steve bain Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 hey all, quite a quick one, basically i bought a bracket bit for hope brakes off a guy on another forum. i posted a cheque two weeks a go, it cleared a week ago. he promised blind that he posted it on monday. it has not turned up yet and its friday(surely it would be here by now?). i have his address and home phone number. what should i do. its only a tenner, but if he is messing me about its just rude. i've emailed him and he either ignores them, or gives a response like ' i f ing told you i f ing posted it on monday, i'm not f ing you abot...blah balh blah' he seems very unhelpful. i've tried to ring him too, but no answer. any ideas? he is a very active member of the other forum. could that be used to my advantage anyhow. i will also take him to the small claims court if need be, as it makes me angr that people think they can mess people about, i've done it before. i have no brakes till this bracket turns up, in hine sight i should hav just paid the £17 for a ew one!! help me. steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie456_the2nd Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 Yea, thats is plain rude, not alot of money but still, ignorance. Who is he? someone from here might know him? If the emails are like what you say then he doesnt seem very helpfull. If it was sent moday i would of thought it would be too you by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_rob2@hotmail.com Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 Might turn up tommorow? You never know, it might have got lost in the post? Its happened millions of times before! The oldest letter ever lost in the post was 34 years old! and in the end, it turned up lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkey Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 Tell us who he is on what forum, then we'll see if he's a known turd burglar, and also if anyone knows him personally on this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve bain Posted September 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 left him an answer phone message today. hopefully his mum will get it and give him a kick up yhe backside. i'm gonna leave it till tommorrow to see if it turns up. if it doesn't, then i'll make his life hell!! he's on southerndownhill.com (great place for cheap parts!), i won't give up his name yet as it may just make things more difficult. but he seems to trade alot and noone seems to complain. i'll get back to you all tommorow. steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave33 Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 i think you should give him more time it may have got lost in the post or summit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..johal.. Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 the post has fooked up for me before..... i'm trying to deal with it at the moment.... give it time, johal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariojoshi Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 Steve, have you contacted the mods on SDH? they are very helpfull. I've also had problems like this before but managed to sort them out in the end. In MY PERSONAL experience.. things get "lost" in the post very easily... due to people not actually sending them. However, dont go making flying accusations.. His attitude doesnt seem very good. If he posted it by having it weighed.. they give you a recipt.. this isnt actually a proof of postage.. but pretty much shows that he did it..... PM me if you like with his SDH name.. i have dealt with and know quite a few of the guys there. Josh PS - best o luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 i have never heard of anyone sending something, and getting it lost in the post.... not from anyone that isn't later on discovered as being a scammer. If Royal Mail lost, say 1/10 000 of all items sent, that would be a fair few thousand letters/postcards in a year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve bain Posted October 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 i sent a cheque to a guy, a week later i had to cancel it and send another. it has never turned up!! so i am going to give him the benefit of the doubt. but having said that, alot of stuff does go 'missing'. but its a risk you run sending it to someone you don't know. however i did finally get through to him over the phone. he said to give it till monday, if it hasn't turned up by then he'll give me my money back or send me another bracket as he says he has loads kicking about. he 'seemed' nice and friendly so i'll leave it for the moment and see what happens. i just hope its not all empty promises. steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 The moral of this stroy, send recorded delivery. £30 if it get's lost. <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siders77 Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 (edited) Don't Royal Mail do anything to get out of giving you the money though? I swear I've read that on here before. Edited October 1, 2005 by Siders77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMatt Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 turd burglar Hey you stole my saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 you recieved the stuff yet?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 The moral of this stroy, send recorded delivery. £30 if it get's lost. ;) Or Special Delivery and you'll actually be covered for cash, and the amount you send. I sent James Lim a cheque for an Eno ages ago, and it didn't turn up for ages, so I ended up sending another one. Because I'd put a "sender" address on it, it got back to me in the end. Always worth doing - no matter what I'm sending now, the "Sender" address always goes on it. Peace of mind, plus it means the person you're sending whatever to has another copy of your address, so there are no "I lost it" excuses. Anyway, I ordered a lockring for said Eno from Sideways Cycles on Tuesday. Still not here today. Royal Mail being slow apparently :- Had the same thing happen with some orders from other companeis recently, so I guess the shit's hitting the collective fan at the moment. Give it a few more days next week, then start properly going to town on him :sick: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BI-KING Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 I have sent some fatty r forks off to a member on the forum a bout a week back now 1st class and he tells me he hasnt recieved them! So now me and him are starting to worry!! I have the reciept to prove i posted them but if they are lost in the post i really dont want to have to give the guy this 55 pounds back! Ino it sounds tight but i have just cashed the cheque and sent the forks off like requested....then royal mail go and loose them! I have also put on them my address (sender) So hopefully royal mail are being slow like onzaboymark says!! ;) This is what i hate about posting stuff!! Its just not on! Ps: Sorry for stealing the thread just wanted to let you know your not the only person who is waiting for something! :sick: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 All you lot bitching about royal mail eh ? bastards ! we work damn hard (and offer a pretty special service - when summut goes wrong its usually the senders fault) ;) Nought gets lost.... ever. :sick: I agree with putting a senders addy on though - otherwise If it cant be delivered and it gets returned to sender and it doesnt have one, it gets sent to like scotland or summut to be opened and checked for an adress inside then sent there, otherwise - to the dump or auction i guess. either send recorded for small value stuff - or special for high value ..... next day, insured for a few grand and pretty much will not get lost - we basically get the sack if we lose one of those babies and at every stage of its journey its signed for and kept on person or securely locked away by said person.... I hate them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 Shouldn't you say you're working for Consignia, Rowan? :sick: What's your job as part of it all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve bain Posted October 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 still not turned up, i'm hoping for monday! if not, tuesday... wednesday??... if everyone is finding it a bit slow maybe they just got alot on. but it will be a week for something to have arrived recorded post. thats just shite! i used to work for the royal mail, and to be honest i'm suprised any mail makes it anywhere in one piece!! there was that woman i read about in the news, who rather than going to the trouble of posting the mail through peoples mail boxs, she stuck it all in her house for 7 years!!! she got the sack. heres hoping! steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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