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no - i paid with a gift. thats been the entire issue with this frame. james. requests gifts and takes forever to respond/ship to buyers on here.

i haven't heard from him in over 2 weeks.

its in the hands of the US and UK fraud agencies now.

he hasn't communicated with me in 2 weeks. was that the case with you or was he at least responsive?

i've tried to get in contact every single way i can. nothing.

i figure that it would be helpful to post images that include bikes/parts that i assume he might try to sell in the future.

@Velocio - it has also been brought to my attention that james. has used another username @lockout to conduct sales recently with another member.

I’m in New York and I don’t have Facebook or anything.

I’ve tried to give in to optimism, but it just blows me away that someone couldn’t even bother to communicate that they’re busy, lazy, or in some trouble. I’m an understanding person, but when I do my part - I expect the same out of the other party, especially when it involves money!

Thank you @Velocio - people have reached out to me via pm to let me know they’ve had bad and annoyingly long transactions with james. , and maybe this will motivate him a bit more to make things right.

He mentioned he planned on selling more track parts and a Cannondale Track soon (seems the concept of time is confusing to james), so I’ll certainly be on the lookout for aliases.

*edited for name clarity

i've pretty much given up hope at this point. in addition, i've even tried to reach out to forum members that have dealt with him in the past and may be able to get in contact. nothing has worked.

he sent a picture of his (alleged) drivers license if someone wants to check up on him at his address? i'm in NYC or i would have a week ago.

its been 2 weeks. can we please ban this shithead?

@freezing77 @frankenbike

thank you guys. i will probably give setting the limit option a shot.

i want to put some mtb shifter/brake levers on a bridgestone rb-1 with cruiser bars.

the issue i'm having is finding a 2x8 set of shifter/brake levers. if anyone knows of anything that might work it would be greatly appreciated.

the other thing i'm considering is just running at 3x8 set. other than avoiding shifting to the 3rd gear, would there be any reason to avoid this?

I welcome any threats. Maybe he can threaten to send the frame I paid for.

That’d be sick.

Street soldier

no contact. this coming wednesday will be 2 weeks.

stupid, yes. lesson learned.

stupidly, no. i thought there was enough history here on james. to not have to worry about it.

but, making a claim through my bank supersedes paypal. i'm confident that it will be fine as i've kept records of our conversation, dates, and transaction. if anyone else makes this mistake in the future i'd recommend going this route. they've been very helpful.

opened a claim with my bank.

unless james comes through in the 11th hour, i wouldn't recommend dealing with him.

Going on one week of zero communication from James.

At what point does the bad trader label become final?

For whatever reason, the @ name selection won’t work. Even when I partially type it out and select the actual username. Maybe it’s the period?

I agree with giving the benefit of the doubt. But, that is why I asked if anyone knows him personally or could offer some insight as to whether something happened or not.

I wasn’t really sure where else to post this. I’m happy to edit my original post in here - as I’m just trying to get more info and have no other way of getting in contact.

I also posted this in the Classifieds thread for the frame (see here)

Does anyone know James. (with the period) personally?

I paid for the frame on Monday and got a message on Wednesday mentioning it was boxed up and would get shipping info ASAP. Since then, I have messaged and emailed multiple times with no reply.

I see James is pretty active on the forum and has sold stuff on here before - so I’m wondering if something happened? Can anyone offer some help?

Does anyone know @James. personally?

I paid for this on Monday and got a message on Wednesday mentioning it was boxed up and would get shipping info ASAP. Since then, I have messaged and emailed multiple times with no reply.

I see James is pretty active on the forum and has sold stuff on here before - so I’m wondering if something happened? Can anyone offer some help?

What fork does it come with? Headset and B.B. included?

If you decide to part out, I’d be interested in the cranks.