Cheap bikes, too good to be true? - SCAM alert
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Cheap bikes, too good to be true?
i been checking out bikes on ebay and i have seen some cheap sportbikes. I've seen a 2003 hayabusa's going for 2500 shipped, 2003 r1 2000 shipped, 2003 cbr900rr for 3000 shipped. but they are all from europe (netherlands, bulgaria) the bikes are clean title also and in excellent conditon with low miles. Is there a catch? can the bikes be registered in the US? anybody?
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Re: Cheap bikes, too good to be true? (sakums20)
dude, I looked at buying a Busa from england. Don't do it. That's my suggestion.
First, you have to pay a certain customs fee.
Then, you pay the registration.
and all this other ****, it's gotta be a scam.
I got scammed SELLING something overseas, through paypal!
Just too big of a risk.
First, you have to pay a certain customs fee.
Then, you pay the registration.
and all this other ****, it's gotta be a scam.
I got scammed SELLING something overseas, through paypal!
Just too big of a risk.
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Re: Cheap bikes, too good to be true? (sakums20)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sakums20 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i been checking out bikes on ebay and i have seen some cheap sportbikes. I've seen a 2003 hayabusa's going for 2500 shipped, 2003 r1 2000 shipped, 2003 cbr900rr for 3000 shipped. but they are all from europe (netherlands, bulgaria) the bikes are clean title also and in excellent conditon with low miles. Is there a catch? can the bikes be registered in the US? anybody?</TD></TR></TABLE>
They're all scams. They want you to wire them money ONLY through western union. dont bother.
They're all scams. They want you to wire them money ONLY through western union. dont bother.
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Re: Cheap bikes, too good to be true? (MilanoRex)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MilanoRex »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
They're all scams. They want you to wire them money ONLY through western union. dont bother.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Ahh soo true! This guy wanted me to pay western union only, and got pissed when I wanted to pay through a different method.
When I expressed my interest in buying, he cancelled his ebay auction, probably so there was no way of proving that it was a legal sale, or a legal agreement.
******* scammers.
I know exactly what you're going through man, you're trying to tell yourself it will be alright and you'll get the bike for soo cheap.
Don't do it. I've already been screwed in every way possible through ebay, the parts trader, and even honda-tech.
It's a tough cruel world, and it's depressing to think that people are that dis-honest. But any chance they get, they'll **** ya in the ***.
They're all scams. They want you to wire them money ONLY through western union. dont bother.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Ahh soo true! This guy wanted me to pay western union only, and got pissed when I wanted to pay through a different method.
When I expressed my interest in buying, he cancelled his ebay auction, probably so there was no way of proving that it was a legal sale, or a legal agreement.
******* scammers.
I know exactly what you're going through man, you're trying to tell yourself it will be alright and you'll get the bike for soo cheap.
Don't do it. I've already been screwed in every way possible through ebay, the parts trader, and even honda-tech.
It's a tough cruel world, and it's depressing to think that people are that dis-honest. But any chance they get, they'll **** ya in the ***.
What is this crap?
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Re: Cheap bikes, too good to be true? (detaude)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by detaude »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Man, ebay sucks, if it's cheap, it is a scam. If it's not a scam, then it's freaking expensive!</TD></TR></TABLE>
ebay is a true open market. at best, you get what you pay for. at worst, you pay too much.
ebay is a true open market. at best, you get what you pay for. at worst, you pay too much.
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Re: Cheap bikes, too good to be true? (sakums20)
yea don't do it...i found a bike on cycletrader(03 R6) and the location it listed was about 20min from my house so i email the guy and he emails me back saying him and the bike are somewhere in Africa but after I send him $1200 thru western union..he'll ship the bike and so on..the guy even went as far as to not use proper spelling/grammer in the email so it looked like he was actually African..maybe i'm wrong but the **** had scam written all over it
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Re: Cheap bikes, too good to be true? (97Civic-R)
hahah, same thing happened to me. 20 miles away 2002 ZX9R but he moved to Ireland and couldnt get it registered. Said hed ship it to me "like present" Grammer was all messed up. I replied and told him and said how many times does that actually work?? He never got back to me, ha. Dont trust the BS, go check the bike out first.
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Re: Cheap bikes, too good to be true? (sakums20)
education is priceless... if it costs you $2500 to learn to use your brain then its worth it. If somehow you could learn the lesson w/o losing your money...
What is this crap?
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Re: Cheap bikes, too good to be true? (tonydatyga)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tonydatyga »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> If somehow you could learn the lesson w/o losing your money...</TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah its called google. ah but then you have to be smart enough to do research first.
yeah its called google. ah but then you have to be smart enough to do research first.
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Re: Cheap bikes, too good to be true? (MEANB18)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MEANB18 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Ahh soo true! This guy wanted me to pay western union only, and got pissed when I wanted to pay through a different method.
When I expressed my interest in buying, he cancelled his ebay auction, probably so there was no way of proving that it was a legal sale, or a legal agreement.
******* scammers.
I know exactly what you're going through man, you're trying to tell yourself it will be alright and you'll get the bike for soo cheap.
