hi,
my deal with CSL, real name Alex, fell through and i felt he was in violation of para 5 of the buyer/seller feedback guidelines :
"5. Any member advertising goods for sale that is not fullfilling his or her end of an agreed upon bargain or any member attempting to purchase goods without the intention of paying will be summarily banned from BMW.SG. Please note that in the case of negative feedback the accused will be allowed one rubuttal per comment to the accusation and their banishment from the boards will come under review. Non-acknowledgement (response to PMs or email from admins or mods) of the accusation will be taken as an of admittance of guilt."
deal was to purchase 2 of my tires and was agreed upon on saturday 19th aug.
all the terms and conditions were set out in my initial ad, including the price i was asking for, the type of tires he would be purchasing as well as the original price i had purchased these tires for.
he had ample time to clarify anything he wanted but he did not ask anything other than price and if i was possible to purchase 2 tires only.
ad is here: http://www.bmw-sg.com/forums/bazaar...471-wts-again-225-45-17-goodyear-f1-gsd3.html
so on 20th aug, sunday, i reconfirmed with him again if the deal was still on and he said yes. i messaged him AND called him. i told him that once he confirms i would remove my tires FOR HIM and leave them there till he collected. he agreed.
i had initially wanted to collect payment or deposit first but he said he was still cycling at east coast. i then offered to meet later in the evening, he was again not keen and said he would definitely go down for sure on monday 21st aug. i took his word. silly me.
today, 21 aug, he backed out stating that he did not want my tires anymore because these were manufactured in thailand. i clarified with him that:
1) it was obvious that with an original price of $160, that these were from thailand
2) after having spoken to the tire shops, i was told that only thai made are available in 225/45/17 size as german ones have been out of stock for a while.
now, after re-reading my ad, i realised that someone else had also made references to the country of origin of these tires so the info was all there for him.
so now :
1) i've taken out the 2 tires for him and they're sitting at the shop waiting to be collected.
2) i've bought a new set of tires so its not possible for me to take these goodyears back again
3) because it was his request to purchase only 2 tires, i had to make arrangements to sell only 2 to another buyer and now i don't have a complete set for sale.
i've always tried to give our forum members the benefit of the doubt; i let people try my Helene Performance filters for free and offer a full refund if they're not happy and therefore it was probably my fault for trusting Alex and for not having insisted on full payment or a deposit for this particular deal.
regardless of the magnitude of my own role in this, i believe that it is still my prerogative to post a negative review of Alex.
he has several ads in the classifieds folder as well so hopefully my experience will serve as a warning to others who may wish to deal with him.
rant over....
cheers
my deal with CSL, real name Alex, fell through and i felt he was in violation of para 5 of the buyer/seller feedback guidelines :
"5. Any member advertising goods for sale that is not fullfilling his or her end of an agreed upon bargain or any member attempting to purchase goods without the intention of paying will be summarily banned from BMW.SG. Please note that in the case of negative feedback the accused will be allowed one rubuttal per comment to the accusation and their banishment from the boards will come under review. Non-acknowledgement (response to PMs or email from admins or mods) of the accusation will be taken as an of admittance of guilt."
deal was to purchase 2 of my tires and was agreed upon on saturday 19th aug.
all the terms and conditions were set out in my initial ad, including the price i was asking for, the type of tires he would be purchasing as well as the original price i had purchased these tires for.
he had ample time to clarify anything he wanted but he did not ask anything other than price and if i was possible to purchase 2 tires only.
ad is here: http://www.bmw-sg.com/forums/bazaar...471-wts-again-225-45-17-goodyear-f1-gsd3.html
so on 20th aug, sunday, i reconfirmed with him again if the deal was still on and he said yes. i messaged him AND called him. i told him that once he confirms i would remove my tires FOR HIM and leave them there till he collected. he agreed.
i had initially wanted to collect payment or deposit first but he said he was still cycling at east coast. i then offered to meet later in the evening, he was again not keen and said he would definitely go down for sure on monday 21st aug. i took his word. silly me.
today, 21 aug, he backed out stating that he did not want my tires anymore because these were manufactured in thailand. i clarified with him that:
1) it was obvious that with an original price of $160, that these were from thailand
2) after having spoken to the tire shops, i was told that only thai made are available in 225/45/17 size as german ones have been out of stock for a while.
now, after re-reading my ad, i realised that someone else had also made references to the country of origin of these tires so the info was all there for him.
so now :
1) i've taken out the 2 tires for him and they're sitting at the shop waiting to be collected.
2) i've bought a new set of tires so its not possible for me to take these goodyears back again
3) because it was his request to purchase only 2 tires, i had to make arrangements to sell only 2 to another buyer and now i don't have a complete set for sale.
i've always tried to give our forum members the benefit of the doubt; i let people try my Helene Performance filters for free and offer a full refund if they're not happy and therefore it was probably my fault for trusting Alex and for not having insisted on full payment or a deposit for this particular deal.
regardless of the magnitude of my own role in this, i believe that it is still my prerogative to post a negative review of Alex.
he has several ads in the classifieds folder as well so hopefully my experience will serve as a warning to others who may wish to deal with him.
rant over....
cheers
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