Thanks for clarifying.
Now I want to clarify as well.
It is wrong and irresponsible of us all and the forum to let these guys get away with this fraud and theft!
There is a sucker born every minute. So the OP learned his lesson for a $1000 tuition fee.
He will never do this again.
So the next minute this seller finds another mark and defraud him for another $1000. Now the teacher is ahead $2000 and the only lesson the teacher taught them is "Don't trust the Teacher".
This forum is, in effect the Teacher as well. So now the buyer loses trust in us because we all are in effect accomplices to what this seller just did right here in front of us all?
What benefit is this to us or the hobby, or as I call it lifestyle. This is not a hobby for me nor is it a living. I sell some stuff here and there but I probably will not make $1000 all year. I am 62 years old and will probably die with most of the bikes I have left. Other than my posts most of you don't know anything about me other than what I tell you.
So why would you or the OP be willing to purchase anything from me, especially after this highly overpaid "Teacher" just defrauded a member here for $1000 and all everybody seems to say is Caveat Emptor and tell him the one thing he already paid $1000 to learn.
Don't do it again.
I do not want to make any enemies here, with the exception of the scrotum toad that did this and any other buttclowns out there that do or are contemplating doing the same thing.
We should a be outraged at the seller!!!!!
We should all band together and do everything in our power to prevent these buttmunches from doing this to anyone on
OUR FORUM.
Dave is the creator and owner and I am not trying to take anything away from him.
But this forum belongs to all of us and would not be the megaforum it is without every one of us. We cannot afford to lose one good member to this or any other problem arising here, and we cannot afford to retain even one bottom dwelling shyster like this seller for any reason. I don't care if you know the person, or if they are your friend or even a family member. If the person does something like this, they do not deserve the benefits of this forum, or the anonymity they are being given. It's like they just got a free pass to do it again. Maybe next time they will be the ones using a photo they gleaned off the internet and maybe it will be me or one of you that takes the bait. I am certain you will feel much differently when it's you losing $1000 tuition or more to this "Teacher". I know what I would do but I am not allowed to say it here.
It would involve a few day vacation with my new purchase backtracking it to its original shipping address and working out a refund with the seller in person.
Hey wait. If the OP still has the original photos and the ones you showed, this purchase if it crossed state lines is a Felony Fraud and the FBI has jurisdiction here. If the OP is over 55 that also is another Felony. The seller could be looking at a long vacation in one if the Federal Governments privately run Vatention Centers.
Maybe I would do that first. Prison life is hell and people like him can end up in some very painful positions with guys in there for all day who don't give a crap about the consequences.
I hope this makes everyone here think about how this transaction affected YOU.
As well as the respect and trust anyone looking into this forum for information or membership may lose when they stumble on this thread by accident like I did.
Rob
From what I read that Shawn posted, to me the guy is a flipper who really doesn’t know much about bicycles other than how to turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse. Not an expert by any means. Guess that’s why I’m happy not buying ”finished” bicycles unless I can eyeball them up close and personal.
