• Failure to follow these rules may result in your threads being locked, deleted, or moved. Depending on the severity of your actions, or frequency of your actions, your user account could be suspended or banned. These rules are to help protect both buyer and seller.


    1. CONSOLIDATE all of your for sale items into ONE thread only. This means there will be NO making multiple sales threads for different items regardless if the parts are related or not.

    2. PRICE IS REQUIRED. We do not permit ads without an asking price for each item. "Best Offer" is not an allowable substitute for posting a price. You may ask for $1 but a price must be listed regardless. If a price is not listed with in the first 24 hours of making your sale thread IT WILL BE LOCKED or DELETED. Once a price is listed a bidding war is not permitted. If the seller gets an offer that meets his asking price, the seller should honor the asking price and sell for that amount.

    3. EBAY LINKS AND OTHER LINKS. We allow links to ebay ads, but you MUST have a buy-it-now price posted, or an asking price to stop the auction in your ad here (Not just in the link). If it is from another site or from here, do not use a link but post the full text instead with pictures if you have them listed. If a BIN price is not posted, then your thread will be DELETED.

    4. CITY / STATE are required info for each ad. Information must be posted in the first post of thread, NO EXCEPTIONS. Buyers and sellers reserve the rights to privately ask for full contact information on any purchase or sale. 24 hour notice will be given, if you do not comply your post will be DELETED.

    5. NO TWO PARTY SALES. This means no more "I'm selling for a friend" posts and will be deleted immediately with no notice. Seller assumes all responsibility of anything they post for sale.

    6. NO FEELER THREADS. You are either selling it or you aren’t selling it.

    7. POST COUNT AND/OR TIME LIMIT. We are requesting that you spend some time with us before you start a For Sale thread. A pre-determined minimum number of posts will be required or 1 year since creating the account + an intro thread (just so we know you aren’t the Prince of Africa). Any for sale thread posted out of the For Sale section to circumvent the rules will result in being deleted. Those who do meet the criteria and post outside the section will have their thread moved, constant violation of this will result in an infraction.

    8. NO BUMPING OR TT’ing YOUR THREAD MORE THAN ONCE IN 48 HOURS. Don’t worry your thread will still be a bold read until a user reads it and if people are really interested they will let you know. Post warning will be issued if in violation and on the 3rd warning, the thread will just be locked.

    9. NO THREAD DUMPING OR I DON’T LIKE YOUR PRICE. Don’t post in a person’s thread just to tell them they are too high, either move along and say nothing or throw an offer to them. The person can sell it at whatever price they think someone is willing to pay. Offenders will be issued a warning, if it is a constant issue then an infraction will be issued.

    10. KEEP YOUR THREAD UP TO DATE. This is really for your benefit, so you don’t get 10 PMs asking if you still have it when you already sold it.

    11. NO WEAPONS. As Admins we have determined that no weapons will be allowed to be sold, this includes knives, guns and anything else deemed a weapon (even if its a wall hanger only). We ask that if you want to sell these items you seek out the appropriate websites elsewhere to do so.

    12. Pictures are REQUIRED. Pictures of all items for sale. This is to help BOTH seller and buyer. As a seller it is MUCH easier to sell something if you have pictures of it. As a buyer you feel better seeing exactly what you are buying. Pictures should contain the item/s for sale and a sign of some kind that has your username on it. 24 hour notice will be given, if you do not comply your post will be DELETED.

    FRAUD & RISK. Buy and Sell at your own risk. Grand Prix Forums and its staff are not responsible if someone rips you off or doesn't send parts out in a timely manner. This classifieds section is a free service for the community, and it is YOUR responsibility to handle all transactions in a low-risk method. DO NOT contact us if there is a dispute between you and someone else, we are NOT INVOLVED. You can help minimize fraud risk by doing these suggestions:

    Pay using PAYPAL, using a credit card. This way, if a part does not arrive, you can do a charge back through your credit card company. If you gift it, then you have no recourse to get your money back when things fall through. Pay the 3% and have the buyer protection. Using someone else's paypal and gifting to pay for goods is violating Paypal's Terms of Service.



    Always ask for full name, residential address, phone numbers of both buyers and sellers. An honest seller should have no problem disclosing this info to you privately.


    Shipping things C.O.D. is risky. Try to use UPS or Fedex, so that you can track shipments. Have someone sign for it if it is expensive.


    Ask for references from other members, hopefully from other members who have been registered for longer than one year and are active here.


    Use your gut feeling. If something seems too good to be true, or a seller/buyer seems a little shady, don't take the risk.

