After consulting Admin over this problem they have given their backing for me to post this thread.
There was a wooden high tower advertised on here on February 7th, The price was £250 or stalking to that value. I looked at the photos and to be honest it looked ok, I offered stalking but we both agreed on £200 cash instead. I went on the Saturday 8th and collected it, on arrival I had a quick look at it but being a fellow stalker we was side tracked by stalking stories and he showed me some of his heads in his house. As I had my wife and grandchildren waiting ( impatiently lol ) in the truck I had to break off and we loaded the tower onto the trailer , I asked him several times about the integrity and watertightness of the unit and he adamantly guaranteed it as a good strong watertight structure with a bit of disgust that I had even questioned it. On arrival back home my son unloaded it into the workshop because he wanted the trailer and because of other trips and commitments there it stood until Saturday 14th March. I then started to assemble this unit and on a more detailed inspection I was embarrassed by the substandard workmanship. The timber feather edge boards are starting to warp even though they have not been in the elements , 3 sides of boards all match up and too be fair don't look too bad , the 4 side however is made of different size boards which don't line up and he has fixed them on the slosh. The boards also have been screwed with that much pressure its split the wood. The door has been cut out of 18mm ply and the saw cut obviously followed a banana. Air staples used to fix the boards have completely missed the uprights.
The roof is fiberglass and has been screwed through with screws and penny washers to hold it down. There is loads of other niggles but that was enough. I contacted this member via pm on the SD , and basically said that I bought this off you in good faith and it is not safe or fit for its purpose and I would at my expense return it and collect my refund. I stated that as a fellow stalker I do not want to fall out in any way but hope that he respects his responsibilities and to please contact me so we can sort it out. I knew he was on there browsing different threads and waited patiently for him to reply. Latter that night the conversation that I had had with digger1955 had changed to user0008. Next morning I sent a copy of my complaint to csl and was informed they had been asked by digger1955 to delete his account and all his posts. I decided to email a copy of my pm to his email , and guess what no reply. I had found 2 mobile numbers for this guy and sent a screenshot of the email and pm via WhatsApp to both numbers with a note saying these are copies of previous correspondence and please get in touch. Both had blue ticks in seconds so I knew he had them. His reply was I am intimidating his wife and had no right to pester her as shes ill. He then blamed me for getting him banned off here.
Its not about the money , its the fact that hes tried to evade all contact with me. I know I should have inspected it before I loaded but I trust people. Unfortunately this has back fired. A good friend of mine has told me that his motto in business was to treat people as if they was going to do you as 9 times out of 10 they will. I am glad I never rang this guy and have done everything in written format as I had a concern he could say I threatened him. I hate having to do this but he has really f***ed me off.
There was a wooden high tower advertised on here on February 7th, The price was £250 or stalking to that value. I looked at the photos and to be honest it looked ok, I offered stalking but we both agreed on £200 cash instead. I went on the Saturday 8th and collected it, on arrival I had a quick look at it but being a fellow stalker we was side tracked by stalking stories and he showed me some of his heads in his house. As I had my wife and grandchildren waiting ( impatiently lol ) in the truck I had to break off and we loaded the tower onto the trailer , I asked him several times about the integrity and watertightness of the unit and he adamantly guaranteed it as a good strong watertight structure with a bit of disgust that I had even questioned it. On arrival back home my son unloaded it into the workshop because he wanted the trailer and because of other trips and commitments there it stood until Saturday 14th March. I then started to assemble this unit and on a more detailed inspection I was embarrassed by the substandard workmanship. The timber feather edge boards are starting to warp even though they have not been in the elements , 3 sides of boards all match up and too be fair don't look too bad , the 4 side however is made of different size boards which don't line up and he has fixed them on the slosh. The boards also have been screwed with that much pressure its split the wood. The door has been cut out of 18mm ply and the saw cut obviously followed a banana. Air staples used to fix the boards have completely missed the uprights.
The roof is fiberglass and has been screwed through with screws and penny washers to hold it down. There is loads of other niggles but that was enough. I contacted this member via pm on the SD , and basically said that I bought this off you in good faith and it is not safe or fit for its purpose and I would at my expense return it and collect my refund. I stated that as a fellow stalker I do not want to fall out in any way but hope that he respects his responsibilities and to please contact me so we can sort it out. I knew he was on there browsing different threads and waited patiently for him to reply. Latter that night the conversation that I had had with digger1955 had changed to user0008. Next morning I sent a copy of my complaint to csl and was informed they had been asked by digger1955 to delete his account and all his posts. I decided to email a copy of my pm to his email , and guess what no reply. I had found 2 mobile numbers for this guy and sent a screenshot of the email and pm via WhatsApp to both numbers with a note saying these are copies of previous correspondence and please get in touch. Both had blue ticks in seconds so I knew he had them. His reply was I am intimidating his wife and had no right to pester her as shes ill. He then blamed me for getting him banned off here.
Its not about the money , its the fact that hes tried to evade all contact with me. I know I should have inspected it before I loaded but I trust people. Unfortunately this has back fired. A good friend of mine has told me that his motto in business was to treat people as if they was going to do you as 9 times out of 10 they will. I am glad I never rang this guy and have done everything in written format as I had a concern he could say I threatened him. I hate having to do this but he has really f***ed me off.
