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Rip-off of the week
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ADME:B:SS:UK:1
A £900 BIN for an old CB250G% with a missing side panel and "minor pitting" on the chrome? And that's not even UK registered? "These bikes are now fetching very good prices for original spec bikes" This sort of blatant hype and thievery from a so-called classic dealer actually makes me angry.... |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
On or around 2 Mar 2006 03:34:32 -0800, TOG@Toil,
chateau.murray@btinternet.com, <chateau.murray@btinternet.com> enlightened us thusly: >http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ADME:B:SS:UK:1 > >A £900 BIN for an old CB250G% with a missing side panel and "minor >pitting" on the chrome? And that's not even UK registered? > >"These bikes are now fetching very good prices for original spec bikes" > >This sort of blatant hype and thievery from a so-called classic dealer >actually makes me angry.... he want's 1700 for the 400 four, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=4617983811 and 1300 for an XL125... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=4617974657 this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=8040493178 actually looks more reasonable. Always rather fancied an XT as a winter hack. -- Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that "Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat" Euripedes, quoted in Boswell's "Johnson". |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
TOG@Toil wrote: > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ADME:B:SS:UK:1 > > A £900 BIN for an old CB250G% with a missing side panel and "minor > pitting" on the chrome? And that's not even UK registered? > > "These bikes are now fetching very good prices for original spec bikes" > > This sort of blatant hype and thievery from a so-called classic dealer > actually makes me angry.... I'm surprised he's not selling it for his friend/father/deceased uncle. Why do 50% of ebay vehicle sellers say this? I just think 'dodgy c*nt' straight away. |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
Austin Shackles wrote: <snip> > > he want's 1700 for the 400 four, > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=4617983811 > That's actually quite tidy, and contrrary to what he says on the page, it's OE exhaust too (this suggests he knows sweet FA about what he's selling). It's about £1200 worth IMHO. > and 1300 for an XL125... > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=4617974657 That again is tidy, but is worth about £800, I reckon. Maybe a shade more - dirt bikes are always in demand. > > this one > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=8040493178 > > actually looks more reasonable. Always rather fancied an XT as a winter > hack. As you say - that's the best of the bunch, and a realistic starting price as well. And no BIN. I reckon that's worth £1500 all day long, and if it's as clean as it looks in the pix, maybe more. |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
'Hog wrote: > Champ wrote: > > On 2 Mar 2006 03:34:32 -0800, TOG@Toil, chateau.murray@btinternet.com, > > <chateau.murray@btinternet.com> wrote: > > > >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ADME:B:SS:UK:1 > >> > >> A £900 BIN for an old CB250G5 with a missing side panel and "minor > >> pitting" on the chrome? And that's not even UK registered? Just realised I had one of them in 1982ish. When I came to sell it one bloke offered me a sovereign ring for it. The guy who eventually bought it was a doley whose wife was feeding their baby on water with sugar in it. I had to go with him to the DSS to get his Giro so he could pay for it. Some priorities, eh? |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
<TOG@Toil>; <chateau.murray@btinternet.com>; <chateau.murray@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:1141299272.537632.26560@i40g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ADME:B:SS:UK:1 A £900 BIN for an old CB250G% with a missing side panel and "minor pitting" on the chrome? And that's not even UK registered? "These bikes are now fetching very good prices for original spec bikes" This sort of blatant hype and thievery from a so-called classic dealer actually makes me angry.... Does that include the warranty? Sorry. |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
Ant - 441cc <antony.adshead@rbi.co.uk> wrote:
> 'Hog wrote: > > Champ wrote: > > > On 2 Mar 2006 03:34:32 -0800, TOG@Toil, chateau.murray@btinternet.com, > > > <chateau.murray@btinternet.com> wrote: > > > > > >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...71420&ssPageNa me=ADME:B:SS:UK:1 > > >> > > >> A £900 BIN for an old CB250G5 with a missing side panel and "minor > > >> pitting" on the chrome? And that's not even UK registered? > > > Just realised I had one of them in 1982ish. When I came to sell it one > bloke offered me a sovereign ring for it. The guy who eventually bought > it was a doley whose wife was feeding their baby on water with sugar in > it. I had to go with him to the DSS to get his Giro so he could pay for > it. Some priorities, eh? I agree. Why pay for sugar? -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F CD250 x2 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
Ant - 441cc wrote:
> TOG@Toil wrote: >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ADME:B:SS:UK:1 >> >> A £900 BIN for an old CB250G% with a missing side panel and "minor >> pitting" on the chrome? And that's not even UK registered? >> >> "These bikes are now fetching very good prices for original spec >> bikes" >> >> This sort of blatant hype and thievery from a so-called classic >> dealer actually makes me angry.... > > I'm surprised he's not selling it for his friend/father/deceased > uncle. > Why do 50% of ebay vehicle sellers say this? I just think 'dodgy c*nt' > straight away. The thing that irritates me is huge number of descriptions that begin "Here we have..." Anyone doing this should be beaten like a gong. -- platypus we can do all the bad things |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
"TOG@Toil, wrote
> This sort of blatant hype and thievery from a so-called classic dealer > actually makes me angry.... It's all over ebay, of course. For eg: spot the diiference: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Milestone-Mina...cmdZ ViewItem http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gem-Cobwebs-Au...cmdZ ViewItem Beyond the 65 quid difference in start price. -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
platypus wrote:
