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Old 07-30-2008, 12:52 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Thumbs down RHD DESIGN -A.K.A STEVEN A.K.A mrs.drift33 A.K.A tiresmokes13

OK...

Its been over year and half since i dropped my car at RHD DESIGN

As today i do not hear anything from him nor i do not have have any information about whereabouts with my car.


back in 2007 january i dropped my car at RHD DESIGN
and i paid him for SR20DET swap and RHD conversion.

i used live in arizona back then i could not go to his shop to check out
my car often.

about a month after i dropped my car off i called him to ask whats going on with my car and he said he is working on it.
and i went to his shop to see my car about a month after i called him.

engine was taken out ..... and.. that was it.

i asked him why my car is sitting at parking lot and nothing is done ?
he told me he had to pay rent for his shop and he has bills to pay...
so he was working on everybody else's cars

cool... i have known steven since 2005 i think..
i thought i was friend with him when i visit LA i vistied his shop
sometimes we had dinner and just hung out together.

i asked him since steven hasnt bought any parts i order
such as engine and hks cams , intake manafold and etc...
if i could cancel some of parts because i need get around
and my car was at his shop for 2~3 month already
so i needed some money to buy a car.
he gave me my money back for cams and manafold.

i came back to arizona and i called him back 2~3 weeks after

he said he is having hardtime with installing A/C unit.
i thought he was working on my car... good !..
and i aksed him if it is too hard to make A/C work
i am fine without A/C, because i wanted car back


i went to his shop in july..
my car is sitting just like before no engine no work on the car.
i asked him why my car is sitting like junk car in the parking lot
he told me he has so many cars to work on and he has to pay rent
for his shop and bills...
and since i was changing my mind a lot about car
he said he can not work on the car.

YES i changed my mind because thought i could get the car back
sooner if i give him a less work for the car.

even today he is keep saying he could not finish my car because i changed my mind too much..

so in november 2007 i went to his shop to see my car again

but wtf ? nothing is there...
so i posted thread for whereabouts of RHD DESIGN
and i told little story about it.
he calls me a couple days after and cussing at me
saying "you motherf**ker your car is ganna park n the street and i dont give a sh*t it if it get towed away" someting like that...

i was 300 miles away from his shop was and i kept called him back to calm him down and explain why i post thread on zilvia about asking where the shop is.
i was worried that steven ran away with my car and money
or... i was frustrated.

i told him i am sorry for posting on ziliva and telling people abot my story.
so he told me he is ganna put the car back.

middle of november i went to his new shop on irwindale ave
i saw my car as same condition as before.

he said he is going to work on my car real soon after he finishes work on
few more cars.
and i decided to sell the car after finishes and i asked steven if he can sell it for me and i told him give me like..$3500 and keep whatever you are making after,

i already had new car and i was not hurry even the car was at his shop for almost a year but i have ride so... i went back to arizona again.

in december i was really upset because he never returns my phone calls
and i did not know what the heck was goin on with my car
so saturday i went to his shop see if i could just get my car out of that shop and have the work someplace else
i went to his shop with luisgonz because i was ganna have him do the work.

nobody at the shop i did not see my car in the parking lot.
guess because it was saturday.

i kept called him and called him and called him

finally april 14th of 2008 he called me and told me car is ready for paint job i txt him back saying i dont think paint job is need it.

http://zilvia.net/f/2201160-post54.html

july 24th of 2008

PHLIP told steven to get these prblems solved
he did call me on 25th and asked me what i want...

i told him just give me $2k and keep the car.
he said he will see when he can pay that money and he could make
a payments for that $2k i told him no problem.
he told me he will call me next day to let me know when he can make a first payment.

he did not call me back.

i told PHLIP because he told me to pm him if he does not call me back.
and i was instructed to have this review of steven's shop and steven him self.

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The information, as is being fed back to me, is that, and I quote:

Quote:
Now with peter kim.

Its a big ordeal with peter changing his mind while the work is in progress and almost complete time to time. I will have steven contact peter
You wouldn't happen to be telling me half of the story or anything, would you?
It is one thing that Steven has had a whole asshole full of poor dealings, but the information being fed back to me is that this is a 2-way street.


