I’ve just received a bike I won off e-bay. I plan to keep the wheels & frame and resell the rest.

the frame is a cervelo s1 and has the crack under the seatpost collar.

not sure what to do – its an aluminium frame so would it be a easy fix? or should I contact the seller??

?????

Send it back!

If it were me, I’d be getting a refund

holy crap! thats deffo cracked for once.

back it goes if you ask me.

Was it sold as cracked? If not, money back.

Refund.

no it was sold as great condition!

That is ****, looks like it’s had a respray as well so it might have some hidden gems as well.

EDIT: They had the balls to sell that as in great condition, beggars belief it really does.

send it back for sure. If you check the Cervelo forum you will see this is a common issue on S1.

That’s outrageous – there is no way the seller could not have known about that.

Send it back and hope the seller is good and doesn’t claim you overtightened it and did the damage.

Send it back.

I’ve just contacted him – I’ll report back.

if he does try it on and say i did the crack – then what?

abort, send it back, I would argue you shouldn’t even pay postage either way.

if he does try it on and say i did the crack – then what?

Only option is to raise a dispute with Ebay. It’s an annoying process, especially for the seller, but should get you your money back in the end (after about 2 weeks).

sefton – Member
I’ve just received a bike I won off e-bay

If that’s a “win” I wouldn’t like to see a “lose” 😕

discuss with seller but be preapred to raise a dispute.

Give the seller a chance to rectify the situation – they might not known the crack was there. But only give them a day to offer a refund, then go via ebay/paypal, thats what they are there for.

He will have to prove it didn’t have a crack before it was sent with a timestamped photo.

Was it sold by an (un)realman? 😆

as it sold by an (un)realman?

didn’t even the original ranter post to complain that that joke was too old to be funny?

thisisnotaspoon – Member
…too old to be funny?

Like some of the “dog-with-a-bone” posters eh 😆

Oooh get you tinas. 😆

UPDATE: Well the chap was great! refund with postage no problem (even put a cheeky bid for just the wheel which he accepted)!

Ah, nice to hear a decent conclusion for once!

Good outcome.

Name and, err, praise!

I suspect (just a suspicion) that the seller KNEW it was cracked and was relying on the buyer not noticing it in time for a refund!

given the time frame (excuse the pun) he was, quite rightly, banged to rights and has refunded no quibble because he was caught out!