86_ZN6 scamming? Never received my helix markers
 

Hey everyone,

So I think unfortunately I got scammed by 86_ZN6, I noticed he is banned and his website domain now brings me to go daddy. Just wondering if anyone ever actually received any items from them or not?

Apparently my Helix side markers were on their way from Japan by sea freight back in December, still haven't received anything..

Looks like I'm out 70$.

Why waited so long? I would have paypal claimed before the specified timeframe was up

:popcorn:

I'm not sure if his site didn't have paypal at the time, but I remember that it wasn't a paypal transaction and I actually just double checked my paypal history to be sure. I guess that was my first mistake, normally always use PayPal.. :bonk:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55281
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58629


Contest the charge with your bank.

I had to contest a charge with my bank for him as well. This was wayyy back for the VG Shark Fin Antennas. After 4+ months of not receiving anything I finally went to the bank. You shouldn't have any problems getting your money back into your account.

You guys are fortunate us International buyers have lost our money.

Yup won't get into it, it'll piss me off but same dude got me for 80 bones of never shipped goods etc to...sucks. :(

Yup :-(

I lost $59, geez when I saw he had Grouobuy on Winjets at $345, hope those guys got there lights.

I'm Canadian, is that going to be an issue to try and get my money back?

guess i was the lucky one.

got mine pretty early on (helix side marker)

hope you get your money back

Wow, you're the first person I see that actually received an item from him..

I did business with him for a few items and had no issues besides a lack of communication because I guess he was away at SEMA or something...I have tagged him in this thread hopefully that will get this resolved for you.

His account is banned, so I don't think he will be viewing this thread.. Lol

Oh damn...haha my bad

+1:eyebulge:

I received my shark fin after waiting 4 months from the VG group buy. Ordered in March then received in mid August. Very bad communication for a vendor and seemed really shady.

This is the 86 industries guy right?

I ordered Tom's and a black metal interior plaque from him. Probably the worst on-line customer service I've ever experienced. However, I received the Tom's and the custom plaque is actually a beautiful piece. So I'll tip my hat for the craftsmanship.

At one point in time there was a phone number for texting. Maybe someone on the forums has it? Otherwise, I'm assuming that sad excuse for a business is gone.

This is the same guy that i believe had the helix toms replica GB that failed.

he collected a shit load of money and didn't refund people forever.

I finally got my refund after bitching for awhile

dude sounds like he doesn't give a shit once $ is in his pocket

I have his number, doesn't seem to reply to my texts anymore..

Well if he doesn't respond to e-mails, doesn't surprise me.

Look on the bright side, at least you didn't have $500 tail lights on the line. Besides, aren't a ton of people complaining about the helix sides? Maybe it's a sign.

Not sure haven't read reviews of them, am I better off going with the more expensive actual JDM ones?

quick search on ebay brings up plenty of results for the non jdm ones.

He had trouble written all over him when he became a vendor here... Taking advantage of the hype of the platforms.

This shows you the real side of this guy. Banned and now for all those orders that are still pending... He's not shipping anything out anymore and pocketing the money.
Site is down, no contact, no response.

How professional!... :paddle: /Sarcasm

Good luck trying to get your money back... Only way is to file a claim through your bank.

/rant

I've had a set of authentic ones for a while now. I can't speak for the Helix ones from experience but here's a thread with some complaints: Helix Water Entry.

From this point on I can recommend Japanparts, Nigel-JDM, and Subaru-Online-Parts for your JDM stuff. I'm sure others can add to the list, I have personally had great interactions with all three.

Isn't Helix a Taiwanese based manufacturer? Not saying that's bad, per se (I have smoked Helix side markers myself), but the quality of the Taiwanese stuff is about on par with the Chinese stuff. That is to say bad.

@Brody602 Sorry to hear that you were scammed by said vendor :[

We are considering setting up a coupon specifically for members that were scammed by 86Industries/86_ZN6 for the Helix markers, so that at least you can get your markers without having to spend the full price again. Please let us know if you'd be interested in said coupon; we are just trying to look out for fellow enthusiasts.

Cheers bud.

-Vicious LED

I ordered an exhaust from him last year, and it took about 2 months to get. Glad I wasn't scammed! Sorry to those affected. :thumbdown:

I only ever ordered a club decal and t-shirt from him, and I didn't receive either for months. He gave me every excuse in the book, and I finally got the sticker, but never got the t-shirt. He became non-responsive, then disappeared.

I ordered the TRD underbody brace kit from him way back on September 1st, and did not receive the parts until a few weeks ago (it was about a week before he went off the grid). During this time I received NO updates at all unless I contacted him first, and he nearly always had an excuse as to why there was a delay. I have honestly never experienced such a lack of communication from an online retailer in my life.

I'm just thankful I did receive my parts (well, sort of. I also ordered a key chain that never arrived) and I hope you guys that got screwed here can find a way to get your money back.

Thanks for your recent order - you should have let us know and could have included them in your current order -



FYI the 86-zn6 Site is back up -

Already back for more? :bonk::popcorn:

Thought he's done with this platform... :iono:

Damnit! I tried calling Visa and apparently there is a 90 day window so they coupdn't do nothing for me.. I just want my damn money back.. Notice how he doesn't accept paypal? Also in the contact us form, no numbers or emails just a box to fill out, and the location is "CA, US" SMH.:bonk: