What the **** is wrong with some people?

[Speicher]

Actually it's a state of mind (a bit like Bo!), I leave the '!' off for comic effect.

hmmm yes, quite clear thank you

 

[Noodley]

On the plus side you know where he works AND have his mobile number.

You could start stalking him, that'll show him. I bet he's a Hearts fan. Tosser.

 

[Headgardener]

I think I would have turned up at his place of work if I was that close and asked for him, especialy if I had travelled some distance to get there. See what sort of reaction that would have got.

 

[MajorMantra]

I think I would have turned up at his place of work if I was that close and asked for him, especialy if I had travelled some distance to get there. See what sort of reaction that would have got.

I actually got there, but since he claimed to have left I didn't pursue the matter. In retrospect that may have been a way of getting rid of me but anger was clouding my judgment a little and to be honest I might have been a little incoherent had I met him face to face.

Matthew

 

[Maz]

He didn't even have the decency to ring me and tell me not to come.

He sounds like a Canondale Bad Boy.

 

[Night Train]

Send him a bill for your travelling expenses and time.

 

[Dave5N]

On the plus side you know where he works AND have his mobile number.

You could start stalking him, that'll show him. I bet he's a Hearts fan. Tosser.

Could be. My Dad always liked hearts. I found them a bit gristly.

 

[Nicensleazy]

So, what are you looking for, perhaps we all can help you out and keep our eyes peeled!

 

[snapper_37]

He sounds like a Canondale Bad Boy.

He just chickened out of facing you. I think he changed his mind about selling it.

Still ignorant though.

 

[asterix]

You were lucky!

Would you have wanted to buy something off someone who has no morals?

My sympathy to the eventual buyer (if there was one) - the bike is almost certainly a heap of cr*p!

 

[MajorMantra]

So, what are you looking for, perhaps we all can help you out and keep our eyes peeled!

Appreciate the thought. The ad was this:

"54cm (medium) brand new and completely unused carbon framed Cannondale Synapse Carbon Compact road bike. Carbon Black, Shimano 105 10-speed shifters and compact 50-34 crankset, shimano XT SPD pedals.
Mail order bike bought at full price (£1100) 5 months ago and kept as new 2009 season bike, intervening patella injury has finished my cycling so need to sell. £500 no offers (sorry!).
Bike can be viewed with notice anytime between 8am and 8pm at my work in [...] or [...] area at lunchtimes or after work.
Many thanks."

...Which would have been a very good deal, one I'm unlikely to see again any time soon. Essentially I'm after the best road bike I can afford in that sort of price range with at least 105 kit (and STIs). I have a nice 531 Peugeot with downtube shifters but I'd like something really light and recent.

Matthew

 

[beanzontoast]

Maybe he sold it to someone else. Maybe he changed his mind about selling it. Either way, I think out of decency you deserved a more full explanation and a chance to express your disapointment.

 

[papercorn2000]

On the plus side you know where he works AND have his mobile number.

You could start stalking him, that'll show him. I bet he's a Hearts fan. Tosser.

Yep, just a case of following him home and waiting for the cover of night. You then torch his car and when he runs out to see what is happening you grap him and wrap him in duct tape. You then bar all the exits to his house and set the house on fire and force him to watch while his family are slowly immolated. You pour petrol on his cat and light it (just to hear it go 'WOOF!'), you then fetch his new bike from the shed and, with a very blunt hacksaw, shred it before his eyes.
You then kill his neighbours, his friends and his workmates.
You kill his parents and his siblings and the postman.
You saw off his hands and feet and tear out his tongue. Only then will he realise that he should not have done such a nasty inconsiderate thing to a man who could have been his lifelong friend.

 

[MajorMantra]

Yep, just a case of following him home and waiting for the cover of night. You then torch his car and when he runs out to see what is happening you grap him and wrap him in duct tape. You then bar all the exits to his house and set the house on fire and force him to watch while his family are slowly immolated. You pour petrol on his cat and light it (just to hear it go 'WOOF!'), you then fetch his new bike from the shed and, with a very blunt hacksaw, shred it before his eyes.
You then kill his neighbours, his friends and his workmates.
You kill his parents and his siblings and the postman.
You saw off his hands and feet and tear out his tongue. Only then will he realise that he should not have done such a nasty inconsiderate thing to a man who could have been his lifelong friend.

Know what? I think that might be a teensy bit overboard. Plus, I like cats.

Matthew

 

[Mr Pig]

A few years ago I was looking for a drum kit for my son and saw a nice one advertised about an hours drive away. Kept asking the guy what he wanted for it but he just said 'It's better if you come and look at it and we'll take it from there'.

When I got there the price he wanted was the same as the kit cost new! Even after I told him that I could buy the kit new for that price he wouldn't budge, just said that that was what he wanted for it. What an a***. Two hours driving in the dark for f*** all (

I can understand your frustration about the bike but most people sell on a first come basis. What I'll try and do it if I've arranged for one person to see the item I'll arrange the next person to see it after that, but sometimes it doesn't work that way. When we sold our flat, as soon as the sign went up a woman in the next block came down and said 'don't sell this, my my son will buy it'. I said "well tell him to come and see us then". He never did. Should we have turned away offers just because this woman asked us to?