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Martha2626 Anyone know who this is ? Looking at his auction feedbacks, item question and answers he reminds me of Greg at DPE. The guy claiming to have GM records. In one of his answers he states he will make you a protecto-plate. His pics are always too far away to determine if the stampings are real.

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Dont know who it is, but he has sold multiples of everything. I've been watching his auctions for about two months and the pictures never change. Ram air Pontiac intakes, deep groove pulleys, Viper blocks, multiples of each..... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

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Martha2626 Anyone know who this is ? Looking at his auction feedbacks, item question and answers he reminds me of Greg at DPE. The guy claiming to have GM records. In one of his answers he states he will make you a protecto-plate. His pics are always too far away to determine if the stampings are real.

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If you read his feedback, someone says "thanks Greg.....".

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Who is "Greg at DPE"?

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Martha2626 it is Greg from Durability Plus Engines. He restamps distributors, alternators, recasts dates on exhaust manifolds, etc..... I bought some parts off him as NOS but they were repo parts. He also offered to restamp my engine blocks and make me a POP, I declined of course. Hope this helps.

Tommy M.

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I thought I heard he got busted for selling NOS crossrams that were repos ?

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He also offered me a NOS crossram setup, glad I stopped calling him back.

Tommy M.

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Thanks!

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Eric

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Does anyone here remember his old Ebay seller name ?

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Piggysnout was his other name.

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I just got an SS hood from him - he claimed its NOS but when we got it, it was a goodmark hood. Just found this out 2 days ago...called him and am trying to get my money back....i have several numbers if anyone needs them. He talks a good game when you talk to him, if you can get a word in !! I would not buy anything else from him, lets see if he makes good on the refund for the hood and shipping.

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No, wait a minuet. Piggysnout was Bains seller name. Are they the same guy?

Ed..Did the hood have a GM sticker on it? If a guy can make a POP, I would think he could make a sticker too?

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Greg bought three items from Jason (SuperNovaSS) recently. Maybe he can give you some insight.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=4600987924

Obviously pays for auctions promptly.

Lynn

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Tony
Piggysnout is Al Bain in Tx.,not Greg @ DPE in IN.

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I bought 2 "NOS" Crossram hoods, They were obviously reproduction. I paid $600 each for them but he swore they were NOS. Said he bought them from a guy who had them in his attic. Only goes to show, if its too good to be true, it probably is.

Tommy M.

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Thats just really wrong. Were you able to return them ?

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I actually bought a re-stamped L-78 motor for my Camaro, 15 years ago from him(disclosed this upon selling)when I was younger and stupid! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gifHad the hardest time getting it from him...waited almost 7 months for him to do the motor(rebuild)..finally got in the truck and drove out to get it and had to wait while he assembled it!!!..ALbert


Wohooo 427 post's!!!

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No dice on the return. He's a very tough guy to get a hold of. I just gave up. They are pretty good repos, maybe I can sell them on ebay or somthing.

Tommy M.

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Someone told me most of the repo stuff he sells as NOS he buys from the Parts Place. I would think if we knew his old Ebay name that was probably banned we could alert Ebay.

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Yeah, He didnt even bother taking the stickers off the hoods, They looked like Parts Place Inc stickers. This guy is either an idiot or completely arrogant... hmm......

Tommy M.

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Previous threads:

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/show...526/Main/99509


https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat...part=1&vc=1

Haven't looked at all the posts, but there is some mention of ebay ads, so maybe there is a mention of his former ebay name.

Lynn

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Martha2626 Anyone know who this is ? Looking at his auction feedbacks, item question and answers he reminds me of Greg at DPE. The guy claiming to have GM records. In one of his answers he states he will make you a protecto-plate. His pics are always too far away to determine if the stampings are real.

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I had a run-in with him about one month ago. When I spoke with him on the phone he told me his name was Greg and he signed his emails dpe .

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Same story, my hood came from the Parts Place, included shipping and when it got to the resto shop they had to pay another 87 bucks for the hood. Now he asked me to try to resale the hood for him.....he needs to be banned.

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Forgot - no GM sticker or any sticker on the hood .

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I got a message that one of his other seller names was cheryl8111.

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cheryl8111 comes back ~ No longer a registered user

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jamesdisler33 is also supposed to be another one of his names.

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Great news.... Greg Long court case

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Shame. I couldn't read the whole story but people will gladly pay for the repop stuf, why go to the extreme of trying to pass of repop as NOS in this day and age. Most people looking for this stuff know exactly what they are looking for. Look at all the bogus stuff we've seen come across this board. Wheels, cars, on and on... don't know why people think they can get away with this crap anymore. Is a few more dollars really worth getting cornholed for 6 months as Mrs Bubba in the slammer ?

