Buckets n Bits for sale

[Drum]

For a mere $200k you could live the dream!....

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Business-farming-industry/Businesses-for-sale/Retail/auction-93851763.htm

[Str8 Jacket]

Maybe someone with some kind of customer service skills could buy it. Then I might actually start trying to use them again!

[Insanity_rules]

Maybe someone with some kind of customer service skills could buy it. Then I might actually start trying to use them again!

I hear that! Good concept, bad service.

[nudemetalz]

I've found Bryce fine to deal with in the past. The lady who answers the phone sometimes I'm not so sure about.....

[Str8 Jacket]

I've found Bryce fine to deal with in the past. The lady who answers the phone sometimes I'm not so sure about.....

I have never had a good experience with them, EVER! And ive had my fair share of accidents needing repairs!
A good mate of mine rang them one day and said he was coming out from town to get a certain part they had. He said he would be there within 2 hours. Around an hour later he pulled in to the shop just as they were walking out. They refused to open the shop back up and proceeded to get in their car and leave.

[Wasp]

and of all the bike that could have been in the picture its a bandit!

[bistard]

I agree,good concept,but falls short in the service side of things,I have known Bryce since he was in Rotorua
What has amazed me over the years,is why dont they answer the bloody phone
Maybe the internet sales are so huge they dont need to deal with the public???

[Steam]

They don't do over the counter service at all any more, and when I tried to order a part via email I got no reply from that either. Amazing, such potential for a business, such terrible service.
He did give me free stuff in the past though, so good luck to him whatever he does.
Anyone want to go shares in a business?

[nudemetalz]

Even if you got it off the ground properly with good service, I don't think you'll be making Donald Trump worried anytime soon.

[jonbuoy]

Wouldn't be an easy business to deal in, garanteed to loose your weekends if you wanted to make any money.

[marty]

doesn't sound like there's a building to house anything going in the ad. - Workshop plant is not included. unless it's just poorly written.

[xwhatsit]

Oh MAN! I would never leave work! Think of all those cylinder heads, and pistons, and headlights, and speedos, and seats and frames and wheels and *faints*

You could build the ultimate bucket if you bought that business :D:D

[xwhatsit]

doesn't sound like there's a building to house anything going in the ad. - Workshop plant is not included. unless it's just poorly written.

Maybe they just mean the little geranium in the corner?

[Stealth]

I've found Bryce fine to deal with in the past. The lady who answers the phone sometimes I'm not so sure about.....
The Lady, Bryce's wife is now at TSS M/C

[Str8 Jacket]

The Lady, Bryce's wife is now at TSS M/C

Buggar. I quite like TSS. Hopefully her manner is better in person than on the phone!

[terbang]

Dealt with them recently via E-mail, Bryce had the bits I wanted, reasonably priced and prompt. Friendly E-mails with good advice. Just goes to show they are not all bad and when treated with due respect they return the same.
You may not make millions out of motorcycle parts but if bikes are your thing, you want to work with them, then making millions is not the only issue. And if the lifestyle fits, you will be in the motorcycle industry then the business would be awesome.

[Str8 Jacket]

Dealt with them recently via E-mail, Bryce had the bits I wanted, reasonably priced and prompt. Friendly E-mails with good advice. Just goes to show they are not all bad and when treated with due respect they return the same.
You may not make millions out of motorcycle parts but if bikes are your thing, you want to work with them, then making millions is not the only issue. And if the lifestyle fits, you will be in the motorcycle industry then the business would be awesome.

They've NEVER responded to ANY of my emails. They have only ever answered their phone once in the ka-zillion times ive tried to call them.
You must be special or something!! Or maybe he was gonna make a decent profit of you or something.

[MikeyG]

I've got mates that know Bryce from way back and have no problems with service there, but even they agree that he doesn't seem to like people he doesn't know.

[stanko]

I have never had a good experience with them, EVER! And ive had my fair share of accidents needing repairs!
A good mate of mine rang them one day and said he was coming out from town to get a certain part they had. He said he would be there within 2 hours. Around an hour later he pulled in to the shop just as they were walking out. They refused to open the shop back up and proceeded to get in their car and leave.

Maybe he thinks you are stalking him or something.

I can only say Ive had the best service and help from Bryce, and its a shame hes moving on. I hope the new owner is as good to me.

