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I got ripped off!!!

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stickstompin
Posts: 564 - Karma: 24

Ok, So I traded A-town for his blends mounted with sth-16. I gave him last years thrusters mounted one time in mint condition, New Grey polarized lens, a pair of smith phenoms and $50. I do receive the blends and he said they where mounted twice, currently at -2 for a 27 size boot. I wear a 26.5 spk and think they would be able to adjust to fit.  I try to adjust and they will not go down any farther, so I decide to remount the toe piece. I remove the toe and this is what I find.  18 fucking holes!!!!  What do you think I should do?

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Feb 14 2009 11:32AM
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readiculous
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Ask for everything back except the thrusters. But, make sure you read all his messages correctly before you do anything. Good luck
Feb 14 2009 11:35AM
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fragglemuffin
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holy shit...i would demand everything back
Feb 14 2009 11:46AM
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stickstompin
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Yea, my heart dropped when I saw this. I wanted to ski these so bad. It is not safe to try and remount the toe, correct.
Feb 14 2009 11:50AM
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Gnar21
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Wow man thAT'S REDICULUS! Take everything back!!
Feb 14 2009 12:26PM
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Hubsta
Posts: 1279 - Karma: 156
Someone must be beyond bad at mounting...

Get your stuff back man.
Feb 14 2009 1:25PM
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panojibber
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First you should ask yourself how many screws the sth16s take to mount.
Feb 14 2009 1:30PM
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stickstompin
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The toe takes four  and I think the heel is five.  Knowing this will help how?
Feb 14 2009 1:47PM
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Reaps
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Hmmmm. First mount looks like the pink plugs, 2nd are the empty ones... and before all of that it looks like it was maybe a demo binding was mounted. Look back at the post... did they mention anything about demo bindings? they should have mentioned how many additional holes it would put in your sticks.
Feb 14 2009 3:04PM
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Jacobsen
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The holes with the pink plugs and the open ones are the same pattern, so I'm guessing the fact that he had monted them twice is true, but the other 10 holes from some other binding is a different story.
Feb 14 2009 3:12PM
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stickstompin
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Yea, he did say they were mounted with a salomon demo binding first and then the sth. I have never seen a demo binding that had 10 screws all lined up like that.  Anywho, he is willing to work things out. He has already mounted up the thrusters though and wants to keep everything else. I just have to figure out if I want to keep these and if so how much are they worth? I have also found that one of the brakes is half broke, a little metal tab broke off. So knowing all that how much money do you think he should give me?
Feb 14 2009 3:52PM
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Luc.
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sounds like he just said HE only mounted them twice. lol. and deciced to leave out the other mounts...as Reaps said...the kid probs got the ski from a demo program due to the demo pattern on the ski.
Feb 14 2009 6:01PM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
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those skis are kinda shot dude... i would try and get your stuff back.
Feb 14 2009 7:29PM
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invader7
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jesus thats fucked up. those are like shot.
Feb 14 2009 10:03PM
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mmckechnie
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would heli coiling into a set of the existing holes save it?
Feb 14 2009 11:04PM
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skipocketrockets
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even with heli coils i wouldnt feel safe on those theyll break   if skied hard
Feb 14 2009 11:17PM
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pmw
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lame sauce. thats fucken weird
Feb 14 2009 11:33PM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
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yea dude try as hard as you can to get all your stuff back by any means necessary even with heli coils those skis are basically shot. resale on those would be non existent and the safety of them might not be the best either.
Feb 14 2009 11:55PM
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wnab21
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wow deff try and get ur stuff back
Feb 15 2009 1:10AM
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freeballer
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dude, those skis are done.  that's the equivalent of drilling a shit load of hole in the frame of your car.  Even if you managed to find any space to remount them, they'll brake on a hard landing.  you got f'd hard.
Feb 15 2009 3:01PM
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Aaaron
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I believe he ran away to another country after this trade. Well, I think you should check the ski condition first. Few hard landings or crashes and those skis are broken. Well, try to get back your things or sue him for trading concave skis for good stuff.
Feb 15 2009 7:30PM
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TheClap.
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ooo hott damn... so glad i didn't get those
Feb 15 2009 9:52PM
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uni-corn
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I have been ripped off by him in the past using an alias.
Feb 15 2009 11:53PM
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Love_Wins.
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What the fuck...what a shady motherfucker.
He better give you everything back, or at least everything except your skis if he's already mounted them.
Feb 16 2009 4:23PM
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stickstompin
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We are working things out, he said he had no idea there were that many holes.  He is sending back the phenoms back and sending me $130 now and then somemore when he gets it.

Feb 16 2009 4:45PM
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Ghini
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The weird thing is that not all the holes are lined up..  so the guy who mounted those blends should def fear for his life..

(or is that because maybe they were mounted twice with different bindings??)

Feb 17 2009 4:15AM
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