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Offline Don R

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out of country sale Q?
« on: August 31, 2025, 10:21:36 AM »
 I have a guy in Brazil interested in buying my 71 K0. He seems to be real. What's the best way to handle payment in a deal like this?
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Re: out of country sale Q?
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2025, 11:36:00 AM »
Move to Brazil....
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Re: out of country sale Q?
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2025, 11:39:53 AM »
Bank transfer is safest.
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Buyer pays caramel, seller gets paid two days after pickup, short term escrow.
Nothing else if safe
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Re: out of country sale Q?
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2025, 12:40:16 PM »
 He wanted to pay less without the exhaust and gauges, I agreed, then he wanted to pay even less with the gauges and exhaust hardware. We're done.
 The no kill motorcycle shelter may soon make an exception.
 
 
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Re: out of country sale not happening.
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2025, 12:24:30 PM »
Don,
Things like this happen with furin buyers.
List on ebay no reserve, block foreign buyers.
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Re: out of country sale not happening.
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2025, 04:11:34 PM »
 The locals were even worse. One guy offered what the exhaust and seat cost me. Then criticized the 750's on my FB page because one had Mag wheels.
  I think he's the guy that followed a Chinese spy balloon for 150 miles before he realized it was bird poo on his windshield.
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Re: out of country sale not happening.
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2025, 04:15:32 PM »
I’ve sold a few bikes to far away and I always use the same tactic. When my bank tells me 100% of the funds are locked in my account, I will release the motorcycle….
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Re: out of country sale not happening.
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2025, 09:40:52 AM »
Quote from: BenelliSEI on September 04, 2025, 04:15:32 PM
I’ve sold a few bikes to far away and I always use the same tactic. When my bank tells me 100% of the funds are locked in my account, I will release the motorcycle….

We've done the same thing for distant buyers. And they're responsible for arranging the shipping.
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Re: out of country sale not happening.
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2025, 10:14:22 AM »
 I put 3 of the bikes on their center stands on the concrete floor and scooted them close together. I plan to let go of my storage unit this month, only the GS1100 is currently there and now it fits here.
 When time and desire allows, I'll finish this one and auction it.

 Thanks for the replies. Marketplace seems to have inherited the a-holes from Craigslist.
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Re: out of country sale not happening.
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2025, 03:59:59 PM »
nahhh...the market place buyers are wayyyy worse than craigslist ever was.

seriously though...it seems like CB759 buyers, in general, are the worst.  I have sold 5 or 6 bikes in the last year.  Only 1 of them was a 750k.  All the others got way less response, but the other bikes buyers were much more serious and intelligent.
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Re: out of country sale Q?
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2025, 07:41:57 PM »
 HA!
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