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smilo006
14-Sep-2004, 08:35
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2489666159&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

Seller has no history. No bike details, payment by bank transfer, US spec bike, the one sentence he writes has a spelling mistake in it and is grammatically incorrect. Someone else with no history bidding it up.
Nice. :flame:

Jools
14-Sep-2004, 10:50
Yep, it is.

Any description that includes a line like "[The 999] has best functionality of all his parts" has got to be.

It's also typical that the description will just be generic waffle or technical specs about the 999 (sometimes cut and pasted straight from ducati.com) rather than any specific information about the bike in question.

Hopefully a bidder like scam_auction will be along in a minute to flag it up.

yellowisfriedegg
14-Sep-2004, 11:03
Also odd is that the seller claims to be in London but the bike shown is obviously US spec , reflectors on the front mudguard :(

Rocker
14-Sep-2004, 12:03
I have sent the following question to the seller " Would it be possible for me to view the bike before bidding? London is no problem for me. which area are you in?" It will be interesting to see what (if any) reply I receive

smilo006
14-Sep-2004, 14:01
Thought so.

Isn't there a way to scupper these sort of XXX+!?XX sale by bidding it up to £1mn?

yeti
14-Sep-2004, 14:21
Originally posted by Rocker
" Would it be possible for me to view the bike before bidding?

Ditto.

Or we could simply log on to E-Bay and over bid the thing

yellowisfriedegg
14-Sep-2004, 15:04
I asked why he was selling the bike and how many miles it had done , here is the reply :

Hi,

I sell it because i want to buy other one and this one is like new with only 900MILES.If you are interested i have a lot of photos with the bike.



The sender calls himself Mark Ronson

Rocker
14-Sep-2004, 15:49
Youre lucky I didn't get a reply to my request to view. I wonder why;)

yellowisfriedegg
14-Sep-2004, 16:04
I have replied to him :

"Hi again , I am very keen to see the bike , I live in Wimbledon , wherabouts in London are you ? , I could come and see the bike later in the week.

Thanks"


lets see if I get a bite this time :roll:

Rocker
14-Sep-2004, 18:05
I wouldn't hold your breath if I were you;)

Albie
15-Sep-2004, 08:41
just checked it and is now invalid. looks like its been pulled. well done peeps .you may have done someone a favour.:smug::smug::lol::D

yellowisfriedegg
15-Sep-2004, 08:47
our work here is done :lol:

dave w
15-Sep-2004, 09:34
Scumbag :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Rocker
15-Sep-2004, 10:53
Originally posted by yellowisfriedegg
our work here is done :lol:

I think you should have added the words "For now" to your statement as I'm sure that there will others to deal with