cazalea
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I think we should let sleeping dogs lie, and not kick at them
Ill health, family issues and financial distress can happen to anyone, as it apparently did to him.
Many years ago when working at a bike shop I ordered 6 custom bicycle frames from a superb framebuilder in my state.
About a year later after repeated calls and messages, I got a hand-written reply in a small envelope.
My inquiries as to delivery of our frames or return of our deposits were met with:
"At this point, basic psychological survival is my primary concern."
Cazalea
I thought Volker Vyskocil didnt make it to his first watch and he became a hype legend..
How come i read that others ordered his watch and paid their deposit but till now didnt received it?! He was my era and its been like more than 10 years..
I think we should let sleeping dogs lie, and not kick at them
Ill health, family issues and financial distress can happen to anyone, as it apparently did to him. Many years ago when working at a bike shop I ordered 6 custom bicycle frames from a superb framebuilder in my state. About a year later after repeated call...
Really something bad happened to him?
Alright. Can you edit out "WTF" from my title. At least to respect him. Thank you.
Actually....
...that is probably easier when you do not have a financial stake in this. Personally, I was among the first orders, and I had paid in full for my watch, as a way to help him. So I find it certainly harder to let sleeping dogs lie...
Agree with Alberto, when you believe in someone enough to want to
support/sponsor him but and you get zero feedback from him it’s hard to digest. If at least he had sent us a mail saying “sorry, yiou’ll Never get your watch “ I could live with it but 13 years after my order and deposit and unkept promises and exuses I’v...
So how did your story end?
While I have every sympathy for the frame builder, I do not believe "basic psychological survival is my primary concern" is a satisfactory answer to your enquiry regarding delivery of frames or return of deposit. It is a statement of a State, it is not a ...
He disappeared
we heard he died from cadmium poisoning due to repeated exposure during brazing and painting, not long after sending me the note. But someone with his name is still living out in the sticks near the intersection of Oregon, Nevada, and California, in a tow...
That’s actually a really good story!
I know a good private investigator here in the States if you ever want to confirm that’s him and then run up on him and get your deposit back 😀
It was in 1978!
forty-one years have passed: As the Good Book says “At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has given to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or b...
Agree...
The lack of courtesy in failing to convey any explanation for failure to deliver as well as an apology is perplexing.