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Let me say this.........

Merlin / Neil has been friends - collegues - business aqatences... As soon as the monies returned I'll remove all comments (of course he's going to come back, you cant change the spots from a leppard) and be gone from all your hair and this conversation never happened.

Yes H.R. its only my side of the story but its my dealing with Neil. Neil has a mouth and can tell his story also to state our dealings.

Where and how to start this forum.... well here goes.

In October in 2010 I put an entry on the Buga site asking for advice in purchasing a Bedford from South Australia, to build a replica A TEAM VAN, at this time Neil or (User ID = Merlin) contacted me and said "why bother buying something sight unseen when he could build me one from the parts he had / or could get me the parts he hasn't got (alot he already had, including the shell / body molds, wheels) and I was only to supply the wheels and $5,000 up front with an extra $10,000 on the completion of the work.

I made note that I was happy to pay $12,000 for a complete project (minus interior) but didn't mind scretching the budget to $15,000 with licensing and engineer reports, Neil was happy with this and signed a 1 page contract with name / address / contact details.

The build is for my sick brother who has limited life on earth due to being diagnosed with cancer late last year, and I thought it'd be nice to put his "childhold dream" into practice and have an A TEAM REPLICA VAN to enjoy

All was going well for the first 3 months, in continous response by mobile and SMS. thats where it stopped. With July coming up quickly this year I feel i am left with chasing $9,000 (which I gave in January 2011)  and not having my brothers toy.

I was in Perth late April (from busselton) went past his workshop in Rockingham and saw the Bedford Van in the same position and state it was in October. I called Neil 3 times during the day with no response. I "Personal messaged" him and no response but had a read receipt, I then went on to email him at his skymesh email address, for it to bounce back immediately with an error "no email address at this domian name" over the past 3 days I have called his mobile 5 times and SMS'd 5, still no response.

I know he's on here dially so he'll read this, I have done everything he has asked. and initially when i got in contact with Neil, he promised the world but at the moment I have seen nothing from my view or ears. I know July is still some 6 weeks away and I hope he can come thru with the goods as per our verbal and written conversations.

I have been screwed over in the past with a previous Build. I know where to go and what to do If it happens again (to re-coup damages / monies and time). But you can only scretch friendship so far with no communication.

Can someone shed some light on Neil AKA Merlin ? (how good is he or have you had an issue with him also)

hey B.B.

From the south west of Perth... roughly what is a price for a respray for a full change of colour also ? from the green to a black.

Thanks

ben

It must be on the rise and going on' any way, an american company want a copy of my bank statment to verify who l am. BEFORE they deal with me, with all the crap thats happening, l'm hesitating to do it but l need the parts and l can't find anyone else

Rosie, if they are a legit company ask them to pay via Paypal.. i was reading somewhere on the WWW that 90% of american business do majority of there online trading using paypal... there is no way in the world I would be handing over my private and confidental data like that (next they will be asking for 100 points of id).

hi there -- Western Australia. but more specific Busselton.

Are you wanting / willing to sell your vehicle for the right coin (disregarding the price tag of $5,000)

There is a black bedford in Busselton, its a bits and peices one, offered $5,000 to the owner but he is taking his sweet time to response to any calls or messages..

Hope someone can supply me the goods !!

Cheers.