Getting screwed sucks.

[fuzzybabybunny]

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/spo/1232378160.html

"Two 25 lb hand weights"

Picked up the weights, paid in cash, and then when I get home I realize that the weights are not 25lb, to me they felt like 17lb, and that's with everything, plates, bar, end pieces. Seller originally said he'd exchange the eight 2.5lb plates for eight 5lb plates. Now all of a sudden he emails me and says, "Did you weigh the bar and the connection pieces. That all combines to 25 pounds. It's not just the plates. Sorry, no refund or extra plates needed."

So I emailed him back with a part by part weight tally which comes to 18.25lb, but I have a feeling that he's going to continue to get dickish about this.

And... he is.

"I thought you said they were 17 pounds? And how did you get the weight for the bar and the end pieces?"

 

[Barfo]

Put them back on sale to recoup your losses.

You could also start a thread with this same title in L&R.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Usually getting screwed on Craigslist ends in herpes or death, so I think you came away a winner.

 

[Savij]

Throw them through his front window. You won't get your money back but you'll feel $30 better.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Usually getting screwed on Craigslist ends in herpes or death, so I think you came away a winner.

 

[Nik]

"Buyer beware."

Do your homework and you won't get screwed.

 

[Baked]

Did you fail math AND common sense in college? How can you not read the weight that is stamped on the discs themselves when you pickup the goods? For dead weight that are interchangeable, the bars and whatever end pieces don't count toward the total weight. Good thing it's just chump change, but still the seller probably laughed his ass off when he sold you the weights.

Ps. How the fuck did you become the L&R mod, is this some kinda joke? You're like the #1 poster in that forum!

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Your last sentence is a Mod callout and has nothing to do with the thread.

guyver01 was vacationed for a similar comment in Sagalore's wedding thread.
He received two weeks because he went after 2 Mods.

This is a single Mod callout - one week.

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Common Courtesy

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Ahhhh, gotta love AT for making a shitty day into an even shittier one. Yes, yes, caveat emptor, yadda yadda you're all smarter than I am, gg, you fail, we don't like you, how are you a mod, blah blah blah. I guess trusting people is overrated. You trust people and you're only going to get laughed at.

 

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Ahhhh, gotta love AT for making a shitty day into an even shittier one. Yes, yes, caveat emptor, yadda yadda you're all smarter than I am, gg, you fail, we don't like you, how are you a mod, blah blah blah. I guess trusting people is overrated. You trust people and you're only going to get laughed at.

So if you don't love this seller, you're going to have to change your sig.

 

[Krazy4Real]

I bet you didn't give the seller a snorgle. That's why he felt he needed to rip you off.

 

[JDawg1536]

Originally posted by: Baked
Did you fail math AND common sense in college? How can you not read the weight that is stamped on the discs themselves when you pickup the goods? For dead weight that are interchangeable, the bars and whatever end pieces don't count toward the total weight. Good thing it's just chump change, but still the seller probably laughed his ass off when he sold you the weights.

Ps. How the fuck did you become the L&R mod, is this some kinda joke? You're like the #1 poster in that forum!

Not all weights have the weight printed on em. I use to have some old school ones that were blank. A better question to ask is why is he buying 25lb weights?

 

[joesmoke]

Originally posted by: JDawg1536
A better question to ask is why is he buying 25lb weights?

he wants to squat his body weight?

 

[Capt Caveman]

Wow, it never ends...

 

[Baked]

From the photos, they look pretty new to me. Even weight I bought 10 years ago have the weight stamped on the side of the discs. I mean it would be really stupid to buy weights without unit of measure printed/stamped on them, how do you tell how much weight you're training with?

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Ahhhh, gotta love AT for making a shitty day into an even shittier one. Yes, yes, caveat emptor, yadda yadda you're all smarter than I am, gg, you fail, we don't like you, how are you a mod, blah blah blah. I guess trusting people is overrated. You trust people and you're only going to get laughed at.

You've been here long enough to know what to expect. Secondly, you troll L&R so why can't we troll your threads?

 

[S Freud]

Originally posted by: Savij
Throw them through his front window. You won't get your money back but you'll feel $30 better.

This is always an option.

 

[joesmoke]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Ahhhh, gotta love AT for making a shitty day into an even shittier one. Yes, yes, caveat emptor, yadda yadda you're all smarter than I am, gg, you fail, we don't like you, how are you a mod, blah blah blah. I guess trusting people is overrated. You trust people and you're only going to get laughed at.

You've been here long enough to know what to expect. Secondly, you troll L&R so why can't we troll your threads?

:laugh:

 

[AreaCode707]

Yeah, it does suck. Sorry to hear you lost out. Likely won't be able to get a refund so good luck reselling.

 

[artikk]

Originally posted by: joesmoke

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Ahhhh, gotta love AT for making a shitty day into an even shittier one. Yes, yes, caveat emptor, yadda yadda you're all smarter than I am, gg, you fail, we don't like you, how are you a mod, blah blah blah. I guess trusting people is overrated. You trust people and you're only going to get laughed at.

You've been here long enough to know what to expect. Secondly, you troll L&R so why can't we troll your threads?

:laugh:

 

[Red Squirrel]

Don't buy stuff on sites like craigslist or ebay. Never know who has a trick up their sleeve waiting to screw you. For small stuff like weights it's sometimes worth the risk, but don't get pissed if you do get screwed as the chances are quite high. It's not like it's a store selling it where they have to honor returns/warranties etc.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Getting screwed sucks.

When you grow up, you'll learn to like it.

 

[RESmonkey]

What a douche seller.

 

[BlackTigers]

Did you not get what was pictured?

there's 4x5's and 2x2.5's on the dumbbells.

How did you not notice this when you...saw them?

 

[moparacer]

Don't buy stuff on sites like craigslist or ebay.

Quite possibly the best advice I have seen on ATOT all day....

 

[Aluvus]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I guess trusting people is overrated. You trust people and you're only going to get laughed at.

If I may borrow a phrase: Trust but verify.