Post #40, welcome to the world we all live in now. I heard from the same "marina", shuck it off-they're out there. Ebay & Craigslist have plenty of flakes & waaaaaaayyyyyy more regular folks that take it in stride. I have my times that I grunt & groan with the "winners" of auctions not following through as the many warnings attest but you can always call the ebay people in India and get that phony bidder removed from the eligible list.
I have my bike listed on CL,IBMWR,MOA & ADV now & only had one junk email(it looked OK but filtered as junk), so maybe its a slow day in the dark continent?
The recent statement that "they could find it closer to home" still ignores the fact that there really are not that many(if any at all) MC's that are of a certain brand,model,year,condition,etc., in most rural areas. The one I have for sale now came from D/FW & I can assure you they are not to be found just anywhere. Sure, they come up every now & then but lets be real, BMW is a niche market MC & much the same for the other 1st choice buys to be found. I find that one must tolerate a certain level of distrust or caution in the other guy until we both have found our comfort zone, then once it's apparent that we are both sorta of lucid & regular folks(whatever that is?) it proceeds as in the "good old days".
I've done lots of buys/sells on ADV rider where trust is involved & never an issue yet. OTOH, I can remember some good old days dealings with some real old time crooks. There's still may be the guy in KS that kept my cash deposit on a Triumph & sold it to someone else the same week before I got paid & may his soul go to hell soon. There's also the guy that owns a local GM brand dealership in KS that shows up at my HS reunions thats dad cheated me on a 1957 Pontiac(off a BIG fancy lot too!) & he is the same guy that cheated my friend out of his BBQ business. Yes, they have always been around and not always from Africa.
I have my bike listed on CL,IBMWR,MOA & ADV now & only had one junk email(it looked OK but filtered as junk), so maybe its a slow day in the dark continent?
The recent statement that "they could find it closer to home" still ignores the fact that there really are not that many(if any at all) MC's that are of a certain brand,model,year,condition,etc., in most rural areas. The one I have for sale now came from D/FW & I can assure you they are not to be found just anywhere. Sure, they come up every now & then but lets be real, BMW is a niche market MC & much the same for the other 1st choice buys to be found. I find that one must tolerate a certain level of distrust or caution in the other guy until we both have found our comfort zone, then once it's apparent that we are both sorta of lucid & regular folks(whatever that is?) it proceeds as in the "good old days".
I've done lots of buys/sells on ADV rider where trust is involved & never an issue yet. OTOH, I can remember some good old days dealings with some real old time crooks. There's still may be the guy in KS that kept my cash deposit on a Triumph & sold it to someone else the same week before I got paid & may his soul go to hell soon. There's also the guy that owns a local GM brand dealership in KS that shows up at my HS reunions thats dad cheated me on a 1957 Pontiac(off a BIG fancy lot too!) & he is the same guy that cheated my friend out of his BBQ business. Yes, they have always been around and not always from Africa.