[militaryman4455]

Soooo... Why are these so hard to get? And why doesnt someone else other than benchmark make them? Nice lookin pan though!

 

[HITMONEY]

Soooo... Why are these so hard to get? And why doesnt someone else other than benchmark make them? Nice lookin pan though!

Order one from them.. let us know how you like it when you get it sometime in 2013... lol

 

[militaryman4455]

Order one from them.. let us know how you like it when you get it sometime in 2013... lol

Lol, Im not doubtin ya Hit... Im just askin why.

Do they make each one to order.... from steel ore all the way to powder coat? :thefinger:

 

[HITMONEY]

Lol, Im not doubtin ya Hit... Im just askin why.

Do they make each one to order.... from steel ore all the way to powder coat? :thefinger:

My best guess..

He waits until he has enough orders to justify a "Run" of them.. where your order lies on that time line only he knows.. you could wait weeks, months or even a year.

Its either that, or he just doesn't give a fuck, and he will get to it when he gets to it. :dunno:

Its very similar to he complaints of Off Road Hero's tops... great products but the CS runs hot and cold.

 

[Charlie]

Damn, that thing is fine. I'm going to order me one, so what if it takes a year! :th_pray:

 

[paramaniac]

Order one from them.. let us know how you like it IF you get it sometime in 2013... lol

FIFY

 

[rdlynch2]

Damn, that thing is fine. I'm going to order me one, so what if it takes a year! :th_pray:

Sounds like a good investment. One time i went to a deli that I heard made awesome sandwiches, I paid, they delivered one to my work 8 months later. Boy was it good!

Im an asshole. I know. But seriously?!?!? You dont have a problem with waiting a year for a product?

Im either going with the asfir oil pan skid or nothing at all. I cannot justify the cost and added weight of a full skid. I gave up on even considering giving that dude a dime.

 

[Charlie]

You dont have a problem with waiting a year for a product?

Not really. I might order 4-5 and charge $225 for the extras. Pretty good return and no delay for the lucky recipients! :thankyou:

 

[Nwapache]

Assuming you get anything at all. This guy lives 30 minutes away from me, and he is a shady fucktard. There are plenty of folks that gave him payment and NEVER got their shit. I wanted a stage 3 battery kit, read all the crap and told him the only way i'd buy one was in person. He meets me, shucks and jives, shows me all the parts, offers to help with install, takes my $400 and drives away. I get home, and realize I got no instructions. While i'm waiting (days) to get them, I come to realize he gave me the stage 2 solenoid. I called that fucker for a week he never answered. AFTER I made a big enough splash, I get UPS with the stage 3 solenoid in it. Never a word from him.
Meanwhile, i'd done some skiptracing on him, saw the trail of body parts, the bbb complaints, the business licenses shifted around, the foreclosed houses, etc...
You deal with this guy, EXPECT to get fucked. If a part shows up, and its the right part, go buy a lottery ticket because its your lucky day.

 

[Charlie]

Well, I have to admit, that is not a promising outlook. Thanks for the detail.

 

[snksknr94]

Sounds like a good investment. One time i went to a deli that I heard made awesome sandwiches, I paid, they delivered one to my work 8 months later. Boy was it good!

Im an asshole. I know. But seriously?!?!? You dont have a problem with waiting a year for a product?

Im either going with the asfir oil pan skid or nothing at all. I cannot justify the cost and added weight of a full skid. I gave up on even considering giving that dude a dime.

That ASFIR skid is nice. I just installed mine last week. Took maybe 10 minutes to do and fit perfect.

 

[rdlynch2]

Assuming you get anything at all. This guy lives 30 minutes away from me, and he is a shady fucktard. There are plenty of folks that gave him payment and NEVER got their shit. I wanted a stage 3 battery kit, read all the crap and told him the only way i'd buy one was in person. He meets me, shucks and jives, shows me all the parts, offers to help with install, takes my $400 and drives away. I get home, and realize I got no instructions. While i'm waiting (days) to get them, I come to realize he gave me the stage 2 solenoid. I called that fucker for a week he never answered. AFTER I made a big enough splash, I get UPS with the stage 3 solenoid in it. Never a word from him.
Meanwhile, i'd done some skiptracing on him, saw the trail of body parts, the bbb complaints, the business licenses shifted around, the foreclosed houses, etc...
You deal with this guy, EXPECT to get fucked. If a part shows up, and its the right part, go buy a lottery ticket because its your lucky day.

