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Old 01-17-2007, 07:48 PM   #1
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TechArt & Gemballa are non-responsive

What the hell. why wont either of these companies respond to any of my inquiries. I tell them I wanna order some stuff and they wont even respond. What a bunch of douche bags think just cause theyre some big time company they dont need my buisness or something??

Has anyone ever gotten a reply from either of these jackasses?? Im really getting pissed off I just want to buy things from them and they wont even respond like what the hell is there problem????

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If you've indicated you live in the Philippines, this may be the issue. They probably get a lot of inquiries from overseas and once the potential buyer hears the cost of insured, trackable shipping on heavy car parts, they back out.

If I were you, I would call them on the phone and this will tell them you are a serious buyer.
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your in philippines? I didnt know that there's a Porsche in Philippines, let alone a Boxster

If you are in Philippines...Kamusta ba pare
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If you've indicated you live in the Philippines, this may be the issue. They probably get a lot of inquiries from overseas and once the potential buyer hears the cost of insured, trackable shipping on heavy car parts, they back out.

If I were you, I would call them on the phone and this will tell them you are a serious buyer.


Naw I aint in the Philippines... yet. Im in Canada right now. I guess I will have to call them. But still, what a buncha XXXXXX. I hate companies like this. Why give customers email address if you aint going to respond to the emails??

Theyve got a XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.I think. Its always the big companies that are like that. Im sure they get alot of inquiries but that gives them no right to pre-judge people.

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I think you've pegged them wrong... neither company is big. They're small shops that specialize in Porsche racing and high-end race mods. Who knows? They might all be out at a race track somewhere testing or racing and aren't answering anyone's emails right now.
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dude, you are really impatient right now...I'm guessing that there's money in your pocket that's burning hole...hehehehehe! j/k jeffsquire where are you?
take a deep breath, relax and say the Porsche Prayer with us....now everyone, let's hold hands and bow our head along with our brother Pharoah Sphinx...

THE PORSCHE PRAYER (OLD TESTAMENT).

Lord, Let the check engine light be a surge from the nearby lighting strike, and not my mass air flow sensor.
But if the lightning strikes, Let the lightning strike me and not my Porsche, but if it does strike my Porsche, then please, Lord, strike my balding Bridgestone Pole Positions, which are all long overdue. . . .
Let the lightning strike not one, but all four tires. And let my insurance cover that Act of God, your lightning strike on my tires, and replaceth them with Pirellis.

Further Lord, Let my Porsche, my vehicle which You bequeathed me, protect me from those who wish harm upon me. . .

Let My first gear move quickly into second like Jehu on his Chariot, and pealeth out, and smoketh great plumes of heavenly dust to shieldeth my Porsche from the carjacker who pointeth his six-shooter at me. But if that Fiend do shooteth me, may his bullet strike my aged, rattling Windstop, to be replaced with a sturdier model from my local Stealership.

Lord, thank you for my new chromed-out Delouzebo headers and exhaust, and make them create such a great heavenly roar that it shattereth the subwoofers of the Monte Carlo playing Fiftycent cruising abreast me.

Let my Litronic high beams blind mine enemies --including my obnoxious neighbors whose 8 foot wooden fence egresses 4 inches over my lakefront property boundary line, and smite them dead. . . .However, Lord, if I ever find myself in Florida, then protect my Porsche from those sinners and thieves who wish to relieve me of my Litronic headlights.

However, Lord, if that thief attempts to steal those Litronics, then smite him dead with lightning, or a frayed positive lead wire from my battery.
But if he survives Lord, please prevent him from suing me for negligence because I own a Porsche and not a Ford. Let someone in my stead be sued, Lord, like the wire, battery, or Litronic manufacturers, and even Porsche AG, but by all means, keep me out of that Class Action.
And If my lawyer succeedeth not in removing me from said class action and my cross-claim fails in a motion for summary judgment, then Lord, let the jury come back with a No-Cause of action, and may the Judge award me attorneys fees for my distress. And striketh dead that Shyster lawyer for bringing me to this despair.

Finally, Lord I am thy servant, and through the ages you've bestowed upon your servants the sword and shield of thy wrath. . . . Lord, please emblazen my shield with the Porsche, Stuttgart/Zuffenhausen logo in gold and mahogony leaf overlay.

These things I ask you Lord, for you are great, my Porsche is Great, and I cannot yet afford a new Ferrari.

