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Re: shocks on fleabay
« Reply #25 on: February 15, 2011, 10:19:18 AM »
I friend of mine runs a guitar store and ten years ago his shop was filled with lots of different models, many from the US. Today, most everything he carries comes from China made, in may ways, to be exact replicas of American brands. When he gets a used USA made guitar in, it usually is priced five to ten times more than a new Chinese model make to look exactly like it. My friend did make an interesting comment, "The Chinese don't make crummy stuff, we just ask them to make crummy stuff."

The point is, if you're buying these $85 shocks that EVERYONE sells, know they're the same thing and while they may look ok the ride will probably suck. In this case, someone is selling shocks that say "OHLINS" all over them and they're not. That's fraud, even if he mentions in the ad that they're not.

In my case, I recently bought these:



but I was I shipped these:



The same crappy $85 shocks are now even showing up when something else is being advertised. That's bait and switch and the ebay seller says he doesn't take returns. I've reported him to eBay and PayPal.
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Re: shocks on fleabay
« Reply #26 on: February 15, 2011, 10:43:22 AM »

The same crappy $85 shock even showing up when something else is being advertised.That's bait and switch and the ebay seller says he doesn't take returns. I've reported him to eBay and PayPal.

Don't forget to put a report on the "crappy seller" forum on this website.
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Re: shocks on fleabay
« Reply #27 on: February 15, 2011, 11:02:06 AM »
omg, that is really #$%*ing shady....it not like its just a color change, its a totally different shock! :o

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Re: shocks on fleabay
« Reply #28 on: February 15, 2011, 11:43:20 AM »
Hey all you shock people, I am looking for a KONI 22mm piston.

If you just have a damaged KONI shock assembly I can extract it.

Thanks

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Re: shocks on fleabay
« Reply #29 on: February 15, 2011, 03:10:42 PM »
Koni should still sell the replacement parts.
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Re: shocks on fleabay
« Reply #30 on: February 15, 2011, 03:36:52 PM »
Koni should still sell the replacement parts.


Yes I agree they should, but they (Ikon) do not...

The US rep told me the best thing would be to look for one I could salvage.

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Re: shocks on fleabay
« Reply #31 on: February 15, 2011, 03:43:03 PM »
did you talk to David Gardner out of CA?
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Re: shocks on fleabay
« Reply #32 on: February 15, 2011, 03:47:28 PM »
No someone named Thomas.

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Re: shocks on fleabay
« Reply #33 on: February 15, 2011, 06:55:17 PM »
Hey all you shock people, I am looking for a KONI 22mm piston.

If you just have a damaged KONI shock assembly I can extract it.

Thanks

Mark

Mark, pm me a pic of your shock, i may have what you need.