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A little over $500 with their crappy shiny mani and dp. Yeah, I know. Shoulda known better. I thought I was just getting lucky that nobody was really bidding against me. Da'oh!

I've known of people paying over $400 for the turbo alone (silly since they sell it at their site for $400). I figured I was saving money on a brand name. Guess the trust behind a brand name is worth it sometimes. I sooo hate thieves and liars.

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HA, you thik ebay is going to do something to one of their top players?? ebay gets money for everyone of his sell, why would they do something to jeopardize that just for a guy with a 20 feedback?? and for the record, ebay does own sqare trade :P

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lol yeah that price is cheap for a mani downpipe and turbo.
But if the turbo will last that is another question.
I would put a T3/T4 with or without ballbearing in my car though....anything is better then nothing. But ballbearing would be nice though

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I had the same thing happen, I paid the kid immediately after the auction, and the product was bull, and I left negative feedback... Then he gives me negative feedback saying I never paid, blah blah... I just posted a response to his feedback saying I have the receipt for immediate payment upon request, to this day he's my only negative... There are a bunch of Fuckers on eGay...

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yeah, i have one negative feedback also, i bid on something, and was out of town when the auction ended, when i came back (two days after auction ended), i paid the guy and then saw my feedback. he was real sorry about it, but he could have done something to reverse it, or after i put my response to the feedback, i've seen the opposite party put another response to your response. so obviously he wasn't too sorry, and he took three weeks to ship because he didn't even have the stuff, he had to order fittings (oil lines) :P then i had another deadbeat bidder that didn't pay for something, and he said he would leave me negative feedback if i left him negative feedback for not paying me ???

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so long as we are on the ebay thing. i had a guy put up an auction on vactaion. i bid i win. i get an auto email. so i wait till he is supposed to be back in town and email him again. i sent hhim mail for like 10 days and finally i give it one lasts hot and send one with a read receipt and the focker replies!!! i realized that the item i won was not really what i wanted. it was a 7200 rpm scsi HD and i wanted a 10k rpm hd. it was $5. ad the guy was local..i didnt wnat to go pick it up the guy seemed really shady..so we agreed to call it off. then the focker leaves me a neutral!!!! grrrrrrr. i have had at least 3 people leave aboslutely no feedback after excellent transactions and then this guy has to be an ass and leaves a neutral. for $5 he could have kept his mouth shut. pissed me off. yeah ebay has some real winners out there. it used to be you could buy/sell just by being a a trustworthy person now everyone is out to stab you int heback. i sent some pistons to the netherlands to a guy i didnt know with no cash up front. he sent me cash pretty quick all things considered and i didnt even think twice about it. thats the way it should be. now its stupid anymore gotta really watch your back or you get screwed.

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i dont know if the actual question was answered but you cant tell visually from the outside of the turbo.

lol sorry for going off topic! ;D

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Ok, they got the parts back 11/25 and I had a paypal for the full amount 8) (incl shipping) the next day - yesterday. The guy wanted to hassle me on the phone ("yeah, some ball bearings are wet floating"... "why'd you file a fraud report, can't you just trust us" - what??? ::) ), but I guess between my emails, fraud complaint, phone call and the nice note I dropped in the box I scared them straight. Anyway, I got my money back minus the $10 for shipping that crap back to them. Lesson learned.

SSAUTOCHROME = poop
HOTRODHEADERS = poop
STONEMOUNTAINRACING = poop
XS POWER = poop

They don't publish their number (the number for their paypal account is a fax number that just rings) and they don't answer their emails (I've sent 4+ to various accounts over the past 3 mo). They think they can screw you and you'll just give up or pass their junk off on someone else. Anyone who does is playing on their hands... Make them pay!!!

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I didn't feel like readeing everything because I dont know how to read, but anyone hasn't said it I will. you put oil through the turbo to COOL DOWN the turbo.

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kinda, its for lubrication. friction is a barings (sp) worst enemy.