Baller Bolts

[blueshark123]

i got my bolts from them just recently very quick also

[BoostinIX]

Erg. Tried calling/email/fb, ordered 6/8 and no word.

[Superaison]

Ordered drive shaft bolt kit the 9th of sep 2011, got nothing, I called cc company and they helped me out. NEVER BUY FROM BALLER BOLTS!!!!!!

[Unvevo]

I ordered a few bolts from them, got them in about a week later.

[Beejis60]

On 1/4/12 I placed an order through this guy's site for multiple things; a lot of stuff he sells for 240s, Z33s, GTRs, and Evo's. According to the site, it would be shipped via USPS priority mail. To date, some 20 days later, nothing has been received. Of course, I attempted to call at least three times, all of which go directly to voicemail and his voicemail box being full everytime I've called. So I emailed him two or three times, the most recent being of threats of fraudulent credit card charges and reports to forums about his incompetence as a business. As promised to him, he has still not responded to me, therefore I have no choice but to warn you of this scammer business. I will be updating once my credit card company makes contact and resolves this situation.

[90240sx07]

shitty deal got a website or business name or a email so we now if its the same guy

[Beejis60]

Originally Posted by 90240sx07

shitty deal got a website or business name or a email so we now if its the same guy

Ya, all I know is that this is his site:

Titanium Fasteners, Titanium Bolts, Titanium Nuts, Dress Up Bolts

Thanks man

[xBtony]

Weird. I ordered some bolts from them they showed up 15 or 16 days later, and are beautiful. Im super happy with them. They took a while but I got a confirmation email with tracking number and everything. Seemed super legit to me. Everyone else I know that have delt with them have had nothing but good experiences as well. Sucks to hear u had a shitty experience.

[XiaoAZN]

Same, also had a good experience with them. They are a little slower than other retailers, but the product is top quality. I'm very happy with the bolts I got. Hopefully your situation gets resolved though.

[blueshark123]

I plan on doing bolt kits also but i am still not ready for the public thats why i got a infraction for showing some sample prices and work around here.
I have ordered from ballerbolts with good results, but i did hear a lot of bad stories lately.

and fliprazin you are referring to the wrong person it was actually dippedparts that screwed that person.

[Beejis60]

Originally Posted by blueshark123

I plan on doing bolt kits also but i am still not ready for the public thats why i got a infraction for showing some sample prices and work around here.
I have ordered from ballerbolts with good results, but i did hear a lot of bad stories lately.

and fliprazin you are referring to the wrong person it was actually dippedparts that screwed that person.

I just like the fact that apparently he has 12.9 grade 12pt screws instead of 12.9 grade socket cap screws which is what I keep finding, however I discovered on his site last night that the minimum yield strength for his bolts are listed below minimum 12.9 grade specs, so either another error on his behalf or he doesn't know the difference between proof load, yield strength, and tensile strength and he's getting screwed by his supplier.

[Def]

Originally Posted by Beejis60

I just like the fact that apparently he has 12.9 grade 12pt screws instead of 12.9 grade socket cap screws which is what I keep finding, however I discovered on his site last night that the minimum yield strength for his bolts are listed below minimum 12.9 grade specs, so either another error on his behalf or he doesn't know the difference between proof load, yield strength, and tensile strength and he's getting screwed by his supplier.

The guy came on NRR one time when I was making fun of his descriptions being wrong. Short of it was he didn't know ANYTHING about materials and machine design other than tossing out a few words he had googled.

[RyanHampton]

I feel I have a right to step in here since we are being accused of

A) Scamming someone,
B) Having no knowledge of fastener material
C) Lack of contact.

Beejis60 - I have attempted to contact you both via email and phone regarding your order. Here are the specific emails I have sent you and the dates:


Sunday 1/22/2012 9:39 pm
William,


Sorry for the delayed response. We are waiting for a new order of M12-1.5 jetnuts to come in. We have the rest of your order ready to ship, and we can ship the rest of the order out now and ship the M12-1.5 jetnuts when they arrive. Please advise.

Regards,

Ryan Hampton

Sunday 1/22/2012 10:37 pm

William,


Are you sure you need M12-1.5 and not 12-1.25 Jetnuts? Just asking since there are no M12-1.5 on a 240.

