Friday, February 24, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Funny Emails
So about a month or so ago, Nate's downhill bike got stolen from his house. Nothing has been heard or seen about it until now...
I was looking for bike stuff on craigslist yesterday when I ran across a guy that was selling the bike. Unfortunately, the ad has since been removed, but by reading the ad you could tell he didn't know anything about it. It was wrapped in plastic to try and hide it from being easily noticed, which is the funny part because anyone who had gotten that bike stolen is gonna notice it right away without question.
So since I found it, I decided I would some fun with him. Nate had already alerted the detective about the ad and got the guy's email and name. So that part was already taken care of. Here is our emails back and forth word for word.
(My favorite parts are his awesome spelling and the fact that if he had nothing to do with it then you would think he would be giving up info left and right on who and how he got it and sold it. But whatever)
Me: Hey, I'm interested in the Flatline if you still have it. What size is the frame?
The Guy: “Sold”
Me: Alright. So were you the one who stole this bike, or did you buy and your now selling stolen property? Just curious.
The Guy: “Excuse me what the Hell r u talking about”
The Guy: “Okay your rudeness is uncalled for you must be crazy or use drugs stop bothering me”
Me: John,
I'm not crazy or using drugs. I promise!
I noticed the bike is wrapped in plastic, did it come wrapped in it? You said it has been ridin twice. Why is it in plastic then? Probably to hide the fact that it has limited edition bright blue sunline bars and bright blue ODI grips that somebody would surely notice when looking at the bike. (by the way, bikes come in boxes when brand new and you have to assemble it, which requires taking off all the plastic that parts are wrapped in.)
Also only being ridden twice, it shouldn't have a big dent on the bottom of the frame under the BB/Cranks then. As you have noticed, that particular bike has the very dent I speak of.
So tell me, where did you acquire this thing?, and where is it now? Sorry if I am being rude with you, I surely am not trying to be :)
The Guy: “Ok here it is first off I was appaulled at your allegations yesterday. I have served my community for 15 years and stole one thing when I was 5 because I didn't have money to buy my mother a Christmas present never again. She made me take it back and appaologize. I feel thieves are the epitomy of scum and for u to call me scum was terrible. If u which I am assuming are saying this is your bike and I stole it well you have problems. The bike was bought for.my brothers and my son I couldn't tell u the difference between a schwinn and a rkymnt it was to allow them the priveldge of having a mountain bike. If it was yours that's terrible but don't ever call me a thief again or I will confront u and I promise u that u will have to appoligize . Enough said”
Me: It's not my bike first off. If you did in fact buy it, where did you get it? If you can provide me with the info as to where you bought it, and who just bought it from you, as well as where you sold it that would be great.
Also, I appreciate the threat at the end of your last email. If it turns out you have nothing to do with it, then I will by all means "appoligize."
The Guy: Trust me it wasn't a threat its reality and u just did it again so until we meet boy last warning no more texts emails or calls I would certainly hope u would understand that.
I left it at that. I may have to pry at him more for entertainment purposes though, lol.
I was looking for bike stuff on craigslist yesterday when I ran across a guy that was selling the bike. Unfortunately, the ad has since been removed, but by reading the ad you could tell he didn't know anything about it. It was wrapped in plastic to try and hide it from being easily noticed, which is the funny part because anyone who had gotten that bike stolen is gonna notice it right away without question.
So since I found it, I decided I would some fun with him. Nate had already alerted the detective about the ad and got the guy's email and name. So that part was already taken care of. Here is our emails back and forth word for word.
(My favorite parts are his awesome spelling and the fact that if he had nothing to do with it then you would think he would be giving up info left and right on who and how he got it and sold it. But whatever)
Me: Hey, I'm interested in the Flatline if you still have it. What size is the frame?
The Guy: “Sold”
Me: Alright. So were you the one who stole this bike, or did you buy and your now selling stolen property? Just curious.
The Guy: “Excuse me what the Hell r u talking about”
The Guy: “Okay your rudeness is uncalled for you must be crazy or use drugs stop bothering me”
Me: John,
I'm not crazy or using drugs. I promise!
I noticed the bike is wrapped in plastic, did it come wrapped in it? You said it has been ridin twice. Why is it in plastic then? Probably to hide the fact that it has limited edition bright blue sunline bars and bright blue ODI grips that somebody would surely notice when looking at the bike. (by the way, bikes come in boxes when brand new and you have to assemble it, which requires taking off all the plastic that parts are wrapped in.)
Also only being ridden twice, it shouldn't have a big dent on the bottom of the frame under the BB/Cranks then. As you have noticed, that particular bike has the very dent I speak of.
So tell me, where did you acquire this thing?, and where is it now? Sorry if I am being rude with you, I surely am not trying to be :)
The Guy: “Ok here it is first off I was appaulled at your allegations yesterday. I have served my community for 15 years and stole one thing when I was 5 because I didn't have money to buy my mother a Christmas present never again. She made me take it back and appaologize. I feel thieves are the epitomy of scum and for u to call me scum was terrible. If u which I am assuming are saying this is your bike and I stole it well you have problems. The bike was bought for.my brothers and my son I couldn't tell u the difference between a schwinn and a rkymnt it was to allow them the priveldge of having a mountain bike. If it was yours that's terrible but don't ever call me a thief again or I will confront u and I promise u that u will have to appoligize . Enough said”
Me: It's not my bike first off. If you did in fact buy it, where did you get it? If you can provide me with the info as to where you bought it, and who just bought it from you, as well as where you sold it that would be great.
Also, I appreciate the threat at the end of your last email. If it turns out you have nothing to do with it, then I will by all means "appoligize."
The Guy: Trust me it wasn't a threat its reality and u just did it again so until we meet boy last warning no more texts emails or calls I would certainly hope u would understand that.
I left it at that. I may have to pry at him more for entertainment purposes though, lol.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Sedona XC shred
Went down to get some xc riding in today, and to get out of the snow as well. It was a good, not too demanding ride. Which ended up being good since I haven't ridden in about a month or more. Here are a few pictures I snapped of the day....
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