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Thought this needed to be adressed:
Was going to put this in Bad traders but thought it wouldn't get the attention it deserves or is needed to alert people not to deal with people like chickenleaverpuller.
So the story goes:
Recently I have had a Corima Disc wheel on sale:
A very rare and stunning wheel that I thought deserved to be used better than i was currently using (on the roads of London). I bought it mainly just becuse i had the cash, love the sound of a disc and the look of it.
Enjoyed it for a couple of months and thought i'd pass it on for the same money i bought it.
Unlucky for me i sold it to chickenleaverpuller just over a week ago.
I meet with him in person. As he had no idea of how to install the wheel to his bike i offered my services. Tightened up the wheel told him to try it out and then took a photo of his bike, told him if he needs any assistance on the wheel to let me know, and that was that. A happy chap he seemed even though i have heard that he is not one of the favored characters on this forum.
After a couple of days he texted me if the Cog is glued on? as he is struggling to get it off!
I told him that i use Phil wood waterproof grease and that i have never heard of a Cog being glued. To which i get a reply "why would you put a 20t Cog on anyway!"" lools" Nothing much to say to that.
He told me that he tried taking it off and broke his chain whip while attempting to remove the Cog. After that just " Ahh i'll get it sorted!!".
Now it's been a week and i receive a text and Watsup that "you sold me a faulty disc i want my money back".
Many more messages followed, So i replied that the disc has been serving people for the past 20 odd years and you have managed to destroy it in a week.
To what i get a reply "actually i didn't break it my mate did and he wants his money back and he is a serious guy :/"
So there is nothing much i could say to that, but while shocked at his threat and pretty much upset that they managed to destoy the wheel.
What do you say to something like that? A perfectly functional wheel that has been running for year and still had many more years left in her, destroyed in a week by someone that has no idea that these thing's are not just for posing and abusing. Guess it's kind of my fault as well as i had a feeling it wasn't a good idea to sell the wheel to him, but what's done is done.