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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330288693674&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123
Classic example of some know-nothing dickhead jumping on the fixed bandwagon and trying to rip people off with dangerous conversions...
A few months ago I bought this off the 'bay. It was cheap, it was 531, it had mudguards and a rack so I didn't have to put them on my pretty bike, so I didn't ask too many questions. When the bike arrived the chainline was a mile out but - worse - when converting it the guy had just taken the old freewheel off, screwed a fixed cog on, and not even bothered with a suicide lockring over the top - as I recall, there wasn't even space on the thread. It was lethal - it had come loose within ten yards of riding...
He eventually, reluctantly, agreed to take it back after I'd explained why it was so dangerous. I accepted that he was just a muppet and agreed not to leave negative feedback in return for him accepting that he'd made a mistake, refunding my money and undertaking not to offer it for sale in the same state.
Now I see he's waited until I can't leave any feedback, and put it back up for sale in exactly the same condition. Ignorance is no longer any excuse after a long and anoraky explanation from me on what he needed to do to make it safe, or even usable.
I know have much better things to worry about, but I'm outraged that this knob is trying to con someone else, or worse, leave them under a bus when the cog comes off in traffic. I notice that he no longer accepts returns, so someone is going to get shafted.
So what to do? I'm a bit of an Ebay novice. The 'report this item' function is no use. He's not going to take much notice of me emailing him. Anyone have any idea how to sabotage his listing? Bid it up to some stupid amount with a phoney/dormant account? Ideas please.