Part 1
Sir, it is disappointing to see you made a point to type such a negative and derogatory review towards me and our company in an anonymous manor. Based on your information we clearly know who you as well as the previous circumstances leading up to this review. Our company and myself commonly do not respond to reviews because we believe everyone has the right to their own opinions. Even though we pride ourselves in trying to give each and every customer a professional experience when making a purchase from our store, I feel it is with in our right as a company to respond in an earnest manner when all we did was try and help you the best we could. From the beginning you came to us with concerns of faulty functionality of product that you had purchased and then choose to complete the installation yourself. When you arrived at our store you made it clear you wanted us to fix or troubleshoot the installation that we did not do, and initially requested a diagnostic for free. We were very polite and clear up front that because we did not do the initial installation, that there would a charge to go into the vehicle and diagnose the issue. Commonly we charge a minimal fee of $50.00 to look at a vehicle. In you case because of your visible distress we offered to only charge you $40.00. You, were against the idea of paying for the diagnostic initially and you had made the assumption that it could ONLY be the product at fault and that you were "sold a lemon" as described in your own words. At that point in time you asked if you choose to remove the radio from the vehicle and bring only the radio for diagnostics would there still be a charged fee. We politely informed you that there would be no charge because we would not be taking apart your vehicle and would gladly test the radio for you for free. You declined to have us look at your installation and left our location driving well above the speed limit down the street.
You returned no less then 10 minutes later and stated to us that you now believed that the camera was the source of all the problems. We then reiterated the diagnostics would still be a $40.00 charge to troubleshoot the issue. Again, you were still visibly upset at the idea of having to pay for the diagnostic. You asked about removing the camera from the vehicle for us to test for you and we explained to you that we would be willing to test the camera for free outside of the vehicle, but if you were to remove the camera from the vehicle and it functioned properly that would leave the possibility of the vehicle or the installation being the cause of the failure. You very reluctantly decided to pay the $40.00 to allow me to troubleshoot the camera installed in your truck, you mad a point to explain to me that you had used solder and heat shrink connections in the process of your install. You repeatedly kept asking what I thought of your installation, in which, I kindly responded I didn't think it was bad. In the process of the diagnostic I found that you had grounded the camera loosely between two metal pieces and that the "watertight" plug you had decided to use for your installation was not completely sealed and had visible signs of rust and water damage from the pins. Because of your concerns that it was not the install but the product I made a point to very politely show you these issues that were found in a very courteous way so you could see that these could be the causes to the failure of the product. The testing took me to your radio in the front of the truck for further testing. Once the radio was unmounted to do further testing it was found that your red accessory wire had lost its crimp connection from the crimp that was used and was barely maintaining connection. I made a point, to come find you to show you this so you could see that due to the fluctuation in voltage could cause the radio to malfunction and the camera to fail. Also, following the wire down the line it was found that the red accessory wire was completely pulled out of the harness and was appeared to be shoved into the plug with some tape. When asked if you knew about this your response was that "we sold it to you that way." I asked since your purchase of this harness, which was over a month ago, and/or while in the process of completing your install why you didn't simply come back and exchange the "faulty product" for another radio harness that was not damaged? You replied "because it was already in the truck." If it came directly out of the sealed packaging as you describe, this response seems illogical because why would someone install a product that you can visibly and clearly see is damaged. As a courtesy to you I made a new stable and functional connection for your accessory to the factory accessory wire for you with out further discussion or request. read more