200k doesnt seem too much, thats only 20k per year to service the debt and you could be happy as a pig in shit for the rest of your life.

[Skunk]

I've got mates that know Bryce from way back and have no problems with service there, but even they agree that he doesn't seem to like people he doesn't know.
Hmmm, I think that's the whole issue. How do you get to know someone who won't respond to polite emails? I've never been able to buy anything off him since I started riding.

[Deano]

I think their e-mail address may be different to that advertised on some other linked websites - a return e-mail I got said to use the e-mail off THEIR website. Might explain the lack of response.

I find in my job, e-mails are easily ignored, especially when asking a difficult question..........

Still, without buildings, let alone land, I can't see $200k.......and there can't be much goodwill judging from the comments here.

[Paul in NZ]

Still, without buildings, let alone land, I can't see $200k.......and there can't be much goodwill judging from the comments here.

Especially given the number of 'projects'from this source on trademe in recent months.... Still - all the best to them - can't be an easy job....

[Drew]

I thought Bryce was difficult in the beggining, but it later occured to me, that he deals with morons every day, I'm not being a prick here, but some of you who've tried to costom his store, fit this bill. "Have you got the thing that goes from the foot peg to the motor?" That kinda shit would put me off customers too. Then there is the age old, "Yeah mate, I'll take it". Then not showing up with the readies.

The guy does most of his business online, why bother dealing with the fucktrards who call?

Also, in all my dealings with bike shops, in various capacities, I've never in my life met someone with his knowledge! The guy is a freak with knowing what will interchange between models, and even brands.

Brenda, the lady who answered the phone, (more often than Bryce that is), is also well clued up about bike bits, and had a wicked stock knowlege. She was always nice and helpfull on the blower, even when Bryce was in a less than tolerent mood for the punters. Stu is lucky to have her at his shop.

To sum up, dont bag a person for not being suited one aspect of thier job, when the excell at every other task required.

[Shadows]

I found him very helpful, hell, he even came outside and fixed an electrical fault for me that I wouldn't have found the cause of by myself in a million years. No charge. Another time he gave me a list of contacts for other stuff I was looking for which he didn't happen to have.
Top bloke. I don't know what some people here must have said to him to piss him off.

[James Deuce]

You don't have to say or do anything to get on the wrong side of Bryce. You can pay in advance for something you've specified exactly, from a tyre to a sprocket, only to turn up at the site to be told he just sold that to someone else. Tough.

Yeah thanks Drew. You ring him, say I'll take that 140/80x17 Bridgestone Excedra you've got on the website.

No worries.

Turn up and wait 40 minutes after initial contact to be shown a tyre that was advertised as legal, with absolutely no tread and the canvas showing.

Yeah, I'm the idiot.

Brenda works at TSS now, and she's always been awesome. I think she got sick of apologising to people that had been sworn at for asking a simple question.

Malcolm at Econohonda can match you up with anything you need and knows Honda product inside out including interchangeability, and doesn't feel he needs to make a point of being a bastard to deal with.

[xwhatsit]

You don't have to say or do anything to get on the wrong side of Bryce. You can pay in advance for something you've specified exactly, from a tyre to a sprocket, only to turn up at the site to be told he just sold that to someone else. Tough.

Yeah thanks Drew. You ring him, say I'll take that 140/80x17 Bridgestone Excedra you've got on the website.

No worries.

Turn up and wait 40 minutes after initial contact to be shown a tyre that was advertised as legal, with absolutely no tread and the canvas showing.

Yeah, I'm the idiot.

Brenda works at TSS now, and she's always been awesome. I think she got sick of apologising to people that had been sworn at for asking a simple question.

Malcolm at Econohonda can match you up with anything you need and knows Honda product inside out including interchangeability, and doesn't feel he needs to make a point of being a bastard to deal with.



Malcolm is absolutely magic to deal with. I don't have much experience with bike shops, not having big enough bank balances to bother entering such places, but there's a lot of people in the mechanical service area that could learn a lot from Malcolm at Econohonda.

In many fields (computing comes to mind) it seems that if you know a lot about a particular subject, then you should make sure that not only does everybody else know this, but if anybody wants your expertise you should make them feel as small as possible.

In saying this, I've never dealt with Bryce or anybody else there.

