Found, Yippee!
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Found, Yippee!
Postby Strawburger » Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:56 pm
My custom TWE rear road wheel has gone walkabout. The TWE courier handed it to someone in my building about a fortnight ago. It has been missing since. The wheel looks like the one on the website here: TWE wheel
The building is 141 Walker St, Nth Sydney.
The only hope i hold out on is that Karma catches up with the person who took off with it. It is built for a 70kg rider so hopefully it buckles on them on a steep descent
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Re: Stolen: TWE Rear Wheel - Nth Sydney
Postby sogood » Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:07 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Stolen: TWE Rear Wheel - Nth Sydney
Postby hannos » Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:20 pm
Strawburger wrote: The TWE courier handed it to someone in my building
And it wasn't signed for??
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Re: Stolen: TWE Rear Wheel - Nth Sydney
Postby Strawburger » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:00 pm
No signature nor proof he dropped it off. No idea on who it was. There is over a thousand people in the building so chances are slim.
Looks like i'm about to ruin the good relationship i had with the wheel builder to come to some sort of replacement arrangement. What should i expect? Full replacement? Nothing? Meet half way?
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Re: Stolen: TWE Rear Wheel - Nth Sydney
Postby apsilon » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:06 pm
What you should expect is a full replacement or full refund, nothing else.
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Re: Stolen: TWE Rear Wheel - Nth Sydney
Postby whitey » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:16 pm
As you describe it, I would say the issue here is between the courier and TWE. Courier company should have a process that covers lost goods.
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Re: Stolen: TWE Rear Wheel - Nth Sydney
Postby r2160 » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:33 pm
glenn
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Re: Stolen: TWE Rear Wheel - Nth Sydney
Postby Strawburger » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:35 pm
By the sounds of it, it was an opportunist theft - someone came up and said they knew me and will pass it on. Courier handed over the wheel and went.
I'll get in contact with the wheel builder and see what insurance he's got. He's on holidays for 2 weeks i think but i'll drop him an sms to let him know what happened.
Thanks for the advice so far!
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Re: Stolen: TWE Rear Wheel - Nth Sydney
Postby Strawburger » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:39 pm
hahaha, yeah i thought that too, but when i rang him this morning to ask what happened he went through his current wheel deliveries. A pair of zipps with a powertap, a carbon tubular & track wheels. Mine are lower down the chain.r2160 wrote:Sounds like the courier wanted a new rear wheel . . .
glenn
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Re: Stolen: TWE Rear Wheel - Nth Sydney
Postby sogood » Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:43 pm
But none as practical as your set of wheels!Strawburger wrote:hahaha, yeah i thought that too, but when i rang him this morning to ask what happened he went through his current wheel deliveries. A pair of zipps with a powertap, a carbon tubular & track wheels. Mine are lower down the chain.
My experience with couriers is poor, in the sense they really don't take adequate care in collecting the appropriate signature. They typically just take a signature from whoever they bump into and run.
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Stolen: TWE Rear Wheel - Nth Sydney
Postby hannos » Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:15 pm
Yep.r2160 wrote:Sounds like the courier wanted a new rear wheel . . .
glenn
Courier should have a isgnature of who took delivery of the goods.
If they do not then the goods were never delivered.
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Re: Found, Yippee!
Postby Strawburger » Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:34 pm
ps happy chappy!
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Re: Found, Yippee!
Postby sogood » Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:54 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Found, Yippee!
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