Warning about True North Outback Adventure Co’. formally core outfitters- NATHAN MCDONALD

yep.

Like I said above I've heard a lot of stories. Not sure whether all of them are true or not. But obviously know between you, eric, myself and a few others on OF4WD he never seems to deliver and always has an excuse. And I know Ski fucking hates him hahaha.

 

Yup

 

Came into this late but the movie is a rerun. Strange, the silence is just deafening! But then I guess "you have the right to keep silent". Glad for the heads up Gents. Most definitely will remain vigatent.

 

u wut mate?

 

im not too knowledgeable of their relationship

 

Maybe reach out to him find out.

Up to you guys to mention it in true north.

 

Or do it yourself, Joe, should you be so concerned.

Hi, I'm Timothy. Interesting that you seem perfectly fine making making assumptions, with no real intentions of making any real inquiries.

Yes, you are correct. I have met Nate, and have done business deals with him. That being said, yes, I am also aware there are customers out there who have not received their product. There are also many customers who have, so there are mixed reviews. I am not the only Mod on TNT as you have said, however that bares no relevance here. For Sale listings are currently permitted on the page, so it is not correct to say who can and who cannot post items for sale.

Now, as far as CORE Outfitters is concerned, I believe he means well. I believe the issue lies in that he tried to get off the ground way too fast. I know the physical product exists, I have seen it. The problem is using the payment for the product to produce the product. Generally doesn't work out so well, especially when variables come into play. Orders get backed up, lost track of, new orders come in, new orders get filled before old, could be a number of things. I don't think he has a malicious intent, just currently fighting in the quicksand that robbing Peter to pay Paul has created.

Now, Nate, I am sure you are reading this. Do I think you are a bad person? No. Do I think you need to put the business on hold, until you can sort out the amount of backlogged orders and refund requests? Yes. Bad News travels fast, and there is obviously a database of botched deals, otherwise this thread wouldn't exist. I do also know, that you have some loyal, return customers. I think it's time to put down the shovel, stop digging the hole deeper, and think of how to climb out.

 

No i talked to the original owner of the shocks. He couldn't sell them so he gave them to Core to sell them (he said he was a customer).... bigger audience?

RR or no RR, they wear out at the same rate. It's the seals/shock shaft which wears out first.

ICON used to have a great Reputation, it's only in the last 2 years they have been going downhill, which conicides with them getting huge. Guess they cant keep up the QC.

His price is fair. New kings would run you 3,000 F+R. He is selling for 1,500.

 

Hi Tim, I'm glad you posted on here as a friend. I'm also glad you have provided some advice to the matter and I agree 100% with you. Core needs a reset if it's going to continue.
Core can't keep doing things the way it is currently and alienating the majority of the people that make up it's market. Word of mouth is strong for business.
Everyone on here want's Core to thrive not fail. You can read that in some of the posts.
You can't keep taking peoples' hard earned money and not deliver products and/or refunds and expect for them to not be angry. Nate being honest or means well is irrelevant when you treat customers the way he does. He will be perceived as being dishonest and shady as you can see from these posts. It's a horrible experience that no one should have to go through when buying anything.
Nate, if you're reading this, please fix this mess if you are being honest about your business. If not, keep doing what you're doing.
Karma always wins.

 

Would've but don't know you and figured leave it to the mods to sort out.

Nice to hear there are some orders delivered. But yes agree should be put on hold.
From the sounds of it it started good but went down hill.

But I wish it wasn't like this. Like posted above we all wish there was someone north of the border to deal with that was reliable.

 

Thank you for chiming in Tim. I posted this up as a honest review thread and yes it does say warning. You pretty much summed it up. A lot of us were loyal customers that got screwed over. Personally I waited for over year for a product, lots of false promises, and was still trying to be loyal. However, as you said, the hole was dug too deep. Thats the reasoning for this thread. Not to shit on a guy trying to start a dream or who means well. By no means. Just a general warning that if you give him money expecting a product, you may not receive the product and waste a lot of time, as a lot of us have here. I haven't posted it on any other forum since I kept hearing about it on here, and I just posting up as a general warning.

 

This

Tim like I said above the stories I've heard are one thing. Who knows if they are true. But myself @tacoma16 and @Theicemedic have had problems with it. And the way he handled mine was what did so much damage. False promise followed by being ignored.

As we all know bad reviews echo a lot more than good ones do.
I tried supporting him, and it was met with bullshit.

We all wanted to say something but we all feel bad being that guy to be the one and plaster him on social media. We all just shared our experience here and people can do as they please. I don't want to be the one to go post in true north saying don't do business with this guy blah blah blah.


But I'll say for sure I wish I knew all this before I ordered from him and had to chase around my money for a month.
He's been lucky all the people this has happened with aren't nuts but there's plenty of people out there that would likely go after him or his family over the same amount of money. So it's one of those things that should certainly be addressed. For his sake and others.

And since you know him maybe you can. I don't know him besides my bad experiences ordering

 

I was told today i would be refunded my $.
Now lets see what happens and how long.
I don't have my hopes up
don't worry !!

 

might have been posted above but what was your order for?

 

40L Frontrunner footwell watter tank . id have to check but i think im out 350$ AND alot of wasted time

 

Sucks. Keep us posted.

 

I think it would be interesting to see a total dollar amount of what he owes everyone.

 

Sucks. Mine was $700

 

were did you order it from ? i still want it i just cant trust "CORE" anymore so asked for my money back or proof its on order.

 

sorry not that thing, just my order. Was for two sets of TREDs,

Ended up getting them from the states.