Regards,

Ryan Hampton


Subject: Re: Order #1810

I have already submitted to my creditor for fraudulent charges as of Saturday night, as promised, and don't expect to cancel until this situation is rectified.
I cannot wait for the jet nuts; I needed these before this year started and waiting any further is just wasting my time. Moreover, I have already located a US supplier of these and have them in my possession quite awhile ago.
As for the rest of the order, I am concerned with your advertised specs of the grade 12.9 fasteners of the yield strength, being 970 MPa on your site, as they are below the minimum specs required for a 12.9 grade fastener, of 1100 MPa. Unless you're confusing proof strength and yield strength, which is in fact 970 MPa for a 12.9 fastener, then I will need to cancel this too as I am paying you for 12.9 grade fasteners, not 10.9 grade.
Lastly, yes, I'm aware that all S chassis vehicles have 1.25 metric thread pitch.

William




Called Left Voicemail at 5:30 PM CST


Tues. 1/24/2012

William,



So being Grade 12.9 again, do you want me to send you the rest of the order and cancel the M12-1.5 Metric jetnuts? I have also left you a voicemail message yesterday. As for fraudulent charges, we never did defraud you. You did place an order. A fraudulent charge means we got your credit card number and then charged it without your knowledge and this was not the case. Please call me at ***-***-****. That is my cell number.


Regards,

Ryan Hampton

As far as my knowledge of materials, I have backed up everything I have said and DEF you have yet to prove me wrong as I remember the specific discussion on NPR. I have quite a long history of fasteners and know a few things about them. I am not going to go into this conversation again.

As for our dealings with customers on Zilvia, we have sold to several members on this board with and without delays. Several of the kits we offer are not off the shelf pieces. They usually have to be machined, custom made, or otherwise.

Now as for the lack of communication, I was out of town last week and arrived home Sunday when I received Williams email.

[Beejis60]

Originally Posted by RyanHampton

I feel I have a right to step in here since we are being accused of

A) Scamming someone,
B) Having no knowledge of fastener material
C) Lack of contact.

Beejis60 - I have attempted to contact you both via email and phone regarding your order. Here are the specific emails I have sent you and the dates:


Sunday 1/22/2012 9:39 pm
William,


Sorry for the delayed response. We are waiting for a new order of M12-1.5 jetnuts to come in. We have the rest of your order ready to ship, and we can ship the rest of the order out now and ship the M12-1.5 jetnuts when they arrive. Please advise.

Regards,

Ryan Hampton

Sunday 1/22/2012 10:37 pm

William,


Are you sure you need M12-1.5 and not 12-1.25 Jetnuts? Just asking since there are no M12-1.5 on a 240.

Regards,

Ryan Hampton


Subject: Re: Order #1810

I have already submitted to my creditor for fraudulent charges as of Saturday night, as promised, and don't expect to cancel until this situation is rectified.
I cannot wait for the jet nuts; I needed these before this year started and waiting any further is just wasting my time. Moreover, I have already located a US supplier of these and have them in my possession quite awhile ago.
As for the rest of the order, I am concerned with your advertised specs of the grade 12.9 fasteners of the yield strength, being 970 MPa on your site, as they are below the minimum specs required for a 12.9 grade fastener, of 1100 MPa. Unless you're confusing proof strength and yield strength, which is in fact 970 MPa for a 12.9 fastener, then I will need to cancel this too as I am paying you for 12.9 grade fasteners, not 10.9 grade.
Lastly, yes, I'm aware that all S chassis vehicles have 1.25 metric thread pitch.

William




Called Left Voicemail at 5:30 PM CST


Tues. 1/24/2012

William,



So being Grade 12.9 again, do you want me to send you the rest of the order and cancel the M12-1.5 Metric jetnuts? I have also left you a voicemail message yesterday. As for fraudulent charges, we never did defraud you. You did place an order. A fraudulent charge means we got your credit card number and then charged it without your knowledge and this was not the case. Please call me at ***-***-****. That is my cell number.


Regards,

Ryan Hampton

As far as my knowledge of materials, I have backed up everything I have said and DEF you have yet to prove me wrong as I remember the specific discussion on NPR. I have quite a long history of fasteners and know a few things about them. I am not going to go into this conversation again.

