I have banned James Blanton aka "tex parts 67-72" after many unsavory dealings, and violations of board rules. He was selling as a dealer without paying proper advertising fees etc. He is claiming to switch ISPs and come back, and also get other board members to post parts for him. Take this warning, ANY member caught selling parts for him, will be banned permanently, immediately. If any of you see him, registered, or posting selling parts on this board, please let me know ASAP.

Everything I have heard about this guy is bad news.

Thanks Josh!!!!!!!!:D We do not need misrepresentation on this board, Your doing great! Randy:D

My thanks too, Josh. This is the best board on the net and we are glad to see you keep it that way!

Jim

just like Primer67 took my $200 .. never heard from him again ..

That dude ripped me off on Ebay. I was foolish enough to send feedback before closely looking at the parts. I only lost $30 though. Lesson learned.

LT

Thanx Josh, this guy ripped me off on e-bay too. This guy is a class act, snake in the grass. You are doing a great job Josh. Thanx again Dana

This is one of his responses to negative feedback on ebay -
Response by truckparts67_72 - CUSTOMER RECIEVED WHEEL WELL IN LESS THAN 1 MONTH .THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT
That about sums it up!

:bowtie:

THANKS JOSH ..... ONE LESS RIPOFF ARTIST WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.:D :D :D JOHN

I have been keeping my mouth shut for months now on this issue but due to the recent sticky note, I want to share something. Do a search on sliciknsmooth72 and smooth72 and YOU WILL SEE that this person seems to be using the same phone number. I called smooth72 awhile back about some doors that he was selling and he said his name was James,but I never bought them because he would never send me pics. Then a couple months went by and I was going to buy a cab from slicknsmooth72 and quess what NO pics again, then I realized the voice sounded the same as smooth72 and so I asked what his name was, quess what, this guys name was James again. So I then did a search on the two names and found out that the phone numbers were the same. After getting a little pissed I confronted him about being smooth72 and slicknsmooth72 and asing if his name was James B. he hung up the phone. OH btw, he said he was never a board member before when I was talking to him as slicknsmooth72. You be the judge.

Just sharing some info.
Ron

This guy is a real character. Been there, done that. He gives these trucks a bad name. Luckily, after threatening him (I know, not real good, but he had me pissed), I managed to get most of the damage re-imbursed. Stay far, far away..............

I'm a little ignorant on this one.....but is this the guy that sells all the chrome stuff on ebay where your money is sent to some place like.....Lone Oak, TX ???

Bowtiefreak- Slicknsmooth also posted a link to one of his ebay auctions last week, same guy.

Josh,
Thanks for the update info

Originally posted by ChevyDude
I'm a little ignorant on this one.....but is this the guy that sells all the chrome stuff on ebay where your money is sent to some place like.....Lone Oak, TX ??? Yes.

when i was at his place i was in his office. i saw all his chrome and he said he had tons of parts waiting to goto the chrome shop. hell he could probably build a chrome truck. all the chrome looked bad.

Dinnut, was that in Lone Oak?

THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP ON THIS GUY , BUT I COUGHT ONTO HIM A LONG TIME AGO. I SELL ALOT OF PARTS ON EBAY AND I WANT YALL TO KNOW MY EBAY HANDLE IS (DAWGFAN227) NOT THAT I AM TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING AT ALL FROM YALL, BUT I JUST JOINED THE BOARD ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO AND WANTED MY NAME TO REPRESENT MY TRUCK. I TRY TO BE VERY HONEST ABOUT EVERYTHING I SELL AND IF SOME ONE IS NOT HAPPY I GLADLY WILL GIVE A REFUND. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY SO FAR OR JUST HONEST BECAUSE I HAVE 270 TRANSACTIONS AND 100% POS. FEED BACK. BUT GETTING BACK TO TRUCK PARTS I HAVE PONDERED BUYING FROM HIM ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND LOOKED AT HIS FEEDBACK AND IT IS VERY SAID TO SAY THE LEAST AND FROM TIME TO TIME I WILL LOOK AT SOME OF HIS STUFF JUST TO SEE WHO HE IS SHAFTING.
PT'S 70 CST AKA EBAY DAWGFAN227
I AM GLAD THAT I HAVE FOUND THIS SITE IT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO ME
AND IF I CAN HELP ANYONE OF YOU MEMBERS IN ANY WAY DON'T HESITAE TO ASK ME. AND THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL OF YALLS VALUBLE INFO

