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Habanero666
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Hilarious trade me auction!

Post by Habanero666 » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:06 pm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =208318156

I had seen these for sale too!

Sorry to see you caught out Matt, and good work warning others :D
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Post by zorruno » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:28 pm

Repeat after me - 'Must take screenshot of dodgy trademe Auctions'

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Post by Habanero666 » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:50 pm

oh damn!

Yes I must remember to save things like this!

It was an auction for a stainless steel turbo exhaust manifold he had purchased off trade me and it was not as expected, he did a fantastic job pointing out the defects in the same manner as they were advertised as performance aspects!!!!

Hahaha, I still can't stop laughing.
All I have is the description of the auction.
The suspect products being sold are under MX5 performance parts.



Dodgy MX5 STAINLESS MANIFOLD TURBO
CHEAP AND NASTY
Monday, 23 March

It is just a good thing when people stand up for themselves!






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Hilarious trade me auction!

Post by simple » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:50 pm

Text of the auction was:

Behold this wonder of engineering..

The guy I bought it off here on TM informs me this manifold "has been
ported and polished for the best possible flow"

Complete with all the features required for high horsepower:
-Misaligned flanges
-Jagged internal grinding
-Sloppy welds
-Highly restrictive joins
-No porting OR polishing

The photos speak for themselves.

**the red marks in the photo indicate where the manifold failed to even
mate with my block.

AS SOLD ON TRADEME. BUYER BEWARE.

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Post by sprsta » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:54 pm

was a good laugh you can see the misalignment on the turbo flange bolt holes on the other auctions if you look hard

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Post by Habanero666 » Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:55 pm

YEP, I'm glad someone else enjoyed the effort!

I know I won't be buying from that supplier!
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