ARP customer service?

flyinelvis11

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anyone have any customer service issues with ARP?
this is my email to them

Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 6:23 AM
To: info
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Website Submitted Question from Wayne Woller

Question Number: 60644

Wayne Woller - XXX XXX XXXX
[email protected]
405 XXXXXX Circle

Villa XXXXXX IL XXXXX

USA

Submitted: 3/11/2013 @ 9:23:21

I purchased a head stud kit for an 04 duramax from a vendor of yours, I believe the part number is 320-4201. The kit came short one nut for the studs and I'm curious if I'm better off trying to find one local or if there's something you can do?

Website Question

Because ARP is so concerned with customer satisfaction they replied to my email a day later

Hi Wayne
The kit # for that is 230-4201 and there is some info on the ARP box that was shipped in that we need for quality control = packer number / date / lot number & weight.
RonF

Is it just me or should this have been handled differently? instead of having any consideration for the fact that i might have a torn apart motor that i can't work on now, he seems more concerned about disiplining an employee or accusing me of lying about a $2 nut. the dude has my address, couldn't he have said "sorry about that, i shipped one out to you. hey i need some info of the box it came in so i can figure out what happened and correct any future problems" or something of that nature. i guess i should have called but you leftys don't get out of bed until about noon my time (seems like it anyway lol) and it wasn't any pressing matter. maybe i'm taking this the wrong way but this seems like some pretty lousy customer service to me....
 

Hoosier

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I've never dealt with them but it sounds like every other email to a customer service rep. Some keyboard jockey not making enough money to care about his job. Probably has to follow fifty pages of bs protocol before he can actually do something to help you. :mad:
 

jmaz268

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anyone have any customer service issues with ARP?
this is my email to them

Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 6:23 AM
To: info
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Website Submitted Question from Wayne Woller

Question Number: 60644

Wayne Woller - XXX XXX XXXX
[email protected]
405 XXXXXX Circle

Villa XXXXXX IL XXXXX

USA

Submitted: 3/11/2013 @ 9:23:21

I purchased a head stud kit for an 04 duramax from a vendor of yours, I believe the part number is 320-4201. The kit came short one nut for the studs and I'm curious if I'm better off trying to find one local or if there's something you can do?

Website Question

Because ARP is so concerned with customer satisfaction they replied to my email a day later

Hi Wayne
The kit # for that is 230-4201 and there is some info on the ARP box that was shipped in that we need for quality control = packer number / date / lot number & weight.
RonF

Is it just me or should this have been handled differently? instead of having any consideration for the fact that i might have a torn apart motor that i can't work on now, he seems more concerned about disiplining an employee or accusing me of lying about a $2 nut. the dude has my address, couldn't he have said "sorry about that, i shipped one out to you. hey i need some info of the box it came in so i can figure out what happened and correct any future problems" or something of that nature. i guess i should have called but you leftys don't get out of bed until about noon my time (seems like it anyway lol) and it wasn't any pressing matter. maybe i'm taking this the wrong way but this seems like some pretty lousy customer service to me....

Thought you said they were sending you some???
 

gmc502

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I didn't have a problem w/ them.I just called them up,gave them the codes of the box and a week later a new bolt showed up,,no charge.It may have helped that I'm a machine shop.
 

flyinelvis11

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I didn't have a problem w/ them.I just called them up,gave them the codes of the box and a week later a new bolt showed up,,no charge.It may have helped that I'm a machine shop.







Have had the same issue before , called just like above , gave number off box , 4 days later had missing part .

I guess I see things differently, waiting a week for a part that I was supposed to have in the first place doesn't seem like a viable option to me...I don't have the shop space that some have. I received a nut yesterday from my local machine shop, the head is torqued down and we are...moving on