So you bought a non-OEM-replacement (not the OEM part for your vehicle) intercooler from SOMEONE ELSE and are expecting Darkside Developments to make hoses for a part that they didn't even supply?
What is your problem? Take RyanP up on his offer to ship the parts back via prepaid shipment and refund your purchase price and be done with it. That you now have an intercooler that doesn't fit your car is YOUR PROBLEM, not theirs. This is what happens when you try to piece something together with parts not really meant for your specific application and bought from everybody and his brother. This is YOUR PROBLEM.
If you had bought an entire complete kit from one vendor and which was meant for your specific application then perhaps you may have a case. But with parts bought from everyone ... its on you.
You are being unreasonably difficult to deal with.
If you are going to punish me by banning me for a few days at least get the story straight.
1. "So you bought a non-OEM-replacement (not the OEM part for your vehicle) intercooler"
Yes I did, I exercised the power of my right to choose, my absolute right to spend my money where and how I see fit... and your point is??? Also this is the exact inter-cooler (AS I stated above) That darkside advertises and sells for my vehicle, and a paid less money for the exact same part and I am very proud I did not spend more than I had to thank you very much.
2. "and are expecting Darkside Developments to make hoses for a part that they didn't even supply?"
Not at all and not in the slightest. this is deceptive and misleading, if you had read my earlier posts, it should be clear to you, I ordered two hoses that are manufactured and sold by darkside developments to fit the exact inter-cooler I purchased FROM SOMEONE ELSE and that inter-cooler is also sold directly by darkside developments (for more money), even with brexit, it still costs more than $100 than what I paid not including shipping. So yeah no surprise there. Additionally, it is abundantly clear I am not now, nor have I ever asked darkside developments to manufacture anything, nothing I have ever said could even be construed in a million years to to be taken as such.
3. "What is your problem?"
My problem is I need to correct hose as advertised, manufactured, sold and that I purchased from darkside developments, same thing I have stated in the above "rant".
4. "Take RyanP up on his offer to ship the parts back via prepaid shipment and refund your purchase price and be done with it."
This to is deceptive, as the only "offer" made to me by anyone is for me to take measurements of a box and weigh it with the hose inside and then give that information directly to darkside developments (which they already have) and then for me to ship the item(s) back for a refund. No offer was ever made to supply me with any pre-paid shipment labels. So again, a lot of deceptive comments making it appear the vendor is trying to make good on something, which they have not. Now since GoFaster is condemning me and defending ryanp, ill assume they are friends or else somehow ryanp has falsely stated the above offer to GoFaster who would now be completely misled and under the false belief such offer has been made. GoFaster I hope you can provide proof there has been such an offer made to me prior to these public posts. As of today's date, no return shipping label has been furnished to me by ryanp or darkside developments and no offer to pay for said return shipping has been made to me either via email or private messaging.
5. "That you now have an intercooler that doesn't fit your car is YOUR PROBLEM, not theirs."
Again, this is a completely false and misleading statement. I have an inter-cooler that fits my car perfectly, is designed for my car specifically and would have been installed by now had darkside developments made good on my purchase and their word by supplying me the correct hoses. *****LET THE BUYER BEWARE***** the hoses as supplied do not fit the vehicle, even though it fits the inter-cooler and the inter-cooler fits the vehicle perfectly fine. The hose kit, as previously advertised, would fit the vehicle and inter-cooler, but again darkside devlopements sent the wrong part.
6. "This is what happens when you try to piece something together with parts not really meant for your specific application and bought from everybody and his brother."
Wrong again, this is another deceptive and misleading statement and a false conclusion. The inter-cooler is advertised and sold by vendors all over the world for my year make and model. Darkside developments advertises this inter-cooler for my year make and model and it does in fact fit perfectly. Thousands of consumer have purchased this inter-cooler and installed them. I bought parts for my specific application, I simply didn't pay more money for the same exact copy of a part from darkside developments, nor would I as I have no vendor loyalty at this point and I will never purchase from them again after this. I have the right to buy "from everybody and his brother". Bashing me for buying elsewhere is no better than what I got banned for, bashing other vendors for selling the same parts cheaper is also unprofessional and no better than me stating my personal opinions about brexit, but I get banned for punishment and GoFaster gets to spout off with his opinions and bashes me for not buying everything from darkside developments...he wont get punished though or banned.
7. "If you had bought an entire complete kit from one vendor and which was meant for your specific application then perhaps you may have a case. But with parts bought from everyone ... its on you."
So now we get to the real issue...money. Again, I bought 2 hoses, there is no "entire complete kit". The kit includes the 2 hoses, does not include an inter-cooler. This statement is completely out of line and member bashing and GoFaster should be banned or punished for this. Steering me to buy from a specific vendor and punishing me when I don't sounds like a violations of the forum rules. This statement is also false and misleading as I absolutely do have a case, I bought the hose "kit" for my "specific" application as darkside was already aware of my year make and model and engine code before I even ordered the hoses. So GoFaster says since I didn't also pay more money and buy the same exact inter-cooler copy from darkside and instead only bought what should have been the correct hose kit as advertised and marketed and sold by darkside, then it is on me and I will be punished and banned for such a transgression.
8. "You are being unreasonably difficult to deal with."
After all I have been through, this is completely false and misleading. I have been upset, frustrated, misled, delayed, victimized, punished, banned and the like, but not unreasonably difficult. I fully expect ill be punished again after this and be banned further by Gofaster.
34 emails to and from myself and darkside developments. All emails will be forwarded to my financial institution upon request. I am taking pictures tonight and will try and post (if GoFaster does not ban me again), the hose will not fit and will not work.
Additionally, I have now spent an additional $50 on a hose and a joiner and 2 hose clamps. Darkside developments should reimburse me the $50 and I need to be refunded the price difference between their custom molded silicone hose that is part of the hose kit and the generic 70mm to 57mm 90 degree reducing hose. This is the only thing at this point that is fair. I should be charging darkside developments money for every day I am delayed doing the job because of their mistake...that's fair. Also i think this forum moderator at large should be ashamed of himself. Taking advantage and bashing me and other vendors to support ryanp maybe he gets free or reduced cost parts from ryanp for his support as he has completely demonstrated his bias and prejudice against me.
GoFaster...what is YOUR problem???
