do not buy grills from j-reid

[dorsetsaxo]

bit of a rant really as im absolutely gutted to the bad workmanship ive received through the post the other day, i ordered an early mk1 grill to be debadged and smoothed (which is a service he offers hear on he club) i paid 45 quid for him for this service and this is what i recieved

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k239/v6cally/grill.jpg
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k239/v6cally/grill2.jpg
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k239/v6cally/grill3.jpg
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k239/v6cally/grill5.jpg
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k239/v6cally/grill4.jpg
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k239/v6cally/grill6.jpg

1, it was sent in a bin bag and a bit of bubble wrap

2 the grill was sprayed and then wrapped in bubble wrap while the paint was wet, i had to peel the bubble wrap off

3 and because off crappy parcelling all the FILLER had cracked

ive emailed him to try and resolve it by two options 1st was i'll send it back for him to redo this satisfactoraly or give me 30 quid back of my 45 (as a grill probably cost him 15) so i can have ago my self (cant do any worse) or i'll report him to the club

and his grown up reply was

ha do what you like bud, i dont do the grills anymore, im hardley ever on saxp anymore so it realy doesnt bother me, be a spoiled child about it and have your paddy. i see your frustrations but your terms were not reasonalble.

so if any one was considering this service do ya self a favour and dont because it'll be crap and a waste of money

[Saamuell]

Looks like snake skin :wacko:

[mclarenmatt]

Get a small claims going mate, that is just terrible imho.

Cheers for the heads up.

[dorsetsaxo]

its just not worth small claims ya live and learn i guess, seems to be a few shisters about lately

[frankie]

that is bad man.

[duffy_89]

Just to defend J-Reid.. I've just received a grill of him afew days ago... looks sweet and is on my car as we speak.. could not fault it.

Although it was sent in a bin bag and bubble rap (did the job though)

[Mango_Wes]

Whats wrong with it? Looks fine to me....

Only Joking, ahahah get all ya money back mate!

[0rang3peel]

He has done alot of peoples and they have been fine, but that attitude regarding a refund etc is bs

[dorsetsaxo]

all i wanted was it rectified in some way! but nothing, no suggestion from him at all basically f*^&" £ff

[MR_N]

Bugger, i was gona get one aswell. Thanks for the warning

[swampy]

Once i get my workshop set up ill be able to offer these.
Filler will be minimal as i bond a new section in.
Have done a number of 205 and 306 ones.
Posting is a pain though!

[smiith]

For posting, put a few squares in between the slats, then they wont bend ;)

[ne_jam]

didnt relise people would pay good money for these i may start doing them if people are interested

[dorsetsaxo]

i see hes stopped advertising them

[Predator_R32]

Jam me an you set up :y:

oh i do wish i had the time, plus im a perfectionist and these things take time to get right

[ne_jam]

im going to do bones old mark one grill to make sure i can get them spot on and if some , i will start making them if theres money there to make

[Mike-VTR]

mine came the exact same from j-reid, but i just got on with it.....

EDIT this was my pm to him.

cheers mate recieved the grill today.

looks sweet, but i dont think you let it dry enough before sending as the top half and chevs have loads of creases in the paint from the plastic wrapping.

still ok though

cheers

[SaxoMuffin]

My mk2 grill popped out when closing the bonet due to crappy glue...also from J-reid if you didn't guess and does need another spray to get 100% percent..

[Rob-6]

i also have had a grille of j-reid and it had bubble wrap marks all over it and a few other problems. so i messaged him and he paid the postage for me to send it back for him to sort which he did but it still had glue splattered on the mesh and the mesh was coming off! so in the end i pulled the mesh off and im now going to sort it myself after paying £45.

[EwynSaxo]

Wow im glad a read this was gonna swap him my dimma for a black grille with white chevs glad i didnt now

[deanomx206]

jonos vts told me about a similar experience today!

[readie]

i had a bad grille off him two the mountings have come away from the glue the grille doesnt fit right in the hole and the mesh is rusting

[Rob-6]

i thought mine was just a mistake he had made so wasnt too bothered at the time but looks like most peoples are crap

[Ashleyp]

imo, its a bit bad, loads of people have had problems, yet nobody has bought this thread up sooner

resulting in several members losing cash

small claims court can work if everyone clubs together, item sold not as described and all that

or by paypal if thats how you paid

[jallen]

i was guna buy one off him thanks for the warning any one know of anybody else doing them whos are good !

