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Who can help me find TURBODAVE.Com? Has $1966 of mine and vanished 11 days ago..

Discussion in 'Turbo Kit Feedback, Shop and Product Reviews' started by qwiktim, Nov 22, 2014.

  1. qwiktim

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    Almost a month ago I ordered a pair of S475's from him and was told I would have them within a week....... a week went by and nothing.....the next week he said the were ready to ship and I would have them by Tuesday.........Tuesday came and went and nothing............. he said he shipped them to the wrong address and they were lost................. it has been 11 days now with at least one phone call and email per day since then and he had vanished like a fart in the wind.......... all he has on his webpage is a phone number, no physical address.............the pictures of shipping labels people have sent me all have his return address cut off the label....... I need a last name, and a physical address to file a police report in his jurisdiction. All I can find is that he is in the Irvin TX area and goes by the number of 204 -208-4018........I'm not fooling around with people like this anymore........did it once, took too long, and lost a good deal of money.

    A Little help greatly appreciated here guys..... pm me if you don't want to go public.
     
  2. qwiktim

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    Did find an actual address :

    Turbodaves/First Class Diesel & Performance
    1316 W.Commerce St.
    Dallas,TX 75208

    Anyone know if he bailed or is still in business? Anyone in that area know him?
     
  3. TTF/Ken Staff Member

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    I PM'd some additional info.
     
  4. qwiktim

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    Did find an actual address :

    Turbodaves/First Class Diesel & Performance
    1316 W.Commerce St.
    Dallas,TX 75208

    Anyone know if he bailed or is still in business? Anyone in that area know him?
     
  5. qwiktim

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    Google Earth showed me that the address is an actual address at least......not called TurboDaves and the phone number is different but it is a diesel performance shop........my guess is he does this on the side and uses his cell number......at least it's another lead to try and get my money back.


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  6. Mnlx

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    Not the first time Dave has gone MIA for weeks, or months.... good luck, and keep us informed.
     
  7. qwiktim

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    [SUB][/SUB][SUB][/SUB]Found out his name is Dave Hartjes.........and lists another address as well

    3577 N Beltline Rd.
    Dallas TX. 75208

    Google Earth shows that to be a whole lot of nothing other than a dead cat....


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  8. qwiktim

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    UPDATE- Dave has contacted me and says he is refunding my money in full.......will keep you posted
     
  9. slowturbocar

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    This sounds all to familiar from this guy.... best of luck man.
     
  10. qwiktim

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    UPDATE-

    DAVID HARTJES has issued a complete refund and all is well in the world once again...........although he is sending be a barrage of text messages.................. Thanks to all that helped......


    Dave is more than welcome to get on here and tell his side of the story and comment on the others posting comments about his customer service. It would also be nice for him to tell how he is threatening me and going to play childish games by posting my personal info and Google Earth photos of my home............... come on Dave, is it all talk or are you really that poor of a businessman? It's in your hands, you can make this good, or you can make this really bad for yourself.

    As far as I'm concerned this story is over............it's up to Dave now if it really is or not.
     
  11. fastest5th

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    Didn't you post his shit 1st......He's been on this site for years ....don't see him trying to steal your little petty money....I to would have been talking shit with the way you called him out with google pics.....
     
  12. TTF/Ken Staff Member

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    Actually, Turbo Dave has not been here in almost 6 years, unless he's posted with a different name. Before my time, but apparently he had a disagreement with a moderator and left. But he is welcome to stop in here as far as I am concerned.
     
  13. Mnlx

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    If you search, this is not the first time dave has failed to deliver what he promised, and has gone mia for weeks, or months. Things happen, but as far as i'm concerned when he stops communicating its theft.
     
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  14. slowturbocar

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    Lmao...for those that don't know even people here in the DFW area aren't dealing much with him anymore, well more than one bad story floating around. Glad you got a refund man....
     
  15. slowturbocar

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    Fastest5th So walking away with $2K of someone's money is ok just because you THINK he is still on this site floating around?? Your a idiot. Don't be pissed just cause you don't have that kind of money to spend on go fast parts.
     
  16. qwiktim

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    UPDATE -UPDATE

    As of now I have 43 text messages from Dave Hartjes since he issued my refund threatening me in various ways because of this post. He says his mothers vehicle was damaged and somebody's house damaged with notes that said "FOR TIM" included............. I live 2,000+ miles from him and I know nobody in Texas for that matter........Said his "lawyer" sent my lawyer papers including insurance estimates and police reports............ how would he even know who my lawyer is? ...Threatening legal action to pay for damages and for "slander" from this post..........I see no slander here, just facts and asking for help to find him............ he won't stop..............funny how he can take your money and disappear for a month but can find the time to send 43 texts in a matter of days.

    Draw your own conclusion to this guys stability, professionalism, and if you'd send him money for anything. I will keep this updated as long as he feels like playing games and issuing threats. I have not, and will not argue with him, threaten him, or post any untruths about him or what he texts me.........this is 100% on him.........it's already obvious I'm not the first to have issues with him...it doesn't take much research to find a plethora of unhappy people.....I really should have done that before placing an order, and his recommendations were questioned by me upon ordering, to find out later they were so far off the car would have been practically unable to build boos or keep from surging.


    Get on here and post, Dave Hartjes........... tell everybody your views, comments, and threats, not just me.......... the hole you're digging is getting deeper....and deeper....and deeper........
     
  17. 20psiofevil

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    Now you've got me curious what these s475's were going to power and whats the goal?

    On a side note I once waited 3 months for a procharger setup I ordered from thr, talk about avoiding my phone calls! I dropped 4g on that setup.
     
  18. slowturbocar

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    Well he brought it on him self...lmao.
     
  19. tchargers

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    So just to be clear you order was 1 day late and you got pissed and asked for a refund which you received right away and now you go slandering his name all over the internet?
    Every Law firm in America is going to beating down your door.
    Just for the record a Simple Google search on your website profile pulls this up.This is common knowledge
    Tim Stockwell
    330-573-9291
    790-Denshine Drive NW
    Canal Fulton, Ohio 44614
    If so The website hackers are going to have a field will you.
    You bank accounts and credit information are all over Google too.Might be best to STU before somebody post that up
     
  20. TTF/Ken Staff Member

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    tchargers, your response seemed very odd so I did some checking.

    Tchargers IS turbo dave. If you're going to post here, you should fully disclose this information. Also, the only person here with possible access to his credit information is you, since he would have given you either his credit card and/or bank account info when he made the order.... it's not "all over Google".
     
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