Protium Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Bought a fuzz pedal from me, fast payment, nice guy, cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieD_FenderP2009 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Do not deal with this guy! He made me an offer for my bass which I accepted then he said he would make the payment the same day so I sent over my bank details, then he said it would be the next day but then didn't contact me for 5 days. I looked on the message thread and he had read the messages since and ignored messages from me asking what was going on. He also sent me his address to send the bass too. He then decides to message me after 5 days saying "Sorry, I lost my phone and my internet went down so i'll make the payment tomorrow" which I thought was fair play so I gave him one more chance but 3 days later, I still haven't received the payment and haven't had a single message even to say "i don't want the bass" (which I would of preferred than just nothing). I've also messaged him on Facebook but didn't get a reply on there at all (message says "read" on it as well so I know he ignored it). He's currently online as I type this and read through the message thread from me yesterday but hasn't bothered to drop me a message. I suggest you never EVER deal with this guy. Thanks for wasting my time Adam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WACOJACO Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Payment has been sent... please amend this false feedback buddy and thanks for understanding my dilemma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WACOJACO Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 This guy is a liar, frausdster and downright see you next tuesday... he took payment for the bass mentioned above 2 weeks ago and even told me it had been collected by city link for delivery but lied, as i rang city link and they have no record of delivery at all. have reported him to mods and police and am awaiting the situation being resolved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieD_FenderP2009 Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 (edited) Right, i'm clearing this up once and for all. I don't really care what Adam comes back and says as it is all lies as far as I am concerned. Here is my proof on the matter... [quote name='WACOJACO' timestamp='1353928860' post='1879732'] the bass stevie sent me is totally f'ed- wont intonate, string spacing rubbish,huge nut, bridge one cm to low, [/quote] I'd like to refer people to these photos of the bass. Please take note of the "string spacing" and the "huge nut"... Just so you all know, the nut is the standard nut that came fitted to the neck and the bridge is a standard 4 brass saddle offset wilkinson bridge from AxesRUs. Pre slotted. How or why would the string spacing be out on a Wilkinson bridge? ([url="http://www.axesrus.co.uk/Wilkinson-Classic-Style-4-String-Bass-Bridge-p/wbbc.htm"]http://www.axesrus.c...idge-p/wbbc.htm[/url]) Headstock: Now, he says the bridge is 1cm too far down the body. if it was, then the strings wouldn't actually sit a long the neck as they do, again, photos below. As you can see, even space either side of the neck. Also, you can see where the back of bridge lines up on the body. The holes the bridge is screwed in to were the ones pre-drilled in to the body. I've also posted a picture of a standard Fender P Bass to show how far back the bridge sits on one of those. Body: Real Fender P Bass: As you see, no difference. Also, if it was, the bridge cover wouldn't of fit on the body properly as shown below [quote name='WACOJACO' timestamp='1353928860' post='1879732'] 30 holes in the body where he obviously couldnt fit a scratchplate properly, scratchplate looks like pick up holes were cut with a chain saw [/quote] Come on mate, bit of an over-exaggeration, there are at most 2 sets of pickguard holes which equals 20 including the pick up cover and thumb rest through the pick guard. Original bridge fitted to the body had 5 back screws and 2 front ones (like this: [url="http://www.jivesound.com/forSale/bassBridge.jpg"]http://www.jivesound.../bassBridge.jpg[/url]) None of which can be seen when the pickguard is on or when the current bridge is on. Also the reason I stated the condition as being "6.5 out of 10" on the listing ([url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/188909-actually-gone-this-time"]http://basschat.co.u...-gone-this-time[/url]). Who can honestly say they've fitted a new pickguard to a bass and had the holes line up on every single hole each time because I sure as hell haven't. Also noted that I had to widen the bit the ears of the pick up go down in to. I used a soldering iron (all described to Mr Nowicki on the phone although he's naturally going to deny it) to form it back a bit. (note, He said it wouldn't be a problem as he would be keeping the pick up cover over it). That's the only bit i had to work. Doesn't look like a chainsaw has been at it at all. OTT... [quote name='WACOJACO' timestamp='1353928860' post='1879732'] pickups squire pickups and not japanese fenders [/quote] I made a genuine mistake on my listing and didn't notice, I accidentally put 2003 instead of 1993 for the pick up year. I can't tell you why I did that as I don't even know myself. I assume tiredness. He reasons for thinking it's a Squier one is because "it has a blue wire which my luthier of 25 years has advised me about" but as I've proven, Fender Japan used blue wires on the pickups during the early 90's. Plus, I was sold the pick up under the pre-tense it was a Fender Japan pick up. Bought it off ebay, paid £30 for it, it sounded good enough so I just took it as that. Sounded different to my usual Seymour Duncan p-ups but that was to be expected. Wouldn't upgrade my basses to the SDs otherwise. [quote name='WACOJACO' timestamp='1353928860' post='1879732'] thanks for not returning my calls all messages too ... [/quote] You call me when I'm at work, not going to pick up the phone then am I... I would also just like to add that I tried to set up a claim with CityLink and