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that is pm sent to phlip from Steven's girl friend on july 25th

as you can see he is still giving excuse hi self about i changing my mind.
its been over one and half year.....

i dont think that excuse is good enough...

i know some of you had good service from him i am not saying he does
bad work or anything

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i am only going to say one thing.
In business you cant make everyone happy.
You will have those great transactions and the bad ones.
Guaranteed
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I'm speaking generally, as I know nothing about RHD Design or Steven.

This is not a comment about RHD/Steven, just speaking my mind.

I'm tired of seeing these kind of threads about businesses.

I'm tired of people getting scammed (which is also the customer's responsibility, but that's a whole other post).

I think as a business you should try to stay as reachable as possible.

I find it very shocking when I read or hear businesses try to make excuses why they couldn't be reached (for an extended period of time).

Phone, aim, email, etc, so many methods in this day and age, so excuses really don't make sense.

If you're swapping someone's motor and its taking longer than expected or if there are issues, you should be the one contacting the customer, rather than the customer trying to play phone tag.

I think a lot of businesses forget that they were/are customers as well. I'm not perfect either, but I try as much as possible to constantly put myself in the customer's shoes, cause otherwise I feel guilty stringing out a customer, etc.

It's unfortunate that out of all industries, the automotive industry has the worst stigma attached to it. Hopefully, someday this will change.


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i apoloigize for using your comments without your permission.


STEVEN IF YOU SEE THIS

LETS GET THIS SHIT END.

GIVE ME $2K AND YOU KEEP THE CAR I DONT CARE YOU CALL ME OR NOT

SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER TO MY ADDRESS AND WE DONT HAVE TO TALK AGAIN.

I AM TIRED TO CALL YOU AND WAIT FOR YOUR NONSENSE.

my address is
1050 S WESTMORELAND AVE #109
LOS ANGELES CA 90006

MY # IS 213-598-7536

I HOPE I GET SOMETHING SOON
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Old 07-30-2008, 01:37 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Are you serious? There's already threads on this guy.

He fucks people. Thats just how he operates.


And btw... posting your address on a public forum = fuckings stupid.


Good luck getting all this sorted out.
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Old 07-30-2008, 02:27 AM   #3 (permalink)
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STEVEN!!. shits very close to hitting the fan.

i suggest you take care of business...

next thing you know you'll have 100 angry zilvian's at your door...

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Old 07-30-2008, 02:35 AM   #4 (permalink)
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he did my clutch job. i didnt have a problem with him.. sorry to hear your experience bro. <3
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Old 07-30-2008, 03:04 AM   #5 (permalink)
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F' that....sorry to hear about your ordeal man. Really sucks when people can't come through like that. I had a similar situation like that when i was younger but i ended up getting my car back paying only $2600 out of the original $5000 worth of work. dude didnt know how to run a business so he kept my car for 9 months and didnt do jack shiznitz to my car until the end to i didnt pay the full amount.
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Old 07-30-2008, 03:11 AM   #6 (permalink)
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isn't this person trying to sell a car on here right now? why hasn't this person been ban from the marketplace yet?
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Old 07-30-2008, 03:21 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Please keep this on a review thought when you post. I should for one not even need to post this. But people dont follow the rules. Its not the guy your talking about Jimmy. This guys name is Steven and he used to run a shop called RHD design and goes by the profile name mrs.drift33 and tiresmokes13
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Old 07-30-2008, 04:47 AM   #8 (permalink)
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i have a friend that works/worked for steven..he says that he's never around the shop never answers his phone and shows up whenever he feels like it...its been a while since my friends worked for him and since then he's pretty much given up on him...

he bought a sr from him and the motors been nothing but problems...

sorry to hear bout your situation man..hope you get your money
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Old 07-30-2008, 07:59 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I made Steven and his girlfriend aware via PM that they would need to sort out their issues, instead I was given stories shifting the blame to people who have VERY PUBLICLY stated that they have had issue with them and their shop.
"She" even asked me to not link her with him, saying that she has been operating separately of him, and that SHE has been selling goods. The issue, here, is that he has made no secret of the fact that he has posted from her screen name when he was banned before, not to mention the fact that they STILL share an IP address and his screen name has conveniently not been on since the 18th, yet hers is on every day.
Their shared presence is a stain on our marketplace, and complaints of bad business have been constant about him and his shop.
As I promised, I am banning them both from the marketplace indefinitely until I receive word that issues presented to me have been resolved.
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Old 07-30-2008, 11:58 AM   #10 (permalink)
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i just got a phone call from his girl firend because i called her yesterday.