As for our dealings with customers on Zilvia, we have sold to several members on this board with and without delays. Several of the kits we offer are not off the shelf pieces. They usually have to be machined, custom made, or otherwise.

Now as for the lack of communication, I was out of town last week and arrived home Sunday when I received Williams email.

I shouldn't have to make threats via email or call to find your voicemail full and phone off almost three weeks after my order.

And if you know about fasteners, why are you stating they are grade 12.9 on your site but the specs are that of 10.9 grade fasteners?

And I'll call you when it's past 9am cali time. BTW, you can't expect me to email you back ASAP at 1am EST when you don't respond for days or longer to my emails.

[Def]

Originally Posted by RyanHampton

I feel I have a right to step in here since we are being accused of

A) Scamming someone,
B) Having no knowledge of fastener material
C) Lack of contact.

Beejis60 - I have attempted to contact you both via email and phone regarding your order. Here are the specific emails I have sent you and the dates:


Sunday 1/22/2012 9:39 pm
William,


Sorry for the delayed response. We are waiting for a new order of M12-1.5 jetnuts to come in. We have the rest of your order ready to ship, and we can ship the rest of the order out now and ship the M12-1.5 jetnuts when they arrive. Please advise.

Regards,

Ryan Hampton

Sunday 1/22/2012 10:37 pm

William,


Are you sure you need M12-1.5 and not 12-1.25 Jetnuts? Just asking since there are no M12-1.5 on a 240.

Regards,

Ryan Hampton


Subject: Re: Order #1810

I have already submitted to my creditor for fraudulent charges as of Saturday night, as promised, and don't expect to cancel until this situation is rectified.
I cannot wait for the jet nuts; I needed these before this year started and waiting any further is just wasting my time. Moreover, I have already located a US supplier of these and have them in my possession quite awhile ago.
As for the rest of the order, I am concerned with your advertised specs of the grade 12.9 fasteners of the yield strength, being 970 MPa on your site, as they are below the minimum specs required for a 12.9 grade fastener, of 1100 MPa. Unless you're confusing proof strength and yield strength, which is in fact 970 MPa for a 12.9 fastener, then I will need to cancel this too as I am paying you for 12.9 grade fasteners, not 10.9 grade.
Lastly, yes, I'm aware that all S chassis vehicles have 1.25 metric thread pitch.

William




Called Left Voicemail at 5:30 PM CST


Tues. 1/24/2012

William,



So being Grade 12.9 again, do you want me to send you the rest of the order and cancel the M12-1.5 Metric jetnuts? I have also left you a voicemail message yesterday. As for fraudulent charges, we never did defraud you. You did place an order. A fraudulent charge means we got your credit card number and then charged it without your knowledge and this was not the case. Please call me at ***-***-****. That is my cell number.


Regards,

Ryan Hampton

As far as my knowledge of materials, I have backed up everything I have said and DEF you have yet to prove me wrong as I remember the specific discussion on NPR. I have quite a long history of fasteners and know a few things about them. I am not going to go into this conversation again.

As for our dealings with customers on Zilvia, we have sold to several members on this board with and without delays. Several of the kits we offer are not off the shelf pieces. They usually have to be machined, custom made, or otherwise.

Now as for the lack of communication, I was out of town last week and arrived home Sunday when I received Williams email.

You confuse/misuse enough terms that I was pretty skeptical of your expertise in the subject. They could be honest mistakes, but given that you sell yourself as a fastener specialist, you'd think you'd have everthing down to a T.

[RyanHampton]

Yes, all of you post some valid points here. I should have communicated to the customer that there would be a wait. That I will wholly take the responsibility and blame for. Often times we face machine shops that don't come through on delivery times and we do try to keep enough stock to keep up with inventory, but things tend to come in waves. Literally in the middle of September we had 10 orders for suspension bolt kits, yet we only had 4 spacer sets left in stock (typically we get 1-2 orders per month on those). So, that caused a 3 week delay in orders.

I know enough about fastners and I will look into getting our RTML guy to get the tensile and yield strength corrected on the site. Yes I am aware of the 1200 MPA / 176 KSI tensile strength rating on the 12.9 grade bolts. That would appear to be proof load at 970 KSI.

