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Why would you be this obnoxious when writing an ad?
I'm tempted to ask if he'll swap them for an xBox...
Because eBay is full of dicks who WILL piss you about given half a chance?
Ha! What an asshole!
yup I've seen that, would have posted it in the thread had the OP not been about it 😆
don't understand the 3 month wait for spokes though,
Even given the mind-numbingly absurd randomness that one needs to fend off with a well-worded flebay ad, this goes above and beyond the polite basics.
free local London pickup is available
I'm getting a mental image of the worst sort of self-absorbed fixie hipster.
[s]
Ha! What an asshole!
Bit harsh on the OP.[/s]
Edit: I was going for a flippant joke, but after reading this:
I get it, either bid or GTFO.
The eBayer fully deserves the term.
Wow!
I'm not about to go into why I laced the wheels in this way, it's a belief system
I really hope they sell for only around £60 
Bit harsh on the OP.
Selling any phil wood wheels by any chance? 🙂
someone ask him why he's laced the wheels in that particular way pleeeease. and also ask him for a bin price.
Selling any phil wood wheels by any chance?
Yes. Now stop triggering my belief system.....and buy them or GTFO! 😛
I'm getting a mental image of the worst sort of self-absorbed fixie hipster.
Defo.
They do come across like a weapons grade bell end.
I'm getting a mental image of the worst sort of self-absorbed fixie hipster.
Seems quite possible:
[i]"It was an easy 5min commute from Haggerston to Old St and back again"[/i]
I'm not about to go into why I laced the wheels in this way, it's a belief system
Does he smoke lots of weed and live in a caravan?
anodised (aluminium) nipples...
I'm oot.
plus, of course, because he's said don't ask about the weird lacing pattern, you'd just have to, wouldn't you?
Ask if the iPhone is included in the sale 🙂
Please note, this auction is for the wheelset only and that is what I have listed in the particulars.
Someone send a message saying "How much is your buy it now including the candle, monkey and iPhone?".
£30 postage! He's having a laugh.
The add is simply missing the line; "selling as I need more money for beard grooming products".edlong - Member
I'm getting a mental image of the worst sort of self-absorbed fixie hipster.Seems quite possible:
"It was an easy 5min commute from Haggerston to Old St and back again"
Doesn't seem that bad to me.
£30 postage! He's having a laugh.
Postage (£9)
+£950 insurance (£7)
+A big enough box (£5, or spend time trudging round bike shops trying to source one)
+Some tape (£2)
+30min of your time walking to the post office and back? (£10)
=£33
its just a londonnerer, arnt they all like that?
😆gravity-slave - Member
Someone send a message saying "How much is your buy it now including the candle, monkey and iPhone?".
As many a stand-in teacher has found to their cost, the line between establishing that you are not to be trifled with and over-emphasising the point until actually becomes an invitation to be played-up is wafer thin.
[i]Doesn't seem that bad to me.[/i]
If you're happy to pay £30 postage for wheels then you're daft.
[quote=bencooper opined]
Does he smoke lots of weed and live in a caravan?
He cannot as he bought the spokes from Belgium rather than invaded Belgium to get them
As a long time believer in the merits of a passive-aggressive approach to things, I would dispute the use of "passive" in this context.
Apparently he doesn't have a buy it now price.
Apparently he doesn't have a buy it now price.
Really? Oh. I just asked for one.
[i]Really? Oh. I just asked for one. [/i]
Yeh it's an AUCTION
Even if you've been dicked around in auctions before if you want the best return from your auction then just bite your lip and be nice.
Either that or he's thinking these are perfect wheels for the hipster and they all talk like that and have an attitude so he's pitching it at the desired market...
Maybe he bought some too-short spokes on the cheap and had to lace them up that way to use the short spokes up. Would somebody ask him that please? I'm not brave enough.
+1 on the sucking it up and being nice thing too. Walk it off, Goldfarb!
It's a bit OTT but nothing compared to the "NO TYRE KICKERS OR TIME WASTERS" ads that are all over internet car ads.
I think it's a special anti-torque design feature, pedal too hard and the hub fractures in the middle, protecting you from potentially straining a calf muscle.
[i]It's a bit OTT but nothing compared to the "NO TYRE KICKERS OR TIME WASTERS"[/i]
That's just standard for car ads though.
If you're happy to pay £30 postage for wheels then you're daft.If you're happy to post stuff at well under what it actually costs to send, and your calling me daft?
£30 might be a lot, I've sent wheels and charged £10, but they weren't £950 wheels, they were cheap enough that I just put a layer of bubble wrap on them and covered with pallet wrap and an address label and left them on the doorstep for parcelforce to pick up.