PAUL TIMMERMAN

I was reading another link to this page and somebody stated that "they were afraid to buy anything coming from Texas for fear that it could be this guy". After reading all the nightmare statements about this guy, and I have seen him on e-bay and steared clear because of his negative feedback, I also am weary of purchasing from a Texas vendor. I definately pay attention as to what area the person is selling parts out of.
Anybody can change their handle name if they get a bad enough reputation. So bang up job there Slicknsmooth or whatever your name is at this moment for ruining it for all those honest sellers from Texas.
Some people just have no shame about ripping people off. From what I've read this guy also has the brass ones to get irate with customers that call him to question him about the crap that they have received.
Lying to customers about the product you are selling and taking their money is the same as stealing. So get a conscience and change your ways but it's probably too late for that as it appears your reputation, if you ever had one, is badly tarnished.

only two words for this kind of person: SLIME BALL!

Glad to see the board working as it should. Thanks, Josh.

Isure enjoy looking at all the stuff you boys are putting on the site,ive been looking for some time .i havnt had any dealing with this guy ,but have had good ones with every one else, THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP 714X4LOVER:bowtie: :burnout:

yeah what about us honest texas guys? :D people just ignore this guy and a certain chrome shop in lone oak lol

Hopefully.....this puke DOESNT represent Texas!!! 99.9%
of us are OK.....

Everyone else I've dealt with in Texas has been great except him.!

Thanks Josh for the sticky.

James got some money from me back in March, and I never recieved the parts, I would have been happy to at least recieved something, I'm glad he's gone. Maybe we could send this to Ebay to let them know what a weasel he is.

Hey if this guys from tx i ran in to him in Arlinton TX and bought a chrome glove box door for $15 I didn't trust him then but the price was right. he also told me he was on Ebay as Truckparts67-72 and dose the white face guages now i know THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP!!!!

i bought a 700r4 from him. i went out to his place in lone oak tx and looked at his chrome stuff too. needless to say the 700 was the only part i brought home with me. good thing i new what to look for in a 700. his chrome parts are old parts he pulls from the junk trucks and sends toa chrome shop. he doesn't even try to fix them or clean them up before chroming.

I'm from Texas and don't like guys like that putting out bad impressions so I want to take the time to say that all members from Texas are not like that,I have dealt with nightmare,smonty,and superchevy from this board and have met them in person and must say they are some of the nicest people I've come across in my short time here on this board. So thats it IMO.:D

I guess I have been very fortunate. I have bought many parts from truckparts67_72 on ebay and have been very pleased. I recommend using pay pal so you can dispute the credit card charge if you are not satisfied. All in all I guess I dont agree, or I have been lucky.

Originally posted by TEXAS 68
I'm from Texas and don't like guys like that putting out bad impressions so I want to take the time to say that all members from Texas are not like that,I have dealt with nightmare,smonty,and superchevy from this board and have met them in person and must say they are some of the nicest people I've come across in my short time here on this board. So thats it IMO.:D

i agree!
one day next summer us houstonians (and outlying areas, such as spring :D ) should have a gettogether

Eric, we already know about you. (j/k) :D :lol:

lol

Originally posted by Bowtiefreak
I have been keeping my mouth shut for months now on this issue but due to the recent sticky note, I want to share something. Do a search on sliciknsmooth72 and smooth72 and YOU WILL SEE that this person seems to be using the same phone number. I called smooth72 awhile back about some doors that he was selling and he said his name was James,but I never bought them because he would never send me pics. Then a couple months went by and I was going to buy a cab from slicknsmooth72 and quess what NO pics again, then I realized the voice sounded the same as smooth72 and so I asked what his name was, quess what, this guys name was James again. So I then did a search on the two names and found out that the phone numbers were the same. After getting a little pissed I confronted him about being smooth72 and slicknsmooth72 and asing if his name was James B. he hung up the phone. OH btw, he said he was never a board member before when I was talking to him as slicknsmooth72. You be the judge.

Just sharing some info.
Ron
That sounds a little fishy to me,maybe Josh will check it out.

yeah,i bought a grill from the guy at a swap meet in Greenville last year....he told me on the phone and through email that the grille had already been polished and cleaned and all that and looked like a brand new one....needless to say when i got there i saw it wasnt what he said it was,he dropped the price WAY down,and i bought it....was also supposed to be getting this "in great shape" upper trim for a longbed...wasnt any better than the junk i took off...im sure i wont ever buy from him again....i too saw his chrome collection at the meet and i wouldnt have bought any of it for a DAILY driver

atleast you guys have not had to have a swap meet booth next to him, that guy is so annoying and he would not leave me the f### alone, this was before i knew all this info to and when he was starting to get into trouble on the board, i think i actually did more buisness than he did

you talk about annoying,you are soooooo right....he was so da** annoying just to be around for the 15 minutes i was...and all he did the entire time was gripe and complain about this board and how this place was less than 10% of his actual business....i wanted to say "ok dude,i dont care...shut the f**k up"

What comes around goes around..... Just ask the inmates that I baby sit for everyday....

