Earlier this winter I wanted to order a couple of 463066 pickups for MO Series magnetos as fitted to my early fifties Ariel singles. Draganfly was out of stock so a Google search brought me to the web site of Classic British Spares, located in California, which listed that pickup as fitting MO magnetos and in stock. I ordered two of them and when I received them a week or so later I was disappointed to find that the pickups were not the correct ones for MO magnetos being of a shorter distance between the two mounting screw holes. I contacted the seller via e-mail and this is the reply I received:
"....The components that we sent you are kept under 463066..... If they will not work, send them back for a refund as I can only supply what I have sent."
I sent them back and was refunded the cost of the parts but not the shipping charges of US $16.23 and it had cost me another Cdn. $9 to mail them back.
Since then I notice that they have changed their web site description of 463066. It now states that it fits only K1F and K2F magnetos. A quick check of Draganfly's site shows that to be an incorrect number for those mags.
https://www.classicbritishspares.com/pr ... 1292&_ss=r
Long story short: I wasted my time and money dealing with this company.
I recently ordered and received the correct 463066 from another company.
Chris Shearwood
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Re: Classic British Spares
On the evidence of the change to their website description, I would be asking them to kindly refund all of your shipping return costs.
Take a screen grab of the current description and go to your browser history and take a screen grab of the description that you ordered against.
Very clearly its their mistake in supplying an incorrect part.
Take a screen grab of the current description and go to your browser history and take a screen grab of the description that you ordered against.
Very clearly its their mistake in supplying an incorrect part.
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Julian,
Thank you for the suggestion but the time and aggravation of dealing with a business like that is not worth that money to me.
Regards, Chris
Thank you for the suggestion but the time and aggravation of dealing with a business like that is not worth that money to me.
Regards, Chris
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