canned. I got ripped off on cr.net froma forum member and nothing ever happened to him. Im sick of con artists already.

This post will be deleted soon I'd say....
http://clubroadster.net/forum/viewto...=250010#250010

Leatherface, I PM'd you about it over there, but I thought I'd bring it out over here, too. The same guy that screwed you ripped me off as well. Noah, who later changed his username to doperoadster. Granted, I didn't get taken for as much as you did, but it still rankles. I won't buy anything from that site anymore. Twice burned, and I'm done with them.

The fact that neither of the guys who stiffed me even got so much as a temporary ban from the mods is unacceptable. One of them even had the nerve to contribute 20 bucks to the site minutes after I had PM asking about the $15 he owed me.

you think thats bad, take a look at the shit that happened to me:

http://www.clubroadster.net/forum/vi...51&no=1#174451

And to date, he still posts there and everythings great for him....now im getting worked up again

*edit* rleet, you posted that as i was typing this post up.

His response is the same one any online vendor uses.
"I was away from my computer, I'm sorry." The fact that he admits to some personal factor contributing stealing money from customers means he's no better than BoostinBoy.

I see so much of this shit online. Some guy is running a 1-man show with no help and no contingency plan if he's pulled away from the business suddenly. Well FUCK THAT GUY!

The only way online vendors get away with that shit is that they're online. No brick-and-mortar store could close shop with no notice while holding people's money and property, and then come back 2 months later and expect everything to be all right.

If the Administrators at CR are still willing to have him on as a vendor, then they're just plain fucking stupid. The good news is that any time RacingLifestyle is mentioned here, it'll get a good and hard assfucking from anybody who remembers this thread. Since just about anybody serious about Miatas frequents all 3 of the main forums, then they'll get here sooner or later and discover all about it.

If only Noah got the same treatment as BoostinFag here, life wouldve been great....well maybe not great but a hell of alot better thats for sure.

Any for those that are not members of ClubRoadster.Net and want to read the thread before it also gets locked/edited.

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You know, my experience here has been the exact opposite. Over there, not only do they get away with it, but it seems it's accepted practice. Here, I've gotten good communication, fast shipping, and no surprises. In every case, the feedback I left was positive, and deserved.

Hell, Jared, you even did right by me with the top and the shipping error. A mistake, but you got right on it and took care of it. Frankly, it was after my two bad experiences, and I was afraid I'd gotten burned again. It was a pleasant surprise that some people mean what they say and take care of the problem.

Neither one of my bad deals is gonna break me (12 and 15 bucks respectively), but iif you can't trust the community on simple part sales, it makes getting your car in shape that much more difficult. And, how hard is it to admit you made a mistake and refund the money?

thanks man^^. btw, isnt this one of the pieces you bought from noah that he never shipped to you? http://www.clubroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21227

No. He listed a bunch of interior small stuff in individual ads. I PM'd him about the first thing (ashtray) before looking at all the ads. Then I found something else, and sent another PM. Then I found another thing (1/2 height DIN box), and PM'd him again. I also sent another one asking if he'd combine shipping. Since I had been such a pain in the ass over three relatively small items, I threw in an extra couple of bucks to cover the paypal. He never sent the DIN box. I asked, and he said he'd get it to me, but never did. I think he sold it to someone else by mistake.

He then changed his username and stopped answering PM or email.

Yeah, Racing LifeStyle is now going through 'restructuring', which means he's emptied his PayPal account and is going to open a new one for the next scam.
I bet he'll create a new profile on CR.net and become a new vendor, and the Mods in CR.net will pat him on the back again.
Scum bags.

Fergus,I can't believe what I just read,the Admin & mods at CR.net are a fucking joke!

They basically let the sponsors do whatever the fuck they want,either it be rip people off or provide shitty service,but when the time comes and people complain,they won't take action and say it's not their problem on what the sponsors do,but that asshole Admin is more than willing to take their money.

......check out my new sig,I will be changing my other sig on M.net too,everyone should do the same just to get the word out on CR.net.

FUCK THEM!!!!!!!

Yeah as soon as somebody posts up something about how one of the CR.net 'sponsers' robbed them it gets locked or possibly deleted.
They attack you straight away and pat the scum bag on the back.
+1 on the sig.

Nothing new or exclusive to CR.net. Just ask Braineack or newbsauce how our comments on AA Motorsports after our "dyno day" were received on VADriven.

no shit.

three threads have been posted about that shop in the last couple of weeks. all customers that had valid complaint. with the threads brought a handful of others with bad experiences....however, since AA pays $20 a month, they simply delete the posts...however, it's still pulling up in google cache, and we are taking screenshots. http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache...ient=firefox-a

it's really funny, one car we called them out about has been sitting since last Aug '07 for a 6-sp swap. they gave it back to him with a blown motor. we called them out on the arp studs rusting outside on the wiper cowl. One of the employees takes pistuces of new hardware that has been installed (probably the only work done in the last year). You could clearly see the cylinder walls have rusted out. When we mentioned that, they deleted the image. then the thread vanished.

I have just been told that Racing Lifestyle is over on CR.net stating that this dispute is resolved.
I have no way to confirm if he has posted this on CR.net as I am never logging into CR.net again.
I will say here, as I have said on the forum in the UK, I have had NO contact from Racing Lifestyle and I have NOT received any refund or parts from him.

