I've been scammed by Scott @ Mazsport. It's been two years, and although some months may not be entirely
accurate (it's been awhile), I included them so people can get the picture. Fact
is, it was taking over 2years, and when I towed the car back, it
wasn't even half done.
8/2006 - Scott began calling me up and telling me he's interested in doing 3 rotor swap on my
car. He tells me it'll
cost $25,000 - $30,000 with all bells & whistles (dry sump, roll cage, turbo, 20b, pushing the engine back & low, etc. etc.). and tells me it will take about 2 MONTHS.
I
agreed, then paid $10,000 down to "lock down my spot".
9/2006 - I drove the car down to FL and dropped my car off.
10/2006 - I call for an
update. They say they're really
swamped developing turbo kits & getting ready for some rotary meet. I asked them to send me some photos of what they have
for my 3 rotor. Scott is now apparently TOO BUSY to talk to me on the phone
for 5 seconds.
11/2006 - I'm now calling probably every 2-3 days and at
least once a week because I haven't seen / heard any update for my car. I did talk to Scott once or twice this
entire month--he then told me he's
building a kick-ass engine with 13b housings & new rotors & new e-shaft.
12/2006 - Scott finally calls me and tells me he needs more money ($15,000) and
gives me a deadline date - February/2006. He tells me engine is built and he spent all the money. He then proceeds to tell me to delete some mildly negative comments
I've made on my thread
about his dragging his ass-- I deleted them.
2/2007 - Scott says engine placement is like a midengine slotcar. Asks me another
month to finish the job then asked for $2000 more to make an intake
manifold. I pay the $2000 then bought my plane ticket for 3/2006 to tampa, FL to go pick up
the car.
3/2007 - The entire week before my flight, Scott is unreachable. Betsey tells me the
car's not ready. I scrap my flying plans. Scott then sends
me some photos of the engine in the engine bay pretending like nothing happened. It was still snowing in PA and I told myself, I can
wait until it stops
snowing. Scott asks for more money at this point, and I said we're over budget already, and just finish it.
** at this point, only the engine was in the engine
bay--
5/2007 - Scott says manifold took forever, but things are moving along. I request for another deadline, and he says 7/2006, and I buy another plane
ticket. He then promises to keep me updated at
least once a week, which he does so for ONE week then promptly forgot every single Friday thereafter.
7/2007
- Still not done-- in the meanwhile, I receive some photos of oil pan and turbo to
keep me quiet on the forum. He also e-mails me that he'll work on it
everyday and will have an update or me every Friday again and again--which never came true.
**at this point, I'm
getting pissed off every week with
Scott's lack of communication and utter lack of any respect for my time. Betsey would frequently tell me Scott will call after 5pm, makes me wait around until
7-8pm after which I figure out again and again he's not calling.
And this weekly routine continues until his name on the forum is in jeopardy with some
posts. He then calls and gives me some
fluke deadline, which he denies later on the phone telling me that he NEVER gives a deadline because he doesn't want
to disappoint his customers when the date is not kept. I'm thinking this
guy is an idiot if he wants me to buy that "argument".
12/2007 - I
tell him to just make the car run. I also tell him I don't give a shit what he does to it as long as it runs. He
tells me he needs more money and I tell
him he's already over budget and asked for an INVOICE to see where the money went. Scott NEVER gives me an invoice--in fact according to him, there has
been so much work done on my car that for the past 8 months, he's been working on my invoice.
5/2008 - I started up some thread on the forum, and Scott
immediately lies to me that my exhaust
pipe is finished. Asked me to delete the thread, which I did.
8/2008 - I ask for update, and for 10 months, Scott
tells me he's been working on the fuel rail because the upper manifold is
too low. I demand an invoice and told him I'd like to tow the car back.
9/2008 - Invoice is still not ready. When the truck driver called to confirm the pick-up, Scott tells him to come back
later. I payed re-schedule fee, then
demanded that Scott have my car on the truckbed next time truck shows up.
** at the vehicle delivery, I find that my car has been ripped up inside and out.
Scott sold LOT of my OEM stuff and ALL my aftermarket engine stuff. Engine mounts weren't even in. Fuel modules, all sensors, fans, coolers, etc. etc. I had are
all gone. There's NOTHING
after the downpipe which is hitting the subframe incidentally. I call him up immediately and tell him I'll be starting up a
thread about this transaction. Scott then immediately tells me that
he'll make it right.
10/2008 - Every week, I get the same bullshit from him. First
package had shifter knob and a BROKEN fuel pump. I finally receive that invoice he's been working on
for past 10 months.
hey and here's what I
received (these include the labor):
$800 for PREPARING the car for installs
$7922.83 for MOUNTS & PPF
$12,300 for 20b
$250 for
radiator MOUNT
$867.61 for FUEL RAIL (doesn't even have secondary rail)
$850 for USED Rx7 tranny (not rebuilt) with NO shifter & no gear selector linkage
$981.54 for
INJECTORS
$1950.91 for "performance clutch"
$3404.28 for INTAKE TUBES!
$2185.26 for EXHAUST MANIFOLD
$3200.80 for Gt42R turbo & v-clamps
$804.00 for OIL PAN
and here's the
best part:
$1445.00 for THINKING about some exotic traction control that wasn't even installed or
fab'd.
$450 for REMOVING my OWN fuel tank & working fuel pump that I needed (NO
replacement in the car)
$675.00 for roll cage design & dynamat that
aren't even in the car
then they decided to generously credit me for all aftermarket stuff that they sold off the
car (after taking off 30% for
their ebay listing service) and applied ALL the credit toward Scott's paycheck WITHOUT my permission. I still haven't heard anything about missing OEM parts or
my aftermarket stuff I can still use with 20b.
I'm still waiting for Scott to send me my RX8 oem parts, 20b oem parts, and stuff he charged me for
already like the shifter linkage,
mounts, etc, which I still don't have. He's dragging it again.
SCOTT, EXACTLY HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BOX UP
SOME STUFF I WAS ALREADY CHARGED FOR MORE THAN 2 YEARS AGO AND SEND IT
VIA UPS GROUND??? According to him, he's still "unpacking" and still
"looking for my stuff". I just had it with his lies and two faced responses on the forum. He tries so
hard to appear legitimate on the forum, but
many others (myself included) have had horrendous experiences with Mazsport Scott. He will keep giving you excuses of "doing it right takes
time" to
which I agree to certain extent. But over 1yr for turbo installs and over 2yrs for hacked up uncompleted project that was promised to be done in 2months is pushing it
greatly.
Pics of EVERYTHING I received after paying Mazsport $38122.23 ON TOP of Fully tuned greddy turbo 300whp RX8 after Mazsport had it for TWO
years.
Janne Lindgren
Åmål / Oslo
X Eunos Cosmo Type S 20B -90
X Eunos Cosmo Type SX 13B -95
X RX3 -73 (Herschel Orange OA)
X RX3 -73
(Phoenix Blue AM)
X RX3 Wagon -73 (Sunrise Red RH)
X FB -83, -83, -83, -85