I haven't been on the board in .. several months .. and when I left this guy was just starting to show his true colors.. I am happy to know we have a webmaster stepping up to keep everything / everybody fair :) Good job.

How can somebody like this be in buisness? If this were in my town this dude would be blacklisted period

Originally posted by Bartcore
How can somebody like this be in buisness? If this were in my town this dude would be blacklisted period

easily, people dont know about him... see he has some huge rating and buy from him because its chrome.
see, we know about him. and weve seen how bad some of his stuff is. i think most of his business is first time buyers... or should i say 1 time buyers :rolleyes:

lol i thought there were suppoused to be alot of really tall trees and short ropes in texas for people like him ( at least thats what the toby keith/willie nelson song says):D :D

seriously thanks for the heads up and good job josh

I am glad I read this I was looking at some interior pieces this guy had on e-bay. Thanks for the heads up!

Ok guys, I am a junior board member to the board and had no dealings with this guy, but I ran a check on his ph number listed on e-bay and it came back as a business "Lisa's Cuts and Curls" seems like this guy likes to pretty em up before he puts the wood to his customers. Anyway I will be in Paris Texas sometime this month which is about an hour from Lone Oak and plan to see this jack**s in the flesh. Keep up the good work, I love this board.

Originally posted by BEAVIS
Ok guys, I am a junior board member to the board and had no dealings with this guy, but I ran a check on his ph number listed on e-bay and it came back as a business "Lisa's Cuts and Curls" seems like this guy likes to pretty em up before he puts the wood to his customers. Anyway I will be in Paris Texas sometime this month which is about an hour from Lone Oak and plan to see this jack**s in the flesh. Keep up the good work, I love this board.

he has a lot of stuff at his place. he talks ALOT! make sure you go in his office and see all his chrome stuff (hahahaha). he wanted me to send to parts a p.o. box but i said u send me the stuff first and then ill send u ur parts and he never sent my parts... so he is NOT gonna get his.
he claims he has mint rust free cabs for like $350. i just cant beleive that.

btw if anyone is interested i have his house and cell phone number

THX alot all i have never done business with him but thx for the heads up

i'm not going to type what i really think, but it sounds like he is a bad bad man.

damn, I guess I missed it all!!! I have only been on the board here and there for the last 6 months at least so I didn't even know about this shister! I sure hope not many of the good people on this board got burned by this a$$wipe! I glad to see you got rid of him Josh! keep up the good work!!

Hi all, I am just reading up on what has been going on. I used to work for eBay and wanted everyone to know that if they have not reported this guy to eBay - do it. He can get suspended there too and if he starts a new account - he'll get suspended again. And if you paid by PayPal, report him there too.

On a side note, I am glad to see that the board monitors what goes on. I have not posted/bought/sold on the board for a while because someone here ripped me off - $150 for a box of junk and over a month to ship.

Originally posted by BEAVIS
, . Anyway I will be in Paris Texas sometime this month which is about an hour from Lone Oak and plan to see this jack**s in the flesh. .

look for a guy wearing an ass for a face and really bad teeth :-)

Honestly, your not going to believe this of a guy from NJ but it just so happens that i lived real close to there once.(and I stole one of your Texas Women) .Lone Oak is just south of Greenville on Rt.69. I still have some very good friends that live near by that are reputable business men and bonified Chevy gearheads and they laugh when i mentioned his name. One of my friends had ONE dealing with him and said that was enough. DAVE

Texans aren't all bad, just had a gent that I was trying to buy a 56 delivery from that even called me back to say it had sold to a previous offer.....most of the time people won't go that far.

Well, this thread has gotten me a bit gun shy. I was thinking about buying a distributor from a guy on another message board. What should I do to protect myself? I've never bought anything from anyone online.

Can they ship it to you COD?

I have bought from several board members and have only had good experience. There is of course a bad apple here and there but I guess I have been lucky. There are mostly good people still around, especially in Texas. LOL.

Fasglas, the best thing to do is find out if the person you're considering doing business with has positive results w/others (ask for references).

But, even then there's no guarantees. I've bought a motor from 1 guy out of state & had excellent communication throughout the entire deal.... before & after he had my money. I've also done a deal w/another member out of state (for much less $$) that took much longer than needed, was extremely frustrating (w/poor communication after he got my money), & in the end I didn't even get what I originally paid for & specifically requested (I don't have anything good/bad to say about him.... I just won't do business w/him again).