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Yea...Thanks MrC

"Heres some more on this Cat!!

(ANGOLA) - A Steuben County Superior Court jury found an Angola businessman guilty last night on charges of Corrupt Business Influence and two counts of Theft. 48 year old Gregory Long was convicted of putting automotive merchandise up for auction on the internet and in auto publications and then not delivering the products to the winning bidders. He was also accused by Angola Police and Steuben County authorities of bidding the items up by using a series of fraudulent bidders. According to court documents, the losses totaled nearly $34,000 and the alledged victims were from New Jersey, British Columbia Canada, Washington and New York. Long was originally charged with seven Class D felony counts of theft. The Corrupt Business Influence count was a Class C felony and carries a prison sentence of between two and eight years. The convictions came after a two day trial. Long operates a business enterprise on Oak Street in Angola called Durability Plus Engines. Sentencing is scheduled to take place in April."

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Well, now we know and this really sucks....have to call him today to put the pressure on the refund..really sucks to have to waste time with people like this.

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That is great news. So I guess Greg will not be getting me paperwork from GM! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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Nope, nor your 2019 distributor that was wretchedly restamped https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif

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Herald -Republican
ANGOLA — A Steuben Superior Court jury found an Angola businessman guilty of corrupt business practice and two of seven counts of theft in a two-day trial that wrapped up Friday night.

Gregory John Long, 48, Lake James, had sold specialty auto parts across the country but didn’t provide goods that reflected what were promised in two of the cases brought against him.

The case stemmed from when Long marketed parts on eBay and specialty auto publications. The parts were purported to be hard-to-find items for older vehicles.

The sales ranged up to $13,000 and were shipped to buyers from New York to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

“They were looking for a specific thing and they were paying big money; $10,000, $13,000, to me that’s big money,” Prosecutor Tom Wilson said. “Mr. Long didn’t deliver.”

Long’s attorney, Tim Cain, said the case was merely a matter of a few customers not happy with business transactions.

“This is not a criminal case. This is the case of a businessman with a few disgruntled customers,” Cain said said in his closing argument. “Greg Long didn’t cheat anybody. He didn’t attempt to steal from anybody and he certainly didn’t conduct corrupt business activity.”

To prove the Class C felony racketeering charge, Wilson had to show that Long committed a crime at least twice in order to benefit his business enterprise. For that, Long faces up to eight years in prison. He will be sentenced in April.

In his final argument, Cain warned the jury that if it found Long guilty of theft and racketeering, no Steuben County business would be safe from criminal charges.

“There is one thing Mr. Cain is correct about. If people do business they way he (Long) does, they’re asking for trouble,” Wilson said.

Wilson said Long must have believed that the customers he cheated from great distances away from Angola would not pursue their misfortune.

“I don’t think he thought they would complain but they did,” Wilson said. Victims from New York, New Jersey, Washington state and Vancouver were in Angola to testify against Long. Their original complaints were taken to the Angola Police Department. Most of the sales took place in 2004.

The two Class D felony counts Long was convicted on stemmed from the sale of performance parts classified as “new old parts,” those that were manufactured in a particular year but never bolted on to a vehicle.

In these two cases the parts in question were purportedly from 1969 and were sold in the range of $10,000. The parts sold were replicas. When Long was discussing the sales to his victims, he claimed that he had bought the parts in 1969 — when he would have been 11 years old.

Cain said Long tried to make good with customers who weren’t satisfied. Those who were in the gallery Friday night shook their heads in disbelief as they heard Cain try to maintain that Long had satisfied some of them and tried to make things right with his goods.

The jury deliberated for about three hours, going into chambers around 6 p.m. The trial started Thursday afternoon after jurors were seated.

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It's good to see him being shut down, but are the people he screwed over going to get their money back? These guys do this thinking people will not band together to shut them down. The time and cost for people to travel for a court case usually mean the people don't pursue it. I just hope there's a way to keep these guys off the web, but the Kurt P situation is showing us that I doubt that will happen. The worst part is that we'll never know how many restamped engine's he sold to people that are out there floating around and being sold in cars as #'s matching!

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That is great news. So I guess Greg will not be getting me paperwork from GM! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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Nope, nor your 2019 distributor that was wretchedly restamped https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif

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BTW, thanks for your help on that. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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Another ebay name was "vette" something, don't remember the rest. Roger

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Is it just a strange coincidence that Greg's lawyer's last name is "Cain", and his buddy by the name of "Bain" was touting Greg's services and attempting to sell a made up COPO car?

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Let me get this straight,the Bain,insane,could possibly be this Cain?

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No..the Cain is Bain and they are all insane !!