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Mickie_Cricket
This is not a problem I had with someone on lfgss but with a trader from ebay classifieds in Berlin. I just moved back to Berlin recently and I wanted to buy a new bike. This week I found a used Cinelli Mash Work for a good price. I contacted the guy and met up whith him. We agreed on a price and everything was ok. He also wanted to sell me the wheelset. As I have no idea about bike components, I agreed, as it seemed like a good deal. Turns out that they are not freewheel compatible which in my ignorance I didn't know. I called the guy up and wanted to return the wheelset. He agreed to take it back but wanted to give me 50 Euros less as he said that he either lost the money or didn't count right. I definitely gave him the full amount. I even made him count the money twice during our transaction. But he said that he is out 50 Euros and that he will take them back for 50 less than the original price. After a couple of heated phone conversations and lenghthy text messages, he has now stopped responding.
It's not even about the money, as I will now happily sell them even at a loss. But this whole situation has left me a bit upset and I needed to vent somewhere.