DEAR FELLOW FORUM MEMBERS. IT BOTHERS ME TO HAVE TO GIVE THE COMMENTS BY SHIFTY THE DIGNITY OF A COMMENT BUT THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND. IF THE REALITY OF SHIFTY'S COMMENTS WERE TRUE, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY FEEL THE WAY OTHER MEMBERS ARE FEELING WHEN LISTENING TO THE STORY. UNFORTUNATLY, IT IS THE ONE SIDE OF A TWO SIDED STORY. IT IS A SAD DAY FOR ME TO SEE THAT ANOTHER MEMBER HAS CHOSEN TO PRESENT AN EXAGERATED ONE SIDE VERSION OF A CHAIN OF EVENTS OF A SITUATION WHICH WAS ENTIRELY ORCHESTRATED BY SHIFTY.
LETS GET THIS STORY IN PROPER PERSPECTIVE. I CAN CLEARLY STATE I HAD NO INTENTIONS OF SELLING MY FRAME UNTIL SHIFTY MADE A ONLINE PROPOSAL TO BUY IT AT A LOW PRICE. IF YOU GO TO MY THREAD
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=275456&page=4 SHIFTY SOLICITEDD THE PURCHASE OF MY FRAME AND I QUOTE FROM
QUOTE #3 FROM SHIFTY "
that would suck to cut that c-notch out, especially after powdercoating that joker. how about you unbolt and keep that dropmember and do me a huge favor by selling me your existing notched frame for my project for $1,500-$2,000? or you could trade up (+ cash from me) for my virgin frame, which is damned rust free, no pits, no twists or bends no BS, just a nice solid frame (new cab mounts, too)
i bet i know a boardmember that lives less than 25 miles from my house that has (or can get) a virgin SWB frame for you to use ... Or you could have mine, I guess PICTURES OF MY FRAME WERE POSTED ON THE WEB AND HE SAW EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS GETTING WHICH WAS A NICE POWDER COATED FRAME WITH ART REAR SUSPENSION. SO, I AGREED AT HIS REQUEST AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS A DONE DEAL AND ASKED IF HE COULD FORWARD A DEPOSIT WHICH I DECLINED. I SAID PAY ME WHEN YOU GET HERE. BOTTOM LINE HE ARRIVED WITH A ROLLING CHASIS WITH FULL SUSPENSION, FRONT ARMS, 4 WHEEL DRUM BRAKES, TRAILING ARMS STEERING, AND BRAKE LINES STILL ATTACHED. HE TOLD ME HE COULD REMOVE HIS ENTIRE SUSPENSION AND REATTACH IT TO MY NEW FRAME IN 45 - 75 MINUTES. IT APPREARED THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND DRUM BRAKES HAD NEVER BEEN OFF THE VEHICLE. HE WAS THERE 90 MINUTES AND HAD BARELY GOTTEN THE STEERING BOX REMOVED. HE THEN CLAIMED THE FRAME WAS DIFFERENT THAN HIS. WE QUICKLY CALLED MOTHER TRUCKERS AND WE WERE TOLD THE FRAMES WERE THE SAME. HIS WIFE CALLED AT 11:30 THINKING HE WAS ABOUT READY TO LEAVE BY HIS CALULATIONS AS I OVERHEAD HIM TELL HER HE WOULD NOT BE HOME BY 7 OR SO. BOTTOM LINE HE GOT OVER HIS HEAD. THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD ACCOMPLISH HIS PLAN AND HE CUT AND RUN. HE GOT OVER HIS HEAD.
WHEN SHIFTY LEFT MY HOUSE, HE DID SO WITH A HANDSHAKE. WE HAD BOTH SAID SOMETHINGS WE REGRETED BUT QUICKLY APPOLGIZED AND WE REALIZED THERE WERE MUCH MORE IMPORTANTS THINGS THAN THE INCONVENENCE THIS HAD CAUSED BOTH OF US. BY SHIFTY'S ADMISSION, HIS WIFE KEEPS A CLOSE EYE ON FINANCES. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHEN HE GOT HOME THERE WAS A DISAPPOINTED PERSON AND MONEY SPENT FOR NOTHING WHICH CAUSED SOME RESENTMENT. I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THIS MAN DRIVING TO FLORIDA AN THEN CHANGING HIS MIND. THE FRAME WAS GOOD AND WAS AS DESCRIBED.
FOLKS, AS I TOLD SHIFTY, ITS A BAD WORLD WHEN PEOPLE DO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILTY FOR THERE OWN ACTIONS. HE SOLICITED THE FRAME, DROVE TO FLORIDA, AND BACKED OUT. I CANNOT TAKE RESPONSIBILTY FOR THAT. THIS IS CLEARLY AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE USING A GREAT AND POSITIVE FORUM FOR REVENGE IN A MATTER THAT HE IS COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR.
IN CLOSING, I HAVE ALREADY RECIEVED 3 VERY LENGTHY RAMBLING HATEFUL EMAILS FROM SHIFTY WHICH I HAVE CHOSEN TO IGNORE. MAYBE THIS HAS FRUSTRATED HIM AND CAUSED THIS IRRATIONAL ACT OF BETRAYAL TOWARD ME?? MY ONLY OBJECT WITH THIS IS TO TELL WHAT HAPPENED IN MY EYES AND LEAVE IT AT THAT. I WILL IMAGINE THERE WILL BE AN LONG EMAIL DENOUCING MY WORDS. PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE ONLY TOLD MY STORY AND WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I AM NOT RECRUTING ANYONE FOR MY SIDE AS I AM GOOD WITH THE MAN UPSTAIRS THAT I DID WHAT I WAS SUPPOSE TO DO AND TOOK RESPONSIBILTY FOR THE REST.
PEACE BROTHER TRUCKERS.
MARK