Online purchase, private sale... should I even bother?

[OreoGaborio]

Ok, just lookin for some quick advice here from some of the more experienced online buyers.

I purchased a front rim, complete with rotors & tire from a guy on svrider.com and it arrived seemingly safe & sound... but he didn't have any boxes big enough, so he just cut up a couple of smaller ones & wrapped it up like it was christmas wrapping. He did a decent job of covering everything up, but it was done in a way that the rotors, even though they were covered w/ a couple layers of cardboard, still coulda gotten a whack since they protrude out a little from the rim.

I'm sure they're fine but I won't find out till April when I ride the thing. Should I just say "got it, thanks!" and leave it at that or should I mention it as kind of an "fyi, just in case you ever ship another front rim" like this?

Just a helpful tip for the future if you sell another front, ya may wanna find a proper box for it just in case. The way it was packaged left the rotors vulnerable to getting hit, BUT I'm sure they'll be alright cuz I didn't see any signs of damage to the cardboard or anything. I'll find out for sure in April when I get it onto the track. If there's any issue I have some back-ups, but as I said, I don't expect to have any problems.

If they did get bent, whatever... I have another set I can throw on there from my other rims, but eventually I'd need to get another set so I can have em ready at a moments notice for the rain.



I hate intarweb etiquette.

[DuncanMoto]

I always tell people, so that maybe in the future it'll save someone else a headache.

[Degsy]

Bring them over to ANY machine shop. They'll throw them in a lathe and check them for runout. There will be a maximum runout spec in the maintenance manual. Buying used rotors (on or off a wheel) has about a 30% success rate in my experience.



degs

[nt650hawk]

You can mount them the rim up. Rig up a point using safety wire (preferably something a bit stronger) on a 2x4 or something to slide into the face of the rotor while the wheel is spinning and see if the record skips.

[DucDave]

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My answer...tell him. No harm no foul....you'd wanna know too. Your 'something like this...' is perfect.

[Just_Jeff]

Id mention, got it, But also offer a word of advice to save you a potential headache in the future since I have shipped items of the like in the past... then go into better rotor protection ( Or like me remove em, wrap them in card board like an old 33 lp and attach to the box the rest of the assembly is getting packed in)

[Degsy]

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My answer...tell him. No harm no foul....you'd wanna know too. Your 'something like this...' is perfect.

Sorry, should have added "...and if they are bent, tell him he's a fucking moron and you want some of your money back"

[OreoGaborio]

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hahaha thanks guys and thanks for answering my NEXT question, too

[nt650hawk]

Sorry, should have added "...and if they are bent, tell him he's a fucking moron and you want some of your money back"

Similar thoughts brother D, but not quite as extreme


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