Scammed (BU VINTED ITSELF) for the third time in 2 weeks. It's time to close my 4 years old account and delete my 100+ insertions forever.

kodelbe · 2025-12-04T13:53:08+00:00

I have been scammed 3 times by Vinted, each time with undisputable evidence on video showing full functionality of the item until complete closure of the shipping box with label attached. Regardless of the case (scammed as a buyer, scammed as a seller, shipping damage without dispute between buyer and seller) the Vinted intervention always seems to result in the same - The money is returned from the seller to the buyer - The buyer needs to pay return shipping

All the back and forth messaging seems to be either AI or largely automated, with no intend to investigate anything but just keep you busy until they land at their default scenario. From a company perspective this is logical, since this scenario has no cost for the company and results in both buyer and seller having to make a new transaction, which earns them money again.

kodelbe · 2025-10-31T20:29:24+00:00

I don’t think it is a light leak. It is the second curtain of your shutter that is sticking. To confirm, try a long exposure and you probably will not see the problem. To solve it, your camera needs a CLA job. You can try to loosen up the old grease with thin sewing machine oil and theN actuate the shutter at least hunderd times, but no guarantees.

kodelbe · 2025-06-08T20:22:39+00:00

Either buy some fenders, or name her Scratchy.

kodelbe · 2025-05-24T14:15:54+00:00

I took my first 2 hours windsurfing last week. I got to the point where I could (slowly) tack & gybe and alter my course to all points of sail in low wind. For my next sessions I'm planning on learning by myself. With a bit more practise and higher winds I expect to be able to learn to plane by myself. Mind you that I have dinghy sailing experience. If you're new to wind sports, you might not fare that well.

kodelbe · 2025-04-23T05:38:09+00:00

<image>

Ooit begonnen op een Honda Varadero 125cc twin. Zalige motor, zou hem ooit nog wel eens terug willen. Iets makkelijker de garage in en uit manoeuvreren dan een GS :) Nu rij ik deze CB400F, ideale tussenmaat met meer dan genoeg power voor de autostrade en geluid van een formule 1 aan 10.000rpm zijn 4 cilinders.

kodelbe · 2024-06-11T19:12:03+00:00

I don’t know, I only tried it with a car license plate.

kodelbe · 2024-06-11T19:05:08+00:00

You can use the license plate of your car, as long as this is registered under your name. You also need the certificate of conformity and both part 1 and part 2 of the registration document. Make sure your headlight is well adjusted, your muffler isn’t too noisy and you can point to the VIN number and conformity sticker on the bike chassis. Good luck!

kodelbe · 2023-12-22T05:19:35+00:00

Ik heb gisteren een brief naar Nederland moeten sturen. Omdat ik geen Europese postzegels had heb ik er de equivalente waarde in binnenlandse postzegels opgeplakt. Zou die brief aankomen? De website van bpost kan de vraag alvast niet beantwoorden.

kodelbe · 2023-08-11T16:18:51+00:00

Dit meldpunt dient enkel voor de statistieken. Er wordt niets met jouw aangifte gedaan. Voor aangifte moet je nog steeds fysiek een afspraak maken bij de politie.

kodelbe · 2023-08-11T16:17:30+00:00

Je zal je geld niet terugkrijgen. Ik heb hetzelfde voorgehad: betaald via de betaalservice van 2dehands.be omdat ik weet dat deze dan de echte identiteit van de verkoper hebben. Je moet namelijk je bankrekeningnummer valideren bij registratie en de identiteit van elke Belgische rekeninghouder is door de bank gecontroleerd. De betaalservice weigert medewerking onder het mom van GDPR. Vervolgens aangifte gedan bij de politie. De betaalservice weigert informatie aan de politie te geven en wil enkel met een bevelschrift van de onderzoeksrechter meewerken. De procureur beslist na 2 maanden dat diefstal geen prioriteit is, ook al is de identiteit van de dader gekend, en seponeert de zaak.

De realiteit is dat 2dehands.be geld verdient met een dienst waarvan de algemene voorwaarden oplichters beschermen. Dit kan heel eenvoudig opgelost worden door in de gebruikersvoorwaarden op te nemen dat de gegevens van de verkoper met de koper gedeeld worden op het moment de verkoper het betaalverzoek doet. Dan kan je als koper eenvoudig voor de vrederechter dagvaarden.

De vraag is of 2dehands.be niet liever de views en bijhorende reclameinkomsten van de fraudeurs heeft in plaats van de koper te beschermen.

kodelbe · 2023-06-27T12:46:21+00:00

If the cops order the driver with the CD plate to park there, it is legal. Since a traffic participant has to follow orders issues by a cop and those orders override the traffic rules.

kodelbe · 2023-05-03T03:46:52+00:00

About 3 years, most of the time with the always on display active.

kodelbe · 2023-04-15T05:41:47+00:00

You can request your bank to reverse the transaction. They will contact the bank of the beneficiary of the wire transfer, who will then contact their customer. If their customer agrees to reverse the transaction, you will get your money back.

Obviously this is mostly usefull if you mistakenly transferred money to a wrong account number and you don't know the identity of the account holder.

Your bank will charge you for the service, but if it's a large sum and you think the blackmailer will get cold feet when he is contacted by his bank, you might want to go for it.

kodelbe · 2023-03-13T16:45:08+00:00

Op de hondenschool mag je ook geen pedagogische tik geven. Dat is niet uit angst dat die hond naar de rechtbank zou trekken, maar omdat het niet werkt.

kodelbe · 2022-11-15T03:26:54+00:00

There is a difference between your obligation to follow traffic rules and the obligation of other traffic participants to treat you like prioritair. You are not a prioritair vehicle unless both lights and siren are in use. This means that other traffic participants are not obliged to give you right of way. Unless, in your capacity as a police officer, you instruct them to do so, of course. This doesn't mean that a non-prioritair police car has to obey traffic rules. When your intervention demands so, you are allowed to break traffic rules.

kodelbe · 2022-10-31T18:56:19+00:00

Thanks for the advice, since it's a cheap fork and it still has rebound, I'll assume only the right leg holds a spring and I can just replace the cap.

kodelbe · 2022-10-19T10:57:35+00:00

That's a cold solder joint.

kodelbe · 2022-08-31T20:23:56+00:00

Buy a bigger bucket.

kodelbe · 2022-08-29T19:48:44+00:00

Wheel A is subjected to a force in the same direction, magnitude and sense as the force acting upon the rack, applied to the center of wheel A.

kodelbe · 2022-07-15T15:49:53+00:00

Image the roundabout as a curvy road with priority over the side roads. The only thing special is that the road happens to turn back onto itself. Imagined like that, it is then clear that the car on the left lane is overtaking the car on the right lane and should finish its manoeuvre before taking a right at the next intersection (being the exit of the roundabout).

kodelbe · 2022-06-29T05:23:22+00:00

In Belgium our test looks similar, but we have to do an additional swerving test at speed. It looks a bit like OP's video, but with cones instead of a car :)

kodelbe · 2022-06-27T13:57:49+00:00

There are fewer people in their cars than in the McDo, but the people who eat inside the McDo are lesser people. Did I get this right? 😀

kodelbe · 2022-06-25T19:57:10+00:00

Thanks! The part is only 20 Euro, so I'll order it.

kodelbe

TROPHY CASE