Vetseun Posted May 27, 2014 Posted May 27, 2014 Please dont see my previous post as negative or insulting. I appreciate what everyone is doing.This feeling of getting something for free is just something I am not used to.I'll give you something for free Carpie Pants Boy, Disylizzy, Ramrod and 3 others 6
Mntboy Posted May 27, 2014 Posted May 27, 2014 Will try to help out as well! May have to go the Western Union to get it done as I'm in Namibia for work. DIPSLICK 1
MaXiMuM Posted May 27, 2014 Posted May 27, 2014 Guys thanks a lot. I have been thinking about this and I cannot accept your money. It just doent feel right. I do not deserve it not even one cent. You all worked hard for your money and in the current economic terms you might need it more than i do. Most of you I dont even know or havent even met you. I never intended posting anything here to make it sounds like i am begging you guys for help. Shhhhhssssss, hush... You don't have to say anything, just show us a smile when your steed is ready... DIPSLICK and Sidekick Racer 2
Wyatt Earp Posted May 27, 2014 Posted May 27, 2014 http://www.waterpoloplanet.com/HTML_Hunkler_pages/images/gift-horse1.jpg jaxtun 1
PeterF Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Shhhhhssssss, hush... You don't have to say anything, just show us a smile when your steed is ready... Payment made. What MaXiMuM said, just post a pic of you and your new bike and all will be well in Hub Land.
Guest EdEdEd Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 We may not have found Carpet a man... but in the process she has got a lot of men who care!Must count for something! DIPSLICK and Gen 2
Gen Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Will pull a statement when in the office. mine will only reflect tomorrow as I don't bank with FNB.. do I need to forward a Proof of payment?
Wayne Potgieter Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 mine will only reflect tomorrow as I don't bank with FNB.. do I need to forward a Proof of payment?nope. Gen 1
FrancoisC Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Cool, not trying to scupper the fundraising. Me and my colleagues, all cyclists, are going to go on our own crusade. We've got 3x3 metres of prime advertising space overlooking Greenside's busiest street that we can use to get our message out.Take pics please!
FrancoisC Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) Guys thanks a lot.I have been thinking about this and I cannot accept your money.It just doent feel right.I do not deserve it not even one cent.You all worked hard for your money and in the current economic terms you might need it more than i do.Most of you I dont even know or havent even met you.I never intended posting anything here to make it sounds like i am begging you guys for help. Carpet, In 2008 I was retrenched (and unemployed for 6 months - in which time our cars were repossessed and we barely hung on to our house!), and I had to sell my bike to pay my ill daughters medical bills.I CLEARLY remember stating in the ad that I cannot afford to be too negotiable, because I desperately needed every cent.So this wonderful community of people got together and started collecting money for me, so that I could keep my bike and also pay the medical bills.Which I also did not want - I just wanted a fair sale.But these wonderful, amazing, kind hearted bastards would have none of it!That episode raised well over R15 000.One lady even had flowers sent to my wife to make her feel better (it was so tough at one stage that my wife felt too bad to ask me for money for shampoo, and used to wash her hair with a cake of Lux soap! - we can laugh about that now!)It saved us at a VERY difficult time.And I am ashamed to say that I don't feel I ever adequately thanked everyone then who contributed.I was so overwhelmed and embarrassed, that I didn't know how to thank everyone properly.But there are angels in human form on this Hub and they WANT to help you.And the best thing you can do is just be grateful and ride the hell out of that new bike.And believe.That there are real angels in this world! So, I am VERY sorry for this shameless hijack but..... If I never thanked you personally, my wife, daughter and I can never express our gratitude adequately to everyone who helped us.You will never know what it meant to us back then, and still today!The name of the ad I clearly remember was "Carbon Beautiful" - I wonder if there is a way that I can perhaps access the thread that followed so that I may thank everyone personally? Administrators? Edited May 28, 2014 by FrancoisC Warren_G, MSL, TALUS and 29 others 32
TALUS Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Done. 2K should reflect pm. Carpet I suggest you contact someone high up and bring it to their attention that the Hub is replacing your frame at great cost to their brand name. Cassie, ChUkKy, BarHugger and 5 others 8
Disylizzy Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Done! Carpet, we're doing this because we care about you, and we know that you wouldn't have asked for it. And to fork out your money because of some insurance dicks just doesn't fly with me. AND, we all know you will have many happy miles on the bike! DIPSLICK 1
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