Am I being unreasonable here?

[Eddy Gordo]

Dude that is BS

He pays you and then you send it

You had to to PAY him before sending it to you

[Quagga]

I have no idea, it is possible. I have never met him before but he did mention that he owns a service center

check if the cell number is the same 072 235 3385

 

Edit

 

Yes people it is Morne from technoguide

He has a website where he listed the phone number above 

And profile pic on whatsap is same as what OP posted here

https://mornevanrensburg.wixsite.com/technoguide

PS: Remember what I posted here is in the public domain allready on his website is his phone number. You add the phone number whatsapp and you see the profile picture.

 

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[TheoG]

Way to go to screw up your business Morné !

 

Edit:  What I don't get, you can loose a lot more than R3.6k, don't be stupid.

 

The only way to redeem yourself somewhat is to unconditionally apologies (publicly for everyone to see) and a full refund.  If not, you will suffer the consequence by means of a dying business.

[Arrie]

seems like the same person yes

[Bloukrans]

check if the cell number is the same 072 235 3385

 

Edit

 

Yes people is is Morne. from technoguide

He has a website where he listed the phone number above 

And profile pic on whatsap is same as what OP posted here

https://mornevanrensburg.wixsite.com/technoguide

PS: Remember what I posted here is in the public domain allready on his website is his phone number. You add the phone number whatsapp and you see the profile picture.

 

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Emma Sadleir letter on its way

[Arrie]

check if the cell number is the same 072 235 3385

 

Edit

 

Yes people is is Morne. from technoguide

He has a website where he listed the phone number above 

And profile pic on whatsap is same as what OP posted here

https://mornevanrensburg.wixsite.com/technoguide

PS: Remember what I posted here is in the public domain allready on his website is his phone number. You add the phone number whatsapp and you see the profile picture.

 

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Yip cellphone number is on the ad on the other item he is selling also.

[Eldron]

http://tegnopark.org.za/business-directory/name/techno-guide/

[shaper]

Hmmm, owns a workshop and does not know the difference between a 650B and 29er fork??

[Shebeen]

Emma Sadleir letter on its way

she gone mainstream now. no one in bike business can pay as much as sexting teenager's parents

[Shebeen]

That escalated quickly, the latest reply from the seller is that I can return the fork to him and once his received it he will return my money. 

 

I sent him a message on this add asking if the Reccon was still available:

https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/mountain-bike-forks/448184/silverback-sido-3-parts  

He replied on WhatsApp informing me that this fork was sold but that he had this one still available (images of WhatsApp chat attached). 

 

He has now encouraged me to go ahead and do what I must and that he thinks that I am being dishonest for not wanting to return the fork to him without receiving my money back. 

 

I will list the fork later today for sale, I think a nice touch would be to add a link to this discussion in the ad as well 

photos with the thruaxle on....he he.

[lechatnoir]

I'd have to say that any person that is so adamant on murdering their reputation in the age of social media is just totally stoopid. Why people still think that pulling stunts like this will go unnoticed still evades my logic.

 

Note to self: avoid buying anything from a Morne van Rensburg from Stellies.

 

The Hub will remember when elephants have forgotten

[Stretch]

[Quagga]

Way to go to screw up your business Morné !

 

Edit:  What I don't get, you can loose a lot more than R3.6k, don't be stupid.

 

The only way to redeem yourself somewhat is to unconditionally apologies (publicly for everyone to see) and a full refund.  If not, you will suffer the consequence by means of a dying business.

I must say that  have a little lists of who not to deal with in the cycling related and he just made the list

[NGM]

I've had many a bike serviced at techno guide because my office (in Techno Park) was 5 minutes walk away, so I've dealt with Morne many times. We are not big buddies or anything, but I can say that I'd be pretty surprised if he was intentionally trying to con/scam somebody. The work his mechanics did and the prices were always reasonable. There would be the odd mistake, but nothing sinister. 

 

I say all this because I hope it will give the buyer peace of mind. He's not some faceless conman/scammer, he ran a reputable brick and mortar service center in techno park. When you're trying to resolve something and somebody doesn't reply for a day, it feels like a week and you feel like you've been conned or something... I'm sure many of us have been there. 

 

When I last spoke to him he was dabbling a bit in the second hand market and my guess is that he had too many pots on the boil (which often seemed like the case), sent the wrong thing to the wrong person and has not sorted it out yet. 

 

I don't know, maybe the fact that techno park became a ghost town during lockdown really hit his business and he's gotten desperate or something, but as I've said, that would surprise me. The morne I knew was not a bad egg. 

 

You guys should be able to sort it out. 

[Quagga]

I've had many a bike serviced at techno guide because my office (in Techno Park) was 5 minutes walk away, so I've dealt with Morne many times. We are not big buddies or anything, but I can say that I'd be pretty surprised if he was intentionally trying to con/scam somebody. The work his mechanics did and the prices were always reasonable. There would be the odd mistake, but nothing sinister. 

 

I say all this because I hope it will give the buyer peace of mind. He's not some faceless conman/scammer, he ran a reputable brick and mortar service center in techno park. When you're trying to resolve something and somebody doesn't reply for a day, it feels like a week and you feel like you've been conned or something... I'm sure many of us have been there. 

 

When I last spoke to him he was dabbling a bit in the second hand market and my guess is that he had too many pots on the boil (which often seemed like the case), sent the wrong thing to the wrong person and has not sorted it out yet. 

 

I don't know, maybe the fact that techno park became a ghost town during lockdown really hit his business and he's gotten desperate or something, but as I've said, that would surprise me. The morne I knew was not a bad egg. 

 

You guys should be able to sort it out. 

Seems like the OP has tried.

 

But why must the OP sell the fork and not be refunded imediately?

[Popit]

Nice post Nick ,

But from the facts posted by the OP , he needs to be refunded , and forthwith .

 

Maybe Morne will redeem himself by refunding in full , and paying postage .