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Naw I aint in the Philippines... yet. Im in Canada right now. I guess I will have to call them. But still, what a buncha XXXXXX. I hate companies like this. Why give customers email address if you aint going to respond to the emails??

Theyve got a XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.I think. Its always the big companies that are like that. Im sure they get alot of inquiries but that gives them no right to pre-judge people.

You need to relax , poser!

You have been a member of this forum for 2 days and your contributions so far has been mostly tasteless criticism and a silly offer to buy a car in 2-3 months.You aren't even clear about your continent location.

Find out what you like and want, and then you can learn from experienced Boxster enthusiasts.Otherwise hit the road and run this crap on your myspace!!!
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yah, sphinx..you need to calm down dude! probably this is happening so you could learn how to be patience...you know what im saying
so calm down, relax and dont let this situation ruin your day or control over you
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You need to relax , poser!

You have been a member of this forum for 2 days and your contributions so far has been mostly tasteless criticism and a silly offer to buy a car in 2-3 months.You aren't even clear about your continent location.

Find out what you like and want, and then you can learn from experienced Boxster enthusiasts.Otherwise hit the road and run this crap on your myspace!!!
Dude, I thought you had your car already. Seems like from your other posts, you don't even have one yet and you're contacting Gemballa and Techart already from 3 weeks back?! Wow! That's really something else. If I were you, I'd concentrate first on getting THE car before everything else. I mean, if Gemballa and Techart did contact you and you asked for prices and all and never ordered anything anyway on account of not having the car yet, don't you think that would tick them off?! Just my $.02. Of course, it's your life and you can do whatever you want but if you're not gonna be reasonable, then maybe you should start posting elsewhere cos you're gonna end up pissing off the other members of this forum.
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Uhh what?

I plan on buying my modifcations around the same time and even before I buy my car but I need to get my budget figured out on what everything I wants going to cost so I can figure out what to buy first and what I cant afford to buy initially so I know how much to saveup and all this and that, jeeez maybe you guys dont plan ahead on things but I most certainly do, if TechArt or Gemballa got back to me with the prices id order the products right away. Whats so wrong about that? But they dont get back to me with the prices so I cant even prepare my budget layout.


And why the does my location even matter?? Who cares what I say my location is?? But if you must know im moving to the philippines mid 2007 and am not sure if you can update your location once you put it in so I put my upcoming location instead of my current cause thats where im moving soon. Jeeez some of you guys are getting offended about total semantics. I aint done nothin to you and you come at me with some attitude and reem me over irrelevant semantics not even related to anything. I hope it makes you feel better about yourself to insult some kid over the internet.
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What the hell. why wont either of these companies respond to any of my inquiries. I tell them I wanna order some stuff and they wont even respond. What a bunch of douche bags think just cause theyre some big time company they dont need my buisness or something??

Has anyone ever gotten a reply from either of these jackasses?? Im really getting pissed off I just want to buy things from them and they wont even respond like what the hell is there problem????
Tone down your language please.
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Hi,

These are both very longstanding and well-respected businesses. I'm not saying that they cannot fail sometimes, but I wonder if your expectations aren't perhaps too high. I doubt that your location or ethnicity have anything to do with it. No company can afford to exclude any potential cutomers, and in fact, each of these companies is based overseas. They do have North American distributors or subsidiaries which are:
  • Claus Ettensberger Corporation
    16200 South Figaroa Street
    Gardena, CA 90248
    www.cecwheels.com
    exclusive importer of TECHART for North America

    Gemballa North America
    28346 Rey de Copas
    Malibu, CA 90265
    gemballa@msn.com

Good Luck! Hope this helps...

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It's certainly unfortunate that they haven't responded to your emails. But after the second non-response you really should have called. I understand the frustration that not all businesses are as web/email savvy as we would like. But that's the unfortunate truth. The reality is that you're always going to get better service if you actually make a simple phone call. Problem solved...
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Oh id love to take my buisness elsewhere but unfortunately only these companies have the exact products im searching for and I cant picture buying any other products than the exact products I want.

I guess I will have to give them a call. But why even bother using email addresses if theyre not even going to respond to the emails they get, its nonsense.

Apologies for the language too, although I dont really consider that very bad language I couldve said alot nastier things
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Oh id love to take my buisness elsewhere but unfortunately only these companies have the exact products im searching for and I cant picture buying any other products than the exact products I want.

I guess I will have to give them a call. But why even bother using email addresses if theyre not even going to respond to the emails they get, its nonsense.

Apologies for the language too, although I dont really consider that very bad language I couldve said alot nastier things
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