On the motor I bought, he had sold motors before so I checked w/the board members & asked how their dealings w/him went & if they would do repeat business. Everyone had good things to say. If I wasn't able to get a good reference for him from others, I would not have bought the motor. For a big purchase like that you're much better dealing w/someone local. Also remember you are responsible for your part.... get them the $$ when you say you will (don't let it drag on). You can then expect the same from them if you arrange it in advance.

A good idea is to make some friends on the board through various local-area meet & greets or bigger shows. Once you have friends on the board you have that many more people to network for any parts you're trying to find (& you could possibly help them as well).

Best of luck to you.... and yes I'm in Texas, we're not all bad.

I figure, when buying something online assume the worst. As it can only get better. Why don't we all get together, find this guy and teach him what pain really is.

Now that all the pissing and moaning is over about this guy, what is the answer? How do you buy and sell on this, or any other board, when you are a new member?
I have tried to sell parts on this board in the past. You post the parts, you get replies asking for about a million pics, then you get someone who tells you they want to buy the part, then you E-mail and P.M. them for about 2 weeks looking for payment only to get about every story in the book about why they are late getting you the money, in the mean time you tell other people that the part is sold, in the end you wind up with the parts still in your garage and no money in your pocket.
Or if you are trying to buy parts, you send messages and P.M.s trying to get as much info as possible about the parts your wanting to buy, you take off work or give up your weekend to go look at the parts, only to be dissapointed by what you see when you get there. It is unbelievable how alot of these parts get misrepresented.
Now I'm not saying this is everytime or by everybody, just like all of ya'll shouldn't throw all board members form TEXAS under the bus, but my question is still the same. What is the answer?
I can't go through life with the motto of "assume the worst and anything better is a bonus".
I have met this guy in question, I've even been by his house. He seemed like an O.K. guy and on this paticular parts quest, we didn't do business because I felt the part I wanted was misrepresented, not unlike alot of other parts I looked at from other sellers on this board. So guys, lets all be honest about how we describe our parts and services, and keep watching each other's backs.
For anyone who is interested, I have had some chrome work done at the same place this guy gets his done, and they didn't do a bad job for the money (with chrome plating, you get what you pay for). If your part that you are having chromed looks bad to start with, all you will end up with is a chrome part that still looks bad.
Sorry to be ramblin' on, the board is as good as it's members and from what I have seen and read, IT AIN'T ALL BAD.
Stay Hard.:flag:

Hi All,
I'm new here. I also have been ripped off by this waste of human skin. He is nothing but a common thief, liar and con man. The junk he sells is garbage. I have no idea how he could have obtained the ebay rating he has. I had been chasing him for quite a while to ship the rest of the parts I ordered and paid for. He would not reply to emails. So I started phoning him. His partner in crime, Lisa, is no better. I can't understand why any woman would stay with a sack of sh** like this and work with him in ripping people off. They both lied about everything. I finally called him the other day and told him to stop lying and to tell me when he was going to ship my order. He got mad, told me he wasn't shipping it and hung up the phone. I emailed him and told him the money I lost would not break me, but I would make every effort to inform everyone I could about him and his business practises. He emailed me back - and get this - he said he was going to report me to my internet provider that I am harrassing him and get me banned from ebay, and that if I phone him again, he would have my phone cut off. I almost started cryng from laughing so much. What goes on in this tiny worthless mind?

Any way, this guy (and guys like him) have to be stopped. Tell everyone you meet about this roach. Ebay and paypal should ban him from their sites. I'm not sure how to do this, so maybe some of you more experienced members can carry the ball further. Sorry to carry on, but I just had to say this. Thanks for your time. BTW, this guy certainly does not represent the good Texas or US people. You people are great!
Barry in Canada

If you want eBay help you can email me offline. I used to work for them. Please include the item numbers so I can take a look at it before I reply.
My email is: toyotagirl4@excite.com. Please reference the board so I know who you are.

