GSF ebay

Anything about BXs
Post Reply
Defender110
Over 2k
Posts: 5917
Joined: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:02 pm
Location: Harwood, Bolton
My Cars: Land Rover Discovery Series 1 200tdi 3 door
Land Rover Discovery Series 2 Facelift TD5
2020 Fiat Panda cross 4x4 twin air.
x 27

GSF ebay

Post by Defender110 »

Sometime last year I enquired about some strutt return pipes listed on ebay by GSF as genuine citroen, I enquired to see if they were genuine citroen as listed before I bought them. When they replied saying they weren't I pointed out they shouldn't list them as genuine if they are not. I got a kurt reply to this.
I have now just tried to buy a rocker cover gasket from ebay off them and find myself as banned from purchasing off them :roll: :shock: :D
Kevan
1997 Mercedes C230 W202
2003 Land Rover Discovery Series 2 Facelift TD5 - Daily driver / hobby days and camping.
1993 Land Rover Discovery 200tdi Series 1 3 door - in need of TLC
2020 Fiat Panda 4x4 Cross Twin Air.
User avatar
citsncycles
Over 2k
Posts: 3224
Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:14 pm
Location: Dursley, Gloucestershire

Re: GSF ebay

Post by citsncycles »

Unfortunately that seems to be the usual standard of service from GSF these days :x

The ebay site seems to be their clearance outlet, as I've used it to buy GS bits that they don't list in their catalogue, and that their local branch tells me are no longer available.
Mike Sims
BX 19RD Estate Mk1 - Timex!
BX 4X4 Estate - Oh god, I've done it again!
BX 17RD MK1 - it called to me!
BX14 TGE, - SOLD
XM Turbo SD,GS Club Estate,Visa 17D Leader,HY Pickup,Dyane Nomad,Dyane 6,2CV AZL,Falcon S,Trabant P50,3x Land Rovers (88" series 1,109" series 2a FFR,series 2a Marshall ambulance),DKW F7, Lambretta LD150 x 1.5,Mobylette SP93,Ural Cossack,Ural M63,CZ 250 Sport,Honda Varadero 125,lots of bicycles & tricycles including (but not only) Sunbeams,Higgins & Bates!
citronut
Over 2k
Posts: 2781
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:55 am
Location: EAST SUSSEX UK
x 1

Re: GSF ebay

Post by citronut »

the strut return pipes GSF sold did used to be genuine, but genuine ones maybe are not produced anymore, as it was only made for the BX,

regards malcolm
curent ride
K reg BX 17TD TZD est
also own
K reg D special

no longer have
H reg CX saffari 2.5 TRI (now gone to Malaysia)
R reg xantia 1.9TD est (gone to meet its maker)
User avatar
electrokid
1K Away
Posts: 1764
Joined: Fri May 09, 2008 2:14 pm
Location: Woking

Re: GSF ebay

Post by electrokid »

I have now just tried to buy a rocker cover gasket from ebay off them and find myself as banned from purchasing off them
I would find that offensive Kevan - and being offensive is illegal of course. Sadly there's probably not much anyone is likely to do about that - police have plenty of other eBay generated nonsense to deal with as it is.

I'd be inclined to report the seller to eBay refering to the original 'item wrongly described' and asking if they are within their 'rights' as a seller to refuse further purchases on eBay.

I suggest asking rather than going in with all guns blazing for a number of reasons - firstly, eBay tends to take the seller's side when the seller is a business, secondly, eBay's help system is geared to sorting out incredibly simple problems and anything outside of that is likely to confuse the hell out of what appears to be a population of relatively dim people who appear to have to chose from 'reply paragraphs' supplied by eBay and which are not usually very helpful - quite often, it seems to me, to be designed to let eBay off the hook.

Asking rather than complaining should give eBay less opportunity to take umbridge at you - though that's not guaranteed of course - they seem quite capable of picking up the wrong end of the bog-brush.

