well looks like i got ripped off by a guy in Terry, Montana..It all started January 2nd when I had a Area 51 gas engine that I wanted to trade for a smaller gas engine for my cub, he stated that he would pay for shipping and trade for a ccrc-26cc gas engine along with a money order from the post office for $80.00 for the cost difference of his 26cc engine, He posted an ad for a trade for his ccrc pro 26cc engine on RCU but closed it without accepting my offer. (I shipped the engine with haste to meet my dead line to get my plane in the air). After emailing back and forth we agreed to do the above trade. I shipped the engine 2day mail as he was supposed to do the same. Off the bat he stated he shipped the engine off the same time i did.He gave me a bogus fedex tracking number that was for another package he shipped going to texas..not here in NC.
after not recieving the engine for a week, and nuermous emails from him stating he sent the package via fedex, I contacted FEDex and check to see if any package was being shipped from terry Mt to my address. Fedex stated no package was scanned or shipped heading to my address.This was a total lie i found out. I emailed him back stating the fedex said he sent no such package from his address or from Terry Montana to my location. He basically said he shipped it and pleaded, but would go to the store where he shipped it .He gave me a story that they did not send the package since it smelled like gas. This to me was somewhat understandable and belivable. He also told me that the engine I sent him had a bad ignition and had some paper in the carb, which is completely false since I ran the engine on a stand right before I shipped it to him. It ran flawless, and had a new spark plug in it. I told him that was very, very odd since I just had it running. And I never ever had any issues with it. He stated he had to replace the carb at $60 dollars and how he is out of an engine and had to pay out of pocket BS. This whole time I still have not recieved the engine from him...1.5week later the engine arrives. the engine looks good and has the timing removed from it. After trying to get this engines timing correct, i try to start the engine. It never starts, after having a well known gear head from my airfield that knows gas engines for 15+ years fails to get the engine to start with new spark plugs and even an electric starter. We deem this engine a useless lemon. After emailing the orginial owner of all the difficulty were having, the outcome we had with it, I tell him that we need to figure out a solution and that the money order is still missing and has not came and how its well over due. He states send the 26cc back to him and he will send the area 51 engine back, at this time I never recieved the 80.00 money order that he claimed he shipped at the same time as the engine which to this very day (march 13th has not arrived.This was again a lie.) I ship back the ccrc pro and he complains how i scratched it up and it was not the same condition as when he shipped it after it being on a test stand it did have very little clamp marks on it which i thought were extremly minor and normally happen when you mount an engine. Also one sensor screw hole was already stripped when it arrived my my house. After 1-2 weeks of no replys to my emails or contact, I decided to contact the local sheriff and see what he can do. He stated that this guy was well known to police for fraud and other related stuff..after the police go talk to him he said he plans on shipping the engine back to me..its now march 13th and i still have no ccrc-pro engine in my hands nor do i have my area 51 engine or money order..out of $400.00 in engine. After harsh words with this guy, he tell me that I ripped him off by sending him an engine with a bad ignition and carb! But he had the engine running and flying. Now he has both engines. he then goes and tells me he will not send the money order and for me to sue him. I told him I'm not out to sue anyone, I just want my engine back..After telling him he can keep the money if he rethreads the sensor and gets the 26cc running and im ok with that. well that was about 8 days ago and still no motor I called him 4 days ago and he claims he shipped it via us snail regular mail about a week ago..I'm now severly POed..and ready to fly to montana. I still dont have the engine or money order.
I've bought and sold from RCU over 65 times with no problems until now...Its people like this that ruin the potential good experiences here, but I'm not going to let one bad rotten apple ruin this for me...I have the guys address & cell phone number and call him asking where the heck is the engine his last excuse was I got to check the reciept. Now i'm about ready for action. tired of the lies and want results...feeling a bit burned, I realize this is a civil matter, but would caution people about this member, also I was wondering what RCU could do on its end.