This guy needs to fall off the face of the earth already. How many people can he possibly rip off before somebody shows up at his doorstep and teaches him proper salesman etiquette, the hard way. :devil:

Alright, I'll jump in. I dealt with this clown once. I bought a "rust, dent and bondo free" door from him. During our conversation, I remember the guy mentioning that the door was blue, which didn't matter, but when the door showed up, it was covered with a fresh coat of primer. He likes to coat his sheetmetal with a spray of primer to try to cover up the condition underneath. I'm surprised he didn't chrome the door before he sent it to me. Regardless, he couldn't hide the gallon of bondo that was caked on the underside of the door. I raised holy heck with the guy over the condition and I stalked him like a wild animal until he refunded my money via paypal. He refunded the purchase price, but no shipping. I settled for that and moved on. This whole transaction was at least a two month ordeal. As a native Nebraskan and Central Texan for the last 11 years, two places where people know how to treat other people fairly and honestly, I'm ashamed of myself to this day for not driving to Lone Oak and beating the shipping out of him. I know, I know, some will say that reaction is wrong, but is it? Is it really??????? Now you all got me worked up. Hmmmm, where's that Texas map at?

what ever happened to the "primered stuff on ebay" thread? I searched and couldn't find it.

Shawn

I can't believe he hasn't been kicked off of ebay yet. I think almost everyone on this board (including me) has been stung once by this goofball.

You know what I say


GIT'EM!!!

I've had the unfortunate fortune of knowing him personally. Luckily I've never dealt with him on stuff like this. When I was working for a company that did deliveries in the town he lived in (not Lone Oak) him and his family built the company and installed an engine basic 350 for our truck. It was a direct swap over nothing bad. Well one winter day we are warming up the engine idling only and the block threw a rod through the oil pan!! The boss calls and tells him to get over here and get a new one in there. Suddenly the warranty was "expired" even though we knew the warranty was still good. The company is still fighting them.

Is this guy doing this as a hobby or is he running a business? If it is a business, call the Texas Attorney General Consumer Protection Division and file a complaint. Also, I think that this guy could be charged with mail fraud (FELONY) if you are sending payment thru the mail. Not sure what you do about it but worth checking into if you have been burned by him.

I hate dishonest people, especially when it comes to business. It's not so much the loss of money that bothers me but it's the principle.

Hope this helps.

Bought a set of chrome tailgate chains from him on ebay. The links are all bent up and pitted and the hooks are all bent. He took junk yard chains and chromed them. His auction said how NICE they were. Junk.

Is this guy doing this as a hobby or is he running a business? If it is a business, call the Texas Attorney General Consumer Protection Division and file a complaint. Also, I think that this guy could be charged with mail fraud (FELONY) if you are sending payment thru the mail. Not sure what you do about it but worth checking into if you have been burned by him.

I hate dishonest people, especially when it comes to business. It's not so much the loss of money that bothers me but it's the principle.

Hope this helps.
thats what i was just thinking if he is actully doing this as a job and not a hobby couldnt somebody report him to the better buisness beaurough of however you spell it

what is his ebay name so i know not to buy from him?

Report anyone who commits internet fraud to:

http://www.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp

Pay with a credit card when possible. E-bay and paypal have a 30 window, most credit cards have 90 days.

I am a new member as of today. I was looking around and I found posting about this guy in Lone Oak, James B. I had no idea about all this. m I have actually dealt with him several times and I guess I got lucky. he hasn't burned me yet. Thanks for all the info. I'll be careful.

PS The last Ebay stuff he had listed didn't say "Location: Lone Oak, Texas",
It said "Rustfree, Texas" instead.

truckparts67_72

Watch out for Boytoytrading out of Colorado Springs, too. His real name is Jim Thompson. He got kicked off e-bay as boytoytrading and chevydreams72. I'm sure he has a new name now. If your bidding on parts from Colorado Springs, make sure it isn't him before you send $.

Jim Thompson is an a$$! However, a very good friend of mine in Colorado Springs lists 67-72 items all of the time and is a terrific guy so don't be discouraged by the town! In fact, he has a completely restored '68 on ebay now. I'll check and post his ebay ID so everyone knows the difference.

Bought a set of chrome tailgate chains from him on ebay. The links are all bent up and pitted and the hooks are all bent. He took junk yard chains and chromed them. His auction said how NICE they were. Junk.

:lol: I think I saw them chains. Was at a swap meet, went up to his glowing table of chrome (almost needed my sunglasses). First thing I picked up was those nice shiny bright piece of crap thrashed and bent chains. I just shook my head and went on. See him at most of the meets, don't even bother to look. Why waste the effort to chrome crap? I've been told by some he really believes his stuff is great.

There is another guy here in town that calls me on a monthly basis for van tilts. He cuts down the shafts and rebuilds em for trucks and sells them on ebay. I looked at the work he does, I don't think I would risk my life putting one in my truck. Be careful what you buy off ebay for sure, you just don't know.

J.Lance, Make sure you post your friends name. As of right now, if I see a part in Colorado Springs, I don't bother. In fact, I avoid most listings in Colorado all together just in case Jim's selling with a different city listing.