So I bought this bike...Unhappiest day of my life.

[cpelser]

Yeah, there's a very small number of guys on the hub who thinks that if they sell something for a bargain (which would more or less be what you bought if this was in brand spanking new condition), that they can put broekn **** on something and then claim "but it's really worth 1.5x, and I sold it for 1x"

 

I hate those guys. Please give said guy a bad rating, next time I might buy one of his bargains...

[Boerklong]

Ek Connie raai dat dinge so sou uitwerk nie.

[DoubleJ]

So this turned out well.... Probably not so much for everyone, but life happens.

 

I'm in the market for a hardtail again. If anyone spots a lekker deal on a medium 29er,please point it in my direction asseblief, I need to get back on a bike. R15k ceiling unfortunately.

 

I would prefer a bike with working components, but wouldn't mind starting another thread like this

[PhilipV]

So this turned out well.... Probably not so much for everyone, but life happens.

 

I'm in the market for a hardtail again. If anyone spots a lekker deal on a medium 29er,please point it in my direction asseblief, I need to get back on a bike. R15k ceiling unfortunately.

 

I would prefer a bike with working components, but wouldn't mind starting another thread like this

I reckon settle your finance first. Contractual obligations and all that.

 

And I reckon put the old broken bits back in the cube, and ship it down to connie. Being hard assed about R300-400 shipping while getting a full refund says as much about you as this whole saga says about connie. Give it back to him like he gave it to you. Not a penny more, not a penny less.

 

If through this whole saga you learned what to look out for in a 2nd hand bike, then it probably wasn't fruitless.

There are some great deals out there, and if you work on the buyer beware principal you should be fine.

[lerouc]

En volgende keer kyk eers iemand se feedback op die hub se feedback sisteem, dis nie die eerste keer wat dit gebeur het nie, volgens ander se feedback, gekraakte raam en alles.

[lerouc]

En tenminste weet ons nou watse fietswinkel dit was.

[lerouc]

En net so btw, die fiets was dalk n cyclocross fiets vroeer in sy lewe.

 

[PhilipV]

En net so btw, die fiets was dalk n cyclocross fiets vroeer in sy lewe.

 

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Sjoe, in daai build lyk dit soos 'n dun wieler wat ek in my garage wil hê.

[DoubleJ]

En volgende keer kyk eers iemand se feedback op die hub se feedback sisteem, dis nie die eerste keer wat dit gebeur het nie, volgens ander se feedback, gekraakte raam en alles.

Hyt my direk gekontak. Glad nie deur die website gewerk nie.

[Dicky DQ]

Problem is that if even if I remove my fingers the lever just goes back more. The chaps at the shop showed me that unlike Shimano brakes, SRAM (Avid) brakes applies pressure to the brake pads the stiffer you want the lever to be. So for me to get it to feel less spungy I need to set the it up so that the brake pads touches the disk....apparently thats how old Avid brakes worked.

So not the Shop's fault. That is the way Avid works you say.

[No Hare]

The money will be paid back which is good.

Please come back to this thread if Connie of Montagu threatens again "with the whole finance thing and was told that things are going to get ugly from here for me."

 

Regards

Noah

[eddy]

The money will be paid back which is good.

Please come back to this thread if Connie of Montagu threatens again "with the whole finance thing and was told that things are going to get ugly from here for me."

 

 

Here is a life lesson for others in the OP's position who has won the battle but may have lost the war. He was clearly sold a lemon by an unscrupulous seller but his own behaviour made getting redress problematic.

 

When you play loose and fast with your legal obligations - SARS, the banks, the law, your finance company, etc - you weaken your negotiating position and open yourself up to unintended consequences.

 

In this case, the OP may well have got the money back - note not HIS money, as it rightfully belongs to the finance company who are most likely fully entitled to demand it from him plus the interest that they may have forgone, leaving him with a debt, no money to buy a new bike and nobody willing to finance his next one.

[DoubleJ]

I reckon settle your finance first. Contractual obligations and all that.

And I reckon put the old broken bits back in the cube, and ship it down to connie. Being hard assed about R300-400 shipping while getting a full refund says as much about you as this whole saga says about connie. Give it back to him like he gave it to you. Not a penny more, not a penny less.

If through this whole saga you learned what to look out for in a 2nd hand bike, then it probably wasn't fruitless.

There are some great deals out there, and if you work on the buyer beware principal you should be fine.

 

You're absolutely right it really does say a lot about me being hardassed over a few bucks... When I have had a bike that I paid for hang on a repair stand for 10 days, everytime I look at the bike I see something else wrong with it. Having to listen to promises and excuses on a daily basis. Not being contacted at all but have to phone after him daily, being done in, being sworn at, pointing fingers at me telling me that I am the one that buggered up the bike... Then still try and have the decency not to out him and his business on social media. I must be a real asshole.

 

I have already started making arrangements to rather use the money and do the right thing and settle the finance, so thanks for the advice.

[Eddy Gordo]

Well done, but at least settle your finance, so that all your bases are covered. The sooner the better

[connie]

Hoekom almal net my veroordeel van begin af,ek aanvaar dit. Wat ek wel nie vestaan nie is dat DOUBLE J, eers gister gevra het vir refund en ek het dit gedoen. Hy wou bike gehou het tot en met gisteraand.

 

Ek koop al jare op die hub en het ook al my deel gehad van onderdele wat ek kook wat glad nie is wat hubber se nie. Ek maak nie storie van alles nie want as ek 2hnd wil koop dan moet ek aanvaar dis al gebrui en soms misbruik.

 

EASTONS WIELE SONDER FREE HUB EN AXEL,

ROCK SOCK SID MET GEKRAKTE CROWN,

R/D wat gebuig is, dit is maar n paar voorbelde ,maar ek het geweet dis die risk wat ek vat.

 

Ek was bereid om alles waaroor hy kla te betaal selfs nuwe raam by CUBE claim want ek is eerste eienaar van bike.Ek het hom ook brand new bike aangebied vir R5000 meer dan sounuwe bike hom slegs R18500 kos.

 

Ek voel ek word uitgehaal tenspyte dat ek gehoor gegee het aan elke problem wat BOUBLE J oor gekla het ,Ek het dit nie ignore nie. Ek en almal wat my ken weet waste person ek is so die van julle wat gou iets te se het, don't judge me so soon.

 

Double j betaal jou verkoopte bike by BIKELIFE klaar en koop n nuwe dan weet jy alles is 100%. Dankie ook dat jy my nou opnuut laat besef het dat om 2hnd bikes of onderdele te koop of te verkoop is nie werd om jou siel te verkoop nie. Ek aanvaar almal se inset en jul beskildigings, hy het sy refund en die tyd wat julle sit en dink wat nog om vir my te se gaan ek my bike vat vir n ride.

 

DOUBLE J good luck buying your new bike.

 

ps. I offer him this bike.

[Eddy Gordo]

errrrrmmmm