[Closed] bobbyg81

I'd give him a little longer than a week TBH.

i wouldn't.

Hi.

I am sorry I havent replied to my emails. I didnt think I had anything that was needing attendeing to. I only check itonce a week at most. Ive replied to your email now.

And at the risk of sounding rude. an you edit or delete this thread. No need for plastering not only my username, but my full name too across a forum!

Always good to see a classified user using the rest of the forum

Me?

Me?

Nope

I realise now. 🙂

I am sorry I havent replied to my emails. I didnt think I had anything that was needing attendeing to. [b]I only check itonce a week at most.[/b][u] Ive replied to your email now.

That won't necessarily rub well seeing as you've posted about 25 times on this forum in the last 4-5 days. If you can access the webternet to write something here then you can just as easily check your mail.

Of course I could. But I didnt think I had any reason to. It's usually just junkmail. I have a works email that I use daily.

I know what you're saying, but some people would argue that it takes just a few seconds to check ...

<not having a go, just observing>

So Swisstony, isn't buying used goods like making love to a beautiful woman?? 😀

It's a fair comment.

For all who read this thread and may think I am some sort of scumbag. I am not living in my home at the moment for reasons I won't go into. My partner was meant to post some items I had to send and it appears that she hasn't bothered her arse. I now look like a ****!

So I give my sincerest apologies to anyone waiting on something from me. If it isn't with you by now it will be put in the post tommorow by myself personally.

I'm in the same boat and was wondering how to proceed next, I sent one email last week which went unanswered

I look forward to an email/goods I have paid for

Im in the proverbial boat with you lot aswell. Ive had no answer to emails.texts etc.
Come on bobbyg. Sort it out please.

It would appear this needs a little bump, if only to draw this matter to a wider audience.
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He hasn't been on for a week, but given his current circumstances, there may be issues we aren't privvy to.

I had dealings with him a month or so ago, a lot of delay/faff and "my wife was meant to send it" but it came good in the end.

Shame he's not got his act together.

[i]I had dealings with him a month or so ago, a lot of delay/faff and "my wife was meant to send it" but it came good in the end.[/i]

Couple of months ago had the same thing with the same excuse...like Al, it did work out okay in the end.

the bloke sounds like a proper tool. thanks for the heads up, i wont ever buy from him. 😀

OK. Everything that has to be posted has been posted this morning. I was told that due to hoidays it may be tuesday before it arrive. The watch was posted with tracking information which has been sent to leespannermonkey. Everything else was posted 1st class.

I could bore you all with the reasons/excuses but I wont.

I am very sorry for the delay. And I mean that most sincerely.

Before I go though.Now this doesnt reply to everyone who bought items.

I was perfectly happy to wait a week on payment yet when youre item didnt arrive within a week you flame me on here. **** you! If youre £10 is so important I will also refund the money to you aswell as you receiving the item.

And Ton. You don't know me. You don't know my situation so you can **** off aswell. I am well aware I should've got my act together sooner. I dont need your pointless slaggings.

Waiting a couple of weeks on a £10 shirt hardly warrants me being called a proper tool.

Have you responded to the bloke about the full face helmet on the classifieds?

(I'm sure ton wasn't serious!)

Yes that was leespannermonkey. He has the tracking info.

We'll atleast he has responded and is (so far) doing something about it an has admitted he's not been the seller of the year.

More than I have seen most seller do when they have been called out.

Not saying forgive and forget but just (atleast) be thankful he hasn't done a runner! 🙂

One of the things that puts me off selling here is the "next day delivery" mentality that some folk seem to adopt. I'm not CRC. If it takes me a couple of days to get the the PO and I'm not on email every ten minutes, that's just the way it goes sometimes.

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Definately not! 😳

I think ton's right, you are a tool!

What do you want from me? Blood? **** you!

bobby....i was joking, but with you reaction i would like to retract my joke comment...... 😀

This is brilliant.

I wish all complaint departments worked like this, instead of the endless HR-like drivel you usually get over a period of weeks.

Come to think of it I know a bloke called BobbyG. Have you a Giant and Whyte by any chance Bobby?

