bugaloo22

I purchased a 2009 Norco Empire 5 bike from Ben Hawkins of Prince George BC Canada, that was listed in good shape this summer. The paint around the front triangle/head tube area (see pictures in my profile) is cracked. I brought this to his attention and he told me his bike shop had looked at it and said it was only cracked paint and the frame is not cracked. I'm new to this and did not think or believe the frame was cracked but finally sanded it down and once I did there was an obvious crack in the frame. Ben Hawkins will not respond to me and deleted the sale ad right after I purchased the bike instead of marking the ad sold like I see other sellers do when they sell a bike. I do have the info in our private messages for proof however. This has been reported to Pink Bike and PayPal. BEWARE