Postage (£9)
+£950 insurance (£7)
+A big enough box (£5, or spend time trudging round bike shops trying to source one)
+Some tape (£2)
+30min of your time walking to the post office and back? (£10)
=£33
You think they will sell for £950, you can only cover for the price as that is what you have lost if they go missing. You don't need to replace them from new, just cover the selling value.
And £10 to go to post office, that is all part of selling something.
£30 for postage is taking the piss. I would be charging around £15 with ParcelForce.
He will still get BIN questions as I always do even when stating no BIN. I just ignore them, no point getting angry about it.
[i]If you're happy to post stuff at well under what it actually costs to send, and your calling me daft?[/i]
No because it doesn't cost me £30 to post wheels. Last set I sold I sent via hermes in a wheel box which just fits in their allowable size, cost well under the £15 I charged. Why would I charge £10 to go to the post office, that's covered by profit from the sale not postage.
[i]but they weren't £950 wheels[/i]
And neither are these. They cost £950 to buy new, that's not what they'll sell for on ebay and you don't ensure them for their original cost.
what a grumpy ****.
Valve Type: Schrader
wtf?
It's a bit OTT but nothing compared to the "NO TYRE KICKERS OR TIME WASTERS"
Or the usual eBay one - "advertised elsewhere so I reserve the right to stop the auction if I fancy", though I suspect that may be code for "open to offers outside of eBay".
You think they will sell for £950, you can only cover for the price as that is what you have lost if they go missing. You don't need to replace them from new, just cover the selling value.
And £10 to go to post office, that is all part of selling something.£30 for postage is taking the piss. I would be charging around £15 with ParcelForce.
Yep, if you're going to sell some wheels for nearly a grand then I'd absorb a bit of the cost of posting myself. Though, conversely if you're paying a grand for them then the extra £15 extra postage isn't going to break the bank.
Oooh, he's answering questions. Think I might have a go!
I think he needs to vent some more anger.
ask him if he's all right, or did he not get any pudding?
I asked about the lacing. No answer yet.
Funting cuttock - that's all I have to add.
Hi do you have a buy it now price, and is the mobile telephone included?
I need a new phone. Yours looks nice.
😀
Oh dear what have I started? I've asked him if the lacing is compatible with an existentialist belief system.
Don't know were he gets his pricing from on the build either as!
Rrp £450 a pair
Rims £62 each
Spokes £2.45 each
Labour £50 (but he built them himself so how does he charge!!!!!!)
Red sapim nips 64 of are £12
Postage insured £18
Total £810
And I build them for less than that £745 a pair posted with a full warranty with the lacing of your choice
So we're he got the £950 from is beyond me
[i]Oh dear what have I started?[/i]
Like you didn't know this would happen 🙂
bencooper - I think it's a special anti-torque design feature, pedal too hard and the hub fractures in the middle, protecting you from potentially straining a calf muscle.
Or an ingenious energy return system whereby the spokes on the drive side flex massively under drive & return the energy on the dead-point of the pedal stroke - it's hixtie genius!
Don't think the ad is that bad myself, but he is a bit of a nob for building '950quid' wheels for a 5min commute. You can walk that in 15-20 ffs!
What a vulgar show of hipster wealth
So he's laced them radial on the drive side and 2X on the NDS. I suspect his "belief system" might be that having f***ed up the build he then had a massive sulk and was simply too stubborn to unlace and re-do it properly.
In wheelbuilding terms he's the scum of the earth!
I think he's starting to get a bit tetchy. All I did was ask if he had a buy it now price.
[i]Is reading not your strong point?
I wrote: "...do not ask me for a "buy it now" price, if I'd wanted that, I'd have checked that box when listing these for auction. Similarly, please do not ask me to buy these wheels outside of eBay, my answer may offend."
If you change your mind, please feel free to take your best "buy it now" price and place it into the "Bid Now" box.[/i]
In wheelbuilding terms he's the scum of the earth!
This..
personal preference/belief my @rse.
This is normally the point he turns out to be a regular poster here and arrives to start an magnificently entertaining thread.
Please....
Questions and answers about this item
Q: http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/passive-aggressive-ebay-listings
A: Thanks very much but I'm more of a www.lfgss.com kinda guy.
13 Nov, 2015
Q: Hi do you have a buy it now price, and is the mobile telephone included? I need a new phone. Yours looks nice. Thanks
A: Nope. That phone has a smashed screen, it got broken whilst doing your mum.
Who sent that?
Well that should kill the listing. Bet the top bidder is thinking 'please some other fool bid' if he's read this.
No, not gonna bother.
Quality thread....£950 for some wheels!!...you could buy a car for that..
Aw man. I really hope this isn't Felix the Mixologist again. 😉
....'cept that would smash your belief system.Quality thread....£950 for some wheels!!...you could buy a car for that..
Clearly these wheels have been lovingly curated by an artisan.
Just asked the fella why he laced his wheels that way. 😉