[Shaun]

I thought this thread was about a buisness for sale? Do Bryce and his wife come with it or some thing

[Drew]

I thought this thread was about a buisness for sale? Do Bryce and his wife come with it or some thing


Good point, to those who've said it's not much of a business without property or plant, it comes with the lease of one of the buildings, and a lease/option to buy the other. Supplying your own tools to do a job is how it works so nothing out of the ordinary there. I'm sure a glance over the books would show a handsome proffit, with the way Bryce has been running it, and with a motivated person in control, it would be a very lucrative prospect indeed.

The business is solid, established, with enormous stock, and the only one of it's type in Wellington.

Bryce might have put some off using Buckets and Bits, but the fact that he's remained in business for so long, is only evidence to make the business a better prospect.

[_STAIN_]

Hi Fizzerman, Well it has been suggested to me many times I should join and respond to some of the shit slung at me on here......so here I am. But I prefer to ride my bike on the road not the keyboard so won't be dropping in that often and no doubt will be slow at learning system. Cheers Bryce from Buckets

[_STAIN_]

Hi Jim Mate, Just done quick search back on your posts and funny how you had lots of good things to say about me before the day you felt I inconvenienced your wife. And since then a barrage of untruths and lies. So the statement above would be one from a coward who bags me and gets someone else to buy tyres from me, for yourself ?????

[_STAIN_]

In life there is always a single fuggier percentage of people who are just a pain or a dickheads, unfortunately it would appear that KB chat has broken the norm and they congregate here in double digit form.

[Shaun]

150K you leave in 50K Give me 4 weeks of your life and a loan of 100K @ 6.7% and your buisness is all mine

Dam that was the easiest buisness I,ve ever purchased

Well it looked good to me, and because I sat here and typed it all out it must be true

[_STAIN_]

They've NEVER responded to ANY of my emails. They have only ever answered their phone once in the ka-zillion times ive tried to call them.
You must be special or something!! Or maybe he was gonna make a decent profit of you or something.

Well I have this wonderful feature on my computer for filtering 1. Those that reply and say they can buy it cheaper new. 2. Those that say someone else will sell it to them for 1/2 that price. 3. Those that only want a price so they can sell the part they have cheaper than my price. etc... It is a BLOCK SENDER BUTTON think about it, you have likely been added to list.

[_STAIN_]

150K you leave in 50K Give me 4 weeks of your life and a loan of 100K @ 6.7% and your buisness is all mine

Dam that was the easiest buisness I,ve ever purchased

Well it looked good to me, and because I sat here and typed it all out it must be true

Best offer to date, I'll give you 3 months transition full time and further 3 months as required and I'll train you in electrical gremlins

[_STAIN_]

You don't have to say or do anything to get on the wrong side of Bryce. You can pay in advance for something you've specified exactly, from a tyre to a sprocket, only to turn up at the site to be told he just sold that to someone else. Tough.

Yeah thanks Drew. You ring him, say I'll take that 140/80x17 Bridgestone Excedra you've got on the website.

No worries.

Turn up and wait 40 minutes after initial contact to be shown a tyre that was advertised as legal, with absolutely no tread and the canvas showing.

Yeah, I'm the idiot.

Brenda works at TSS now, and she's always been awesome. I think she got sick of apologising to people that had been sworn at for asking a simple question.

Malcolm at Econohonda can match you up with anything you need and knows Honda product inside out including interchangeability, and doesn't feel he needs to make a point of being a bastard to deal with.


Hi Jim Mate, Just done quick search back on your posts and funny how you had lots of good things to say about me before the day you felt I inconvenienced your wife. And since then a barrage of untruths and lies. So the statement above would be one from a coward who bags me and gets someone else to buy tyres from me, for yourself ?????

[jaybee]

Brycse your presance has shut everyone up ....... strange that ..... good luck with the sale bud

[_STAIN_]

You don't have to say or do anything to get on the wrong side of Bryce. You can pay in advance for something you've specified exactly, from a tyre to a sprocket, only to turn up at the site to be told he just sold that to someone else. Tough.

Yeah thanks Drew. You ring him, say I'll take that 140/80x17 Bridgestone Excedra you've got on the website.

No worries.

Turn up and wait 40 minutes after initial contact to be shown a tyre that was advertised as legal, with absolutely no tread and the canvas showing.

Yeah, I'm the idiot.

Brenda works at TSS now, and she's always been awesome. I think she got sick of apologising to people that had been sworn at for asking a simple question.