[D4N91]

that is terrible workmanship :( definatley get something done about this though ;)

[Pieface]

He must be quite special if he doesn't understand the concept of Paint needing time to dry.

[-Dan-]

Would be almost funny how bad that is If it wasn't that you'd been conned/done over.

[KamRacing]

Once i get my workshop set up ill be able to offer these.
Filler will be minimal as i bond a new section in.
Have done a number of 205 and 306 ones.
Posting is a pain though!

put it in a box .. nice and safe then

[j8nno]

with regards to that picture, he made me a debadged mk2 grill, which when i recieved was exactly the same, there was over ten layers of paint over the slats that had been added to try and hide what a crap job he had done, both pieces were broke, not in line or level! Literally a ten yr old could have done better, but he did refund me the money! Im making my own now!

If someone is going to offer a service like this, they should be compatant enough to actually be able to carry the job out to a good finish!

[Rob-6]

with regards to that picture, he made me a debadged mk2 grill, which when i recieved was exactly the same, there was over ten layers of paint over the slats that had been added to try and hide what a crap job he had done, both pieces were broke, not in line or level! Literally a ten yr old could have done better, but he did refund me the money! Im making my own now!

If someone is going to offer a service like this, they should be compatant enough to actually be able to carry the job out to a good finish!

did you send the grill back to him?

[marcusd]

jesus i'm so glad i turned down his offer to make me a dimma grill. i may as well has flushed my money away. maybe sax p needs a new name n shame section would hopefully weed out the con artists

[Matt67]

jesus i'm so glad i turned down his offer to make me a dimma grill. i may as well has flushed my money away. maybe sax p needs a new name n shame section would hopefully weed out the con artists

Only after they have mugged 1 or more people off though, its fair enough naming and shaming them but by that time they've already made there money and fucked off to another forum.

[McGuire86]

This is why I would never buy something off the internet from a person. Only buy from trusted companies.
But why would you pay £45 for something that you can get off ebay for £30 from an actual company ?

[Steve_90]

What a cock mate. I was gonna buy a backbox of him but dont think i wanna trade with him tbh.
Too much of this kinda stuff goes on on here, ive had to deal with a couple ass hole sellers on here but saying that theres also decent people on here.
All you can do is just keep naming and shaming.

[benwh555]

put it in a box .. nice and safe then

Took the words right out my mouth. Well there seem to be alot of good people on here and as long as you ask them sensible questions about the item, their workmanship you should be fine. Although i did ask a very establisbished memeber (who i wont name as i believe it wasa one off) some direct questions on the condition of an item and it wasn't as described. The only advice for this is to ask for plenty of pics that you are happy with and then buy. I only got one pic and was told the other (mirror) was in the same condition (lol) so in a way i should of just not brought them. There is a lesson there.

[NICK2506]

his grilles looked like good quality, and everyone makes the odd mistake, but to send that as a reply is out of order.

[J-Reid]

WOW !! fuckin hell guys. dont all jump on the band waggon.

yes.. ive made a few mistakes along the way, but ive put allot right, dorsetsaxo is making me out to be a right twat, thatquote wasnt even to that message, it was to " im going to report you to the moderators etc." thats when i said " not a big deal" not to the fact of not paying anything back.

for people whos kicking off, have i not sorted out your problems or given you a refund..or atleest offerd.. yes.. so it isnt asif ive took your money and fucked off.

ive had alot of good feedback and im a well known member of the site and i would have hoped that instead of a witch hunt or a slaggin off thread you could have shown abit more respect and just pm'ed me.