Good luck.
1992 BX19 TGD estate 228K Rusty - SORNed
2002 C5 HDi SX estate
Birotor
BXpert
Posts: 223
Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 5:18 pm
Location: West of England
x 1

Re: GSF ebay

Post by Birotor »

Ebay problems solving is like motor insurance these days TICK IN THE BOX.. Its done because employees with brains cost money but they pay peanuts and get the monkeys and we suffer. I had a very rare Porsche 911T variant of which only 35 had been built called a 911 T/R (an ex-Le Mans car) and this Porsche specialist insurer insisted there were only 911T. I finished up getting an letter agreeing IT WAS A 911 T/R and paying the going rate premium for a T. At the time a T/R was worth around GBP 100,000+ and a T about GBP 20,000.
1974 GS Birotor, 1972 GS 1220 FIA Gp 2, 1992 BX 16 TGS, 1951 Velo-Solex, 1953 NSU Max 250, 1972 Honda ST50, Daughter has 1990 BX14 TGE
Previously owned include 1983 BX14RE Leader, Porsche 924, 1972 Porsche 911T, 1973 Porsche Carrera RS 2.7 (FIA Group 4), 1974 Porsche Carrera RS 3.0 (FIA Group 4 ex Le Mans), 1969 911 T/R (FIA Group 3 ex Le Mans), 1981 Porsche Group B 3.3 litre World Endurance Championship, 1991 Footwork Arrows Porsche Formula 1 (ex Alboreto & Caffi),
Defender110
Over 2k
Posts: 5917
Joined: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:02 pm
Location: Harwood, Bolton
My Cars: Land Rover Discovery Series 1 200tdi 3 door
Land Rover Discovery Series 2 Facelift TD5
2020 Fiat Panda cross 4x4 twin air.
x 27

Re: GSF ebay

Post by Defender110 »

Malcolm, GSF used to sell genuine strutt returns and/or replacement ones which were cr-p and rarely lasted 12 months which is why I wanted to know which ones they were.

Brian, I have no interest in wasting any of my time on them, it just amused me that I am banned so thought I'd share.
Kevan
1997 Mercedes C230 W202
2003 Land Rover Discovery Series 2 Facelift TD5 - Daily driver / hobby days and camping.
1993 Land Rover Discovery 200tdi Series 1 3 door - in need of TLC
2020 Fiat Panda 4x4 Cross Twin Air.
User avatar
citsncycles
Over 2k
Posts: 3224
Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:14 pm
Location: Dursley, Gloucestershire

Re: GSF ebay

Post by citsncycles »

they pay peanuts and get the monkeys and we suffer.
Nah - if they'd got monkeys they could have trained them
Mike Sims
BX 19RD Estate Mk1 - Timex!
BX 4X4 Estate - Oh god, I've done it again!
BX 17RD MK1 - it called to me!
BX14 TGE, - SOLD
XM Turbo SD,GS Club Estate,Visa 17D Leader,HY Pickup,Dyane Nomad,Dyane 6,2CV AZL,Falcon S,Trabant P50,3x Land Rovers (88" series 1,109" series 2a FFR,series 2a Marshall ambulance),DKW F7, Lambretta LD150 x 1.5,Mobylette SP93,Ural Cossack,Ural M63,CZ 250 Sport,Honda Varadero 125,lots of bicycles & tricycles including (but not only) Sunbeams,Higgins & Bates!
citronut
Over 2k
Posts: 2781
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:55 am
Location: EAST SUSSEX UK
x 1

Re: GSF ebay

Post by citronut »

i think any ebay seller can refuse to sell to who they choose

also i do understand your reason for asking if they are the real macoy

regards malcolm
curent ride
K reg BX 17TD TZD est
also own
K reg D special

no longer have
H reg CX saffari 2.5 TRI (now gone to Malaysia)
R reg xantia 1.9TD est (gone to meet its maker)
User avatar
electrokid
1K Away
Posts: 1764
Joined: Fri May 09, 2008 2:14 pm
Location: Woking

Re: GSF ebay

Post by electrokid »

Brian, I have no interest in wasting any of my time on them,
There've been a couple of times where I wish I'd had that level of wisdom Kevan :lol: I've had conversations with the eBay monkeys that just got further and further away from a solution.
1992 BX19 TGD estate 228K Rusty - SORNed
2002 C5 HDi SX estate
User avatar
Vanny
Merseyside resident
Posts: 3581
Joined: Tue May 17, 2005 11:48 pm
Location: BXProject
My Cars: BX 16v Ph2 - Jazz
BX 16v Ph2 - XPO
x 79
Contact:

Re: GSF ebay

Post by Vanny »

ive been running with off the shelf silicon hose, barbed into an old block. 1000miles so far without problems. the mk1 used tthis setup with a one way valve, though seemingly not for long.
Post Reply