Scam or not

[99ss]

I sell wires and they are delivered 2nd day priority which comes with free POD. Not a signature but it is scanned.

SO I get a customer who tells me he didnt get his package. The POD is there. He tells me this within 2 hrs of supposedly not getting them. According the the POD time of delivery. Single house single lot no neighbors to one side. Mailboxes in front of his house. Real easy delivery, Helen Keller could walk up and drop them. ( google maps can be your friend)....

Scam or what? The USPS system is slow as well and knowing the exact eta of them is impossible. His first email said it shows them as being delivered.. so he tracked them ( this was all done via paypal so the tracking is there) and knew exactly when they werent delivered and emailed me within two hrs to say he didnt get them.

 

[YY1]

Call him on it.

Did he say "the tracking says they were delivered, but I didn't get them"?

Otherwise it does sound a bit suspicious.

 

[WP29440SE]

LOL , if every form of tracking and delivery was confirmed, what are you supposed to do ? send him more? lol

 

[99ss]

Yeah now he says he called the post office and they said it wasn't delivered yet but should be today, they don't know why the scan has it as being delivered...LOL

Crazy as it sounds that I can believe.. it shows as being scanned and delivered at 7:30 am.....

That would be typical.... Use to be 2nd day would be 2 days all the time.. now 2nd day which is really 2-3 day is taking the 3rd day all the time and with the expected cut backs my thought is they are lowering expectations now intentionally so it doesnt seem like service has changed when the cuts do take place

or he really was trying to scam me and I called him on it and he chickened out. It told him after I talk to people local PO's they seem to find them all of a sudden. Someone else in the house forgot to give them to them...LOL

 

[RustyRatRod]

What kinda wires? Piano wires? Guitar wires? High wires? Plug wires?

 

[99ss]

LOL plug wires. I make MSD 8.5mm superconductors sets. OEM and custom.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Oh cool. I might have to get with you.

 

[99ss]

any time I have hi heat options I add to them as well... BUT people seem to like those Firecore wires. I've never seen a legit dyno test done yet to prove one wire makes more power than another but how they are constructed and the material and fit do make a difference in how long they will last. Heat is the enemy and most people leave the wire to close to the exhaust manifold and it dries out and then cracks. The cracks are hairline so you cant see them but they will show at night when the current arcs out.

I have a hybrid wire as well at 8.8mm but no one likes yellow...hahahaha BUT I have been told it makes more power too... from the MFG of it... MSD is 25-40 ohms resistance per foot, the Powercore wire I have is 150 per ft and I have no idea what Firecore is. But it seems to me the more the resistance the less the current... the less the spark in the combustion chamber the less efficient the engine... No clue if that is correct... but that was my thought

 

[67 coronet]

was the 7:30 time "out for delivery"or"delivered".could be the time the truck left local depot.

 

[99ss]

delivered it left the depot at 6:30 it shows.

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Just got an email from him... they are delivered now and he already has them installed

 

[67 coronet]

glad to here problem solved.

 

[WP29440SE]

glad to hear it was taken care of

 

[Dako]

Another example of our 'instant gratification' society...

Good onya' for not losing your cool and following up instead. Much better business practice.

 

[Propwash]

Surprised USPS even have a scanner to confirm delivery...I would have thought they used smoke signals or send small delivery pigeons to notify headquarters.

 

[99ss]

Lol^^^

 

[moparstuart]

I did buy a set of Fire core wires for my 383 header equipted car and they solved problems i was having for 10 years and 5 sets of wired prior . I LOVED THEM . sold the car . Are your wires as good ????

 

[99ss]

Never had an issue with them on my car and I sell and a lot of them to racers as well. Did you ever have a set of properly fitted superconductors on there? I dont think MSD does a great job on fitment to be honest. I make mine just just a tad bit longer than they do.. 1/4 - 1/2 inch but like I said if a wire is to close to heat it will get compromised. Taylor makes a 10.2mm wire and it burns up real easy. Its the heat resistance of the outer jacket that comes into question. I have sleeving as well as cool socks as well as hi heat boots that we add depending on whats ordered. The big boost guy like my ceramic boots. That with the 1200* sleeving is about as bullet proof as you can get.

 

[WP29440SE]

got a pic of them installed on a 440 with headers?

 

[99ss]

No.. LOL havent made any for mopars.. well not true I made some for my car but didnt take pictures or lengths.. Looms go a long way to helping them as well. I'm not bashing Firecore either... I just have never seen legit proof yet from anyone that one wire makes more power than another one. Yes I hear the same thing all the time as well... your wires made a huge difference in how my car runs and performs. And I always say and think the same thing. You had a compromised wire or wires before and the fact the wires are now new and uncompromised is the reason.

 

[Budnicks]

Surprised USPS even have a scanner to confirm delivery...I would have thought they used smoke signals or send small delivery pigeons to notify headquarters.

Props you the man, that's too funny....

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yeah IMHFO a "very low ohm resistance wire' {like 25-40 Ohm per/ft} gets more power to the plug, especially if you have a really hot coil & ignition box... On a stocker engine with a sock type ignition, it probably won't do much at all, maybe an easier cold/hot starts... I'm sure the differences between a typical "stocker parts store wires" that are 1500 Ohm per/foot resistance {or much more in many cases, that's 4500 Ohm's resistance on a 3 ft long wire starving that plug of all it's available spark}, or the run of the mill performance wire like many sold today, 750-1000 Ohm resistance per/foot wire & a 25 Ohm per/foot resistance plug wire would be noticeable {3 ft wire only 75-120 ohm's of resistance}, but probably nominal #'s on a dyno, but a better cleaner burn, better use of the fuel going into the combustion chamber... I'm sure the better insulators don't hurt either, but why give up any "almost free power", even if it's only a couple of HP, you need to have wires, why not go with a good quality "low ohm resistance" wires & be money ahead in the long run... I know I always look at what the ohm resistance is per/foot, before I buy any plug wires.... every die hard racer I know doe too...

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No.. LOL havent made any for mopars.. well not true I made some for my car but didnt take pictures or lengths.. Looms go a long way to helping them as well. I'm not bashing Firecore either... I just have never seen legit proof yet from anyone that one wire makes more power than another one. Yes I hear the same thing all the time as well... your wires made a huge difference in how my car runs and performs. And I always say and think the same thing. You had a compromised wire or wires before and the fact the wires are now new and uncompromised is the reason.

yep... sometimes maybe, have you ever done an oscilloscope test & see what is actually happening with ultra low resistance plug wires, I'm sure you will see much more spark energy...