Originally Posted by Toolman

I truely am very sorry to hear you are having this problem. Especially with the high costs involved. You are a reputable forum member and seller. The whole history and situation is not clear to me, but I trust you have a valid complaint. It's also not clear if you are trying to reclaim subsequent labor costs as you are providing that information. I'm no lawyer, but I don't think costs related to installation or removal are generally covered. The total cost just makes the situation that much worse for you. If you buy a brand new widget part for your car from Rock Auto, and you take it to your local mechanic to install, but afterwards they find it is bad and they have to remove it, Rock Auto is not going to reimbuse you for that labor. Maybe a small claims court would? Using Rock auto as another example they are going to cover the part only for x number of days irregardless of the number of miles. The timing between making the purchase and reporting the problem is critical. If the seller thinks he has a defense around the situation I think it would help a lot if he would step up and say what that is. Forum pressure has proven to work in the past.