    TIPS:
    -Post pictures: with mobile phones these days and auto uploads, it’s not even really hard anymore. Have it automatically drop in Photobucket, grab the Img tag link and paste it in.

    -Give good contact information if you aren’t going to be on here a lot.

    -If you are going to disappear for an extended time (vacation, time in jail, what have you), then give us a quick note that you aren’t going to be around. People will trust you a little more.

    -Look around and gauge your price with other items. Just cause you bought it for $1000, doesn’t mean it’s now worth $1,200 or even the original $1,000. You are free to ask what ever you want, but an item that is priced right will sell quicker.
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Not sure if this is appropriate or not, but my best friend Aaron Brown and I are looking to stop working for the 'man', and open our own shop. We DO NOT have our own buisness yet, but are both trying to get a name for ourselves out there.

Im not sure if this is the place, but we have been doing work out of our garages for sometime now, and trying to save enough dough to start our own shop. If anyone needs anything done, please feel free to PM, or call me. I specialize in GM FWD, but i've worked on many others as well. Aaron works at an independent shop, and has a LOT of experience working on everything lol. From mercedies to audi to dodge, we can do it. At a labor rate of no more than 40/hr, you can't go wrong. Club discounts will apply as well.

A little backround about us:

I have been a gm tech for 5 years, and attended IVCC's automotive programs. I am NOT ASE certified, because I couldn't afford to go to school full time, and not work. I was offered a job before i finished school with Terry Bentz Buick in Marseilles, IL so I took it. I am GM certified in many fields and should be a GM mastertech before long.

Aaron attended JJC in Joliet, IL and is a TechNet master Tech. He has worked in two different shops in the last 7 years, and is by FAR the best Tech I've ever met. He specializes in electrical problems and wiring.

Please feel free to PM me or call to schedule an appointment. 815-712-3034


and also, mods, if this is inappropriate, please delete!
 


Glad you posted. I wish there were more of you around. I dont have a problem with you posting your stuff here, thats what the community vendor section is for.

Id like to see more GM techs that could show up for local chapter meets and supervise mod days or even make a few bucks doing the mods for people.
 
Phat, being ASE certified is not all its cracked up to be. they will give it to anyone. I mean look at me......I am proof. LOL.

I will vouch for Danny!!!! He knows his stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
UR LOSN said:
Phat, being ASE certified is not all its cracked up to be. they will give it to anyone. I mean look at me......I am proof. LOL.

I will vouch for Danny!!!! He knows his stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I should write you up for excessive use of teh "capital 1's" !!!!1!!



:D
 
the only ase certs i'd put my faith in would be L1/L2 the rest are pretty damn easy...

phat, ya ever talk to bob and voytec? we're cleaning up the shop this month getting everything ready, i gotta borrow the hammer drill from my boss but once we get the lift to the shop and installed it'll be much better than working on my back in my garage...

we are all keeping our day jobs and trying to get it off the ground...all i want is enough room for an older 3axis cnc mill that i can retrofit :D

nothing like working your ass off constantly eh? lol
 
Pretty much what they said about being ASE is true. Most dealerships like to brag that all their techs are certified, but when it comes down to it, only 1 out of 20 is worth a damn. The others can do the work yes, but like to leave parts outs, like brackets, clips, covers, and rerouting wiring, and hoses after a job correctly is slim to none.

There is a lot more to being a good tech than being certified in this and that, its the attention to detail, and doing the job right the first time, and trying to avoid the customer coming back for a second time with the same problem. THAT right there makes a good tech. NO repeating business is a good thing. But a repeating customer is even better because they know you can do the job right. From there...word spreads like a wild fire.

Thats my advice to you guys. Sure you know this, and will use it anyway in your business practices. But that right there, and sticking to those morals, and not getting greedy like many do, will keep you guys busy with customers, and growing everyday. Do it because you love it, and not because your after the money. Thats just a bonus.

Good luck on your business, and hope it works out for you guys. Having people/employees familiar with many makes and models is one thing, but having somebody that specializes in electrical troubleshooting and repair is like gold now a days. Plug the crap out of that when you advertise.

~F~
 


i agree about the ASE thing, thats why its not on my to-do list. i also agree that it's just a about knowing something on paper. i have learned almost everything i know about these cars by doing, not by reading a book. on the job experience is where it's at for sure.

thanks for the advice guys. we are still going to keep our day jobs to start, but id like to save 10-15k between the two of us, and then look for a shop, and start getting equipment. by the time we've made 10k, we SHOULD have a decent customer base, and like jason said, word of mouth is critical.

so....if anyone knows someone who knows someone who needs work done, send em my way lol. thanks guys
 
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