Topic: Thinks that make you go HMMMMM

[Bodain]

On 06-09 This shows up on Dallas CL.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/mcy/1213447071.html

Well this is what we all dream of.... Well maybe not the 78F. Anyway, I expect these were gone within 1 hour cause the guy would never answers phone or email.

Then on 06-17  Look what shows up on Dallas CL again....

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/mcy/1226511575.html

Obviously new owner is now reselling the same item for a nice little profit.

[KB02]

And still not a bad price...

[Laminar]

The first link doesn't work, and it's only a matter of time until the second stops, too. How about copying and pasting the contents of the listing or taking a screenshot of it so that people will still know what you're talking about when they disappear?

[nobody]

That's still quite a steal, I'd snag that up if it were a little closer to me.

[jaknight]

Hi Guys,

That's pretty hard to swallow.  Like another member said about a different subject....... What's the catch?

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[Johnny5]

Maybe it's just half a bike. I dont see any pictures of the other side.

[jaknight]

Good......

....... point Johnny.  I let that consideration slip past me.

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[Johnny5]

I also love the ads that show 20 year old pictures of the bike.

Sure that is the bike you're selling….but I don’t really care about what the bike looked like before the big crash, thank you.

[andrew750]

Bodain,

I talked to that guy the morning after he listed it, said he was in the shed loading them to take them back to town and could show them to me in 15 minutes.  Unfortunately, I'm an hour and a half away and couldn't get away at that moment so told him I'd call him back.....never answered his phone again....figured someone else got them!  Apparently he just realized with what was probably an abundance of calls, that he was GIVING them away. 

For anyone who couldn't open the link, it was 2 cb750's, that one and another for $200...both with titles, both complete....one with an electrical problem and the other "quit pulling" while riding down the highway.

Guess I'll quit kicking myself over them now that I see it's still for sale. 

[Bodain]

Bodain,

I talked to that guy the morning after he listed it, said he was in the shed loading them to take them back to town and could show them to me in 15 minutes.  Unfortunately, I'm an hour and a half away and couldn't get away at that moment so told him I'd call him back.....never answered his phone again....figured someone else got them!  Apparently he just realized with what was probably an abundance of calls, that he was GIVING them away. 

For anyone who couldn't open the link, it was 2 cb750's, that one and another for $200...both with titles, both complete....one with an electrical problem and the other "quit pulling" while riding down the highway.

Guess I'll quit kicking myself over them now that I see it's still for sale. 

Quit kicking yourself. Now those two bikes at $100.00 each would be a super deal.
When the original guy posted the first ad. I called and emailed him as did, along with about 50 other guys. No reply...... Just like you...

Since I am now the owner the the RED one for $450.00 I got to talk to the guy that bought them both... Apparently for some unknown reason the original guy wasn't taking phone calls or emails. The fellow that got them both sent him a text message and got a response. Thus, he went and got both bikes for $200.00

Now get this! The guy that bought them both, is not a motorcycle guy. In his world they were just cheap old motorcycles, but he was still wise enough to bump up the price on the red one and sell it to me for $450.00
He decided to keep the 78 F with 30,000 miles, because he felt like it was the easiest to make run. Little does he know what what a bad choice that was.

The red one that I now own has 17,000 miles with original pipes. He claimed it had a title. Well not really. It has a title on the state of Minnesota, listed with someone else as the owner. So the title is basically worthless.
So since the bike has never been registered in the state of Texas, getting a title is quit easy.

I just don't understand. It's like raining cheap CB's here in Texas. Just 4 weeks ago. I picked this up for $700.00

[bistromath]

WHAAAAT

700 dollars


WHAAAAAAAAAAAT

bodain you just earned the envy and loathing of this entire board

[jaknight]

Multiples,

Multiples........ freaking fried flying squirrels, Batman! Multiples!

~ ~ ~ jaknight ~ ~ ~

[Colonel]

Now I am depressed... 

[Frankencake]

I never liked Texas