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So, after some sage advice from another Hub member, I also tried other ways of contacting this person first to resolve matters before trying to expose him. Nothing. No reply to Hub messages, Whatsapp messages or phone calls. Seeing that every effort I have made have just been ignored, I would strongly advise (despite all the other good reviews) against buying anything from Zaheer Malik. I know that it won't bring me anything, in fact I might have lost any chance of resolving this or get money back, but hopefully it saves one other person from being conned. Many might feel differently, but once bitten, twice shy.

Shall I wait for feedback and let the pot simmer towards boiling point over the next few days? Everybody and their dogs would have the pitchforks lubed, tar tempered and feathers ruffled for the great reveal (or not) on Friday...

Good day all. I am resurrecting an old thread as I am still not sure whether the correct thing to do would be to name and shame... A month ago I bought an item from a named individual (with fairly good BH ratings) who is also affiliated with a shop. Sounds familiar? The item I bought is very hard to come by and actually a combo set of 2 items of which both is almost impossible to substitute and still work as a set. It was being sold at a VERY good price, which in hindsight should have raised some red flags. At that price it also seemed unnecessary to go down the BH Pay route. When the package arrived, one of the items was swapped out with a cheaper, similar, but incompatible item from another brand, rendering the whole set and reason I bought it useless. I immediately contacted the seller to inform them about the "mishap" and I was assured that it was an honest mistake made by an employee and that the correct original item would be shipped to me ASAP. I even offered to return the mistakenly sent item, considering this to be the right thing to do. I followed up 3 days later to then receive apologies and assurance it would be done the next day. Granted, I received a photo of a tracking number for a PUDO shipment the next day, but it eventually transpired that the item would never be shipped and the tracking number expired. Since then I was only met with radio silence from a BH message point of view, and all of my phone calls remained unanswered. Part of me was worried that the person was seriously ill as one of the initial excuses was that of being sick, but the fact that numerous (positive) transaction reviews were left for the seller since our last correspondence and they were last active on BH yesterday, made me believe that my concerns were unnecessary. So, despite this person having so many positive reviews, it really pee's me off that somehow it is OK to scam me and get away with it. Name and shame/mob with pitchforks time? Or does every seller on the Hub have a number of scams you can get away with? BTW I also reported this individual to admin (but have not received any kind of confirmation or reply)...

So what did they do to change your mind? I seem to have a love-hate relationship with the brand. Some of their cheaper stuff have lasted me since forever, but there often seem to be some minor quality issues with the more expensive things. Not enough to want to go through the warranty (sitting without the product) process, but enough to make me think twice when it comes to replacing items.

Shots fired...

You are a breath of fresh air, Sir! You found out you did something wrong (although unknowingly and unintentionally), owned up to it and made a commitment to change. We all make mistakes, but the current trend seems to rather than acknowledge and move on, to be an entitled box about it. Finding this a lot in our sport with rogue riders of late... I like you!

A lesson I've learned from life (and maybe the odd ill-chosen website): Not long after someone feels they're being screwed the moaning usually ensues...

The Scoop is a no-brainer. For what you pay, the comfort and durability is without comparison. Only other saddle brand that comes close is Ergon (which I haven't found available locally yet)

Uhm, no. Used to wear one as a trial. Made no difference. I still sucked at it

Awesome bike! Did you import or manage to source locally?

https://www.onedayonly.co.za/leash-it-cycle-leash-bicycle-tracker.html Anybody have any experience in these? I assume you need a network of users for the principle upon which it works to become effective. Seems kinda pointless in SA...

In the home stretch. Vasbyt!

Who is your mate?

Geez, I had a late night and early start this morning and I feel crap. Can't even begin to understand the demons these peeps must be fighting off at this stage! Kudos!!

Great news! Now you just need to add pockets to your bibshorts "SWAT"-style and we can do away with backpacks and don these great looking shirts. It just always feels wrong to wear a XO type shirt riding trails just to have pockets, especially if your body type is more suitable to going downhill.