ALEJANDRINO'S "MINT" XM-18 (pictures inside) ready for a good laugh, and a long read!

OldPhysics said:
No...no. Think nothing of it. Happens to folks all the time. You really need to see and hold something before you're sure.

I have the opposite problem. I keep seeing and holding Busses ... and then being unable to sell them. :o
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Send'em my way OP! I can help. :D:thumbup:
 
BlazemGem, sometimes it's smarter to keep your mouth closed and learn with your eyes and ears from grownups. You are only 15 old and according to your track record in BF i don't think it is really smart to badmouth anyone or interfere, or give them advice on anything.
 
Keep your head up Alejandrino. I hope this doesnt discourage you from the forum. Just wanted to show you a little support pal.
 
barcbsa said:
Yeah, and if selling heroin is legal in Amsterdam, then it's OK to sell it here.

My point is... if the guy deals in illegal counterfeit merchandise, why would anyone trust him to begin with?
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are you really comparing a dangerous narcotic to a fake watch?


maybe he wasnt to be trusted from the beginning, but what does calling him names accomplish? especially after both parties involved had agreed to a settlement.
 
Both sides did not get what they wanted. Danny got what he wanted! Danny Sold this well used knife as "mint" lets not forget that. I'm no bad guy here. The $50 refund could be seen as blackmail, I see it as leverage. He was in the wrong............not me IMHO. I knew a thread like this would not help Danny. I didn't want to go here. Take a look back at this PM.......

I sent this
randyandpatricia@hotmail.com

Please do send the pictures, but I have no other way than your "word" to know if these are up to date pictures. They could of been pictures of when it was new.

Here is how I feel, you have sold about as many items as I have here give or take a few. I nor you have never had a "bad" one. If you "say" this knife was not in this condition when you sent it, I almost believe you. As its hard to totally trust the USPS.

But here is the problem, how the hell did it still make it in two working days? Seems to me if a USPS punk searched this box and used it, it would at least be a day late or never make it.

I know we are both going to look bad if we go to the good bad and the ugly.......but we might have to go there

Rick is still selling these for around $400 I believe, but they are worth $550 IMHO, but a used one should not cost what a new or like new one. So this is where my idea of a $50 refund comes in. If you feel $50 is to much, what would be the proper amount to you? Or you might not even think of a refund, and want this knife back.

Here is what we both will have in the end if I send it back.

I still want a spanto XM-18 used or new. You would have a "used" XM-18 spanto that is still "to big." My guess is that it would be a hard sell at $550. You would maybe drop the price, or get "lowball offers."

Here is what we both have if we agree on a refund price.

I get my "user" XM-18 Spanto, and you sell your "now used" XM-18 Spanto. Yeep, you didn't get what you wanted, but there is no doubt in anyones mind that this is "not MINT." No matter if you flat out lied, or the USPS had some knife testing they conducted with out us knowing.

If you get this blade back, do you still plan on selling it? If so, Are you going to list it for the same price or a "used" price? If so thats the amount the refund should be, if its not crazy low.

I will await to pictures and a response before I start making my good bad and ugly thread......with all pics. And all PMs, and emails known for the forum to judge.

Thanks for your time,

Randy Johnson
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I don't think its to hard to see, I just wanted him to give me a used price as this knife is "used." ;) Hell, new or used this was going to be a "user" for me and would get beat up anyways. Again, pretty was never the issue, this issue was what he said it was.........and what it is!

How do you forget the way Solstice described this knife, and then sell it as "mint?"

It was just wrong. All this said, Danny has done his best to "fix it." Well with out me getting my XM I was looking for (well for now;)). Danny won. Its funny some see me as the bad guy? :confused:

I'm not sure how watches made their way into this thread?

