Good Traders

Another successful purchase from @bellabici

Always rapid to ship, even before actual payment!

ROBO85 top seller great coms, fast delivery and totally as described recommended thanks jon

@badmanlongtime @mustardbeak @BigH @GreatSince78 @FixedStar - pleasure to meet you all over the last couple of days. Excellent buyers.

Thanks for the brakes @nutsjesmoar

Cheers for sorting everything out, would be happy to deal with you again!

+1 !

@BareNecessities - solid trader, cheers

ROBO85 - super seller, great communication and real fast postage.

Much appreciated, fella!

@kboy - fast shipping/well packed/immaculate condition - pleasure doing business with you

@umop3pisdn super fast delivery many thanks

@Scilly.Suffolk quick to reply and even quicker to send, cheers!

Most welcome!

@bellabici - Really great seller! Have bought from him a few times now and it's always been flawless. Good packing, fast shipping and a genuinely nice and helpful guy.

@Agatee bought some wheels and panniers off him. Always quick to reply to messages, He posted the items off the next day and the packaging was spot on. Proper gent.

@SimplexNL - excellent packing great communication have bought two and will buy more :-) Thanks John!

@Dick - great comms - fast postage -

Thanks @smithchild - first time I've seen this thread!

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Jim, I'm not sure what other recourse of action I have at the moment, but if you won't reply to my PMs then I don't know what to do. Seemed like a decent guy to deal with when he sold me a groupset but now not getting in touch with a quibble I have with the sale.

Apologies if this is a genuine mistake and the messaging system is broken but I just want to finish my bike.

No PM: are you replying to an old PM? I unfollow and delete PM once the subject is concluded.

Look at your PM: is there a recipient?

You have my external email via Paypal. You can tag me in your build thread.

Either way, you've brought this up here so let's keep it that way: please detail in this thread what the problem is.

Ah, I see - the PM was in reply to the original. I had no idea that you could unfollow and delete a PM, nor understand why you'd want to, especially when the other party has no idea?

Anyway, not to worry - at least that explains things. It's nothing major though, just that the rear caliper you sold me in the Centaur groupset isn't quite up to scratch. The allen key adjuster is stuck in position and the allen bolt is rounded. I know you can adjust using the nut, but that's not really the point. Also, the anchor and bolt is completely corroded and looks pretty horrible compared to everything else which looks nice.

Just found out this thread so would like to pay my debts now. I had few deals with the guys mentioned below and would like to say thanks for each of them.
@Charlie33 @nickvonfiction @Dans @powerhac @Soul @banana_skid
All of them were really helpful and kept their word.

You confirmed receipt of, and that you were happy with the purchase: why would I keep old PM when the subject matter is concluded?

It's quite obvious whether a PM has a recipient or not.

The adjuster for fine tuning the centring? I didn't know that, didn't use it.

The cable anchor? I know it's corroded and so did you. Or didn't you look at the photos I published. Still entirely functional though.

This is what's stopping you finishing your build? Really?

Ordinarily I like trades to be concluded with both parties being genuinely happy: I don't work to "buyer beware" on the forum and would have flagged the issue with the adjuster, had I known of it (but not adjusted the price).

Ordinarily in a situation like this I would refund something as a show of good faith.

However, I'm more than a little pissed off with the way you've handled this: making me out to be a cunt, but covering your back with "apologies if..." is weak.

So I've donated £20 to the forum (on top of the 5% it got from the original sale): Centaur brakes go for £40-£50 a pair.

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I'm guessing you've been using this forum longer than I have. You're presuming I knew about this functionality; I didn't. It's not obvious, otherwise why would I have posted in here? I'm not doing this for the fun of it, I just wanted to clear up a query I had with the sale.

I'll admit that I didn't spot the corroded cable anchor and bolt, that was my fault for not looking carefully through all the photos and checking specific details. It would have just been easier, and a courtesy, to let me know about it though. If something could potentially affect your sale, why not mention it? It wouldn't have made a difference in the end.

So you admit that the caliper isn't fully functioning, yet you're excusing yourself from this fact by making out that it's not something you think is necessary and presuming I wouldn't need it. This isn't acceptable behavior, I'm not sure why you think this is OK? I actually don't mind that the adjuster isn't working, as I said in my previous comment, but when I buy something I expect it to be in full working order; you should have checked this before selling it to me. I wonder what else might not be properly working.

And you're the one that's pissed off? You've got an interesting way of looking at things. And to donate money to the forum just makes you look transparent - an obvious act to try and pardon yourself from your responsibilities as a seller.

@Ratty
Picked up a bike from him on Sunday. The bike was better than described and he'd even changed the brake pads for new ones which was a unexpected surprise.

Cheers!

No worries man, great to meet you! Sorry you got caught in that rain on the way out!

Moved to the Bad Traders thread.