Thread: Aluminum coolant elbow

Originally Posted by MidnightBlue

I can get them from oreilys for about $13.50 also long as there are atleast 7 people that order them. Then there will be a $2-3 for shipping to you.

Yeah we don't need a head count.. You want em, we'll get em

glad to see they fixed the shipping.. early adopters got burned tho.

Well, this will be the LAST time I order anything from RockAuto. What crappy customer service! First they charged me $15+ bucks for shipping and two packages came just now and they are from a warehouse 10 MINUTES FROM MY JOB!!!!in the Bronx! Fifteen dollars for that??!

So I open the packages and my AC Delco Thermostat is there WITHOUT the gasket. I ordered it w/gasket. Okay, so I call Rockauto and the customer service guy asks me if I could just go to the auto parts and buy one. Are you f-ing kidding me?! I paid 15 dollars for shipping first off, they screw up the order, and now I'm supposed to go to the store and buy it? I'm very surprised at that kind of service. Live and learn I guess!

wahts that got to do with aluminum coolant elbows??

i mean it sucks, but still.

why would you buy a t stat on line? i know you got pep boys and strauss auto/sts tire in the bronx. i used to work on both company's roofs.

did some quick research at Rockauto's site. One is $1.85 shipping. Two come from seperate places and each is 1.85 shipping. 3+ goes to abotu $10 shipping and even 15 elbows is still only $11 shipping.

Originally Posted by Mad Monkey

wahts that got to do with aluminum coolant elbows??

i mean it sucks, but still.

Sorry. The Alum Elbows are what I ordered. The other items were on the same order. I figured to kill a few birds with one stone. The Elbows haven't arrived yet. Supposedly tomorrow.

Originally Posted by scottydoggs

why would you buy a t stat on line? i know you got pep boys and strauss auto/sts tire in the bronx. i used to work on both company's roofs.

Strauss on Castle Hill is gone unfortunately. Pep Boys is a joke here in the Bronx. I should have explained. The items were all part of the Elbow Order. I figured if I was getting the elbows I might as well change out the T-Stat as well.

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

did some quick research at Rockauto's site. One is $1.85 shipping. Two come from seperate places and each is 1.85 shipping. 3+ goes to abotu $10 shipping and even 15 elbows is still only $11 shipping.

Well, I'm confused then. You can see in my above post the copy of the actual invoice. What irked me is that the TB Gaskets, T-Stat, both came from a warehouse that is literally 10 minutes from my job in the Bronx. Anyway, it is what it is. Can't do much about it now.

Originally Posted by matt5112

Do you want to wait for shipping or install it today?

If you're fine waiting, they should send you a gasket.

But most people would flip **** and want to install it as soon as they recieved it, the most logical thing to do is get a gasket locally.

They short shipped me one exhaust valve, called up and they sent out another box of two no charge.

Oh, I am fine waiting since the T-Stat will be changed when they do the Elbows. Instead of just saying that we're sorry for the inconvenience, let me get a gasket out to you today, he said and I quote, "well, can't you just go and get a gasket locally?" Thats crap! Not after paying 15 bucks for shipping!

But hey, it's simple. If your not happy just go somewhere else. I have bought from them before and didn't have any problems. I didn't have a problem today either until he said what he said. I would have kindly waited for the gasket to come.

they changed the shipping prices a day or 2 after thread was made.. did you order early? when it was still $15 to ship elbows

Originally Posted by Mad Monkey

they changed the shipping prices a day or 2 after thread was made.. did you order early? when it was still $15 to ship elbows

That must have been what happened. I ordered not long after the thread started. Saturday the 25th I think is when I placed it. Just my luck they changed it afterwards! Anyway, I just got an email that the elbows will be here tomorrow and the missing gasket shipped out today so all is good.

According to RA, it's still gonna cost me $10.92 to ship them to 38112. wtf? That's more than the part.

Why did yall find the shipping was cheaper? Maybe they caught on to our scheme.................