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Basically, I saw an For Sale ad

http://civictype-r.co.uk/forum/viewtopi ... 4&t=266487

The product was a set of Rota Torques in Gold. £400 with tyres. Collected in Watford.

He advertised them as "Alloys are in good condition and small small scuffs are repaired and painted. As to the tyres, they're almost like new."

I collected these and paid in cash last Wednesday and put them on on Saturday... Drove fine as I was only in town.. Then Monday when I onto the dual carriage doing 60+ I felt it was vibrating alot so yesterday I took it to Elite Direct for balancing.

Got told that all four wheels were buckled. Now I contacted the guy and told him about it and he says he never had any problems and said that I should take it another place for a second opinion, and then get back to him. Done that and was told the same thing. Tried calling him back but no answer. He texted me around 7:30pm saying that he just finished work and he will give me a call later. I was out at the time and got home late so I never called him until this morning. Still no answer.

What should I do?

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that's such a shame.

if the seller is a reasonable person he'll refund you, he may not have known but if you've had it confirmed they're knackered then it is the reasonable thing to do.

a really bummer as both of you will end up losing out.

can they be straightened somehow? (i know bugger all on this matter)

if so perhaps he could contribute to the cost of that?

i really do hope that we can come to some sort of arrangement.. i phoned up a few wheel refurbs place.. there's one in north london that quoted me £55+VAT per wheel..

I was going to have these but seller never replied

jayo656 wrote:I was going to have these but seller never replied

i don't think he replied to any pms.. had to call him up..

mikey_t8 wrote:i really do hope that we can come to some sort of arrangement.. i phoned up a few wheel refurbs place.. there's one in north london that quoted me £55+VAT per wheel..

not a nice situation to be in, but at least if you pay to get the wheels refurbed and at least you will have a nice mint set?

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mikey_t8 wrote:i really do hope that we can come to some sort of arrangement.. i phoned up a few wheel refurbs place.. there's one in north london that quoted me £55+VAT per wheel..

not a nice situation to be in, but at least if you pay to get the wheels refurbed and at least you will have a nice mint set?

not actually sure tbh... they said that price is to repair it from being buckled but didn't mention about it being fully refurbed..

called the guy up again this morning and finally got through to him... apparently he was at work, hence missed all my calls yesterday.

he has agreed to give me my money back... wanted to take them down to him today but he's only in on weekdays evenings so i now got to wait till monday and see what happens...

mikey_t8 wrote:called the guy up again this morning and finally got through to him... apparently he was at work, hence missed all my calls yesterday.

he has agreed to give me my money back... wanted to take them down to him today but he's only in on weekdays evenings so i now got to wait till monday and see what happens...

At least he's been accommodating? A lot would have ignored you

went to his house tonight and got my money back..

mikey_t8 wrote:went to his house tonight and got my money back..

don't forget to leave feedback as thats a good seller refunding like that without major hassles.

yella wrote:

mikey_t8 wrote:went to his house tonight and got my money back..

don't forget to leave feedback as thats a good seller refunding like that without major hassles.

Pains me to agree..

yella wrote:

mikey_t8 wrote:went to his house tonight and got my money back..

don't forget to leave feedback as thats a good seller refunding like that without major hassles.

where do i leave the feedback?

he actually nagged abit before he gave me the money back.. he had negative camber on his rear and tried saying that i worn the tyre out.. honestly.. i had them on the car for less than a week and done less than 200 miles with them.. how could i have worn them out so quickly... such a douche..

mikey_t8 wrote:

yella wrote:

mikey_t8 wrote:went to his house tonight and got my money back..

don't forget to leave feedback as thats a good seller refunding like that without major hassles.

where do i leave the feedback?

he actually nagged abit before he gave me the money back.. he had negative camber on his rear and tried saying that i worn the tyre out.. honestly.. i had them on the car for less than a week and done less than 200 miles with them.. how could i have worn them out so quickly... such a douche..

He's probably reading this and thinking the same.

You got your money back, case closed.

RSFN2GT wrote: You got your money back, case closed.

indeed, what more do you want?

whilst it would be a harsh thing to do he could have said 'tough luck.. bye bye' but no, he's refunded you and now has some buckled alloys he needs to spend money sorting before he can sell again. he's been very reasonable, no reason to be called a douche.

feedback is at the top of the screen. click the link that says 'feedback' (cryptic i know)

well it sounds to me he still doesn't deserve any positive feedback cus he was dishonest in his advert, prob knew about the condition of the alloys so he flogged them on. :problem:

i recon a good seller tbh, as i think if he known hed of blanked you and kept the money

end of the day they are sold as seen so he didnt have to refund you anything

Id leave feedback as it could have been a genuine mistake

These are now on gumtree and no mention of any buckles

jayo656 wrote:These are now on gumtree and no mention of any buckles

Seen that myself lol