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re: Advice needed
Posted on 9/25/17 at 8:21 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
Posted on 9/25/17 at 8:21 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
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I feel the same way. Especially since he deleted me as a friend on fb during all of this and keeps coming up with excuses why I can't come to his shop.
Sorry Bro, but it sounds like that bike is gone and this "friend" is a piece of shite. Good luck!
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Posted on 9/25/17 at 8:22 am to Gorilla Ball
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the shop and the house are not the same place
..sometimes it is though.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 8:40 am to Passing Wind
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Dude he's had it almost a year man.
Op said he had it for almost 1.5 years. Do you have new information?
Posted on 9/25/17 at 9:04 am to Hangit
No he said he hasn't had any communication with him since last December...almost a year. So he's had it almost a year with no communication at all. Bless your heart.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 9:16 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
quote:This is an easy one. Text him and say he has 1 week, he picks the date/time for the transfer, that's all you gotta say.
Especially since he deleted me as a friend on fb during all of this and keeps coming up with excuses why I can't come to his shop.
If he doesn't reply or can't come up with a date/time within 1 week, call the authorities. If he had it short term, i'd say work with him a bit more. But 1.5 years, yea F that dude. Give him 1 week, be stern about it. Otherwise, do what you gotta do to get your bike back.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 9:19 am to Kraut Dawg
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That's stupid. By threatening to call the police ensures that you're making accusations other than him being lazy.
Handle it like an adult first. If they guy can't produce the bike, THEN call the police. It's been 18 months & it's nothing he's needing at the moment. It's sentimental.
Making accusations like accepting payment and a bike for a job and withholding the bike and the payment without any work done. I guarantee that if this guy actually did the work he'd be looking for payment.
You said to handle it like an adult it's only been 18 months, and it's not something he needs. frick. That. Time to play nice has passed, and sounds like the OP has been patient this entire time and now only wants the bike back.
OP you need to show up at this guys job, house, park bench, or wherever you can track this guy down with a cop.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 9:20 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
quote:Doesn't sound like you have an invoice or just some sort of proof that he has the bike, correct?
I sure hope not but I'm thinking the same way unfortunately
I mean, I guess you can produce texts maybe?
Posted on 9/25/17 at 9:40 am to CaptainsWafer
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This post was edited on 11/8/20 at 9:50 am
Posted on 9/25/17 at 9:44 am to Passing Wind
Thanks for clearing up what you meant to say. I feel blessed. 
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:11 am to shel311
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Advice needed by shel311
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Doesn't sound like you have an invoice or just some sort of proof that he has the bike, correct?
I mean, I guess you can produce texts maybe?
Nothing on paper.
I do have pictures at the shop from the day I dropped it off and I have every text and message we sent to each other. Every picture of the bike being worked on in his shop.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:51 am to Kraut Dawg
So he's been patient and tried corresponding with this guy for 18 months and nothing's come of it. I feel like being patient, calm, and understanding throughout this whole process has been very adult like of the OP.
At some point in time that stuff stopped working, and the guy with the bike has been actively avoiding our beloved OP.
Give us an idea of how you'd handle it like an adult. I'd be pretty upset after waiting 18 months and not getting anything back.
You implied that 18 months isn't a long time. I did say only. You're splitting hairs with the need part. And I think we can all agree the person with the bike is the A hole here.
At some point in time that stuff stopped working, and the guy with the bike has been actively avoiding our beloved OP.
Give us an idea of how you'd handle it like an adult. I'd be pretty upset after waiting 18 months and not getting anything back.
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Also, get words & context correct. Did I say "only 18 months" or did you? Did I say it's "not something he needs" or something he doesn't need "at the moment?" It's a bike for sentimental value, it isn't like he needs it to get back & forth to work. One can't be passive for 18 months then come in raising hell. Who then looks like the a-hole?
You implied that 18 months isn't a long time. I did say only. You're splitting hairs with the need part. And I think we can all agree the person with the bike is the A hole here.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:57 am to CaptainsWafer
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Advice needed
contact him now. "I need the bike back by Saturday. Please let me know your best time for me to pick it up."
if you dont hear from him in 48 hours. "I requested to pick up my bike by Saturday. I will be at your shop on Saturday at 2:00 PM to pick up the bike."
assuming you show up and cannot get the bike. "It is 2:15 PM n Saturday and you are not here for me to pick up the bike."
text on Monday. "I need the bike within 48 hours, or I will be forced to contact the authorities. I have done my best to work with you in a manner that is not productive."
This post was edited on 9/25/17 at 10:58 am
Posted on 9/25/17 at 11:01 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
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I've already given him a 1/3 of the price he quoted for repairing it.
It's locked in his shop. He doesn't work out of that shop full time any longer and just does repairs on the side.
He screwed you bro. Do you have title to bike in your name. If so send him a text that you will be at shop at X time to pick up bike, if he isn't there, you will call the cops.
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Posted on 9/25/17 at 11:09 am to CaptainsWafer
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This post was edited on 11/8/20 at 9:50 am
Posted on 9/25/17 at 11:10 am to Kraut Dawg
OT answer
" text the baw and tell him that in 48 hours you're riding either that bike, or his wife"
" text the baw and tell him that in 48 hours you're riding either that bike, or his wife"
Posted on 9/25/17 at 11:29 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
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Especially since he deleted me as a friend on fb during all of this and keeps coming up with excuses why I can't come to his shop.
bet he has pics of him riding "his" bike on his facebook
Posted on 9/25/17 at 11:34 am to Spankum
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go by and pick up the bike
I disagree. Have the guy meet you to give you the bike back, at Sonic.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 8:22 pm to SEClint
Well no shite
Posted on 9/25/17 at 8:25 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Go to his house and pick it up.
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