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[Aaron Cox]

READ ME - Guidelines for Posting in This Forum...
I have created this forum as an area where our customers can buy, sell and trade used parts. As such, there are a couple of guidelines that you must follow if you consent to use this board:

Listing Guidelines:

- No commercial postings allowed, unless you specifically clear it with me first.

- No new parts allowed, unless you specifically clear it with me first. Exceptions are if you have one or two small trinkets left over in a box from a long time ago. Selling more than quantity one of a new item is prohibited.

- No rebuilt parts allowed, if they compete with items sold by Pelican.

- No illegal items allowed (items that are counterfeit, or are illegally copies such as PET).

- Listing and placing links to items on eBay *is* allowed, providing that you specifically list a description of the item, and then give a link. No blind links.

- You may *bump* your ad, but no more than once every three (3) days. Ads that have been bumped more than five (5) times may be deleted.

- The more text and photos you add, the more likely you are to sell. Add as many photos and as much text description as you need to adequately describe the parts.

- Try to avoid using capital letters and explanation marks in the listing titles - these only serve to irritate people and thus they may skip over your listing.

- Turn on "Email Notification" for your ads so that you know when someone has posted a comment or question in the ad.

- PayPal (www.paypal.com) is a very useful form of payment that is very popular with eBay auctions. People who accept PayPal typically get paid faster and have increased interest in their listings.

Buyer's Guidelines:

- It is appropriate to respond to an ad by either emailing or sending the seller a Personal Message (PM) through the board. Try to avoid replying directly to the post, except when you have specific questions that may help others looking at the ad. More often than not, PMs and emails reach the seller quicker than do responses to the post.

- Be polite, and don't trash someone else's listing. It's not polite to point out that the person is selling this part when there is one cheaper on eBay. However, if there are visible errors in the listing, it is then appropriate to follow up with comments.

- Check out the seller before sending your $$$. Get full information, including multiple phone numbers, addresses. Do a search on Pelican to see if this person has a lengthy posting history and/or has sold items here before. Bad news travels fast, so double-check the archives, particularly on purchases that are high dollar.

- Use the search engine, but make sure that you check the date on the ad if you reply. If an ad is from 2001 and you reply to it, it will appear like the ad is recent.

- Use the search engine to compare pricing and availability of an item. None of the previous ads are deleted, so you have access to a vast group of listings that you can use to track pricing trends, and availability.

Disclaimer:

Pelican Parts Incorporated provides this free classifieds listing service as a courtesy to our customers. By no means are the listings here condoned, reviewed, or edited by Pelican staff. Caveat emptor - buyer beware. We will not actively assist in mediating any complaints with respect to any trasactions resulting from the placement of a classified ad.

[campbellcj]

I must say that, despite what I know some of you guys might "think" about Ottos, it is absolutely true in my experience that they can often get parts quicker and cheaper than the "well-known guys".

Also keep in mind when buying from Ottos and HPH and VERY FEW others that...they actually know how to install the parts, and know what fits what/where/how, and will be up front and tell you what's crap and what really works in the real world! That is a significant plus in my book. Performance, Tweeks etc will sell you anything in the effin' world with no hesitation, as long as your Visa card is good....to them you are just a customer number and shipping address in the computer.

[edit] Another big plus for me is TRACKSIDE SUPPORT. JW has bailed me out at least 3 times when old parts on my teener decided to give up the ghost at the track 100 miles from home. Again, he not only had the parts but could tell me instantly what was broken and how to fix it without really even looking at the car. Ever seen Pelican or Performance or many of the others at the track??? NOPE.

Just my $.02, and FWIW I have bought a shitload of stuff over the years from most of the known players in the VW/Porsche/Audi world...there are quite a few great players in the business, but the BS definitely runs thick out there so caveat emptor.