In a message dated 1/5/04 7:46:55 AM Pacific Standard Time, wspokes@penn.com
writes:
> So last evening, I am settled down enough to go and look at this bike and
> see what I can do. I put it up for sale on the list and was going to wipe it
> off and clean it up. I remove the kickstand to find the rear crimped and
> crushed under the kickstand. Caveat Emptor? Am I just stuck with this lemon? This
> isn't even remotely worth the funds I paid for it now and I am really
> irritated. First, besides ruining the bike cosmetically, it needs a repaint
> anyway...I would have described the paint and beat up and well used...not as "the
> usual scratches and blemishes!". Is this frame structurally sound being crimped
> in that area?
>
> What leg do I have to stand on with this bike? any? any advice appreciated.
>
Hi Walt,
I fit was mis-represented, tell the seller you want to send it back. Both the
size and the condition seem to be wrong. Eat the shipping, but send it back.
It's either that or sell it for a loss. OR, file an ebay fraud claim. Only
good for a couple hundred, but it worked for that jerk in Oz who sold me that
horribly repainted English frame. I relisted it with an "accurate" description
and used that as evidence with ebay. The seller got his account canceled (for
awhile). Try to work it out with the seller first.
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, A