Not even sure how to attack this cacophony of BS so I will break it into pieces. I would also urge Jared to come clean about his actions in this matter. Clearly, based on his post / sale thread / communication / paypal notes, the story continues to change in random ways.
Wow, where to begin with all of this. Let me begin by saying I have never once committed any sort of fraud with Paypal and that claim is insanely preposterous.
Paypal disagrees. You lost a case and then filed an appeal on the grounds that I broke your knife. Keep in mind, at this point, its no skin off my back. PP will foot the bill for your lies. As such, they believe (and I agree) that its fraud.
When I sent this knife to Michael it was exactly as I described it in my for sale thread. The centering was a little to the right, and there were some rub marks on the blasted finish on the outside of the pivot and some on the handle as well. There was no blade play at all, in fact I had recently received it back from Dave to the lock up adjusted (it was slightly sticky but was rectified by Dave).
Yea, that explains why I contacted you the minute I got the knife to tell you there was blade play. I am happy to post all of the PM's associated with this matter if necessary. I will have to dig up a video I made of the sheer amount of play in the knife.
You seem to have left out a lot of information here, for one I suggested putting a drop of alchohol to degrease the lock because I had sharpied the tang like I do with most of my Ti framelocks out of habit.
Read the post again. I expressly said that this took place and yes, I cleaned it with alcohol. That only partially remedied the problem. Again, happy to post the youtube vid if you like.
This does not require totally disassembly of the knife FYI. When I received the knife back from Michael, there were gouges in the metal of the pivot screw from where it was taken apart with a screwdriver that was obviously to small. There is a difference from rubs on the blasted finished of the screw and deformation and partial stripping of the screw from where you took it apart. The knife is also so off center that the blade is rubbing against the handle to the right. The lock up is so poor now that it literally RATTLES in the open position. The knife is not in the same condition as how I sent it to you, and never did I once claim you should disassemble it (lord knows how many IKBS balls are missing), cut and dry. You cannot modify something and then expect a refund, that is ridiculous. I have never had a single issue selling any other knife here on this forum or on any other for that matter.
Your own sales post listed the pivot as having "signs of wear". There is a reason why I quote the original post when I buy something.
The knife "literally rattled" when you sent it to me and, logically, rattles now that you got it back. Its not rocket science, you sent me a broken knife, refused to make it right, and you're now lying to cover your tracks.
Paypal will have to make the decision who was in the wrong one way or the other, and I am ok with not only being out the money from the sale and also paying to have Dave repair the knife if that's what is decided. But I would urge everyone caution on selling to Michael in the future.
Paypal already rendered a decision. You lost.
The purpose of the thread wasn't to get my money back (I already have it.) The purpose is simply to warn others in avoiding your non-sense moving forward. Happy to start supplying documentation on this if necessary.
