REQUEST: List of current/active disputes with Dali Racing

[Ponyboy]

I see Prime as classified newspaper... if you have a bad deal you don't go to the newspaper administration and demand them to ban that seller... so, my opinion is that Lud doesn't have to move a finger against any seller or buyer against whom someone complaints...

As someone who works in the publishing industry, we absolutely screen our advertisers (classified or display). If that company is offering a questionable product or has a legitimate history of poor customer service and one of our readers buys based on their ad in our publication, then the publication suffers as a "safe" place to do business. Adveristing is tacit approval and condonation of the vendor. No one wants to read a magazine/newspaper of scams and disreputable vendors.

 

[RSO 34]

Interesting... How many of these 12 main complaints we have here are form people on that side of the US? Anyone near MJ?

Washington, Kansas, North Carolina, New York, Georgia, Oklahoma, Ohio, Arizona, Calgary, Ontario, Finland, Japan, United Kingdom, Norway, Alberta and The Netherlands.

Notice a trend?

I could identify two persons in California but I believe they were in Northern California (which geographically is an "entire country" away from Southern California when you compare the square mileage to parts of Europe).

 

[SOURCE 1]

Washington, Kansas, North Carolina, New York, Georgia, Oklahoma, Ohio, Arizona, Calgary, Ontario, Finland, Japan, United Kingdom, Norway, Alberta and The Netherlands.

Notice a trend?

I could identify two persons in California but I believe they were in Northern California (which geographically is an "entire country" away from Southern California when you compare the square mileage to parts of Europe).

Well Then in order for someone to do something via the courts one of these people would have to fly out to San Diego and file the complaint correct?

Unhuz does that geographical info help at all to your statements?


I definately see a trend. He wont screw anyone close enough to run over there and talk face to face..

He is an E-Thug:tongue:

 

[RSO 34]

Well Then in order for someone to do something via the courts one of these people would have to fly out to San Diego and file the complaint correct?

Unfortunately, given the size and nature of the claims anyone ripped off would need to file in San Diego "small claims" court and have to appear, either in person or by way of attorney, at court hearings. Throwing good money after bad and MJ knows it so he picks and chooses from whom to steal to insulate his potential liability.

 

[Ponyboy]

I actually filed a small claims case in SD and had him served. Days after, he sent some of the money he owes be back. The case was withdrawn pending receipt of the entirety of the refund.

He still owes me about $1300 which is quite a bit less than the amount it'd cost me to take off of work, pay for a hotel, rental car, food, flight, etc.

 

[SOURCE 1]

I actually filed a small claims case in SD and had him served. Days after, he sent some of the money he owes be back. The case was withdrawn pending receipt of the entirety of the refund.

He still owes me about $1300 which is quite a bit less than the amount it'd cost me to take off of work, pay for a hotel, rental car, food, flight, etc.

And he knows that so that is why he has not paid you..

 

[Ponyboy]

And he knows that so that is why he has not paid you..

Indeed. He's foolish not stupid. That said, I'm a believer in reaping what you sow. Sooner or later, it'll come back to him. Hopefully, he changes his SOP before that happens.

 

[NSX Prime]

I still think my earlier idea would assist with all vendors and disputes:

Bob, I like that and have a plan to implement something along those lines (based heavily on your suggestion) as part of a bigger Vendor-related overhaul of the site. Another part of that planned overhaul is a mandatory "vendor registry" system that I discussed in yet another thread in here a while back. I've thought about both several times since we had that discussion. I have just not gotten to the overhaul it and now it has been more than a year. Perhaps I should just start implementing things piecemeal instead of trying to do it as a big project.

Hell I still need to get that Google AdSense integration with vBulletin thing working that someone kindly recommended a couple months ago so maybe the site will stop bleeding money every month. I also need to renegotiate a server hosting contract and get more capacity on the hosting side. In the meantime I've been trying to follow up on various other issues that had been dragging on like this one, the "marketplace tips" you were so kind to do a writeup for, etc.

 

[NSX Prime]

Definitely something to keep in mind when setting up any metrics.

Thanks for all the info, it is helpful to understand what others are doing even if the exact nature of the websites is different. I don't operate or participate in any such services (well I've bought/sold some stuff on eBay but only as a private seller, not as a business or store) so it's interesting to know the approach they are taking.

