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21-01-2008, 05:02pm
BLACKZOOK Wrote:I think a little clarification is needed here. I spoke to mark yesterday and he informs me that he discussed the collection of the parts with 1hot before xmas, they were available and ready to be collected. 1hot for whatever reason could not collect at that time so it was decided he would collect at a later date.
Mark told 1 hot they could be collected anytime that suited him so what is the issue here guys. I cannot imagine what this ruckus is about, the parts are there so go and get them.
This should never have made it to the forum or been distributed to all via abusive text messages. Very bad form people - pathetic.
If you have a percieved issue then call the person responsible we are all mates in this group after all.
I think some further clarification is required still. In my dealings with Mark, every time I have requested the parts I have asked Mark to let me know when he would be available for me to pick them up. Mark has never done this. On the December Putty ride I asked Mark again in regards to these parts and he said to me that he was going away in a few days and offered to drop them off. Both Kathy and I were present when Mark asked me for my address. At this time he said to me that he would call me. No phone call was received to advise of a time before Mark went away. All timings to pick up parts have been to Marks convenience not mine. If I was given a date and time then either Kathy or I would have picked up the parts.
I have asked more than twice for the parts, just scroll up and you will see a post where I asked 31/08 for the parts.
There was a threat to post on here in the text message, but I was very careful to ensure that the message was not abusive. I never swore or denigrated Mark in any way. I was angry and frustrated but I did focus on the perceived issue at the time.
I also rang Bruce on Sunday to talk to him. I was not able to leave a message due to some technical reason. This I was going to do before I posted anything. I also extended Mark this courtesy. Nobody has called me before posting on this topic.
I was asked to surrender the parts twice to allow others to finish. I dropped the parts to Bruce, at his request to allow Mark to finish as he was getting itchy feet. This I did with good grace. People know that I have not finished the bike, so I think that it is a bit of bad form to not ensure that as part of a consortium, all members are able to get their bikes finished. This should have been done within a reasonable time frame. Each person should have, and in most cases did ensure that the parts were passed onto the next in line within a short period of time. I feel, although I am happy to be proved wrong, that as everybody bar myself has finished their bike, nobody has ensured that the process continued as their bike was finished and therefore no further involvement was required by the individual, and it is now left to tail - end - charlie to do the chasing.
So if it is pathetic of me to ask yet again for the parts then so be it. But everybody else is finished, and I am not. Mark has agreed that I may pick up the parts from him next Monday night subject to his movements. I will advise further if I am successful in this venture.