Malcolm at Econohonda can match you up with anything you need and knows Honda product inside out including interchangeability, and doesn't feel he needs to make a point of being a bastard to deal with.


Footnote : One of my biggest passions in the industry is tyres and my new business venture is a tyre shop. www.biketreadz.com do you get off on being a dick with at statement like this "shown a tyre that was advertised as legal, with absolutely no tread and the canvas showing" You are a very sad puppy jimmy_two.

[_STAIN_]

Brycse your presance has shut everyone up ....... strange that ..... good luck with the sale bud

O'h mate I hope I didn't silence them that quick.

[_STAIN_]

doesn't sound like there's a building to house anything going in the ad. - Workshop plant is not included. unless it's just poorly written.


or poor reading skills

[Goblin]

Footnote : One of my biggest passions in the industry is tyres and my new business venture is a tyre shop. www.biketreadz.com Excellent!! Look foward to dealing with you in the near future.:yes:

Great to see you here Bryce and all the very best with the sale and future venture.

When I first saw this thread I thought, here we go again...thought about posting that maybe Bryce is sick of dealing with halfwits, then you turn up here and say just that! Hahahha!

[_STAIN_]

Hmmm, I think that's the whole issue. How do you get to know someone who won't respond to polite emails? I've never been able to buy anything off him since I started riding.


May be more beneficial to front up seeing you are local than sit back here poking shit.... refer "BLOCK SENDER LIST"

[_STAIN_]

[QUOTE=Deano;1003508]I think their e-mail address may be different to that advertised on some other linked websites - a return e-mail I got said to use the e-mail off THEIR website. Might explain the lack of response.

I find in my job, e-mails are easily ignored, especially when asking a difficult question..........

Hi, Thankyou for bringing this up. Due to spammers I had to ditch parts@ over a year ago it is best to google us and email from the website to have current email address sales@bucketsnbits.com Microsoft are unable to address the spam issue so is easier to run from it by changing addresses periodically....unfortunate but necessary.

[_STAIN_]

Excellent!! Look foward to dealing with you in the near future.:yes:

Great to see you here Bryce and all the very best with the sale and future venture.

When I first saw this thread I though here we go again...thought about posting that maybe Bryce is sick of dealing with halfwits, then you turn up here and say just that! Hahahha!

Cheers mate, and does Paul still fit those same leathers 20 years on ?

[Kickaha]

In life there is always a single fuggier percentage of people who are just a pain or a dickheads, unfortunately it would appear that KB chat has broken the norm and they congregate here in double digit form.

with you being one of them?

I've dealt with you once and had only good things to say about the experience, but your attitude on here certainly makes you look like a tosser

[Goblin]

Cheers mate, and does Paul still fit those same leathers 20 years on ?Nah he got fat! :laugh: but I do...and they still crash well.

[_STAIN_]

with you being one of them?

I've dealt with you once and had only good things to say about the experience, but your attitude on here certainly makes you look like a tosser

Sorry to see you place yourself in the smaller percentage of customers.....never mind keep buying off me on trademe under my hidden identity :)

[Shaun]

Like your sytle, to funny to read

[_STAIN_]

Nah he got fat! :laugh: but I do...and they still crash well.

Cheers K see ya at the kiwi, same hill ?

[_STAIN_]

Like your sytle, to funny to read

some just struggle with the facts of life and telling or hearing the truth

[Goblin]

Cheers K see ya at the kiwi, same hill ?
Yeah roger that! See ya there.

[_STAIN_]

Yeah roger that! See ya there.

anyway on a lighter note to most conversation tonight, Smudge and I are thinking of going to the Brass again this year... but who would want to go with an ass like me ! Same itinerary and you will be given a name starting with "S" at the start of the trip and answer to that name throughout the duration. http://www.bucketsnbits.co.nz/event2.html

[crazybigal]

yeah i was in there the other day, she was nice enough, dont think she knows much about anything though. time will tell.


Buggar. I quite like TSS. Hopefully her manner is better in person than on the phone!

[crazybigal]

yeah he black listed me on trademe one time, and all i did was ask him a normal question! weird!!! but i have been into the shop(if you can call it that0 and he was great to deal with and even let me pay direct credit cos he has no eftpos!!! who has no eftpos these days???? good luck to him.