Either way William, I hold no hard feelings and I do understand your frustration. Please email me, or call me so I can either refund or send the remaining order.

[Beejis60]

Originally Posted by RyanHampton

Yes, all of you post some valid points here. I should have communicated to the customer that there would be a wait. That I will wholly take the responsibility and blame for. Often times we face machine shops that don't come through on delivery times and we do try to keep enough stock to keep up with inventory, but things tend to come in waves. Literally in the middle of September we had 10 orders for suspension bolt kits, yet we only had 4 spacer sets left in stock (typically we get 1-2 orders per month on those). So, that caused a 3 week delay in orders.

I know enough about fastners and I will look into getting our RTML guy to get the tensile and yield strength corrected on the site. Yes I am aware of the 1200 MPA / 176 KSI tensile strength rating on the 12.9 grade bolts. That would appear to be proof load at 970 KSI.

Either way William, I hold no hard feelings and I do understand your frustration. Please email me, or call me so I can either refund or send the remaining order.

Alright asshat. I called you last week. Left a voicemail and still no response. What gives?

[NismoPlsr]

I had no problems with my experience buying parts from Baller Bolts.

Placed order Sunday 22nd. Received immediate payment confirmation email.
Parts shipped Thursday 26th. Received shipping confirmation email.
Received parts Tuesday 31st.

All the bolts look great and I wont hesitate to order from again.

[g_mac530]

I have ordered from Ryan before. He was out of stock on an item for the rear suspension kit. It took longer than expected but I did receive the items

[chinabean]

Ryan Hampton is a man of his words and a busy man at that, but what can you really do when he is waiting on the distributors end? At least he came out into the "public light" and told you what is going on, he isn't some big conglomerate company; I've seen him do work and I can vouch for him and his products - I have to fully agree with Mr.Hoffman5982

[Relentless240]

Took about 1-2 weeks to find out what was in stock (Would help if stocks was specified on the site).
Took about month to get bolts in and waited longer the 2nd time around with tons of unanwsered emails. I prolly wont order again cuz it was to stressful wondering when and what the status of the order was (Never received any tracking# or Status), but if u dont mind waiting around a 1/2 year and then kool.........At least it wasnt as bad as chasebays

[Howie Felter Snatch]

Ryan Hampton and the crew at Baller Bolts are legit. If you cannot wait to receive your order, which can take 1 week or 1+ months, then you need to just buy stuff locally or find other sources.

I remember the gold 'ol days when you'd write a letter to someone on the other side of the world and it would take 6 months just to hear back.. Technology has us spoiled and instant gratification has become the standard.. Shame.

[R3cK]

bought bolts for round 500$ from ballerbolts. it took around 2 moths till i received a usps number. package is still on the road. hope i get my stuff soon... another user told me it takes a lot of time, but the bolts have some good quality. so i hope everything is ok as soon as is got my damn package.

[Beejis60]

Items received a day or two ago sans jet nuts as they're backordered. Already have jet nuts from a cheaper source. So all in all, took about 5 weeks to receive items.

[Finchie]

Ryan Hampton (Baller Bolts) is a stand up guy and definitely is not scamming anyone. I bought a built SR from him and have nothing but positive things to say.

From my understanding he is very busy between family, racing, testing, and running Baller Bolts. It is hard for anyone to get a hold of him. Just give it time and simply take your business elsewhere if you are wary.

[Beejis60]

Why was there a lot of pertinent info deleted? A lot of it was childish shit, sure, but what about the most important info?

[edmorl]

ordered my bolts back in January and they just came to my door in Canada yesterday. Took a while but they came in and perfect

[chinabean]

^ are you guys ordering burnt titanium bolts? post up pics?

[R3cK]

nah no titan i cant shit money.
the bolts are perfect. but took a while as i wrote

[jpbpoway]

Hmm, I too also wish that I had done a search on ballerbolts before ordering anything >.< Made an order for the s13 rear suspension bolts on Feb 22, sent an email wondering if and when I will get a tracking number for my order. But I'm a patient guy, I'll give it a month at the most to get my bolts.