As far as Martin's knife, Danny probably sent it to the addy in Martin's paypal. Martin have you still not fixed your paypal to your new addy?.........you know the one when you moved down a few doors? ;) I bet the person occupying your old apartment refused it. ;)


The only name calling was my "clown" comment. For somebody else to call Danny names is a little uncalled for. (not that its any of my business either way) :cool:





All in all, I think I have another XM-18 Spanto in my very near future ;)..............:D
 
Randy, I want you to know that I take full blame for this happening. I can imagine how pissed you must have been seeing the knife like that. I suppose I deserve what has been thrown at me. I honestly never look into the GBU forums before this happened.I don't think I will b selling anything for a long while inspite of some support from guys I did sell to.I thought that posting here would just warn other forumites. Instead,many got into the action. I did wrong and I won't be sleeping well for a while ,believe me! At least we got this settled and I think it better if posting would stop here!!
 
Danny I think its done.

We both would like to see this thread die.

"GO start yur' own thread you watch guys.....:p"
 
So-Lo said:
I'm not sure how watches made their way into this thread?

The only name calling was my "clown" comment. For somebody else to call Danny names is a little uncalled for. (not that its any of my business either way) :cool:
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im not sure who you are addressing here, but my comments were not directed at you. please note who i quoted in each of my posts.

i also dont see where anyone thinks you are the bad guy. maybe i missed a post.

the watches are irrelevant, but another member posted a comment regarding another of his sale threads. in that post he referred to alejandrino as a sleeze. that was the name calling i was referring to.


and everything in this thread is your business. its about you, and you are the op.


fwiw, i dont think anyone is getting what they want. one person has no knife, one person has no money for the knife (all details aside), to put it quite simply.

but now that it is settled, and everyone has what they started with, what was lost? in the end, probably just two guys who will never enter in to another transaction.


....and if you upgrade to platinum, you are able to lock any thread you start.
 
Not trying to cause problems or anything, but I've been watching this thread and the following doesn't really add up.

Solstice said:
Prior to selling the folder I gave it a WD-40 bath and dried it with compressed air. I believe that the pivot in my For Sale thread picture is visibly clean. I checked lock up, I checked centering (blade didn't scrap either side of Ti), I checked side play, and even steeled it for good measure. Knife was shipped USPS priority mail, fully insured with confirmation. Arrival was confirmed, as was the satisfaction of the buyer.
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alejandrino said:
...in mint condition..
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So-Lo said:
The pivot is very dirty for a "MINT" condition knife. Looks like this as been a EDC for a few months or more.
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I'm confused as to how the pivot pin got filled with debris after it received a cleaning by Solstice?
 
Vivi, it's OVER. All that has been dragged out, stomped on, tossed around -- and resolved.

Sheesh. All the latecomers read the arguments and miss out on where the two guys actually involved agreed on a solution.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Sheesh. All the latecomers read the arguments and miss out on where the two guys actually involved agreed on a solution.
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Esav,

I made no comment on the resolution reached or a lack of one, nor did I make any accusations. I merely pointed out something that I saw as an inconsistency wishing to receive an explanation out of curiosity. Looking at my last post, I can draw four possible conclusions (Note, these are possible conclusions, not conclusions I think are necessarily correct), that Solstice really didn't clean the knife or did not clean it as well as he thought, that Alejandrino carried the knife and did not mention it, that So-Lo carried the knife and did not mention it, or that somewhere due to my ignorance or lack of observation I missed something.

As someone who might do business with one or more of these gentleman in the future, I'm curious as to which it is.
 
What you are doing is called "stirring the pot". All this has been covered in some detail. It is no longer relevent to the solution the two actually involved in this deal came to. Forcing an answer to any of your questions would only exacerbate a bad situation that's on its way to the history books.

Which of the people involved should be required to satisfy your curiosity at the cost of his own reputation?
 
Let's close this thread. Emotions have been ventilated by both parties involved.

This could backfire to both parties or turn into a flamewar

STR gave his opinion,and vouched for both men.

Innocent untill proven guilty
 
alejandrino said:
I did wrong and I won't be sleeping well for a while ,believe me!
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It takes a man (nothing against the wimmens around here, you know what I mean!) to admit that. So I take back what I said. I'd buy a knife from you alejandrino. with proper disclosure of course.
 
This is one of those crazy GBU threads that should have never happened, I can't imagine someone being so careless in their description of the knife. Neither can I imagine it being handled so poorly by the other party. You're both at fault IMO.
 
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