Thanks Wesley And i also want to thank Ute.
I hate to see people get riped off and i know that the people from other countries are afraid to deal with us since there so far away and it makes it hard for them to do anything about it.
I hope i have helped restore some faith in the USA that not everybody is a crook.
UTE gave us another chance and I hope the others do also .
THANKS TO ALL Ron Owens
RonOwensRacing.com

:D :D

Did Ute351 ever get payed or his engine?

Is this Steve Ramage the same A$$H@L# that represented himself as R&S Competition Machine in West Babaloon NY.? A couple of years ago he addvertised a 582ci race motor on Race Junk under the name of speed merchant. I talked with him and he told me this was a engine with very low runs that he had removed from his 10.5 Camaro to replace it with a larger motor. He stated that he had freshened it with new rods, pistons and ect. He stated that the motor was as new! When I ask him who did the work he stated that he was a race engine builder and give me a bunch of names of racers he did work for. He also stated he was good friends with Scott Shafiroff and when needed did work for him. We come to a price of $8500.00 and the engine was to be shipped right after recieving my money. 1st thing that happened was it took almost 2 months to get the motor. I called him almost every day and he always had some sort of excuse as to why it was not his fault. I did realize that he was on the East Coast and I was on the West Coast but not 2 months. I expected about 2 weeks at least. When I did get the motor I put it in my dragster right away for a race that weekend. When I was filling the car with water I noted that it seemed to never get full. When I checked the oil I found the oil full of water. I removed the engine and after removing the intake found a hole in the block in the lifter valley. I called Steve and he said this was something they had missed but told me that if I shipped the motor back to them at my expence they would plug this hole. I plugged it myself due to the expense of shipping. Next I put the motor back in the car and started it. At start up it shook so bad that I shut it off for fear of shaking the car apart. Again I contacted Steve and he told me to check the dampner to make sure they had put a internally balanced dampner on it and to also check that I had used the proper flex plate. I did all this and missed my race.(I was #3 in points) I contacted him and again was told that I could ship the motor back to him but due to back log of work he could not promise I would have the motor back to finish the season. Instead I took the engine to a local engine builder Eastco Machine and they disassembled it to find that the engine had not been balanced, The new rods were used, the new pistons were used with cracks in the skirts and the block had a crack in the #4 main that some onr had tryed to weld up. I was told that the motor look like someone had swept the shop floor and used all the garbage to build a motor. I called steve with the findings and faxed him a copy of Eastco Machines report. I called him back after giving him a chance to look the report over and he said he owed me some money for the motor and all my trouble. Needless to say that money never came and when I tryed to contact hin again the phone number was no good. I called Shafiroff and Scott told me that in fact he was a friend of Steves and was even his best man at his wedding but would no never do busness with him. Anyway this is my sob story about the CROOK. Does anyone out in www land have his phone number or address? Im sure I will never get any thing back from him but would take great pride in some how making his life pure HELL!!!!! By the way, Due to him I ended up 32nd in Div. 6 points that year. You can contact me direct at [email protected]

Here is your man,he is still at it under another name But its Steve

http://www.racingjunk.com/post/59330...KIT-02462.html

Notice all the nice engines and such he has 4 sale,word of advise BEWARE and stay far away

As stated above UTE351 needs to reply to this thread and give us an update

This guy Steve is bad news,as the thread has already reflected this.
Hey Steve post up!!He won't because he has NO BALLS.
But he is posting away on RJ every day LOOKING for another easy VICTIM

I dont know how the guy sleeps at night.....
Steve AKA Porky are one and the same

This guy is a POS

hi fellow racers yes i havent forgotten about my engine and yes im realy pissed about the deal that i didnt get
but wait as i scrolled through forums i read a post about steve at landys and post stated that steve got nothing to do with landys and stop running landys down
the next best thing to do was ring ralph him self and tell him from the horses mouth about steve and he said are you shaw about that so i sent all the paper work over to him and ralph got onto it straight away and rang me to say that hes write onto it know and he assured me i would get my motor or my money back

ps and again landys is only baby sitting steve /porky ore what ever name he uses
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY I WILL GET MONEY OR MOTOR DONT WORRIE ABOUT THAT
EVER DOG HAS HIS DAY AND BOY ARE THE DAYS GETTING SHORTER

Hey ute351, I'm in the same boat as you - being in Australia and having some guy in the US jerk me around on a motor deal. It's not the same guy as you, but it's been a year and still getting the run around and rubbish excuses.

Have you looked into the legal side yet? I think the only way I'll get my money back is by initiating a fraud suit, but how to commence proceedings?

Any of you USA guys got any suggestions? Went through Better Business Bureau and they did fvck all, and "could not resolve the dispute". That was the only agency that I got a reply on, after complaining to the list of different US Gov agencies that is mentioned in this forum.

thanks

mate

Face it this guy wont have your money or your motor.If you get a motor from him it will blow up on the first pass or it wont have all the parts inside.

*EDIT* bY Bjuice

ttt

[quote="bagracing"]
LOL...must have had something "not so nice" nice to say. :lol:

CB / UTE - call the local police department where the piece of crap lives or does business. They can advise you what to do or who can help. People on here list the IC3.gov and BBB but those rarely do crap because they are just about political BS (eg BBB) or too busy to care about your situation (eg IC3.gov). Call the local police where this person does business. It worked to start getting my money back as I was out $4000 at one time and I am getting $5000 in return. Took me two years but persistance paid off. I filled a lawsuit but that did not do shit. A career crook who is broke knows they do not have to actually pay the settlement amount. Which means you have to put liens against things they own worth money or garnish wages. This takes time and legal fees add up but worth it because you can collect legal fees and on top of the amount owed.