Hmmm, I think that's the whole issue. How do you get to know someone who won't respond to polite emails? I've never been able to buy anything off him since I started riding.

[_STAIN_]

[QUOTE=crazybigal;1004645]yeah i was in there the other day..

WELL...... crazy bi gal another that dishes me, but turns up for advise and parts for his ex VFR800

[crazybigal]

hey i didnt diss you, I just stated what happened! stop jumping to conclusions!!
you need to get some customer relations skills!!! or get out of retail??
Im puzzled how you can be a great guy and helpful and the next a total prat!
people are on here bitching about you, so what! they may or may not have good reasons! move on!!! grow thicker skin.
But to abuse people, well of course they wont buy anything off you.
Its like you want to fail?
My vfr800??? you couldnt help me if you tried, what advice???? malcolm is the man!!! not you.
I respect that you know a great deal about bikes and electrics, but maybe retail and dealing with the public is not a good idea for you?
Good luck with the tyre shop!


[QUOTE=crazybigal;1004645]yeah i was in there the other day..

WELL...... crazy bi gal another dickhead that dishes me, but turns up for advise and parts for his ex VFR800

[_STAIN_]

hey i didnt diss you, I just stated what happened! stop jumping to conclusions!!
you need to get some customer relations skills!!! or get out of retail??
Im puzzled how you can be a great guy and helpful and the next a total prat!
people are on here bitching about you, so what! they may or may not have good reasons! move on!!! grow thicker skin.
But to abuse people, well of course they wont buy anything off you.
Its like you want to fail?
My vfr800??? you couldnt help me if you tried, what advice???? malcolm is the man!!! not you.
I respect that you know a great deal about bikes and electrics, but maybe retail and dealing with the public is not a good idea for you?
Good luck with the tyre shop!

[QUOTE=_STAIN_;1004649]


Buddy I'm on my way out of used parts, new is new, no explaining required. No guarantees 10 years after the manufactures warrantee expired.
Who was the Prat the next day ??? After 19 years of retail I am getting out while my thick skin still allows me to ride by bike.

[sidecar bob]

After 14 years in the automotive repair industry & a prior 10 in auto parts i fully understand you Bryce.
What all prospective clients & most business owners dont realise is that a prospective client is just that Prospective, until two parties agree that a transaction will take place.
While the prospect may want to do business, the proprietor for whatever reason has the option to excersice the right not to enter into a transaction or agreement.
This happens in real estate all the time, but woe betide a bike wrecker who trys the same approach.
As a proprietor of an extremely busy specialist repair garage, i regularly refuse to do business with people that i dont percieve to meet my three most basic requirements of a client. 1. they must have a reasonable personality, ie no anger issues or drug issues, or they simply may not be compatible with me, & they must understand the general facts of how business is done.
2. They must have a vehicle that is worth fixing & that they actually WANT fixed, what i mean by that is that if theyre going to bitch about me failing their car on a dangerous WOF item, then they will be moved on.
3. They must have reasonable means to pay, i dont mean cash, but $20 a month over two years is not gonna cut it with me.
The reason i can excercise those rights is because i, and im sure Bryce too, have work that is worthwhile & profitable absolutely coming out our ears, so why would we bother to stress ourselves out & waste valuable time on morons that dont meet even the simplest criteria.
A person who dosent meet my criteria is refered to as a $100 customer, where it almost always would work out cheaper to give them $100 & tell them to F off, rather than to involve myself in their problems, either financially or mechanically.
What many of you dont realise is that the behaviour that you describe of Bryce (and i have never met the guy although i see we do like some of the same people) is often a survival mechanisim one uses when thrown into a vat of fuckwits, i could be described similarly, & after having a breakdown in 2000 by trying to be everything to everybody, i refuse to let idiots do that to me or my family ever again.
A good client from a large company came in the other day with an immaculate car, a great attitude & an eftpos card, & got me to do some sweet work on his pride & joy while he waited & chatted, At one point he mentioned that he was surprised that one of his work colleagues had said we couldnt fix his old Holden the other week, I told him it wasnt couldnt, it was wouldnt & he fully got it.
From my point of view, why the hell would i waste half the day frustrating myself trying to get a worn out car working for a person with no money when there is six late model BMW's parked in the yard waiting to be serviced.
Good onya Bryce for having the commonsense to protect yourself, Good luck with the new venture, & write a book on this topic, God knows it wouldda saved me ten years.

