Re: [CR]Hilary Stone - Yet another failure to deliver.

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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 10:13:31 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR]Hilary Stone - Yet another failure to deliver.
From: "Michael Schmidt" <mdschmidt@patmedia.net>
To: Hilary Stone <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>
Thread-Topic: [CR]Hilary Stone - Yet another failure to deliver.
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In-Reply-To: <4544BD48.4010109@blueyonder.co.uk>
cc: 'CR' <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Hey Hilary,

How's my 25.4 seatpin doing? (Auction 130037974743)

I showed my wife a picture of the seatpin and she wanted to know if it came with batteries. Women.......:-)

Keep the batteries.

Best,

Mike Schmidt Stirling, NJ USA

On 10/29/06 9:40 AM, "Hilary Stone" <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Peter:
>
> I have answered your emails on more than one occasion ( have yopu
> checked what filters you have on your email as som e email software
> think Ebay replies are spam) and a replacement clamp was sent to you two
> weekas ago. Your gear was sent out within ten days of the auction
> finishing, I am sorry but I cannot be responsible for how long items
> take in the post. I will post you a second replacement tomorrow. I can
> only apologise for the post apparently losing your clamp. Perhaps if
> both arrive you could send the second one back. And I do apologise for
> leaving the clamp out of your parcel the first time round.
>
> Hilary Stone, Bristol, England
>
>
> Peter Tutty wrote:
>>
>> Since joining this list, several members have had the need to post
>> regarding items purchased and paid for from Hilary Stone, that have either
>> never arrived or have been other than described.
>>
>> Regretfully I am the latest victim of Hilary's inexplicable behaviour.
>>
>> Just over 2 months ago I purchased via ebay, and paid via Paypal for a
>> Cyclo Oppy derailleur and change lever. The text regarding the item stated
>> clearly that the derailleur would be supplied with a chainstay mounting
>> clamp. As my intended frame was without the necessary brazeon, the clamp was
>> a vital requirement for me to make use of the derailleur, and it was on this
>> basis that I bid on, and subsequently won the derailleur.
>>
>> After about a month, the derailleur arrived without its mounting clamp. An
>> email to Hilary brought a reply a few days later to the effect that he was
>> away from home at the present, but that he would forward the clamp the
>> following week. Reassured by this, I left things alone for a couple of weeks
>> to allow for the postage time to Australia.
>>
>> This time passed, and no clamp was received. A number of polite emails
>> were then sent to Hilary inquiring of the clamp. No reply has been received
>> to any of them, although the email address in question was previously replied
>> from, and most interestingly, at abouit the same time, Hilary made at least 5
>> contributions to the CR list from that same email.
>>
>> Unfortunately, in 'doing the right thing' and giving Hilary the benefit of
>> doubt, the period in which to seek redress through Ebay and Paypal has
>> elapsed.
>>
>> Short of taking some form of legal action in the UK, about all I can do for
>> the moment is 'out' Hilary's behaviour and add my name to those who would
>> warn the classic/vintage cycle community of the apparently less than honest
>> behaviour shown in this case.
>>
>> Peter Tutty (Looking for a chainstay mounting clamp)
>> Londonderry NSW
>> AUSTRALIA
>>
>>
>>
>>
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