Re: [DML] My DMC is a financial hole - what should I do at this point

[R Holden <royceholden@xxxxxxxxx>]

Damn, that's cold.  Must be a good day for the
Delorean shop that can pick and choose it's customers.
 Too bad for them that consumers are fighting back and
making it known on forums like this...

R.


--- Jon <jon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When I first purchased my Delorean I need to buy
> some parts.  Not being familiar with most of the
> vendors out there, I shopped around for prices, and
> one of the places I called was Delorean One.  They
> refused to quote me a price on parts, and instead
> said "You aren't the kind of customer we're looking
> for".  They are looking for customers that will
> blindly hand over any amount of money they ask for.
> 
> So in a nutshell, in less than five minutes I knew
> what Delorean One was all about, and learned  that
> if price is any concern to you, Delorean one would
> consider you to not be the type of customer they are
> looking for.
> 
> There are plenty of other (great) vendors, with much
> better business practices and customer service than
> Delorean One.
> 
> Jon
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: daviddlasvegas <daviddlasvegas@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 11:45:09 AM
> Subject: [DML] My DMC is a financial hole - what
> should I do at this point
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>             Hi all. Just got finished with my last
> DMC fiasco and wanted some 
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> advice...
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> I bought a 1981 with 12,000 miles on it for $14,000
> (I know now that 
> 
> the millages is obviously wrong) from the cars
> second owner. The car 
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> was advertised as "excellent condition" etc. I took
> it for a test 
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> drive and bought it.
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> Well, to make a long story short within 2 months I
> had to pay Delorean 
> 
> One Motors of Los Angeles, CA almost $20,000 for
> repairs. The car was 
> 
> a chop job and all the major systems and components
> had to be 
> 
> replaced. I've just spent another $3,000 in repairs
> for more things 
> 
> that popped up and now I have a fuel system issue. I
> haven't even 
> 
> begun to refurb the interior (I want to replace the
> seats and carpet).
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> I don't see the car as a financial investment; I
> just love and enjoy 
> 
> owning and driving it. I'm just sick of every day a
> new problem 
> 
> popping up and don't know when to call it quits as
> far as putting 
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> money in it.
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Royce Holden
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