[NICK2506]

WOW !! fuckin hell guys. dont all jump on the band waggon.

yes.. ive made a few mistakes along the way, but ive put allot right, dorsetsaxo is making me out to be a right twat, thatquote wasnt even to that message, it was to " im going to report you to the moderators etc." thats when i said " not a big deal" not to the fact of not paying anything back.

for people whos kicking off, have i not sorted out your problems or given you a refund.. yes.. so it isnt asif ive took your money and fucked off.

ive had alot of good feedback and a well known menber of the site and i would have hoped that instead of a witch hunt or a slaggin off thread you could have shown abit more respect.

fair play...and tbh you do have 100% feedback

[Luke]

J-Reid is a top lad.

Done quite a few deals with him recently, like he said - made a few mistakes. I bet that grill was spot on before it went in the packaging, but sometimes you can think it's fully dry when it's not.

[Rob-6]

when i first had the problems with my grill i messaged you and you were really helpful and paid the postage to send back, but it still came back shit after i told you in detail what was wrong with it. just annoying because i paid nearly £50 for it.

[J-Reid]

J-Reid is a top lad.

Done quite a few deals with him recently, like he said - made a few mistakes. I bet that grill was spot on before it went in the packaging, but sometimes you can think it's fully dry when it's not.

thanks mate, yes as said the grill was in there nearly 2 days drying i must have wrapped it too tight. and the crack isnt just my fault it happend in the postall process. it didnt have it when i sent it, heres a pic.
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj66/jordyreid01/DSCF0008.jpg

[J-Reid]

when i first had the problems with my grill i messaged you and you were really helpful and paid the postage to send back, but it still came back shit after i told you in detail what was wrong with it. just annoying because i paid nearly £50 for it.

your talking shit as it was a standerd grill front and chevs. no paint needed. and it slotted onto the back plate as it still had the male an female clips so there would be no problem with it miss fitting. so your obv. just jumping on the band waggon :wacko:

[Rob-6]

your right the second one i got wasnt painted but there was glue on the mesh that had been painted over and when you pick it off it takes the paint with it and the mesh wasnt on very well

[Mike_08]

imo the for sale section should be closed down as this is getting more common on this site now

[J-Reid]

your right the second one i got wasnt painted but there was glue on the mesh that had been painted over and when you pick it off it takes the paint with it and the mesh wasnt on very well

your making out i drowned the mesh with glue, if your honest youd say they may be the slightest bit on the edge, if that, which is to be expected seen as once you cut the slats out you have less than 1cm to apply the sealent to stick the mesh to the back plate. so it wasnt shit. your just been nit picky because someones made a thread about it

[Mike-VTR]

As i said in my pm to you i was happy with my grill it was just wrapped too tight, i didnt whine about it or ask for a refund

I think some ppl have just jump on the band wagon, yet your itrader is good

[Rob-6]

honestly if it was ok i would of said in this thread that i received one from you and it was good im not doing it to join in with everyone else, but the glue on the mesh was well noticeable and i never said it was drowned in it

[J-Reid]

As i said in my pm to you i was happy with my grill it was just wrapped too tight, i didnt whine about it or ask for a refund

I think some ppl have just jump on the band wagon, yet your itrader is good

yes thank you mate, but i did offer any refund costs.. it isnt asif im trying to scam people.. people have just taken this wayy out of hand.

[Predator_R32]

Good stuff mate glad to see your resolving this :y:

its best to leave paint a good week to harden before even handling it imo

[J-Reid]

Good stuff mate glad to see your resolving this :y:

its best to leave paint a good week to harden before even handling it imo

ye obv longer you leave it the better mate but i get people PM'ing me every day kicking off they dont have a grill. so its hard to meet both needs.

[Predator_R32]

best to state to them, if people arent patience then they have no idea about this kind of work

if theres any abusive pms please contact one of us too ;)

[Pieface]

ye obv longer you leave it the better mate but i get people PM'ing me every day kicking off they dont have a grill. so its hard to meet both needs.

Explain it to them? I doubt they are kicking off if you said you just need to wait for the paint to harden.

And just a notice, I've done probably what, 15 trades on here which all went smoothly I might add, but not everyone leaves feedback hence my low score. Remember that iTrader isn't always fully true to the seller.

[J-Reid]

best to state to them, if people arent patience then they have no idea about this kind of work

if theres any abusive pms please contact one of us too ;)

haha cheers ill keep that in mind lol.

