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Post by volvo300 » 03 Jan 2011 10:02 pm

Hi all...

I have trying to buy some MG960 from "http://www.monroeshop.co.uk/"
They said just after placing the order (and paid the money), that they couldn't get the shocks from Monroe anymore..... They would cancel the order and refund my money...
I paid 116,02 GBP for 2 MG960 shocks, but nothing has happend!!!!! :evil:

Has anyone heard about them?
Is seems that it's fraud!!!!

Have I been cheated????? sm2

I would like to hear from others that have some info about them!!

Cheers all.

Peter
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Post by Ride_on » 04 Jan 2011 01:30 am

Interesting, I have been looking for Monreo shocks for a few years now and not found them until now. I had assumed they had stopped trading.

Anyway found the following
Companies house - Could not find a suitable registered company in anything shown on the web site
monroeshop.co.uk - no contact numbers, no address, no registered company name (all requirements if you are a business, but you may get this when you pay)
is an affiliate of bremboshop.co.uk but URL no longer works.
Google shows 'nextdaybrakes.com' with references to brembopshop and monreoshop. Nextday brakes appears to offer brakes but with no ability to purchase them
There is a link to Monroe US on monroeshop.co.uk but certainly no link back to Monroeshop.co.uk

Anyway in summary, I could not find any firm evidence of dodgyness, but does definitely smell fishy, and I just don't like the goggle results.

If you purchased used debit card, get your bank to reverse the transaction ASAP. Not displaying proper name and not replying may be enough.
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Post by trabitom99 » 04 Jan 2011 11:35 am

Various German online shops still have Monroe MG960 in their lists:

http://www.autoteile-guenstig.de/index. ... 037&kbanr=
http://www.fuerst-autoteile.de/index.ph ... ssdaempfer

... but that doesn't necessarily mean they're available. I bought mine a long time ago, they're fitted in my daily 360 and in the Mk1.

When did you place your order with this company? The Christmas / New Year period tends to slow things down a little. Have you tried phoning?

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Post by volvo300 » 04 Jan 2011 10:16 pm

Hi Tom and ride_on.

I have, as suggested by ride_on, spoken to my bank this afternoon, and they have a department which deals with these kinds of problems....

Thanks ride_on for the search on monroeshop.co.uk!!!
It seems that they are cheating people.... (dumb people like me :-( )

.. and Tom, I have been e-mailing with a company in Germany which is called "gts-suspension". They are selling KYB EXCEL-G shocks at a nice price (56€ a piece). I'm thinking of purchasing a pair.

Have a nice evening sm4

Cheers.
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Post by volvosneverdie » 04 Jan 2011 10:21 pm

volvo300 wrote:Hi Tom and ride_on.

I have, as suggested by ride_on, spoken to my bank this afternoon, and they have a department which deals with these kinds of problems....

Thanks ride_on for the search on monroeshop.co.uk!!!
It seems that they are cheating people.... (dumb people like me :-( )

.. and Tom, I have been e-mailing with a company in Germany which is called "gts-suspension". They are selling KYB EXCEL-G shocks at a nice price (56€ a piece). I'm thinking of purchasing a pair.

Have a nice evening sm4

Cheers.
Peter

Everything ive heard from people that have used KYBs has been good.
Hopefully youll get all of your money back and get some awesome shockers on too.
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Post by volvo300 » 05 Jan 2011 08:43 am

volvosneverdie wrote:
volvo300 wrote:Hi Tom and ride_on.

I have, as suggested by ride_on, spoken to my bank this afternoon, and they have a department which deals with these kinds of problems....

Thanks ride_on for the search on monroeshop.co.uk!!!
It seems that they are cheating people.... (dumb people like me :-( )

.. and Tom, I have been e-mailing with a company in Germany which is called "gts-suspension". They are selling KYB EXCEL-G shocks at a nice price (56€ a piece). I'm thinking of purchasing a pair.

Have a nice evening sm4

Cheers.
Peter

Everything ive heard from people that have used KYBs has been good.
Hopefully youll get all of your money back and get some awesome shockers on too.
Yep...
Let's see what the bank can do about them "Monroeshop.co.uk" cheaters sm2

I'll post some pics on my winter works in later on (new rear bearing install, M45R to M47R swap, shock renewal etc.).

Have a great day :-)
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Post by vØlvØfreak » 05 Jan 2011 11:14 am

Hi Peter,

bad news, that you've been cheated :(
Good luck with it, but it seems it will be allright in the end.

Maybe we have a set of monroes laying around (new). As we now have koni's, you could have them for much less then 50 euro a piece :)
I know we have some front ones, but not sure on the rear....

Haven't heard from you in a while, but you still have my email, don't you? :)

Cheers,
Mark

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Post by volvo300 » 15 Jan 2011 06:04 pm

Hi all.

Here's the latest news!
My bank has refunded the money so I'm happy sm4

About new shocks, I have bought KYB Excel-G's from Germany (Sorry Mark, I saw the post too late :? )... I would have loved to buy some koni's from you (I got some back ones from you that hass been mounted on the R-sport), but I wasen't sure about you having some front ones...
Offcourse I have your e-mail... It's just, that the time is flying away and there are so many things to do...

All in all, I have been cheated by "Monroeshop.co.uk" but has been refunded by my bank...
So everyone, stay away from these guys..

I'll post some more pics of my winter project later this month, so stay tuned :-)'

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Post by volvosneverdie » 16 Jan 2011 06:20 pm

Good news dude.

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Post by CBA » 16 Feb 2011 10:29 pm

I saw some monroe shocks on ebay. new old stock 30 for the pair.. cant remember anything else..

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Post by trabitom99 » 17 Feb 2011 09:41 am

There are two single Monroe R3411 oil-filled (rather than gas) dampers floating around on the bay, they're for the rear, but cheap!

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0526844310
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0181211834

I've got MG960 gas shocks in the front of my vario, but 30-year old factory ones in the back - not a good combination :?

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Post by volvo300 » 27 Feb 2011 04:44 pm

Hi Tom and all other which has replied to this thread.

I promised your all some pics of my project....
I have had a lot to do this month, but here are the pic's of my project.

Enjoy :D

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Post by volvosneverdie » 27 Feb 2011 05:14 pm

That car is amazing. 8)
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Post by sven360 » 27 Feb 2011 05:56 pm

That has a very purposeful stance.

Just shows they don't have to be sitting on their arse on 40 profile lacky bands to be cool.

Very nice. 8)
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Post by trabitom99 » 27 Feb 2011 06:47 pm

That car's fantastic - looks like you've been putting a lot of work in ...
sven360 wrote:That has a very purposeful stance.
Just shows they don't have to be sitting on their arse on 40 profile lacky bands to be cool.
+1

R-Sports weren't lowered at the factory, unlike GLTs. Mk1s are the tallest of them all :-)

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343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
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360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988

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