Powderwheels Frank Franker — Proceed With Caution!

[Forrest_KoogleWerks]

And on another related more positive note…this (and another scammer, rs-felgen.de , who took almost a year to send “genuine BBS wheel halves” for 3k$ that turned out to not only be made in China…but were dimensionally wrong to fit the “correct” BBS 16 hole centers) were both a catalyst for us to step up and conceive our LimmerFelgen wheel production.  That said, I don’t want Frank to be burned at the stake, I just want him to see there are repercussions to these bad business practices and to recognize that honesty is the best policy. The fact that it’s gone this far is a testimony to how patient and forgiving the BMW 2002 community is. 

Edited December 26, 2021 by Forrest_KoogleWerks

[SydneyTii]

2 hours ago, Forrest_KoogleWerks said:

I don’t want Frank to be burned at the stake,

I’d go with that ideology cos Life is just way to short for that crap, I’d suggest anyone looking for any parts review their purchase here and elsewhere then simply take your business to those that are fair, honest and deliver, the crooks won’t last long if they don’t have clients..

[irshmerc]

What.....no burning !!!!

[TripE46]

1 minute ago, irshmerc said:

What.....no burning !!!!

I’ll take on that burden. I intend to bother him and post publicly until I get my wheels or he crawls back into whatever hole he came out of.

[irshmerc]

22 minutes ago, TripE46 said:

I’ll take on that burden. I intend to bother him and post publicly until I get my wheels or he crawls back into whatever hole he came out of.

 

Yep, an effective deterrent is what these creatures need.

[kidc]

I still don't have my wheels. I'm out well over $5k on the 16" 4x100 BBS RS I paid for in November 2020. For context, I have 15" BBS RS on my 2002 - which I got from Frank in 2018 - and they're top quality. The 16" are for my E30.

 

I spoke to Frank on the phone a few days ago, and do manage to connect with him sporadically. Those conversations are far more civil than the text exchanges.

 

I must be a fool at this point but somehow I do still believe he's trying to get wheels to me. Mainly because I can't wrap my head around why we're still in contact. If he was out just to take my money, why keep up this pretense? I can't see what's in it for him. I'm clearly no advocate for his business or brand any longer and it would be far simpler to ghost me.

 

To me Frank's biggest offense is the utter lack of respect for people's time. I was planning on selling my 2002 after buying the E30 (in November 2020!), but I wanted to snap a few photos of both cars on BBS RS since they were promised in January 2021. Plus my E30 has dangerously old (15") tires which are in dire need of replacing - but the wheels have always been "a few weeks" away. I'd like to make some suspension changes too, but all these things are contingent on the wheels. 

 

I agree that no-one should be "burned at the stake", but people need to be held accountable for their actions. For all the above reasons and more, I won't be letting go without consequence. If I receive my wheels or get refunded in January, I'll move on because life is too short. 

 

Anyway, in the Christmas spirit of things at the moment I'm tending to believe that Frank is simply a chronic over-promiser and compulsive liar who sees the money first and tries to figure out the solutions afterwards, but one who does take pride in his [eventual] work. I do believe he and his business have been affected quite deeply by COVID, and he's dug himself a bit of a hole. I'm hoping that the recent flurry on Facebook is a sign that he's starting to find his way out of it.

 

Ask me again in month though. 

[TripE46]

Hopefully, but his flurry of "activity" came immediately after I called him out in 6-7 different groups. I've reached out to all of the group admins to make sure I'm not being a pest but I'm going to update every 2-3 weeks with any communication (or lack of) from Frank. 

[uai]

Probably one of the guys that doesn't have at hand what he sells and then tries to buy what he sold to you - kind of a short sale. 
 

[d.hitchcock]

Data point, 12-27-21, FB screenshot.

He also shared a "customer receiving his wheels" video.

 

[irdave]

8 hours ago, uai said:

Probably one of the guys that doesn't have at hand what he sells and then tries to buy what he sold to you - kind of a short sale. 
 

 

Dude.  Maybe just like a short sale.  Maybe he could get a job at Citadel.

[Marsattacks]

What happens when there is a call on uncovered short sales?

[irdave]

10 minutes ago, Marsattacks said:

What happens when there is a call on uncovered short sales?

[Conserv]

14 hours ago, d.hitchcock said:

Data point, 12-27-21, FB screenshot.

He also shared a "customer receiving his wheels" video.

 

Heard he had to use paid actors… ??

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

[d.hitchcock]

More Powderwheels ads on FB today.

[irdave]

9 hours ago, d.hitchcock said:

More Powderwheels ads on FB today.

 

FUD?  FOMO?

 

This really is straight out of the hedge fund playbook.

Edited December 29, 2021 by irdave