> Ant - 441cc wrote: > > TOG@Toil wrote: > > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=4617971420&ss > > > PageName=ADME:B:SS:UK:1 > > > > > > A £900 BIN for an old CB250G% with a missing side panel and "minor > > > pitting" on the chrome? And that's not even UK registered? > > > > > > "These bikes are now fetching very good prices for original spec > > > bikes" > > > > > > This sort of blatant hype and thievery from a so-called classic > > > dealer actually makes me angry.... > > > > I'm surprised he's not selling it for his friend/father/deceased > > uncle. > > Why do 50% of ebay vehicle sellers say this? I just think 'dodgy > > c*nt' straight away. > > The thing that irritates me is huge number of descriptions that begin > "Here we have..." Anyone doing this should be beaten like a gong. Don't forget the "happy bidding". -- Mike FJ1200 |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
"Loz H" <m3lsd@> wrote:
> Cost me £20 out of the back of the local paper due to an apparent noisy > big end problem. The local MZ-heads at Towerland Motors told me "They're > all like that, it'll still run forever.." They do, too. -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F CD250 x2 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:
> > > Evidently you never rode a BSA Dandy. > > Fair's fair, not may people did, they usually pushed them. > I'll have you know there was a BSA Dandy on our Coast to Coast Run last year - that's 140 miles over two days. Mind you, it didn't make it all the way... all right, it didn't make it out of the car park at the start. -- Andrew |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
TOG@Toil, chateau.murray@btinternet.com, wrote:
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...7971420&ssPage > Name=ADME:B:SS:UK:1 > > A £900 BIN for an old CB250G% with a missing side panel and "minor > pitting" on the chrome? And that's not even UK registered? > > "These bikes are now fetching very good prices for original spec > bikes" > > This sort of blatant hype and thievery from a so-called classic dealer > actually makes me angry.... Only reached 310 quid, not sold. Relisted as: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=4620500061 Suddenly the BIN price is 400 quid cheaper... -- Mike FJ1200 |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
mb <zierikzeeNO@SPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> TOG@Toil, chateau.murray@btinternet.com, wrote: > > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...7971420&ssPage > > Name=ADME:B:SS:UK:1 > > > > A £900 BIN for an old CB250G% with a missing side panel and "minor > > pitting" on the chrome? And that's not even UK registered? > > > > "These bikes are now fetching very good prices for original spec > > bikes" > > > > This sort of blatant hype and thievery from a so-called classic dealer > > actually makes me angry.... > > > Only reached 310 quid, not sold. Relisted as: > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=4620500061 > > Suddenly the BIN price is 400 quid cheaper... Heh. I'm thinking: "Well, you can't blame him for trying once." -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F CD250 x2 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
On or around Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:42:48 -0600, "mb"
<zierikzeeNO@SPAMgmail.com> enlightened us thusly: >TOG@Toil, chateau.murray@btinternet.com, wrote: > >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...7971420&ssPage >> Name=ADME:B:SS:UK:1 >> >> A £900 BIN for an old CB250G% with a missing side panel and "minor >> pitting" on the chrome? And that's not even UK registered? >> >> "These bikes are now fetching very good prices for original spec >> bikes" >> >> This sort of blatant hype and thievery from a so-called classic dealer >> actually makes me angry.... > > >Only reached 310 quid, not sold. Relisted as: >http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=4620500061 > >Suddenly the BIN price is 400 quid cheaper... still 400 quid overpriced, IMHO. SOhonda 250 twins really are S. especially the CJ. Any of you lot ever had a VT250? There was a time I rather fancied one of them - a bit high-tech, but then if you're used, as I am, to cars, the idea of liquid cooling and so forth doesn't concern you. -- Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that In Touch: Get in touch with yourself by touching yourself. If somebody is watching, stop touching yourself. from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton. |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
Austin Shackles said...
> On or around Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:42:48 -0600, "mb" > <zierikzeeNO@SPAMgmail.com> enlightened us thusly: > > >TOG@Toil, chateau.murray@btinternet.com, wrote: > > > >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...7971420&ssPage > >> Name=ADME:B:SS:UK:1 > >> > >> A £900 BIN for an old CB250G% with a missing side panel and "minor > >> pitting" on the chrome? And that's not even UK registered? > >> > >> "These bikes are now fetching very good prices for original spec > >> bikes" > >> > >> This sort of blatant hype and thievery from a so-called classic dealer > >> actually makes me angry.... > > > > > >Only reached 310 quid, not sold. Relisted as: > >http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=4620500061 > > > >Suddenly the BIN price is 400 quid cheaper... > > still 400 quid overpriced, IMHO. SOhonda 250 twins really are S. especially > the CJ. > > Any of you lot ever had a VT250? There was a time I rather fancied one of > them - a bit high-tech, but then if you're used, as I am, to cars, the idea > of liquid cooling and so forth doesn't concern you. VT250s aren't high tech. Water cooling has been around since the earliest days of motorcycling, V-twins the same. Nothing on a VT250 is what I'd consider high tech, but some of it is unneccesary, such as inboard enclosed discs. -- Lozzo GSX-R1000 K1 GSF600(S)W GPZ500S E1 (FS: 350 quid and it's yours) |
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Re: Rip-off of the week
On or around Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:44:50 -0000, Lozzo <lozzo@speedyspic.co.uk>
enlightened us thusly: >Austin Shackles said... >> Any of you lot ever had a VT250? There was a time I rather fancied one of >> them - a bit high-tech, but then if you're used, as I am, to cars, the idea >> of liquid cooling and so forth doesn't concern you. > >VT250s aren't high tech. Water cooling has been around since the >earliest days of motorcycling, V-twins the same. Nothing on a VT250 is >what I'd consider high tech, but some of it is unneccesary, such as >inboard enclosed discs. well, no, not really high-tech. But that was the view of the cognescenti in the days when typical 250s were dog-simple air-cooled. the enclosed disc was rather a daft idea, at that. -- Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that "My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack. - Marshal Foch (1851 - 1929) |
