Right. I’m on a public terminal at the moment as RRR gave me a heads up as to what was happening on the forum while I was away.
I did used to post on here (Pre-crash / hack) as BigDutch but pretty much stopped posting full stop when I got flamed and threatened by several members for having the cheek to say something perceived as negative about the Ti456 review in WhatMTB. After being told via email that I was a effing C that didn’t know my ass from a bottom bracket and threatened with all sorts of stuff, not surprisingly I stopped posting here.
Lungman – you emailed me asking for an explanation and then posted here within 5 minutes (as far as I can see). You’ll be getting an email from me shortly.
Mrman – I offered you a refund last week when I apologised for your phone not being sent. You were willing to wait for the phone which was posted Tuesday as I said it would be. As soon as I get back and find out the tracking number I will send it to you.
What could I possibly stand to gain by running a scam in my real name on one of the UK’s busiest MTB forums? What could I possibly stand to gain by trying to rip people off by having them transfer money into my OWN bank account and giving them my home address? What could I possibly gain by staying in touch as much as I can and letting people know what’s going on?
In the past month I’ve despatched over £1300 worth of items which have arrived without issue or with a slight delay. There are currently (as far as I know because so far I’ve not heard any different) 2 people that are still waiting for items to arrive and those two people are Mrman and fatblokeattheback. For all tinribz pops up on these threads saying I’ve stopped replying to him over the stem he’s not posted back in response to me and he’s not replied to my emails.
If there is anyone else who has paid me money for something but hasn’t had it then as I’ve said – I NEED TO KNOW SO I CAN FIX IT!
It’s interesting that the only emails I’ve received during this whole thing have been three threats from a generic hotmail account – one that I was (and I quote) “In for a knifing” and a warning from some bloke claiming to be from Plymouth that he’s coming for me – that despite the fact I said I’d explain via email the situation I am currently in that’s caused so much distraction, frustration and delay this thread carries on with speculation without actually finding out why.
And no, I’m not posting it on the open forum.
And when someone does come on and give a positive experience of having purchased from me they get accused of being fake / a fraud / or “Ooooh, it’s a new account… interesting” WE’RE ALL NEW ACCOUNTS!
I’ll put it simply: The threats are ridiculous and I am passing the details to the Police. Mrman, Fatblokeattheback – at this point if you genuinly believe I’m still trying to rip you off then please email me and I (as I offered last week when you both said you were prepared to wait) will get you your money back and we can sort out the bits as / when they arrive with you.
To those of you who’ve posted saying I’ve upheld my end of deals with you it’s very much appreciated and I’m sorry if it causes any trouble via email for any of you.
For what it’s worth there have been continued problems with Royal Mail & Parcel Force in this City. Earlier this year a number of workers were sacked for interfering with the mail. I’m not saying that’s what’s going on here, I’m not using it as an excuse but it’s not just happening here.
Despite my best efforts to put this right with the people who are actually involved it’s turned into another STW witch hunt where there are more comments from people who have nothing to do with this than the people who are actually involved.
And regarding the old website – Yes, it was shut down. I built it, used it and got no end of problems with the host company and weak bloody hosting & security.
As has been stated MANY times on here those that have dealt with me have my address and know how to get in touch with me.
Now please, stop with the threats and leave this to those of us who are actually involved to resolve.
