I sold my DOC in the end of January, shipped it out the 20th to be exact. Fedex originally thought that they lost the whole box, but then it turned up the first week of February. The box was damaged, the Pike was gone, and the rear axle assembaly on the Deemax rear wheel was broken. I submitted a claim through Fedex last week, and theyre still "investigating" my claim. The insurance on the shipment will cover the fork and wheel parts, its just a matter of waiting for them to come through. The guy who bought the bike is becoming rather fed up with the whole situation, as am I. Right now he is asking me to buy him a fork, and get the parts for the wheel and ship that all off to him, then wait for fedex to pay me back. I however do not have $400 or so to spend on parts so he can ride his bike that Fedex made unrideable. I think that I should just wait Fedex out and then give him the money or get him the parts he wants. I sold this bike to pay to repair a blown head gasket and do a valve job on my truck, so all of the money from the sale is gone, and money is very tight for me right now. Im really confused as to how I should handle this situation, what do you guys think I should do?
It is too bad for Don, but it's a good idea to keep money from a sale until everyone has said everything is cool. I know it's hard, but that's what should happen. As I said before, I didn't think it was cool that I was without my Dean frame that I had $500 in for many months. I am making a list of people not to do deals with from this thread. Your responsibilities don't change because you don't have a store.