[J-Reid]

Explain it to them? I doubt they are kicking off if you said you just need to wait for the paint to harden.

And just a notice, I've done probably what, 15 trades on here which all went smoothly I might add, but not everyone leaves feedback hence my low score. Remember that iTrader isn't always fully true to the seller.

no as some people send there own grills so go without thers for a short space of time. and there constantly nagging for their grills. its not an excuse, im just trying to show everyone it from my side

but to be fair, dorsetsaxo diddnt nag he was pacient. but it was just that i wrapped it too tight that caused the marks.

[Ashleyp]

a little point id like to raise...

J-reids iTrader score is very high and 100%

if everyone has such a big problem, then why not leave neg feedback? isnt that what the systems for...

like i said earlier, a few people have made complaints now, but they could have done so before..

fair play to the guy for defending himself, i as with most people cant comment on this as its not our place and have had no dealings with it

imo, its best to only comment in the thread if you are actually involved...

[NICK2506]

no as some people send there own grills so go without thers for a short space of time. and there constantly nagging for their grills. its not an excuse, im just trying to show everyone it from my side

but to be fair, dorsetsaxo diddnt nag he was pacient. but it was just that i wrapped it too tight that caused the marks.

yeah, when i sprayed mine i drove round without a grille for a week or so, its the price you have to pay for a good quality finish.

[dorsetsaxo]

thanks mate, yes as said the grill was in there nearly 2 days drying i must have wrapped it too tight. and the crack isnt just my fault it happend in the postall process. it didnt have it when i sent it, heres a pic.
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj66/jordyreid01/DSCF0008.jpg


so its my fault you wrapped it a bin bag and a small bit of bubble wrap!!! That what i quoted was EXACTLY what you sent me the modderators can check it if they wanted! i didnt hassel you about getting it i was just saying really looking forward to receiving it! and when you sent me that pic you said it was getting another coat of paint before sending it!!! so it wasnt the final product!!!! if even my grill!!

also youve not made any attempt to rectify it in any way, they were just my suggestions and you basically said no way i aint doing them any more and i aint on club any more so go have a paddy i dont care!!! and funnily enough still no compramise, so sod ya and i aint the only one whoes been done by ya!!!!!!!!

[Danr]

TBF..... no ones cares.

[deks36]

just like to say i have dealt with j-reid and personally found him to be very reasonable
in fact i supplied all the grilles he modified and cant believe how cheap he was doing them for dont think he made much from it
I have seen other posts where there has be issues which he has tried to resolve
not sure whats going on here just think all the sniping doesn't help think both of you dorsetsaxo-j-reid need to talk to each other like adults and sort it out

[Jack5639]

Had a few dealings with J-Reid this year, he seems like a top guy,
Maybe he just made a mistake.....

[J-Reid]

just like to say i have dealt with j-reid and personally found him to be very reasonable
in fact i supplied all the grilles he modified and cant believe how cheap he was doing them for dont think he made much from it
I have seen other posts where there has be issues which he has tried to resolve
not sure whats going on here just think all the sniping doesn't help think both of you dorsetsaxo-j-reid need to talk to each other like adults and sort it out

Had a few dealings with J-Reid this year, he seems like a top guy,
Maybe he just made a mistake.....

cheers guys :y:

[Marky_C]

Had a few dealings with J-Reid this year, he seems like a top guy,
Maybe he just made a mistake.....

Same here mate, doesn't seem the kind of guy who would intentionally scam people!

Gonna be getting a Posi Blue Furio like you Jordy :y:

[J-Reid]

Same here mate, doesn't seem the kind of guy who would intentionally scam people!

Gonna be getting a Posi Blue Furio like you Jordy :y:

good lad ! posi blue all the way lol. get a cheap VTR engine and drop that in. (cheaper than an S on the insurance) lol

[SmuJ]

I've just got mine today. No bubble wrap at all. Looks nice and smooth and shiny- happy with it.

[nathan818]

mine wasnt great,the paint was cracked in places,the back plastic was cracked in places,mesh wasnt stuck on properly,cost me £45 came in a plastic bag like the other guys,spent a week fixing it in between work,fits now.. just

but sorted now,life goes on :D