Parcel2Go about sorting out some problems that happened during transit (looks like the bass was dropped and re-wrapped at the depot as there was the original city link postage label underneath another layer of packaging which wasn't applied by me). Obviously, you have to post photos up to the claim. I asked Adam umptine times for photos of the bass as it was when it arrived. What did I get? 3 photos of the body and neck with all the hardware removed. I asked adam for more photos but he refused and kept telling me to use the ones he sent to which I did. Needless to say, the claim has been rejected as he's completely taken it apart. [quote name='WACOJACO' timestamp='1352238015' post='1860660'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]He has ignored a dozen text messages, phone calls and facebook messages asking for any information regarding the bass an has actually hung up whilst i have actually rang him.[/font][/color] [/quote] Just because I didn't reply to a couple of the 24 texts and 32 phone calls you sent one after the other in one day, some being blank messages or just one blip calls (literally first buzz on the phone and he hangs up) doesn't mean I was ignoring, I was at work. Busy. Try it some time. Also, never ever EVER did I hang up on Adam when I was on the phone to him. You're dreaming that one up. Again... I'm going to put it out there now that I will not be offering Adam a refund and never will I speak to him again. I would warn anyone else against trading with him too. I removed my feedback from his feedback page but here is what happened over the original payment... Adam had my bank details for 12 days. I sent him the payment details on here and then he copied them on to his phone . I had promise upon promise of "I'll pay you tonight" or "i'll pay you tomorrow morning" or even 3 days without saying a thing to me. Only after I asked John to ask him what was going on did i get a "i'll pay in the morning" message from Adam. This payment didn't materialise for a further 2 days after that. Very VERY dodgy indeed. I only went through with the sale because I needed the money at the time. All in all, i'm not having liar ruin my name on here. I've done too many deals on here to note and only twice encountered a problem which was either resolved by me or the seller/buyer. I'm not going to name names as I don't want them to get involved in this but I've actually had messages from a couple of members on here showing support to my side saying that Mr Nowicki seems like a dodgy character. He is. Steer clear. I shall be posting this to HIS feedback page as well for all to see. Thanks for your time fellow BC'ers. Edited November 26, 2012 by StevieD_FenderP2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johngh Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Stevie/Waco I'll be contacting you both at some point today to try to sort this out, so please check your PM boxes after lunch. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WACOJACO Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Thanks mods...StevieD Banned from sales section... I'm still there though I still have had no apology or refund though for a bass i paid for fair and square. At least some justice has been done though. I have now spent £125 on getting this bass right... I have the invoice and work that needed to be done on a receipt from xperience guitars nottingham to prove it- Thats £25 for a new nice new fender scratchplate, £25 on some ken armstrong hot vintage pups off here, (the squire pups with red blue and black plastic covered wires and hardly any winding are in the bin now) and the other £75 was spent on a complete reassembly and setup which included filling 30 holes , moving the bridge 1cm up the body, cutting a new nut, re=setting the neck and sanding the pocket so it woud actually be straight, fixing a broken tuner, etc... the list goes on.So this "amazing" £200 bass actually cost me £320 in the end... In hindsight, should have just bought a second hand fender off here. Ah well, you live and learn. Could I suggest a luthiery course request from Santa for Mr StevieD for Christmas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhay77 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Sorry for the late feedback Waco,he came down from Notts,I picked him up from the station,we had a really good chat and jam.Forgot about the time and nearly missed the train,lol. Spot on Guy and 100% reliable,no haggle paid what I asked,cant say fairer than that. Hopefully you enjoy the bass as much as I did! Do not hesitate to deal with this guy! Thanks,Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WACOJACO Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 http://basschat.co.uk/topic/155357-warwick-streamer-4-string-std-bass-guitar-extras/page__p__1400783__hl__warwick%20streamer%20std__fromsearch__1#entry1400783 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefrash Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Do not purchase anything from this user. I 'purchased' a bass off him in January. It went missing in the post, a claim has been raised. 4 months later I do not have my money back. He clearly spent the money I sent before he posted the bass. He said he cant cant afford to give me my money back before the claim goes through. According to parcel force website claims shouldnt take any longer that 10 weeks. Extremely suspicious He has been reported to the Mods. Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefrash Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Just to let you all know, I still dont have a refund, and had no contact from him in a month despite a number of emails being sent and facebook messages. I have his band details on facebook so he hasnt disappeared completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 To reiterate what Fraser has said above. For your own sakes, I strongly advise you to [b]NOT[/b] do any transactions with this man either on this site or any other sales sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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