[_STAIN_]

[QUOTE=_STAIN_;1004663][QUOTE=crazybigal;1004653]hey i didnt diss you, I just stated what happened! stop jumping to conclusions!!
you need to get some customer relations skills!!! or get out of retail??
Im puzzled how you can be a great guy and helpful and the next a total prat!
people are on here bitching about you, so what! they may or may not have good reasons! move on!!! grow thicker skin.
But to abuse people, well of course they wont buy anything off you.
Its like you want to fail?
My vfr800??? you couldnt help me if you tried, what advice???? malcolm is the man!!! not you.
I respect that you know a great deal about bikes and electrics, but maybe retail and dealing with the public is not a good idea for you?
Good luck with the tyre shop!
.................................................. ................

Haven't been here long, but it has been interesting reading using key word searches. To the minority in denial of dissing, it's all there in your old posts....Doh !

[Drew]

Fuck Bryce, ya killed the thread, I really like arguing with people on here, and you shoot my sport to shit. LOL

Good to see you're not like most people, who shy away from a bit of slagging, and actually present the flip side to what they relate. One persons acount, ie, half the story, will never be the whole truth, so a retort is always good to keep people informed.:rockon:

[crazybigal]

I dont know what the fuck your on!!! i think your confused with someone else!!!
good luck selling dodgy used tyres on trademe! if you can call that "a tyre business"


[QUOTE=crazybigal;1004653]
Buddy I'm on my way out of used parts, new is new, no explaining required. No guarantees 10 years after the manufactures warrantee expired.
Who was the Prat the next day ??? After 19 years of retail I am getting out while my thick skin still allows me to ride by bike.

[Drew]

[quote=crazybigal;1004968]I dont know what the fuck your on!!! i think your confused with someone else!!!
good luck selling dodgy used tyres on trademe! if you can call that "a tyre business"[quote]

I gotta ask man, are you just tryin to start a shit fight? You've both said your piece, it's obvious there'll be no ever lasting friendship blossoming from this wee debate, so let it go.
All you're doin is making yourself look like a twat, the man said he was moving into NEW sales, not second hand tyres.

Think before jumping down somebodys throat will ya. I'm allowed to say that, because I've often made the mistake of goin off half cocked, and lookin like a cock sucks.

[Goblin]

anyway on a lighter note to most conversation tonight, Smudge and I are thinking of going to the Brass again this year... but who would want to go with an ass like me ! Same itinerary and you will be given a name starting with "S" at the start of the trip and answer to that name throughout the duration. http://www.bucketsnbits.co.nz/event2.htmlThat was an excellent read! Thanks for the laugh. I wish I could join in the shenanigans this time but unfortunately I wont make it. Next year I will have no excuses.

[husaberg]

Just delt with the owner of this business he was a first class .unt

I will never deal with him again never ever again!

Not only did he not reply to my emails.

After I had wanted 12 days i might add.
I emailed him to say as had decided to purchase the part elsewhere so as to not inconvinience him anymore .
for him to reply" that he could Smell a smartarse timewaster"

being grumpy is one thing but this guy is a right old sob

This guy deserves nothing but pity.

[Jonathan]

Just delt with bucketsnbits he was a first class .unt

I will never deal with him again never ever again!

Not only did he not reply to my emails.

After I had wanted 12 days i might add.
I emailed him to say as had decided to purchase the part elsewhere so as to not inconvinience him anymore .
for him to reply" that he could Smell a smartarse timewaster"

being grumpy is one thing but this guy is a right old sob

This guy deserves nothing but pity.

I have come across a few of these strange creatures - they make a living off selling things to customers but for some strange reason they make it clear that they find the thought of doing business with you is not only unwanted but offensive to them.

Sad, strange people they are.

Sounds like Bernard Black from Black Books

[Drew]

Just delt with the owner of this business he was a first class .unt

I will never deal with him again never ever again!

Not only did he not reply to my emails.

After I had wanted 12 days i might add.
I emailed him to say as had decided to purchase the part elsewhere so as to not inconvinience him anymore .
for him to reply" that he could Smell a smartarse timewaster"

being grumpy is one thing but this guy is a right old sob

This guy deserves nothing but pity.