Confirmation, dispute is NOT resolved.
I did NOT receive any refund.
Tim Allen is a liar :twofinger

Read it before they delete it....
http://clubroadster.net/forum/viewto...=252895#252895

The Credit card company has now taken over this issue and have commenced an investigation.
The 'IC3' are also starting an investigation on Racing Lifestyle and I suppose they will also be going to CR.net asking a few questions concerning their accepting funds etc.

For those that do not know what 'IC3' is.....
"The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)"

The muppet should have just given me my money back, now he's gonna be jailbait.

On CR.net since they also locked the last thread.....
http://clubroadster.net/forum/viewto...=255536#255536

Dude, you are going through the right actions by contacting your credit card agency, but you are responsible for stirring the shit up on CR by continuously saying that CR is going to be held responsible too. Hate to tell you, US laws will not hold an advertising agency (which would be CR in this case) responsible for someone advertising their company or products through said agency. They will probably contact them for information on Mike, but that will be the extent of it.

Now, don't read into this as me defending CR.net and freak out, I posted a similar post there, I'm just telling you what is probably going to happen regarding the legalities of the situation. I'd be just as pissed off as you are in this case, hell, I got ripped off a long time ago when a seller on eBay took my $650 and ran. I tried the PayPal thing, credit card thing, and even law enforcement, it all came back with a dead end. Unfortunately, I didn't know any better and waited too long to start making claims. Live and learn, right?

Ah yeah man no probs but the ONLY thing with CR.net is that they KEPT receiving funds from this guy and backing him as a sponser when they got reports from other CR users etc that this guy was a dud.
They onlt stopped taking money from him when this got legal, the other times it never got this far.
Look at the posts on CR, read them ALL, see that they 'attack' and then 'censor' the threads while still accepted money from that guy until NOW that is has gone legal.

Like I posted, I did PMs there and they did NADDA. So it appears to me like they CR.net is a part of this scam.

I have now offered to Cr.net to PM/email me directly Tim Allens phone number, lets see what happens next.

That crook Tim Allen with delete all the threads & deny everything when the IC3 start asking him questions.

Thank god for screen shots.

I just finished reading the thread on "cockreamers.net",some on the members on there are a bunch of fucking retards...."beating a dead horse" ?,if anyone of those moron ricers got scammed out of $500,they would raise a fucking shitstorm so big,it would make Fergus's complaint look like he lost 10 cents.

I only logged in there to put up the post and wont be going there again unless requested by members of the other miata forums to do so, the same as the last time etc.
It doesn't really matter to me what happens to CR after this, it can crash and burn for all I care. Perhaps this may even make it clean up and be a better site ? Dunno & don't care.
But if it happens again to some other person then CR is already listed. And the next time they start getting multipal reports from people stating they were robbed by a sponser then I'm sure that they will hesitate and THINK about it first rather than go ripping the thread apart and then locking it trying to hush it all up.
Over 10 weeks no flares and no refund but it's somebody else's job to handle that now...

Man that is BS. All I have is his address if you need it (though I'm sure you have it already). I was going to send back this steering wheel and quick release after it taking 3 months to get it but thankfully you bringing it out to the open on CR the few times I've been on made me hesitant. Hopefully you get whats rightfully yours and he'll get whats coming to him :ky:

Sorry to hear he had your cash for 3 months without sending you anything man. I wonder how many other peoples cash he has stacked away in his bank account without sending any parts out ? Parhaps he didn't/doesn't even have the parts to send out ?

I would advise ANYONE who had a bad experience/dealings with Racing Lifestyle to file a complaint online with the IC3: http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

If Racing Lifestyle had/has your cash without sending parts file a complaint.
If he gave you a partial refund (i.e less P&P etc) after keeping your cash for ANY amount of time file a complaint.
If it took a LONG TIME for the parts to arrive etc.

From: service@intl.paypal.com (service@intl.paypal.com)
Sent: 15 September 2008 03:06:40
Racing Lifestyle Inc (meguina@cox.net) has issued you a full refund for your payment.
Original Payment Details - Date Payment Sent: Jul. 4, 2008


It took him over TWO MONTHS to give me my money back.
This issue is NOW CLOSED for me, buy 'they' are still going to go after him.


I would still advise ANYONE who had a bad experience/dealings with Racing Lifestyle to file a complaint online with the IC3, do not let this happen again to somebody else: http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

If Racing Lifestyle had/has your cash without sending parts file a complaint.
If he gave you a partial refund (i.e less P&P etc) after keeping your cash for ANY amount of time file a complaint.
If it took a LONG TIME for the parts to arrive etc file a complaint.


(PS) I still have to check with the CC company to see if the funds are actually there though.....

Glad you finally got your money back, but it should never have taken this long, it took him all of two minutes to send you a refund via pay-pal....stick it to him as hard as you can publicity-wise man (not that you aren't already :giggle:)

Thanks man :wavey:
I wonder what finally put a gun to his head about it since he had cleared out his PayPal account etc.
Who cares, I've just order a set of flares (with tracking number & insurance) and will have them by next Thursday !

R.I.P. Racing Lifestyle :owned: