Alberta cycle woes
I'm not one for complaining on an online platform but feel the need to share what I've been dealing with for the past couple months. I ordered a set of tires for my 2016 rsv4 in Jan 2021 from Alberta cycle, when the tires arrived i removed my wheels from my bike and dropped them off at Alberta cycle for install and balancing , not wanting to possibly damage the rims by installing them myself, I dropped them off on Feb 1st 2021 and took pictures of the wheels as they were in pristine condition and wanted to cover myself incase anything happened to them. upon returning the next day to pick up the wheels they brought them out to me and sadly they had dented them and scratched the anodized finish on both wheels, i pointed this out to the staff member i was dealing with and he agreed that this happened in the shop and that he could not personally deal with the issue at this time but the owner Richard would be in in a couple days and we would deal with the problem then. I went back a few days later and spoke to Richard and he apologized for the mishap and assured me he would take care of the issue and I would be made whole, he wanted to have a local rim shop look at the wheels and see if they could be repaired and refinished, I understood that things happen and trusted it would be dealt with properly so I left the wheels and gave him some time to deal with the problem. I went back to the shop a week later as I had not heard any updates, spoke to Richard and he had not heard back from his rim specialist I understood and left.
Another week went by and no word on what was happening so i Went back to the shop yet again still no word, no Richard and no resolution. Another week passes and no word so i went back down to Alberta Cycle and Spoke with Richard, he told me the rim guy was coming in to do some other work would be looking at my wheels then, I understood and left. The following week I stopped in yet again to check the status, No update no Richard i spoke with the employee at the parts counter and was told Richard would get ahold of me when he next came in, by this point its been a month. another week goes by and still have not been contacted so i made another trip to the shop talked with Richard and he said they were still trying to come up with options and assured me we would have resolution soon. Another week goes by and was not contacted by anyone so i made yet another trip to Alberta Cycle, Richard was again not there and I spoke to the parts counter guy that i had been dealing with, explained my frustration and dissatisfaction with how long this was taking, he went to another employee and they called Richard to discuss the issue further, after getting off the phone he explained that the rim shop had looked at them and couldn't match the finish and machining the surface would get rid of the scratches and dent, I told them it wasn't a solution I would be happy with he agreed and I left. March 10th I gave Alberta Cycle a call and managed to get Ahold of Richard, and after over a month and a half here's what he proposed as solutions for the damage they caused. 1 they machine the rims to take off the finish where they are scratched and essentially have a unfinished stripe around my wheels while the rest is anodized the wine red they currently are IMO this wouldn't look right. 2 Re Anodize the wheels in a different color as they cannot match them Again this would make the bike look funny and isn't acceptable. 3 Was told he would compensate me to come up with a solution on my own and have them refinished, when I asked how much he was offering was told $250 that offer was pretty insulting so I obviously declined. 4 He offered to purchase my bike and blue book value which is again insulting due to its prior condition and low k and value of the bike.
I get the fact he does not want to be on the hook for the damage caused these Malgatech forged alloy wheels are expensive $1700 USD to replace, I gave the shop ample time to come up with other solutions that would be acceptable to both parties and IMO none of the solutions offered are by any means acceptable, I as the customer paid for a service and have expectations of the quality of work I'm paying for, if damages happen I expect to be made whole and have things dealt with in a timely manner, I am not asking for anything extra I just want the wheels returned in the same condition as they were dropped off in . This is why business have insurance, he is more than capable of replacing the wheels and repairing the old and re selling them on his own time this is not my responsibility or problem to assume. Take from this what you will and make your own opinion, I have only laid out the facts as I've experienced them and how unsatisfied I am read more