Bad traders

allegedly

According to a recent FB posts, some gormless family almost got one of these when they knocked over a 4k bike.....and smiled.

Ha! I've heard that too. This country!

You've obviously got a beef with me, just Nerg me and move on.

I didn't bother responding, moral high ground and all that, but fuck it, this is too delicious:

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CTBM has always been quick to answer emails, give advice and send things to me.

Would use again.

lovecloughfixie's gone very quiet...

Four things we don't do - complain about service from Charlie, LMNH, Black Rainbow Project and Brixton Cycles. And Tokyo Fixed. That's five. Five things we don't do. Oh, and Bike 14co. That would be six.
You're free to run you mouth about Evans Wimbledon and Foffa. And Esspresso Moccachino wheels.

And if Rapha does not stitch back your pants within 12 hours.

I had a very pleasant experience of using the Rapha "I am no longer as fat as I used to be " service today.

Sandwich... Probably bacon, but chilli sausage baguette is quite common. Dave made a griddled banana, with chill, and strawberry jam croissant recently... That was lovely.

Yes, my own titanium salsa Fargo got knocked over. Almost £200 of damage to mech, hanger, and bar tape. I stayed cool enough. People don't understand that bikes can be that fragile, or cost that much.

And yes, Michelle AKA mrs bikemonger does all the office work. I have to do the real work of cycling around France, organising SSUK, standing in fields and beer tents.

Thanks again everyone.

Very very important; what kind of sandwich?

Nice, but not pricey?

Pie sandwich?

Needs better quality bread & pie though.

( I'd still eat it )

I used to know someone from Wigan who would eat pie butties.

Will?

Poor show, I except cucumber, not ham.

Processed, by exception?

Will?

No, does he eat them too? This guy was actually from Leigh; according to people from Wigan, people from Leigh are the real pie-eaters.

After pie butties, his favourite meal was 'foodcano'. He would assemble essentially random ingredients (fish, stale bread, fruit, chicken drumsticks and so on) in the bottom of a saucepan, cover in white rice, fill with water and put on the stove. The rice crust would cook and bulge outwards, and eventually the water would erupt out through the middle, creating a volcano of the aforementioned food items.

He was an extremely odd guy.

*Puts the stove on and empties fridge.

^ Pics or it didn't happen...

Four things we don't do - complain about service from Charlie, LMNH, Black Rainbow Project and Brixton Cycles. And Tokyo Fixed. That's five. Five things we don't do. Oh, and Bike 14co. That would be six.
You're free to run you mouth about Evans Wimbledon and Foffa. And Esspresso Moccachino wheels.

Truedat. Le rep

Four things we don't do - complain about service from Charlie, LMNH, Black Rainbow Project and Brixton Cycles. And Tokyo Fixed. That's five. Five things we don't do. Oh, and Bike 14co. That would be six.

No 7 - 31trum's Leather Works

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Time to reply,

I rang Charlie immediately (after business hours)as soon as paypal told me via email, I only had £124 in paypal for some £125 jones bars (a genuine mistake, I didn't even know what an echeque was). I rang the morning after and paid by card and paid extra for 24 hours delivery.

Waited, no parcel and no one answered Charlie's phone, despite ringing during business hours and leaving messages.

No parcel the day after, parcel force said they were looking into the issue....at this point I had paid £138 to a business that didn't answer their phones or returned calls (messages left), I didn't know Charlie, I found him on the net and only bought a small order before(some sprockets I think). I was getting suspicious.

Day after no parcel and still no contact from Charlie or phonecalls answered, at this point, for all I knew, I had been scammed. Parcel force still promised to look into this issue and ring back, they never did.

It got to 7pm Friday, I had been told by parcelforce that they didn't deliver on weekends, they hadn't told me anything. So I was basically told that it would be Monday at the earliest, if at all.

So, I was getting antsy and emailed Charlie and left Charlie a message that I was going to call the bank and report that I'd bought something off the net and it hadn't turned up, to see if I was covered or money could be returned ( I dunno, never happened to me before).

So I'd wasted 2 days hanging around for a £125 set of bars from an Internet business who didn't answer phonecalls or return messages. As far as I knew I'd been ripped off.

So I thought I'd warn people on here, you know that being the point of bad traders. I really wish I hadn't and I got caught up in petty arguments because I was stressed as I thought I'd been ripped off.

I do feel I received poor after sales from Charlie, he reported he had his reasons, but when I buy off other Internet businesses and something goes array, they answer their phones or return calls. Basic business sense, keep customers happy and they'll come back.

I was thinking of getting a full jones ti frame and may still do, but sorry Charlie, it probably wont be from yourself.

I put Charlie in here to warn others as I'd simply thought I'd been screwed over.

Charlie I have deleted all my posts, others have quoted them, I can't do anything about that, sorry.

Perhaps I over reacted, but I simply didn't know what was going on.

No 7 - 31trum's Leather Works

Nah, he's a right cunt, that one. His pouches smell nice, though.

^*Not an actual review, that one. *^

I think what nobody understands is why all your anger/disappointment/bitterness is directed at Charlie and not at Parcel Force. You say you won't buy from Charlie again yet, seemingly, you have no desire to deny custom from the business that really let you down.

Charlie fulfilled his duty to dispatch your bars in a timely manner and from then on it was out of his hands.

I've never bought from Charlie (oh, maybe a headset cap thing) but this would not put me off doing so. It'd put me off selling to you via here incase you had a hissy fit over something outwith my control though.