To be fair to daffy most of what he says above is about right although my £350 partial refund suggestion did include the value of the missing Time ATAC pedals, fork service and bushings, shot hub bearing replacement, time/cost to remove sheared bolt from hub, brake rebuild, lower fork model difference etc.
I think maybe we are getting somewhere now although the apologies/admittances weren’t apparent in our earlier messages.
I do believe it was down to him rushing it and not checking stuff properly rather than trying to rip me off. Although I can’t quite get the “have this lovely steel spesh instead of the nasty SLR Titanium, nice sir” thought process when swapping saddles for instance…
But I’m hopeful we will sort it fairly, with daffy covering all postage costs if the bike goes back, or an agreed partial refund amount so I can sort the problems and ride the thing if it stays. That’s all I ever wanted. So please reserve judgment/flaming until we’ve sorted it like gents.
But no doubt, swapping stuff out without agreement is not on, regardless.