Hi all
And welcome to another lovely dispute at UHE !!!
Now this is going no were, as always I think this should have been solved in a common ground ... but I can imagine a couple of reason why it wasn't
Paolo, if you had the experience you should have known that is better to buy a cheap bike and do it yourself, at least you would know what you have, that is how I do it. And, as you are finding out, it's not cheap to do it right. BERGS are a bitch
Taffy, you shouldn't advertise bikes as mint when you know they aren't. We all know how much it cost to make them mint, that is how you make a living.
It takes a lot of money and time to change it all and to check it all. In parts and labour, you have to get a bike for almost nothing to sell it for 3000 and make a profit.
We all know that to sell a bike in a budget you have to cut some corners, some times you get away with it ... some times you don't.
When you don't you must try to solve the best way possible.
A bike like this I would sell it in a "good running condition", not as top rebuild engine.
I've bought things (not bikes) from Taffy without any problems, new and used, it wasn't always perfect, but it never is. When I wasn't happy with the deal I've complained and we always found a common ground to solve the problem.
I don't ride the BERGS as much as I used to, so I don't buy much for them, but if I would need some parts for them I wouldn't hesitate to go to Taffy again.
Now paolo is pissed, and I can understand, and trying to make as much damage as possible, but I think you have reached your goal, so by going on with this much longer won't make you more right or more happy, I think.
You have burned all the bridges with Taffy so you won't get any help from him and you have already made as much publicity as you can.
So, sorry my friend, but you didn't got the deal that you thought you had. You must move on, fix the bike and hope you can still enjoy it.
ZAGA