Maybe he is in jail now thats why he cannot keep up production!

 

[petef550]

Back around thanksgiving I sent him an email about the oil pan and in the email I put that I know he is known to take your money and its months before you get it and that I have heard his first run of pans were leaking oil. About 6 weeks later he responded saying that he was making 25 pans right now and if I wanted one to pay him through pay pal. He never made mention to my questions he just wanted to get paid for the oil pan. He sounds like he's robbing peter to pay Paul. And no I didn't buy the pan as awesome as it looks he's just to fucking shady for me.

 

[Dr.Dirty]

Sounds like a good investment. One time i went to a deli that I heard made awesome sandwiches, I paid, they delivered one to my work 8 months later. Boy was it good!

Im an asshole. I know. But seriously?!?!? You dont have a problem with waiting a year for a product?

Im either going with the asfir oil pan skid or nothing at all. I cannot justify the cost and added weight of a full skid. I gave up on even considering giving that dude a dime.

Then go ahead and fab one up yourself, how hard could it be? make sure you report back

 

[rdlynch2]

Then go ahead and fab one up yourself, how hard could it be? make sure you report back

Regardless of how "hard" a product is to make, not at all saying that something like this is easy to produce or there are no excuses for not keeping up production, but as a business man, he continually makes false promises to people and never even acknowledges his complete lack of customer service. If he acknowledged it, and told customers, even if it was after they paid, that it may take this long to ship, what have you, then you would at least know the situation with the product you paid for.

 

[Dr.Dirty]

Regardless of how "hard" a product is to make, not at all saying that something like this is easy to produce or there are no excuses for not keeping up production, but as a business man, he continually makes false promises to people and never even acknowledges his complete lack of customer service. If he acknowledged it, and told customers, even if it was after they paid, that it may take this long to ship, what have you, then you would at least know the situation with the product you paid for.

Once again dude your bitch falls on deaf ears..... You like to talk shit about a company you have had zero dealings with. There are hundreds of happy customers to go with the unhappy ones. Like I said you feel you can do better go for it.... You see there is a market for them so have at it..

 

[rdlynch2]

Once again dude your bitch falls on deaf ears..... You like to talk shit about a company you have had zero dealings with. There are hundreds of happy customers to go with the unhappy ones. Like I said you feel you can do better go for it.... You see there is a market for them so have at it..

As a matter of fact, your wrong there scooter. I have dealt with benchmark, but decided not to purchase from him. I was going to place an order on his website, but, decided to give him a call to make sure that I would get it in a relatively recent time frame due to what I heard from numerous people on this forum and elsewhere. He never answered or returned my message. Then I emailed, 2 times. About 6 or 7 weeks later I received in an email back from him stating production was delayed but if I made a purchase via paypal he would get one out to me soon but would not give me a time frame. Either way, you obviously like him, and have had no problems, I'm not here to get in a pissing match with you over proper business integrity, but I will certainly always advise people against what I believe to be wrong. Thats all.

 

[Dr.Dirty]

As a matter of fact, your wrong there scooter. I have dealt with benchmark, but decided not to purchase from him. I was going to place an order on his website, but, decided to give him a call to make sure that I would get it in a relatively recent time frame due to what I heard from numerous people on this forum and elsewhere. He never answered or returned my message. Then I emailed, 2 times. About 6 or 7 weeks later I received in an email back from him stating production was delayed but if I made a purchase via paypal he would get one out to me soon but would not give me a time frame. Either way, you obviously like him, and have had no problems, I'm not here to get in a pissing match with you over proper business integrity, but I will certainly always advise people against what I believe to be wrong. Thats all.

Scooter??? you know me? I only let my boyfriends call me that. Last time I check you weren't on my list.


I guess ill take your advice and tell everyone that there is three sides to every story....

To the OP Glad you got one, youll be super happy with it


Ill let it bee after all this is a tech thread which apparently means little to nothing around here these days

 

[Charlie]

When I get home, I'm going to call and order one. I'll try to use my credit card for record keeping but some of these guys are more artist than businessman and I can live with that. I'll put updates in this thread. :gluging:

 

[monkers]

I emailed him a couple weeks ago, and made him aware (not in a nasty way) that I was aware of his actions, or lack there of. Told him I like the product but with all the bad press kinda up in the air about it. He emailed me back the next morning and told me that when I was ready to order, he would send me the pan, and when I got it, then I could pay him through pay pal. Still havent ordered one.....but maybe you want to present this to him .......