Bryce is a mate of mine and he's a top bloke I think, who has forgotten more about specific bikes and bits than most people will ever know. I dont think he'd mind me saying he can be a bit abrupt with people at times, but for you to make such a wild character defamation from one interaction is in my opinion, a bit harsh.

About the only thing about Bryce I do mind, is that he refuses to defend himself or give any explanation for what has gone down at times like this.

To each his own though, he does monitor about a dozen email accounts for different markets and things, so to have forgotten one for 12 days doesn't strike me as too bad.

[Trudes]

Yeah I've always had good service from Bryce, not the fastest, but not the slowest either, and he has gone above and beyond several times to help me out and offer advice.

[CookMySock]

I've had a little bit of a hassle with him once, but came through in the end.. We sort of settled into a trading relationship after that, as I'm always after bits and pieces.

I bid on an engine on ebay once, and all was rosy until I asked how returns were handled and the bastard instantly blocked me. Fucked me off no end because that was the only engine on the whole of ebay. I bid through a mates' account and got it, but overall a bad experience.

Bottom line is, people are people, not robots. They all have their own personality and life, and thats just how it is. Yours or mine isn't more important - it's equally important, so pretty much you have to wait until people want to talk to you.

Steve

[Blackflagged]

Your a Star for surviving as long as you have in that game.
If you have ever had anything for sale on Trademe, and had alot of silly questions.
Usually from people who are never going to bid.
Imagine that all day every day.

[husaberg]

Bryce is a mate of mine and he's a top bloke I think, who has forgotten more about specific bikes and bits than most people will ever know. I dont think he'd mind me saying he can be a bit abrupt with people at times, but for you to make such a wild character defamation from one interaction is in my opinion, a bit harsh.

, he does monitor about a dozen email accounts for different markets and things, so to have forgotten one for 12 days doesn't strike me as too bad.

Drew

I get it that he is a friend of yours and f5 Dave and no doubt others to.

Osama bin laden and Sadmam hussian also have had lots of friends and family that think/thought they were alright.

but how do the rest of the world perceive them?


If you read your own post carefully you say that you THINK he’s a top bloke

Well I know my mates are top blokes.

You say I have defamed him how?
for me to defame him I would have to have made this story up.
Sadly I haven't.

although in fairness I should change .unt to .Anchor because that far deep down he may well be ok.

I would not care if he had forgotten In fact I could well understand that was the case if that was what he said.
But no the reason he gave me the reason for not replying was that he could smell a time wasting smartarse.
The only person’s time that was wasted was mine.
I would have thought that by replying to him to inform him that has I had had no reply from him after 12 days I had decided to go and buy the wheels from another supplier I had gone out of my way to be nice and straight up to him and not waste his time.

Grumpy I can deal with but downright rude and nasty is a step to far.

I have read now alot of other stories on this on this forum on bad customer service from Bryce and it would appear that I am but one of many people with similar gripes.

I guess a whole lot of people have a gripe about Bryce for no reason then?

I see a sad guy full of rage probably dissapointed with how his life turned out ,trying to piss of the whole world one person at a time.

This is not

i repeat not
ment to be an attack on you or how you see Bryce Its obviously another other side of Bryce that others and I have seen.

I personally have nothing to hide if you think this story is the edited highlights that suit just my side of the story.

I am happy to back up any of what I have said with the original emails etc.

I even would have been happy to remove this thread if had had bothered to give an explanation and an apology.

I subsequently went to another trademe bike dismantler what a revelation he could not have been more helpful. The deal was done in 5 minutes.
Got the wheels so now the Mb10 will live again with or without bucketsnbits

[Madmax]

I shot myself in the foot from a chopper,
Went in one side out the other and the skid as well,
Good luck
any H1-H2 parts ill have

[FROSTY]

Its gotta be a tough ol job being a bike wrecker.I've been at both atomic and action wreckers a few times when utter idiots come in or phone up. The conversation is utterly predictable and would be funny if it diddn't happen over and over again.
Seriously guys n gals -most of you on here know the year/make /model etc of your bike and what the part is you want.
Not defending bryce (although I've always had good advice/service from him) But it really must wear you out deling with idiots day in and day out.

[husaberg]

Hello Jothathan

At least Bernard Black had a sense of humor.

Bryce is not even witty in his retorts

[husaberg]

Hello Jothathan

At least Bernard Black had a sense of humor.

Bryce is not even witty in his retorts

Yet another thread killed off by Husaberg