Rod buy- Need 25 more!!!, Come on guys! Options

[Jake Raby]

I finished up the invoices today..

As of today I have received funds for 25 sets of rods..... I know a few more are in the mail but we still need the 25 sets paid for by March 14!

Anyone who was on the original list and has not sent the funds get them to me ASAP, if you have not received an invoice I will send one to you when I receive the check!

[Jake Raby]

I knew someone would say that...

It really doesn't matter....

I said time and time again that I was having to work on the rod stuff in my spare time, WELL when you are trying to keep the engine shop going, getting all the things smoothed out with a store that has only been open for a month with 800 inventory items AND trying to breathe life into a highly developed engine- there really isn't any "spare time". I don't have a "Secretary".... rebecca manages the parts store and has her plate just as full as mine, she also was working on the rods in "Spare time".

This big engine has killed me for 3 weeks solid and has taken two complete years to develop. Excuse me for trying to accomplish something by finishing it up! The rods were the least of my priorities while trying to reassemble this thing after a failure on the first dyno run.

Excuse me for sharing some of the information about my big engine with the club. While their may not be another one of these particular engines sold to the public (too time consuming) the heads will be as well as other smaller 26-2700cc engines that will feature them and still make ungodly power. When I came here posting about the heads and engine I never anticipated a teener owner would ever buy them-

I have not been trying to "Get out of this"-FYI. I already have about 1500 bucks in the drawings of the rods and I don't particularly like to lose that much money. From day one that I mentioned these rods (over two years ago) they have been a pain in the ass to deal with. The manufacturer is NOT easy to deal with- but they make a hell of a product. It wasn't my fault that the price went up, they never told me any differently! Would you have liked it better if I would have not mentioned it until the rods were done and then jacked the price up like everyone else does???

I tried to be as informative about this as I could. I tried to make it happen.

Another factor that plays into the deal getting cut off is the fact that I don't ever foresee being able to sell another 22 sets of rods in less than 2 weeks.

As far as living on "My father's land"..... There is a little more to that than you know and I suggest that you keep your mouth shut. Until you are forced to take care of a parent that is all alone in this world with Diabetes and severe heart problems that has to take 14 different medications before breakfast everyday you haven't experienced a hardship.... My shop is located here because I can't be away from my dad for more than a day or so without severe worries and there is no one else to take care of him. He is old and stubborn and won't allow anyone else to take care of him other than me- No nurses (He threw the last one out of his house)

I know when I'm wrong and I fight when I'm right. The mistake I made was handling the rods in the manner that I did by trying to organize a group buy. With so much talk about them it was only a matter of time before the emails started rolling in about misusing the forum and then a smart ass post finished it off.

This forum isn't like it used to be. The relaxed environment isn't here anymore and I think I'll take a hint from Mueller and disappear for a while.....

Be mad at me if you want. Its better to be mad now before the transaction is done as to be mad later when something else goes sour with the deal.

Thanks to all of you that sent in the checks and kept your word. I am sorry that the deal won't go through and I'm sorry to have made you waste the time and effort to mail me a check- I will mail it back to you on Monday.