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Not a bad price?
MCTID:
I agree that it looks like a classic scam E Bay advert to me.
The usual words of caution are 'If it looks too good to be true, it usually is'.
If any of us had such a bike - with such low mileage, in an original and reasonable condition, would we be selling it for £3800 ? I think not. Surely this kind of bike would be best to sell at auction to find it's true value in todays marketplace ?
The Guy who collected and delivered my last bike said that he was constantly amazed at how gullible people were when handing over their hard earned, and he knew of a few people who had been scammed - the latest being a Squaddie who had wired £5K to somebody in Poland - who had promptly disappeared off the face of the earth.
royhall:
Still missing the point. How does this scam work. You show up with a van, satisfy yourself that it's what they describe, quick check on the phone that it's not stolen, pay the man and take it away in the van. I'm missing the scam somewhere. Plus anybody sending 5k sight unseen deserves to be ripped off. I must have missed something here.
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kevski:
Haven't all of us had a zero feedback status on eBay, so while I had a low feedback I was a scammer I take it, with such an item would you not go and see it and check the paper work and pay a few pounds for a vehicle check, and if the seller was not allowing viewings you could be suspicious, the reg number is there so if you wanted the bike you could do all the checks needed, instant bad judgement is not the way to go, don't you just love a kangaroo court.
Nurse Julie:
Just think about the points that don't stack up Roy. The bike has been on the market, advertised by different people at hugely varying prices for possibly up to 1 year. The current seller only registered with ebay a few days ago. He says he was told by a VOSA inspector that it had never been MOT'd, how would the inspector know that?. This chap days he has owned it since 2005, strange how MOT history on the DVLA site only starts in that year!!. And then there is the fact it has so many thing wrong with the bike, like a totally wrong front end, wrong master cylinder, fitted with a grab rail when I shouldn't have one, etc, etc, etc and I know nothing about bikes but can see those parts are wrong. Wether its a genuine scam or not, I wouldn't know but, its definitely a bike worth avoiding IMO.
royhall:
These are things that you view the bike to check. At that price a few things wrong are to be expected. Clearly he just couldn't sell it at the higher price, can't blame the guy for trying. If on viewing he starts the funny stuff don't buy it. Still can't see the scam sorry.
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