Name change folks BEWARE

New Name PKYSPDSHOP

Just to show you this guy has more faces then a pail of smelts

Ole Steve is up to his same ole tricks,he keeps running but he can't seem to hide,but he keeps taking the honest mans money and nothing done about it

Some one needs to make Steve pay restitution to these folks he has stolen from

PORKY'S SPEED
#3 RTE 34N
COLTS NECK, NEW JERSEY 07722
732-425-3314

Steve (Porkey) Ramage

I knew i smelt a pig :twisted:

We need Ryan to give Tom authority to remove advertisers now!

Tom or any number of us can immediately spot his ads no matter what he is calling himself or where he claims he is living.

Won't do anything to help those scammed already but will cut down on who he can scam.

Besides all else the stuff he advertises he makes the prices so cheap that those who are really advertising a good deal look like high prices compared to Mr. Porky SpeedMerchant.


Maybe Tom you can talk with Ryan about making a blanket header addition to every ad about if you are buying from a seller in a different country, to check that seller's reputation before you buy. I am sure his local BBB has pages on him. I'll bet that if you just do a search in a search engine you will uncover him very often in Racingunk and in other sites where his names come up.

Before you buy Do a Search Engine Check. Before you buy from a different country check deeper.

Gone are the days when you can trust someone becuase they are a racer. I do remember those days but they are gone.

Ed

Ed this is a shame and a disgrace to the honest business people everywhere .
and i can tell you that UTE is a honest man he has been buying from me now for awhile and as a matter of fact he just placed another order with me very good guy and super nice guy to talk to i wish i had a thousand customers like him .
And i hope that he gets some kind of settlement out of him and i know he's not the only one this guy needs taken care of once and for all.
Someway some how .

thanks

HI ALL YOU FELLOW RACES NOW I CAN COME ON THIS SITE AND SAY THAT STEVE DID COME CLEAN WITH THE MONEY.
i DID GO TO nEW jERSEY AND KNOCK ON HIS DOOR AND THE FIRST THING HE SAID HOW MUCH DO I OWE YOU AND HE SAID NO WORRIES,24 HOURS LATER HE GAVE ME THE CASH IN FULL SHINNEY BILLS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ALL THE BULLSHIT THAT WAS SAID ABOUT STEVE OFF RACING JUNK AND I GOT GOT HTERE HE HAS TAKEN ALOT OF SHIT BY PEOPLE BUT HEY I SEEN IT WITH MY OWN EYES HE HAS A LOT OF CONTACTS OUT THERE AND HE HAS TOP OF THE ART ENGINE ROOM AS WELL AND GOOD BLOCKES THAT WORK FOR HIM (CUP CAKE.. MATTY..ANDREW AND THE BRAINS BEHIND IT STEVE HIMSELF.
AND REGARDS OF THE MAN IN NEW ZEALAND IVE SEEN THE RECIEPT THAT HE HE SENT THE MONEY BACK TO HIM SO I DONT KNOW WHY HE IS GOING ON LIKE THAT FOR AND IM NOT TAKING SIDES IM READING THE FACTS WITH MY OWN TWO EYES.
HES GOT ALOT OF GOOD DEALS AROUND AS WELL EVERY BODY KNOWS ROME WASNT BUILT IN A DAY SO GIVE THE MAN A GO BECAUSE YOY DONT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON THE DEAL OF A LIFETIME JUST BECAUSE HE DOESNT ANSWER THE PHONE BECAUSE HE IS ON IT MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY SO THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THE MATTER.
I REALLY ENJOYED MYSELF ON MY STAY IN NEW YORK THANKS TROY FROM DOWN UNDER.

You had to go from Australia to New Jersey to get your money and now your proclaiming how good a guy he is?

mmmmm..mmmmmm.mmmmm

Troy Let me ask you 2 Questions here..please answer them Honestly

1- Why did you make the trip to New jersey?
2- How much did that trip cost you ( from start to finish)?


Brian

Glad to hear you got "YOUR MONEY"...but lets look back and see when you started trying to get it or at least when you started this thread...Date is included...
Quote
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:06 am Post subject: steve ramage speedmerchent i wont my motor "or money

ill keep posting on her till i get money or motor steve weather u move to new jersy or stay in new york u owe me $14.500.US FOR SBF&TRANS GIVE ME WHAT IS EASYA GIVE WHAT I PAYED FOR
End quote


Now in my counting that is close to 10 months and a trip half way around the world...Form your own opinions from the information.....Oh by the way, can I use $14,500 of your money for 10 months interest free :?: ... I am just trying to keep this all in perspective..

I can't figure it out-If someone received cash for services, did not provide the services, held your cash for a year and then made you travel half way around the world to collect your receipt, how does that automatically make that person now a good guy? And what does it matter if he has a good engine building room?

I think we should now all sit around the campfire, hold hands and sing cum-bai-ya.

Later Racers.

I was reading these posts on this Steve dudeand watching Pinks all out at Maple grove and guess who was interviewed on the show none other than Steve Ramage.Now you can put a face to the name if you watch the show..I have seen this guy before at the track I will sure steer clear of this guy...

at the end of the day i did leave it for a long time but my buinness commitments in my job made it hard to just get up and go its my fault for leaving it so long but at the end of the day i got back what was owed to me and a good trip that i ijoyed and im going back in march april for twelve mouths so thats all im going to say about it its finished how lets all get on with it

does any body want to buy my bunissness its up 4 sale i transport houses all over western australia for magor minning companys got good turn over hae six trucks and eight low loaders its 80 percent profit for every dollars u make thanks message me for my email address thaks troy from down under

steve
 

If i had to travel that far, i don't care if he gave me his house it still don't make it right, too many folks have been taken by him.

have fun