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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 10:06 PM
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I would like to let everyone know of some stuff that has been occurring and some who the stand up companies are.

Brian at Racing Solution owes some people Scion Speed turbo kits. These where purchased from him and then he sent money in non disputable form to the manufacturer. Through numerous attempts and legal action he has still been unable to retrieve his money. This leaving his customers in a bad spot, chargeback hurts Brian and he has no recourse to do the same.

Brian has since purchased kits for these consumers from us to fill these orders. At first they may not seem like a big deal but he is losing approx 10k in this transaction even with the highly discounted prices we gave him. I believe this is a true display of his character and business practices. We are proud to have him reselling our products and encourage everyone to at least give a chance for him to earn your business.

I know this is in power hungry but seeing this is about turbo kits I feel that it is in the right place. Sorry to those involved if they did not want this made public but we feel that everyone always talks about there bad experiences that we should share some of the positive, especially in the age of internet sales when most would just say hey sorry about your luck.

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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 10:34 PM
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thats a sign of good will towards other tC owners on both your parts. that's why you guys get so much business.
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 12:07 AM
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Considering people go into business to make money...

Glad to see there are good people in this industry...




Old Sep 28, 2005 | 12:16 AM
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 02:19 AM
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very good to see that INTERNET and BUSINESS ETHICS are not complete opposites

Old Sep 28, 2005 | 04:57 AM
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Good job to all involved to right the wrong!!
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 05:00 AM
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It's good to see ethics in general.
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 05:17 AM
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Way to go...
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 01:54 PM
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Oh yea....Now that's what this group is all about.
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 02:00 PM
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Very cool indeed to see you guys coming together to secure our market from would-be poor buisness practioners. Keep up the good work guys. We know who to trust.
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 02:07 PM
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you know, once again i find that ZPI is still undoubtably the best aftermarket Scion company. Kenny, Keisha and the rest of the crew, Bravo!
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by SkaTG2k3
very good to see that INTERNET and BUSINESS ETHICS are not complete opposites

Very VERY true, i had olmost stopped buying online for that reason right there
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 02:27 PM
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man i havent seen brian in a long time. i hope he's ok

wish you the best man :D
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 03:09 PM
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I would personally like to thank him for this b/c i am one of the persons that he has offered this deal to send me a ZPI stage 1 to make up for never recieving SS turbo stage 1. I think that it shows how important customer service is to RS.
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 04:46 PM
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Brian is a stand up guy, I already knew this, I feel for him dishing out that kind of money to take care of everyone, dang fine way to run a business, proud of you buddy

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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 06:22 PM
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we should build support around the scion community of whereever scion speed is located and protest ough: riot ough: for our money back :D
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 06:28 PM
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I posted something about this too under Shop Experiences - check the green link in my sig for the story. He's a great guy!!
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by draven301
I posted something about this too under Shop Experiences - check the green link in my sig for the story. He's a great guy!!
You will like the smaller turbo much better anyway. Friggin almost instant spool.
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ScionDad
Originally Posted by draven301
I posted something about this too under Shop Experiences - check the green link in my sig for the story. He's a great guy!!
You will like the smaller turbo much better anyway. Friggin almost instant spool.
Hard to argue with low-end torque, high-end pull! I'm sure you're right.
Old Sep 28, 2005 | 11:12 PM
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i met him back months ago. he was a stand up guy. i didnt know he was losing money that badly. hope hes doing well.



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