my rant against spohn performance Options

[torontoZ28]

March 18 - I placed an order with a rep for a set of balljoints to finish up my suspension rebuild. I specifically asked when they would be shipped and the rep told me they would "ship out tomorrow." Since I requested priority air (3-5 days) shipping, he estimated I would get the part sometime in the next week. Cool, I decide I will start take the car apart next week so I can minimize downtime.

March 28 - The part hasnt arrived. I email Spohn to inquire about the status and their reply is: "we had to do some paperwork for it since you live in canada and we have to drop it off at USPS. it should get there any day now." Hmm, why didnt they tell me this when I was on the phone with them?

April 6 - I am still without the use of my car b/c it is sitting on jackstands waiting for the part that I thought I was getting on Mar 25th. I email spohn again and this time I ask what was the exact date they sent the part. They reply April 2nd, and I should be getting it "any day now". What? Their last email on Mar 28th seemed to indicate that it was already shipped...

April 12 - Still hasnt arrived yet and my first event of the season is coming up in less than a week.

Had they said upfront: "it wont get shipped for another 2 wks", atleast i would have had the choice to continue with my order or decide to go somewhere else. Im still perplexed as to why it takes 15 days to get a part out the door. Im pretty pissed at myself now for not paying the extra 40 bucks or so to get this stupid little part locally and saving myself the grief of waiting.

Michael.

[CMC #37]

As a business who exports dry goods to Canada once in a while I can say it is a pain to export stuff up there. There is paperwork to be filled out, however, this does not excuse their not telling you exactly why the shipment has been delayed, even if no-one knows how to do the paperwork!

[UMI Performance]

As a business who exports dry goods to Canada once in a while I can say it is a pain to export stuff up there. There is paperwork to be filled out, however, this does not excuse their not telling you exactly why the shipment has been delayed, even if no-one knows how to do the paperwork!

Yes I agree, it can be a pain. We don't mind doing it. I use USPS online now and that makes it much easier but we still have to drop it off at the post office and sign a paper. UPS rates for Canada seem higher in most cases and I have been told they charge a much higher duty then USPS.

Sorry to hear you story

[Crazy Canuck]

fwiw, I got part of my 9" from them and had no issues with paperwork and getting things out fast. I was actually surprised on how fast they shipped the whole thing.
Sorry to hear you are having bad experience with them.

[torontoZ28]

the parts finally came in today (exactly one month after ordering them).
time to focus on finishing up the control arm, sway bar and brake install + get the car to the alignment shop over the next two days.

fun fun fun!

[SuperCricket]

Could be worse, you could have the car sitting on jackstands waiting for front Ground Control coilovers... ordered February 20th from Strano.

It's about to be April 20th.

Owned.

[trackbird]

When I placed my last order with GC, I didn't get it, didn't get it, etc. I called and they had no record of it. So, they took my order again and it finally showed up about a month later or so. I suspect Sam's supplier is waiting on GC to get moving and ship them some product.

I have some rears that I'm not yet using. If you need parts, I might be able to help you with that end of the car.