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For what it's worth, one of the names being thrown around this thread as a source had issues back on some of the olds message boards with bad transactions.

Same guy used to mislead buyers claiming a huge junkyard with decades of cars worth of parts. Turns out, he was just buying pull-a-part parts around atlanta and got caught as lying about having that junkyard when the cars stopped stopped showing up there.

Caveat emptor.

I think I know who you’re talking about and it doesn’t surprise me, others on Facebook groups like him post like they have a ton of parts or a yard to make themselves sound bigger for some reason (I doubt anyone cares either way so why lie?) but really don’t.
 
I think I know who you’re talking about and it doesn’t surprise me, others on Facebook groups like him post like they have a ton of parts or a yard to make themselves sound bigger for some reason (I doubt anyone cares either way so why lie?) but really don’t.
I was in a yard on the south side a couple years back pulling a pair of corner lamps and harness.

Someone else comes over to the same car my fiance and i were already taking the parts off of and start climbing onto the car jumping down, trying to pry open the trunk, making it rock on those little welded rims towers WHILE SOMEONE WHO WAS THERE FIRST WAS UNDER THE CAR WORKING.

I mean, just count how unsafe and how many breaches of junkyard and car guy etiquette that amounts to.

What's even more questionable about it all is, I saw the same guy pulled out the broken dark grey limited half console and cracked dash from that car and heard his 'friend' calling him by name. Couple weeks later both were for sale at insane rates as "100% original crack free" parts. No mention of being repaired. No mention of being repainted.

Define it how you want... I think it's deceptive to repair cracks and respray parts then sell them at high prices with that description.

It's also why I'd be wary to ever buy one of those taillights
 
For what it's worth, one of the names being thrown around this thread as a source had issues back on some of the olds message boards with bad transactions.

Same guy used to mislead buyers claiming a huge junkyard with decades of cars worth of parts. Turns out, he was just buying pull-a-part parts around atlanta and got caught as lying about having that junkyard when the cars stopped stopped showing up there.

Caveat emptor.
Initials are KB, correct? I just want to confirm my suspicions.
 
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Initials are KB, correct? I just want to confirm my suspicions.

That is who I am thinking of, although there are a couple others in GA or that region who come across to me as similar. Another(maybe same guy?) sells parts on eBay with a GM logo in the photo’s background but can be aftermarket new or used parts, made to sound like genuine GM and/or brand new when neither case is true.

“KB” is the one with the new tail lights though. Curious to the story behind those.
 
Additionally, I just stumbled across those "new" tail lights on fleabay...the only thing new about them is they have been "refurbished". The red lamps are NOT reproductions. For those that know me, know that I'm a little bit familiar with 80s Cutlass 2-door parts.

It appears to me he's taken good, used assemblies, popped the old emblem out or refurbished the existing one, polished them up nicely, and put one of the new repros in its place. As far as the price, honestly, if they're crack free, it's not out of line for a nice, crack-free set. But there's something amazing about the listing- it actually says "New (other)" with the description as "refurbished". It's funny that I didn't even notice that until after I examined the photos and landed upon that conclusion on my own. The sides seemed to be resprayed in silver, and appears to be a nice redo, TBH. The rear sections have been cleaned up and gaskets removed. If yours are fubar'd or busted up and cracked up, it's not a bad way to go if you had to. A bit pricey sure, but if I had a nice set, that's about what I'd sell them for. Maybe not quite as much, but close. The first tail lamp in the pictures has a really sloppy job on the center emblem, though. But again, if you have junk lamps, this is one of the few options you have.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-...0001&campid=5335822911&icep_item=283854089932

From what I gather, he's out of the clear lensed versions until sometime later this year...which tells me that he's getting those from China and his supply chain has dried up, or whoever's supplier has dried up, at least temporarily. Probably getting them from Wuhan.

Disclaimer: I have no proof of all this. I'm considering the potential source (sticks in my mind when he "found" a "huge stash" of NOS reclining seat chrome side covers not once, but twice, and also does plastic plating and polishing), as well as the methodology witnessed from the past (always reinventing himself and not being consistent or transparently upfront about deals). Have to hand it to him, he hustles non-stop.
 
I noticed the seat chrome thing when I was about to list a set I removed from a yard to see what they go for(not an Olds part expert), found his old listing(s) with all these “new” ones that mysteriously have no boxes. He also posts things on FB that he “finds” that seemingly have been tucked away or hidden in his stash for years. Or more likely found at a local pick n’ pull the other week. Recycles many things, including his stories. Can’t fool everyone though 😉
 
I noticed the seat chrome thing when I was about to list a set I removed from a yard to see what they go for(not an Olds part expert), found his old listing(s) with all these “new” ones that mysteriously have no boxes. He also posts things on FB that he “finds” that seemingly have been tucked away or hidden in his stash for years. Or more likely found at a local pick n’ pull the other week. Recycles many things, including his stories. Can’t fool everyone though 😉
To shed light on GM parts, I have several real NOS side covers, and a scant few came in GM boxes, but most came in clear plastic bags with the part number tag stapled or a label stuck to the bag.
 
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