V Day 20% off Auto Atlanta order, left hanging in the wind Options

[johnnie5]

So I decided to order a dash cover (fabric) from AA on Valentines Day @ 20% off. I placed the order and received a conformation email and all. So 10 days have gone by, and no cover. So I call over there and am told the item is backordered, and being that it is, the order was cancelled. I received no follow up email or any other info or attempt to be contacted other than the order conformation. Hmmmmmm....

I was even asked if I wanted to re-order the item at full price when I called them to see where my order was. Hmmmmmmm....

My reply was "no thanks", and I hung up - annoyed. I went directly to Evil Bay, and placed an order for half the price of the discounted rate, even after shipping.

[johnnie5]

I just want to start off by saying... I love my 914! It is the 3rd 914 I have owned of many, many cars. I simply just love them. My first one was also a 75, painted Guards Red, and I owned it when I was 19 (in 1987). It was my daily driver for 3 years until a girl putting on lipstick rear ended me at a red light. Next, I had a beautiful black 73 2.0 with a 5 lug conversion and Fuchs. I LOVED that car. It was also my daily driver for several years. When I moved to Maui, I sold it... I should have kept it. Time passes, things change, shit happens. I was fortunate enough a couple of years ago to have a white 75 with 40,000 original miles fall in my lap after 15 years in between. A very clean example. I suddenly became re-acquainted with this lovely little car that has always been my favorite automobile, hands down. Old memories flooding in, and new ones to be made. I am so happy to be back in the world of 914's once again.

I am very thankful for the fellowship I feel here at 914World. I am fairly new to this forum, but I have already met some extraordinary people and made some wonderful friends. I do truly appreciate being a part of this site, and am grateful for all of the help I have been offered here.

As far as this shitstorm I have obviously started ~ As my good friend Martine Verduzgo always says, "What can ju du, men?" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Seriously, sometimes you just gotta say....What can you do? I chose to vent here to my peers on a subject that was not new to me, and apparently not to some others as well. I wasn't looking for a right or wrong, just to be heard. Good business goes a long way, but so does bad. True colors do have a funny way of showing themselves.

This wonderful little car has a label, it says Porsche. Unfortunately, with that word comes a certain stigma from time to time. Generally not so much with the 914... but sometimes. Mostly, the attitude I have found here at 9World is very positive. People helping people. But the ego monster does raise its ugly head from time to time. I can be as guilty as the next guy, and do get caught up... but for the most part I try to lead a positive and happy existence.

BTW ~ My 914 was made in Germany, and I own it... and I love it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/white914.jpg)