Anybody know a company of clowns called Gearhead in Waterloo Iowa?

Man, you would think the REVOLUTIONARY WAR would have taught your government a few things! I guess you've just become used to taking it in the keester... we got tired of it over 200 yrs. ago!

 

I bought something from gearhead. When I got it, it was a chinese knockoff of the brand name part that was pictured/listed as in the ad.

I sent it back and filed a claim with paypal and got a refund.

never heard a word from those guys, no emails, nada.

 

I was gonna buy a IFS MII kit from the the waterloo guys thank god I didn't

 

gads thank goodness i didnt order from Rod Parts warehouse. I have seen thier ads in many rod mags, and their prices were good and i figured since they advertised in a reputable mag and they were still in business that they were a good out fit. THANK YOU HAMB'RS. I just was going back thru older stuff here in the HAMB and stumbled on this. We dont need any of those kind of people that give shoddy service or none at all.

 

I bought an SS radiator overflow tank from them about a year ago off Ebay. The deal went fine. Probably just an oversight on their part. Sad to hear another dealer doesn't give a damn.

 

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Yep......same guy. If I'm not mistaken, he got too big for the place he had in Waterloo, and found himself new digs out in Hudson, (about ten miles away.)
I think I've said this before, but I'll say it again.......DON'T BUY FROM THEM! (Most of it is Chinese knockoffs anyway.)

Roger

 

Hi Guys, After reading this thread, and having dealt with theses losers myself, I did some digging around and found out that the following are all the same guy selling on Ebay under different names and ID's: FatRodders Rod Parts, GearheadWorld, Gonefishing69 and Fatrodder. The female that everyone has been talking about being so rude is named "Tammie" and I received an email from her from Fatrodders Rod Parts. The addresses for these are all from Waterloo, IA and Hudson, IA. The thing that has really got me wondering is that they all have very high feedback counts with around a 98.5 to 99.5 positive feedback rating. That seems awfully high for companies that are consistently dealing out bad customer service and ripping people off. The only explanation I can offer is that the folks leaving the positive feedback on Ebay did so in fear of receiving negative feedback themselves. Since the feedback rating system has been changed to prevent sellers from leaving negative ratings for buyers we should see a drastic change in the amount of positive feedback being left for these idiots. It appears to me that the owner or owners of all these seller Id's has used so many of them in an attempt to spread out all the negativity instead of having it all collect under one name. This gives the illusion of having fewer dissatisfied customers in order to enhance business. The bottom line still remains that he is ripping off everyone he can and doesn't care a bit about customer satisfaction. The bad part about all this is that there is nothing that can be done to prevent these guys from keeping it up. All they have to do is change the name of the seller and it's back to business as usual. If anyone has any ideas as to how we can protect each other from these guys Please post it so we can put it into action. Personally I wish there was a way we could wage war on these fools and put them out of business for good. When it comes right down to it they are stealing and ripping us all off on daily basis. It would sure be nice if we could turn the tables on them so they knew how it felt. Anybody got any ideas?

 

thanks for posting this was about to go buy a 32 grill and insert from them reasonablly priced figured it doesnt fit like the description says called to ask if i could pick it up in person 2 save shipping said i could but doubt i will waste my time after reading this

 

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