So are you johnsquiresplectrum or bobbyg?

two log ins?

this gets better...

[edit] and the 2nd one created just as the bobbyg login was getting some flak.

If you couldn;t post what you had sold why advertise more for sale with a 2nd login?

bobbyG seems to be both John [b]and[/b] Martyn.

Dunno about you lot but I'm confused....

I'd only just put the pitch fork back in the barn too

Eh?

[i]anyone want to buy a shovel?[/i]

How long for delivery?

Eh?

sorry if I was unclear, I'll rephrase ..........

So are you johnsquiresplectrum or bobbyg?

You can put the forks back. He was using my phone. I ride with him,we went out and he used my phone for replying to the threads! Sorry!

[i]He was using my phone[/i]

chinny reckon.

I dont know what that means but he was.

You can put the forks back. He was using my phone. I ride with him,we went out and he used my phone for replying to the threads! Sorry!

Oh, I see - sorry

maybe you could help him out by nipping to the Post Office occasionally?

What are friends for?

Eh dont blame me. He's had a rough time and I live 200 miles from him!I ride with him once every few months! Im out!

he posted under his own name 34 minutes ago, yours 15 and his own 8 minutes ago - so you travelled 200 miles and went out with him for less than 26 minutes?

Sorry but are you for real? We actually went to the shop for some ciggies. No I didn't travel to just go to the shop. Behave!

Waiting a couple of weeks on a £10 shirt hardly warrants me being called a proper tool.

No shipping goods doesn't make you a tool. Not replying to any emails is what makes you a tool. It makes people understandably nervous. I'm genuinely sorry if you've had issues or other commitments, that's perfectly understandable, but it takes seconds to keep people in the loop and then everyone's happy.

If you've got a work account you check regularly, why not use that for correspondence?

Could this turn into the new Picolax thread? 🙂

Who's who? Am I Me? Whose Me? I am? Oh....

Anyone want to buy some fork handles...?

Anyone want to buy some fork handles...?

Nope, but I'll take fourcandles

I was watching the 'remake' Total Recall trailer just now-this all seems a bit familiar.

Perhaps bobbyG really doesn't know who he is?

Is his wife really hot but not his wife! Oh my god!

I had a bit of a Fight Club type visualization going in my head I must admit.

Hi to bobbyg.got my stuff now and im happy
All this, could so easily been avoided if like a few people have said-if you or anyone for that matter is struggling to send out sold items then just drop the person a line to say so.we are all decent people and would give a person the benefit of the doubt.many thanks mark

Still waiting here - I can only hope the bank holidays has held the parcel up as it's actually been posted?
🙄

Still no goods - despite many assurances...and no reponse to emails

So if bobbyg81 'martyn gray' re-surfaces offering stuff for sale proceed with caution

Unlucky! The 'accidental' posting in another users identity was a novelty her ethough. (checks email from my seller, 9 days, readies querying email to go)

johnsquiresplectrum hasn't sent my item or responded to emails since Easter, and I'm not the only one. His paypal name is very similar to Martyn Gray too.

The world is full of ......,they just come in different shapes,sizes and user names. 😆
nsaints, I really do feel sorry for you as you are a true gentleman and dont deserve to be treated this way as no one does.
As previously stated, if people have issues sending parts that have been paid for, then please have the common decency to communicate with the buyer and explain your reasons to allow the buyer to make what ever decision necessary to bring things to a positive conclusion.

Thanks for your kind words chainslapp.

I was thinking what I did wrong - I checked the guy had previous posting history, very polite emails, seemed totally genuine.....I was sucked in to what clearly was a lie

We're all critical at times of paypal, but darn it, I wish I'd paid the fees so I could make a claim on this occasion 🙁

I honestly thought that when I joined stw.com, that all you lot were middle aged / middle class upstanding citizens and true to their word.

BUT I have seen more scamming going on at stw.com over the years than sdh.com and bike radar put together.

Something has to be more clear in writing for scammers from the admin/mods. Play the scamming card and forfeit your privacy of full name and contact number.
I personally would like to see it a step further where Paypal own the UK Police force and that the Army own the UK Police force and get busy on your scamming asses.

