Just wanted to let everyone know my experience with Ricks Plating Garden Grove, CA. www.rick9662@yahoo.com I did a wheel exchange with him for chrome wheels. This spring I saw the chrome on the rear wheel was blistering. I send Rick Pic's and asked him to warranty the wheel since he says his warranty is good for 2 years and I have not had the wheels that long.

He wrote me back with a bunch of BS about wheel care and if I wanted to ship it to him at my expense he would look at it and determin if he could warranty it. I asked he send me another already chromed wheel and debit my credit card until he recieved my wheel. He said he would not do that. I guess he expects me to set my bike on blocks while the wheel is off.?

I found a loaner wheel last week so I sent Rick an E-mail and asked if he would still warranty the wheel. No reply after a week and a second E-mail so I called him. He said if I payed all shiping (both ways I'm in Ohio) he would most likely re-chrome it, but said he needed my original purchase info. I told him when I purchased the wheels and he should have it in his records and he told me he did not have time to look it up. What a bunch of BS

Rick sells on Ebay, but uses his personal Yahoo E-mail account for his business so he does not get bad reviews on E-bay in my opinion. I did a search looking for reviews and found plenty. Sounds like rip off after rip off. Here is just one of the links with reviews http://ricks-plating.pissedconsumer.com/ and there are more if you dig deep enough.

I will take the blame since I did not check Rick out indepth prior to my purchase. My reason for writing this is to warn everyone to be sure you know what you are getting before you buy. Know exactly how the warranty works. Get it in writing.
Be carefull guys. There are other Ricks out there ready to take your hard earned money.

One other thing. If any one here who has used Rick and wants to defend him feel free since I have big sholders. If any one wants to see Ricks work the wheel will be in my front yard with flowers planted in it. That is about all it is good for.

 

Is he a member here?

 

Have no idea

 

Moved and bumped

 

Sounds like he needs to be called out and exposed. Thanks for sharing this info. It may very we'll prevent someone else from getting ripped. Buyer beware!

 

Well that sucks! I hate hearing about folks getting ripped off.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

That sucks, I'd raise hell. Did you dispute it with ebay?

 

Is this not the third or so post just like this, this year? I was split between Rick and Joe at ***** Shiny. When in doubt I call. Completely different sides of the coin after speaking to both (i.e. Joe was more than helpful and I could not get him off the phone. ) and glad I went with ***** Shiny two years ago. Both rims, front calipers, lowers and all three rotors and today I could not find a single complaint.

Funny thing is I think they both are using the same back-end chromer. Must be something in the prep work they are doing or requesting of cutting corners one must be doing to have such a huge difference.