she asked someone called ???

i told her its me peter and she told me right after

"do not call me to get through steven."
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Old 07-30-2008, 10:32 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Well that BS. They are together and Steven wont answer his phone. What can you really do? This has been like the 5th thread about RHD Design. Hope everything goes well. and Calvin, get your car out of there man!
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i havent dealt with steven for about two years.he was a cool guyto talk to, but kinda shady. wut's goin on steven? all i hear r bad things about u and ur shop. regardless of how busy u r, here is NO EXCUSE for haveing a car at ur shop for A YEAR!!!!. uness the customer has no cash to finish, but this doesnt sound like it falls into that catagory. the worse part is that anyone who is associated with ur shop has a bad rep now. tsk,tsk

only advice i can give to anyone that is currently getting their car worked on or considering their car getting worked on by steven.....DONT!!!!

as for the guy who posted this, good luck with everything hope it doesnt turn out worse than it already is

STEVEN.... GET ON THE BALL, MAN!!!!!
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Yo. "ELITE"guy ^^^ i know who u talking about .. and that motor has been a problem since DAY 1...... and i gots to go work on it tomorow..
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i know steve he's a ku guy he should come thru
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he called me yesterday

and told me he is going to call me back this weekend to let me know when he can make

that payment.

i was glad he called.

i hope he does not see this thread cuz last time i posted something like this

he got really upset and didnt help to solve the prob ....

i will let you all know when he calls me back.

i know he is cool guy to talk to and hang out with....

i just want this thing end !!!
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i hope he does not see this thread cuz last time i posted something like this

he got really upset and didnt help to solve the prob ....
WTF Why would you start this thread if you didn't want him to see it? The only reason he called you was probably because he or someone that knows him saw this thread.
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i can literally WALK to his shop from my warehouse...i drive by it everyday...and i never see it open or anything, however though i do sometimes see a white kouki and a black crx parked in the driveway...but still the gates are usually closed and u cant see in
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Just go get your car and you and all the other members he screwed take him to small claims. Shady people don't change, hi's just buying time and you keep falling for it everytime he calls.
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I have been calling him too, and no answer. So, iono, I even went to his shop, no one is around...

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE...but in the past, he has helped me when he was at the shop.

PS- Steven if you read this, man I called to just see how your damn shop is coming along f***er... -=o)
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Just go get your car and you and all the other members he screwed take him to small claims. Shady people don't change, hi's just buying time and you keep falling for it everytime he calls.
I agree with this guy, I got screwed 2k because a guy by the name of Matt (drove a grey Z32 TT) told me he was gonna sell me a 91 hatch after 4 months of excuses, suddenly I have NO idea where he is, all I know is that his girl drives a silver 04ish civic coupe and supposedly he's in jail for fraud, I found out later through his other customers that he had been f**king pple over for years and that he's in jail for fraud over 75k. I hope this doesn't happen to you man, my advice to you is ALWAYS know where he lives, his licence plate #, and address, that way he doesn't pull a houdini on you.
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I agree with this guy, I got screwed 2k because a guy by the name of Matt (drove a grey Z32 TT) told me he was gonna sell me a 91 hatch after 4 months of excuses, suddenly I have NO idea where he is, all I know is that his girl drives a silver 04ish civic coupe and supposedly he's in jail for fraud, I found out later through his other customers that he had been f**king pple over for years and that he's in jail for fraud over 75k. I hope this doesn't happen to you man, my advice to you is ALWAYS know where he lives, his licence plate #, and address, that way he doesn't pull a houdini on you.

he is not in jail...

have you called him or.... do something for your loss?
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They have a rotating banner. It would be good to delete that function as well.
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steve has always been shady he act like your friend then he will F--k you with no lube

a while back on 240sxforums he went by SICKBING he was a MOD on the forums at that time

what he did was made a for sale thread for these homemade bars he said he was makeing it was a C pilar bar for s13 and 14s also said he was makeing a trunk bar too

well he made the for sale thread took alot of peoples money and took off with it

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They have a rotating banner. It would be good to delete that function as well.
Double check that... RHD Japan has a rotating banner and they are in good standing... RHD Design is a wart on Zilvia's ass... I am not exactly sure I want Steven or his woman back in the marketplace.
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he called.... he said he will give me the money

and keep me posted

he gave me word that he is going to pay me back.

its good !!!

he is trying to solve problem...
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