 

[NSX Prime]

I would love to:biggrin:

I have years of arbitration skills behind me:biggrin:

I have a good history on prime

I have only DALI axe to grind

I can and will be logical.

I will contact you via e-mail and we can discuss it further.

 

[UnhuZ]

Hi,

Once we actively solicited positive feedback it vastly improved our stats and also helped build consumer confidence.

don't quite understand who solicited positive feedback to whom, but i think that when a deal runs as it should, as in good, neither the seller nor the buyer should have to ask the other party to give positive feedback.... no one should ask, but everyone should give by their own... i can talk by myself, and i always give feedback.

I agree with you here - he doesn't have to do anything. I think perhaps he wants to as a service to the community.

yeap...i agree with you... that is the only thing that can MAKE him do anything here... and i also see his care to find all the info so he can make the right thing...

These are not innuendos - these are facts. There have been way too many established instances in which Mark Johnson/Dali Racing has ripped off members of our community, refused to communicate with them privately, refused to acknowledge them publicly and all while continuing to utilize the free advertising this site provides.

I think i didn't explained myself thr best way.... by "innuendos" i meant that here we only have Primers side of the story, and we know that we tell a story the way it fits better for us. We don't have his side of the story, which is clearly his fault.
I'm sorry but i can't believe that all stories are 100% as Primers tell them, i think there is more to it, in a way or another. Attention, with this i'm not saying that Primers are a bunch of liars, but as i said, it's our nature as humans to twist what we tell in our own likes...everyone do it, smooth or not.

I may not be Rand McNally but to say that "most of us are local" to Dali/Mark Johnson and you find it "very weird" that we are not utilizing American courts is completely overlooking the obvious. MJ/Dali operates out of San Diego, California which, although a sizeable city by most standards, has a population of just over 3 million over an area of 4200 square miles. Considering that the continental United States is in excess of 3.1 million square miles and had a population of 280,000,000 in 2000, very few members are actually "local" to Dali/MJ.

Any legal action would have to be brought in San Diego, generally in a small claims court, which results in an estimated 99% of persons he has ripped off having no legal recourse.

So, if i understand correctly, the difference between a primer from new york and me is that he is closer to san diego than me, because at a legal level his american citizemship don't give him more power/tools to claim than me!??!
I find this very weird indeed because when some guy ripped Vance on some NSX-R seats, there were lots of FBI things back and forth... and now, with a case within US, no one can lift a finger unless that finger is lifted in San Diego... that is more difficult for me to understand than the stories having more to them than what is public.

I'm not MJ's advocate here... i'm just a customer that don't even have one bad little thing to say about him in 5 years of business, and a lot of thousands of $$$$$$ spent... oh... and i'm more far away from him than 90% of the guys that have complains...

About Tamoske whole situation, i will talk about that in another thread i will create... i'm just waiting for a reply from Lud about it, not that his reply will make me do it or not, but it's his site, and is insight is important to me.

Thanks,
Nuno

 

[SOURCE 1]

I'm not MJ's advocate here... i'm just a customer that don't even have one bad little thing to say about him in 5 years of business, and a lot of thousands of $$$$$$ spent... oh... and i'm more far away from him than 90% of the guys that have complains...

That is what I said too being a ten year customer of his and I am sure a few others have said the same thing..

I think it will be funny to see you dig this thread up when he does screw you.

And YES I think he will.

I went to bat for him for years saying oh man he is great!! Good communication and fast shipping..

The most unsuspecting will be the ones that are going to be taken.

Search the boards The boards you will see

" Oh he wouldn't do that to me" at least a few times.

 

[NSX Prime]

Guys, as explained repeatedly, this is not a thread to continue the back-and-forth debate about this vendor. It is for me to try and get help compiling a list of disputes and the discussion around that issue. Continued posts from either the pro- or anti- Dali side related to who is "right" about the vendor will be deleted.

 

[dlynes]

I have no part in this at all as I do not believe I have had any business dealings with MJ but for those that have been screwed/scammed, may I suggest you use Aiken signature to spread the word.

 

[nsxotic911]

Just curious, how many people got screwed that used Cash On Deposit?

 

[radtekmr]

A. AE8600RR
B. http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127270
C. Never resolved
D. Continuous