Anyone bought carbon bits from 'kantgetit' on Ebay ?

[mikecardiff]

http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQrdZ0QQsassZkantgetit

Just wondering as they have a lot of Duc stuff listed - won a set of air tube covers for £40 and paid about 10 days ago and havent had anything, no reply to email asking where they are either.

Not overly bothered as I paid by card so I can charge it back if they dont deliver - just wondered if anyone on here had dealt with them - I have a feeling they are maybe drop shipping them from abroad as their postage prices are very high, but they have sold a lot of parts recently and dont seem to have had any feedback on the site from people who have got their orders yet !

[bradders]

clue might be in the name...hope it tunrs up soon mate

[rockhopper]

Looks like Dixio carbon in yet another of their incarnations.

[mikecardiff]

I know I know ! :D - but the guy has a registered address in London, and a website at : http://www.kantgetitbak.co.uk

I paid with paypal, so if he doesnt send them I can just reverse the payment and they'll take the money back off him, so I'm not worried about losing out, just seems pointless them listing loads of carbon bits on Ebay, then letting people pay with credit cards !

Who were Dixio ? were they the ones selling full fairings for £100 or something that never got delivered ?

[mikecardiff]

Have just checked the contact details, and they trade as Trinicom121 and Tcom121 and are based at 135 Maple Road Penge, LONDON, SE20 8LP

Any board members near to there ?

[rockhopper]

Dixio had the same style of advert, same high postage charges and typically took ten or more days to deliver if it ever turned up at all. they have appeared under several different names, all with high feedback ratings but when you looked into it there were all purchases for very small items just to build up a rating.

[Lust4Life]

I looked at some of his stuff and ignored it as soon as I clocked the high postal charges.

I'm not a fan of loading it that way to make it look cheap.

Phil

[antonye]

Plus they don't pay ebay charges on postage...

[rockhopper]

Exactly.

[Dibble]

Originally posted by mikecardiff
Have just checked the contact details, and they trade as Trinicom121 and Tcom121 and are based at 135 Maple Road Penge, LONDON, SE20 8LP

Any board members near to there ?

it's 2 minutes from my office, i may be passing that way later, if so i'll have a look for you. it's a residential street as far as i can recall.

[mikecardiff]

Thanks Dibble, dont call on them, or put yourself in any kind of position on my account, but if you can have a wander past and see if it looks like a house address or a business etc...

Even with the p&p, it worked out as £55 for a pair of air tube covers, which is cheap compared to other places.

I wondered if the seller is just acting as an agent, and the actual products are made somewhere cheap like the Far East, and he just send over the addresses to them, and they send them direct to the customers - would account for the high P&P. If the seller has no control over the actual delivery, maybe he's having problems getting them from the supplier or something...

Most sellers on Ebay fiddling the fees tend to put the items as £1 or something, then add on £99 postage to make up the total amount, this sellers postal charges all just seem a bit random just to be fee avoidance.

[Dibble]

Originally posted by mikecardiff
Thanks Dibble, dont call on them, or put yourself in any kind of position on my account, but if you can have a wander past and see if it looks like a house address or a business etc...

Even with the p&p, it worked out as £55 for a pair of air tube covers, which is cheap compared to other places.

I wondered if the seller is just acting as an agent, and the actual products are made somewhere cheap like the Far East, and he just send over the addresses to them, and they send them direct to the customers - would account for the high P&P. If the seller has no control over the actual delivery, maybe he's having problems getting them from the supplier or something...

Most sellers on Ebay fiddling the fees tend to put the items as £1 or something, then add on £99 postage to make up the total amount, this sellers postal charges all just seem a bit random just to be fee avoidance.

Mike, you have a u2u

[antonye]

Originally posted by mikecardiff
I wondered if the seller is just acting as an agent, and the actual products are made somewhere cheap like the Far East, and he just send over the addresses to them, and they send them direct to the customers - would account for the high P&P. If the seller has no control over the actual delivery, maybe he's having problems getting them from the supplier or something...


This is highly likely given the style of the ads compared to the style of his website, along with the previous junk he's sold on ebay (like links to info rather than the actual info!) and also the crap on his website he's selling.

As you say, it'll probably be alright be just be prepared to wait for it as he's more than likely just a middle man.

[mikecardiff]

Have noticed as well he's removed his postal address from his website ( I found it on an old Google link ) - so maybe hes expecting a lot of dissapointed buyers shortly :rolleye:

I'm not that bothered as I can easily get my money back if he doesnt deliver, but I noticed all his auctions now dont have paypal or cards as an option, only cheques, PO's etc.... so I dont know if hes trying a scam, or is just an unfortunate middleman being let down by a supplier he has no control over.

Does remind me of some good Ebaying advice though for sellers - never list anything you dont physically have in your possession !

[MarioP]

Mike,

News from Dibble in his U2U? I too bought an item from them but have not paid them yet since they haven't replied to my email messages.

Ciao, Mario

[Dibble]

Mario,

Having had a look at the outfit from the outside, its a lock up shop, the shutters were up and there appeared to be lots of boxes of stuff including kitchen appliances, electrical goods and some carbon bike bits, front fenders etc .... didn't inspire me with confidence and i personally would pay a little more and know my stuffs coming from a reputable source.

Thats just my opinion.

[MarioP]

Thanks mate!

[mikecardiff]

Quick update - I started a chargeback through paypal to see if it would get the sellers arse in gear.

Couple of hours later got an email saying 'we cant find your payment' - umm... look in your paypal account ? this was despite me having emailed him twice already with the date paid, my address, auction # etc...

Then he managed to find it, and emailed me to say it was being sent out DHL a couple of days ago - have checked the tracking number and something is indeed on the way from them, just not been delivered yet.

Will wait and see what the quality is like though, have a feeling it might be that real crap 'fibreglass with one layer of carbon' stuff, but will reserve judgement until its in my hands.

So... looks like he does have the stuff, although it has taken him best part of 2 weeks before sending it out, if its any good I might buy some more, but only if he lets me arrange to have it collected by parcelforce from him rather than paying his ridiculous p&p charges ( I know how much DHL charge for deliveries, and they arent THAT expensive ! ).

Will post again on this thread once they arrive to let you know if they were any good.

Mike

[mikecardiff]

Hmmm.. they came this morning, they arent bad quality - not as nice as some of the Casoil stuff etc... but look OK for the price.

Only problem - they dont even come close to fitting ! I dont think the people making these have ever actually seen a Duc in the flesh, let alone used one to base the parts on.

So.... cant really recommend anyone else buys stuff from them if the other parts are as badly made as these.