Caution: Junior Robinson from alans on the bay. NOS? I think not.

[JT71]

someone on burnerworld bought this and has returned it. he bought it as NOS check out the pic on the auction, sweet eh?



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Robinson-Junior-NOS-Oldschool-BMX_W0QQitemZ220254389998QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220254389998&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318

well it's not quite what arrived, and it had different cranks toi what had been specified.











to be fair Alans have given him a full refund but wouldn't want anyone else to make this mistake as it would appear
they re-listed the same bike as NOS.

[SOUTHBANK BOY]

that is a joke

[daz bmx it!]

Someone should email him and tell him!

[JT71]

the chap that returned it didn't really get much joy out of alans, other than he got a refund. minus his postage in the end i think.

this was the reply he got initially:

Well it is NOS and never ridden I know because we built it up,
keep in mind those are 20 yr old parts, if it does not have VX
cranks it has Maxy Cross and that might be my mistake. What
parts are "clearly ridden quite a bit"? Anyway, not a problem,
you can ship it back but please make sure it is properly packed
up as we sent it out, its just that any bikes we get back are
improperly packed and get damaged.
Best regards
Alan Woods

[WARDY]

some peeps may not like me ,but lately there are some right w*****s in this bmx lark ,fooking ripping peeps off

[JT71]

yeah. how are those buckled tuffs and bald tyres i sold you Wardy? 

NOS Nasty Old Sh1te.

 

[pickle]

 

NOS?? hmmmmmmm gotta be one of the most over used word on ebay and this site......cracks me up when i read "it was used to my bike"  well it aint fooking NOS hten is it!  if it's been fitted to a bike then it's second hand goods.

maybe i just have a diferent idea as to what NOS is?? 

[HEYWOOD BMX]

NOS MY ARSE! Alan should know better,he`s been in the BMX game as long as anyone.`Tis a shame his service has become so poor.Whenever I order from him there is always a problem with my order.I`m gonna shop elsewhere from now on.......

[JT71]

NOS MY ARSE! Alan should know better,he`s been in the BMX game as long as anyone.`Tis a shame his service has become so poor.Whenever I order from him there is always a problem with my order.I`m gonna shop elsewhere from now on.......

yeah, ten days for some spokes to arrive. 

but on the plus side they sent a sticker with them. 

on the negative side the nipples were all loose in the jiffy bag and went every where when i opened it...in my van. 

[Haro82]

Where do I buy the one in the first piccy from it looks mint     That just takes the piss, how can they relist it again 

The only dealings I've had with Alans (apart from my Mum and Dad buying me a Robinson from there in 82) was ordering some Old School tyres that didn't turn up, when I phoned to ask where they were they said they were in another warehouse and it might take a bit to find them    so I just asked them to refund me.  Then I ordered some new school bars that said 'in stock' on the website but they phoned me about 4 days later to say they weren't.  So I've given up on them and take my business someplace else that offer a bit of customer service.         

[pickle]

mixed reviews from me really...............i've ordered plenty from them and had absalutley no issues at all, other than when i ordered two Dirty Harry levers that said in stock, then got a call to tell me that the left one wasn't and would be in within the month!  but they arrived about a week or so later.

other than that they've always been good to me 

[moley]

I went to alans to buy a cheap full face helmet for OS.

£50-60 and it sounded italian (I forget the name)

I get there and chappie says they dont sell em.

I told him I checked the website this morning and it was on it.

He even checked the website and still said they sold out ages ago.  He asked another chappie and he too said they were sold ages ago.

So I decided to spend an extra £20 and get the next cheapest lid.

The lad decided to go out back and get the next size because the display lid was too big.

And out he pops with the cheap helmet that I went shopping for.

He found a stack of them!!

He'd been telling his customers for the last few weeks that they were out of stock but there they were!!!

Also a few other items that were on the website as 'In Stock' weren't when I called in.

Apart from that time, I haven't had any problems.

[magna13]

Alans, Sort Your Self Out 

[poolysheriff]

Glad i read this as i was going to buy the one on the bay now 

Just had a few plates delivered from Alans today and they are all spot on and i paid much less postage than i should have done 

So come on Al relist the bike again mate with the real description 

[magna13]

 

[daz bmx it!]

Back about 4 to 5 years ago Alans seemed to be spot on,other than he was a bit hard to get hold of if you needed to speak to him direct? he used to always stick summat etc in your order etc and you got what you ordered when you got it...but this past year or so I think the service as a whole has gone down hill He's still a good old schooler but as your old school report used to say? "Could do better?"

[dannywhiteley]

I bought a nice rare pair of bars recently from him on ebay and while im not going into the full story again, I basically got the wrong item shipped to me by mistake.  Fair play I thought, but it was the complete lack of interest when I called up (sounded very similar to the attitude in the emailed response above) that really pee'd me off.  I got my bars in the end, but suffice to say I wouldnt shop there again.