Buying stuff at big race expos as an out-of-towner.

[Super Sywurm]

I ordered a bride from Russia, she got here and worked like a charm for the first few months. Then she just stopped and became expensive. Now I have been trying to return the faulty item to Russia but this is proving seriously difficult. My advice, stay away from mail order brides from Russia.

The thing is, if you stop using some sort of a lubrication on the moving parts, breakdowns does get expensive.

[Hairy]

actualy the story above by Waynemol reminded me.

 

Had a neighbour next door, when I moved in he was on his second wife, they got divorced and a few years later he had a Taiwanese lady with him. They eventually got married, but what struck me was his group of "friends". all elderly very south african white men, all with Tai wives. My wife and I used to joke with each other that they were mail order wives because none of them could speak english

The Afrikaans men or the wives

[Shebeen]

How does the Hubbers feel about this? I think I have paid school fees in doing this.

 

I purchased cycling related items at a major retailer at last year's CTCT expo, having flown down from Johannesburg to CT. As most cyclists do, you wander around at the expo and are tempted by all the items on "special", which I succumbed to.

 

Now I am experiencing defects in said purchase, made contact with the dealer, but they now want me to courier the items to the CT greater area to their store for assessment, and I must also include the proof of purchase.

 

The item purchased probably is considered as a consumable, so I did not even think about keeping a receipt. I know that probably was a mistake on my part, but it wasn't a huge amount. If it was a high value item such as eg. a cycling GPS, wheels or cycling shoes, I definitely would have kept the receipt.

 

The lesson I have taken from this is to try and avoid purchases at an expo if the retailer is far away from my place of residence.

 

I am not going to elaborate on what I purchased, and I am neither going to say from which retailer I made this purchase. Doing this will serve no purpose. I probably made a mistake of not keeping my receipts, and I would think the dealer is within his rights to be afforded the opportunity to assess it and to ask for a proof of purchase.

 

I am just interested in the general opinion on making purchases when you are far away from the retailer.

ok OP is in sasolburg and not been here since yesterday.

 

let's play detective.

cycling based item he considers a consumable....

 

I'm going with he bought a tire from CWC...or a shirt from Rapid Sports and his boep got bigger over winter..

[Karooryder]

I don't buy stuff at big race expos for 2 reasons:

 

1. I get caught up in the hype and end up buying things I don't need.

2. I get caught up in the hype and end up buying things I don't need.

[Jaco Steyn]

ok OP is in sasolburg and not been here since yesterday.

 

let's play detective.

cycling based item he considers a consumable....

 

I'm going with he bought a tire from CWC...or a shirt from Rapid Sports and his boep got bigger over winter..

Getting a bit personal, aren't we?

 

Yes, I am on the Hub mostly late in the evenings. I work during the day, and early evenings is family time.

[Jaco Steyn]

Only took you 7 months to get over it... you sure you have?

It did not take seven months, I was only recently made aware of the issue when I took my bike in to my LBS for a service.

[shaper]

It did not take seven months, I was only recently made aware of the issue when I took my bike in to my LBS for a service.

So a consumable item, you have ridden and used for 7 months you are now describing as defective and want i assume replaced but are not prepared to send it back to the shop/dealer so that they can verify this?

[Dicky DQ]

What was the item?