Phew! Glad I got that off my chesticles. 😳

Something has to be more clear in writing for scammers from the admin/mods. Play the scamming card and forfeit your privacy of full name and contact number.

And address perhaps?

I personally would like to see it a step further where Paypal own the UK Police force and that the Army own the UK Police force and get busy on your scamming asses.

Or take PayPal to court and make them give you all the info on the tea-leaf.

Why not ask for a piccy of said item , being held by the seller , outside his house , Or a mates /Mums if he is worried about having his garage emptied. Then post a cheque to that address . Google streetveiw will tell you if its the actual house , or a crock of poo. Hell , if it a frame / forks get the seller to hold a A4 receipt with 'ASR5 frame sold to Houns for £ 700 dated '

You get the sellers mugshot , postal addy , photo , to see the goods , plus a virtual receipt .

Feel free to flame away

Ok , So you might have to wait a week , better than being robbed .

I think paying by PPG is a mistake with people you've not dealt with before but I'm as guilty as others of doing it to save a couple of quid.

I'm not fond of companies or organisations trying to save people from themselves but if I were STW, I'd ban asking for PPG in the classifieds to save these sort of situations or at least give those scammed some sort of recourse
Sellers just need to price things to cover their costs in the first place

Simple remedy: Classifieds selling should be for Premium menbers only.

(a) STW get a fee for running the Forum (apparently, there is only a small handful of donations each month)
(b) STW will have postal addresses so there can be some follow up if needed.

STW will have postal addresses so there can be some follow up if needed.

I think the problem there would be they'd have to take a position and act on a dispute, I wouldn't want to to that if I were them

I agree - but maybe if folk knew that they could be traced, the risk would be enough?

How are the addresses verified?

Surely the sensible thing to do is pay via paypal? The fees are only a few quid and are clearly worth it when you're dealing with Bobby Bellends.

Retro bike have a better system....each user has a feedback thread, I think that's been discussed on STW before as a suggestion....At. A minimum this should be replicated on STW. There's no cost involved, easy. Not a bomb proof solution, but better than nothing

i sometimes ask for buyers to post up on the selling thread to guve feedback on what i have sold....then potential buyers can see im a good boy...

realman springs to mind though so its not all easy to see if someone is genuine.

always had excellent experiences on here though, last buyer even gave me more money than i asked for as he detected i was in a bit of turmoil over selling the item!!! stw peeps can be very good...

Not sure it's relevant but I avoid people who sell lots of non bike things and I seem to remember not liking the look of BoobyG's threads.

I seem to remember not liking the look of BoobyG's threads.

As others have said, surely banning PPG is the easiest way to stop scammers. let Paypal deal with it...

Why "ban" PPG, as Im quite happy to receive and pay via this method as I know quite a few forum members. Its all down to your own discretion at the end of the day.

As others have said, surely banning PPG is the easiest way to stop scammers.

Banning "paypal gift"?

How are you going to do that? Why not just ban the scammers instead?

Why not, like, just ban bad stuff?

ban paypal gift................what a ****ing stupid idea.
i have been selling stuff on here for 6 or so yrs, i always use ppg and in all that time i have never had 1 complaint.

use your head, try to buy off regular forum users, never buy from obvious traders or new members with no forum history.

Banning "paypal gift"?

well you obviously can't ban it technically, but you can officially tell buyers not to use it.

How are you going to do that? Why not just ban the scammers instead?

How do you ban a scammer before he's scammed? someone will get their fingers burnt.

No complaints eh ton? And we are supposed to think there was no influence of fist pie?

I usually post quickly, & email a pic of the posting receipt. It takes less than a minute to do on a modern phone. Appreciate not everyone works 2min walk from a PO though, but if you can post on here you can email an update. Likewise posting a reply on the original ad. Start closing the Classifieds to Selling only type users would be a start. Classifieds for paid members perhaps.

ban paypal gift................what a **** stupid idea.

why is it a stupid idea? with PPG you have no comeback at all, its a scammers dream, with a normal paypal payment the seller is held to account.

Just because you use it perfectly doesn't mean everyone does.