Don't do it. I've already been screwed in every way possible through ebay, the parts trader, and even honda-tech.
It's a tough cruel world, and it's depressing to think that people are that dis-honest. But any chance they get, they'll **** ya in the ***.
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man, you guys are very helpful, these are the exact words they are telling me, and they only want western union, lucky i had a bad feeling about it. thanks all for saving me from a $3000 mistake
Ahh soo true! This guy wanted me to pay western union only, and got pissed when I wanted to pay through a different method.
When I expressed my interest in buying, he cancelled his ebay auction, probably so there was no way of proving that it was a legal sale, or a legal agreement.
******* scammers.
I know exactly what you're going through man, you're trying to tell yourself it will be alright and you'll get the bike for soo cheap.
Don't do it. I've already been screwed in every way possible through ebay, the parts trader, and even honda-tech.
It's a tough cruel world, and it's depressing to think that people are that dis-honest. But any chance they get, they'll **** ya in the ***.
</TD></TR></TABLE>
man, you guys are very helpful, these are the exact words they are telling me, and they only want western union, lucky i had a bad feeling about it. thanks all for saving me from a $3000 mistake
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Re: Cheap bikes, too good to be true? (NA Gen2Teg)
its kind of a no brainer. Who da hell would sell an almost brand new bike thats worth way more for like 2500-3000$ shipped....i mean c'mon man. I've seen many of those on ebay and just feel sorry for people that are actually stupid enough to fall for that ****.
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Email I Just got:
Dear Sir/Madam,
i see that you are interested in buying a
Suzuki : GSX-R : GSXR600
I have the same product you are lookig for.
The price is $3000.OO with shipping included.
Please reply as soon as you can if you are interested in my offer.
wil accept escrow, FedEx COD, or WestrenUnion
Kind regards
The reply:
Dear sir, **** off, don't waste my time, and stop scamming people out of
their money.
Kind regards,
Go to hell.
The guy doesn't tell me anything about it, I don't know what year it is, what condition it's in, what color, where he's located, he just tells me he has it for 3000 and how to send him money.
Dear Sir/Madam,
i see that you are interested in buying a
Suzuki : GSX-R : GSXR600
I have the same product you are lookig for.
The price is $3000.OO with shipping included.
Please reply as soon as you can if you are interested in my offer.
wil accept escrow, FedEx COD, or WestrenUnion
Kind regards
The reply:
Dear sir, **** off, don't waste my time, and stop scamming people out of
their money.
Kind regards,
Go to hell.
The guy doesn't tell me anything about it, I don't know what year it is, what condition it's in, what color, where he's located, he just tells me he has it for 3000 and how to send him money.
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Re: (slammed EG)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by slammed EG »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Email I Just got:
Dear Sir/Madam,
i see that you are interested in buying a
Suzuki : GSX-R : GSXR600
I have the same product you are lookig for.
The price is $3000.OO with shipping included.
Please reply as soon as you can if you are interested in my offer.
wil accept escrow, FedEx COD, or WestrenUnion
Kind regards
</TD></TR></TABLE>
Thats hilarious...yeh like i'd wanna do busines with someone who uses OO's as Zero's
Dear Sir/Madam,
i see that you are interested in buying a
Suzuki : GSX-R : GSXR600
I have the same product you are lookig for.
The price is $3000.OO with shipping included.
Please reply as soon as you can if you are interested in my offer.
wil accept escrow, FedEx COD, or WestrenUnion
Kind regards
</TD></TR></TABLE>
Thats hilarious...yeh like i'd wanna do busines with someone who uses OO's as Zero's
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BoostedSi »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you do escrow cant you look at it before you actually pay the guy?</TD></TR></TABLE>
They want a Western union deposit first, then they will use the escrow service
They want a Western union deposit first, then they will use the escrow service
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Digital-R »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
They want a Western union deposit first, then they will use the escrow service </TD></TR></TABLE>
so thats the catch
They want a Western union deposit first, then they will use the escrow service
</TD></TR></TABLE>so thats the catch
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You guys are so right, the amount of scams on ebay is rediculous. One time i found an 02 R1 w/ 200 miles and titanium pipe (with a picture)w/ a "buy it now" of $3200. A few minutes later, i found the same exact bike under a different item# w/ a buy it now of $2900. Needless to say, i didnt end up emailing that seller. Does ebay have a contact u can email and tell them about scams u see while browsin the site?
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Re: Cheap bikes, too good to be true? (MEANB18)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MEANB18 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dude, I looked at buying a Busa from england. Don't do it. That's my suggestion.
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Why would you do that. Bikes are cheaper in the US and type specific. You would need to change lenses, maybe emmission related stuff on top of the fact that the $$ is sitting at its lowest in years?
Weird
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Why would you do that. Bikes are cheaper in the US and type specific. You would need to change lenses, maybe emmission related stuff on top of the fact that the $$ is sitting at its lowest in years?
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those are scams. they are all over the online recycler classifieds here in socal. half the numbers were even disconnected or fake so I couldn't even bs with the sellers.
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