Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
I am posting this for two reasons, one to vent about this situation and the other is to make sure no other TDR members get into any transaction with Chris Rudd (TDR username crudd).
He posted a pump for sale on the TDR classifieds. I email him and he calls me back within a few hours and I agree to purchase the pump. Everything went well and smoothly with the purchase. Things went south when the pump arrived.
The packaging of the pump was terrible. The only packaging material was a bit of bubble wrap. The pump was not packaged tightly in the box so it was allowed to roll around inside in the box. Because of the poor packaging the AFC housing was damaged (one of the corners was cracked off) and there is something metal rolling around in the governor section of the pump.
I contacted Chris and he was a little hard to get a hold of (this is when I started posting on the TDR for him to check his private messages https://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?t=152394 ). He got back with me and I thought all would be ok. He offered to pay for repairs or refund my money. Since there was no way of knowing the cost of repairs I thought a refund would be a better way to go. I made that decision and notified Chris on March 2.
Since then I have called him several times and left several messages, PM’d him several times here on the TDR, posted on the TDR, and sent him several emails. The last I heard from him was Feburary 28th. I know he was on the TDR on March 13 but appearently he did not check his PM's. It doesn't matter because I have left several messages on his phone and still he does not get back with me.
I was under the impression that dealing with fellow TDR members I would be less likely to get scammed but unfortunately some TDR members do not have the integrity to live up to their words.
Also, it appears that I may not be the only one to have some bad dealing with Chris Rudd.
WARNING: I would be very careful with any dealings with Chris Rudd.
He posted a pump for sale on the TDR classifieds. I email him and he calls me back within a few hours and I agree to purchase the pump. Everything went well and smoothly with the purchase. Things went south when the pump arrived.
The packaging of the pump was terrible. The only packaging material was a bit of bubble wrap. The pump was not packaged tightly in the box so it was allowed to roll around inside in the box. Because of the poor packaging the AFC housing was damaged (one of the corners was cracked off) and there is something metal rolling around in the governor section of the pump.
I contacted Chris and he was a little hard to get a hold of (this is when I started posting on the TDR for him to check his private messages https://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?t=152394 ). He got back with me and I thought all would be ok. He offered to pay for repairs or refund my money. Since there was no way of knowing the cost of repairs I thought a refund would be a better way to go. I made that decision and notified Chris on March 2.
Since then I have called him several times and left several messages, PM’d him several times here on the TDR, posted on the TDR, and sent him several emails. The last I heard from him was Feburary 28th. I know he was on the TDR on March 13 but appearently he did not check his PM's. It doesn't matter because I have left several messages on his phone and still he does not get back with me.
I was under the impression that dealing with fellow TDR members I would be less likely to get scammed but unfortunately some TDR members do not have the integrity to live up to their words.
Also, it appears that I may not be the only one to have some bad dealing with Chris Rudd.
WARNING: I would be very careful with any dealings with Chris Rudd.
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