"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
07/24/2019 at 22:23 • Filed to: Two Wheels Good
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"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
07/24/2019 at 22:23 • Filed to: Two Wheels Good | 0
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Selling my DT175 had a weird curveball to it.
The bike was running just fine then bam... nothing. Wouldn’t start. Narrowed it down to no spark. Changed the plug, still nothing.
Despite that I had no trouble selling it and I only lost $100 on it. Considering it needed tyres as well as a new coil, I’ll consider it breaking even. This means everything in my stable has a proper title ...you have no idea how happy that makes me feel.
Annoyingly, despite my best precautions I still had trouble with buyers. I put “first come first serve” in my ad. Two guys offered to pay my asking price next day almost immediately while a third offered $100 less and wasn’t willing to budge on price. But he was willing to buy it that night.
I told him that the first guy offered more cash and he’s also super determined to pick it up in the morning, so unless he was willing to pay me more, I’ll just wait for the other guy. Nope, he wanted me to buy it for his price even though I didn’t want to . He wasn’t willing to budge on the his lower price, so I kept telling him I’ll wait for the other guy that is going to pay more . He kept ignoring me and demanding I sell it to him instead for less money. I finally got him to bump up his price a bit by offering to deliver it (he lives local-ish) and I agreed to meet him. Told him to give me 30 min to load up the trailer and that I’ll text him when I’m on my way. It was understood that he wouldn’t go anywhere until I was on my way .
Took me an hour to load up because a ratchet strap broke and I’m trying to load the trailer quietly (did I say it was 11pm?) . He didn’t care, he was just pissed that he moved his cars around, got fuel, went to the meeting point, waited 30 min, and I never showed up. Uh dude, you weren’t supposed to leave until I texted you...not my fault you can’t follow instructions. So at that point I told him I really am going to sell to the other guy.
Other guy did as he said. Came over, handed me a was of cash, then was gone within five minutes.
Upon marking the bike sold I then got a flood of messages from different guys about how they were supposed to buy it. Yeah mate, first come first serve. This guy was willing to pay the price and show up first thing in the morning, too bad. Christ, I hate selling bikes...
atfsgeoff
> Mercedes Streeter
07/24/2019 at 22:33 |
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Ahh the joys of fleet reduction
themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> Mercedes Streeter
07/24/2019 at 22:38 |
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Oh jeeze, I had a real piece of work message me after I sold the grom saying he had “2300 in actual CASH to hand me” because “no one in their right mind would pay more than 2000$ for a grom”. Which, ok ay, tell yourself that, but you’re wrong on all the levels here bud.
He sent me a bunch of nasty messages about how he was gonna flag my ads and that there was no way I sold it for near asking price and that he was going to get me blocked from facebook marketplace. I kept debating on replying but I ended up just blocking him and moving on to looking for honda magnas and oddball UJMs.
Chuckles
> Mercedes Streeter
07/24/2019 at 23:13 |
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Was this on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace? The main reason I ended up selling my car on CL instead of FB was because I didn't want to deal with people angry about missing out on the sale. At least on CL you can just make the ad disappear, plus it's only tied to a throwaway email that I never have to check.
UserNotFound
> Mercedes Streeter
07/24/2019 at 23:43 |
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I listed my R6 f or $3600. First person to come out and see it kicks the tires, talks up a big game about how he knows all the scams and I can’t fool him by having the bike already warmed up so it would start better (I said feel it, it’s cold), wants to ride it up and down the street (sure but you’re putting your wallet and phone in my mailbox before I take the keys out of my pocket) then, when he’s finally satisfied that it’s a damn good bike, he says “well, I want it. I have $1900 in the bank right now.”
I said thanks for interest , have a good day, call me when you have $3600 in the bank.
Next guy to look at it spent about 15 minutes looking over it and chatting, negotiated to $3300 (which was my intended selling price anyway) then put it on the trailer and went on his way.
First guy emails me a month later asking if it's still for sale because he figured I wouldn't have been able to get over $3k for it.
Old-Busted-Hotness
> Mercedes Streeter
07/25/2019 at 08:19 |
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wats the least u will take
wat if i give cashiers check for $5400 will u refund 5000
trades?
Ugh. No wonder I’m buried in old garbage, it’s too much trouble to sell.
StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8
> Mercedes Streeter
07/25/2019 at 08:32 |
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I guess I just got really fucking lucky with selling my R6 and buying my FZ-09. Went and looked at the FZ first, seller was a nice guy, let me take it around the block. We had negotiated price before I showed up, was asking 6k offered him 5500. Had a lien on the title still, so I gave him a deposit and took the title with me so we were both happy we weren’t getting screwed. Came back with the cash and paperwork when his letter came in. Rode home and love the bike.
After putting money down on the FZ, it was time to sell the R6. Listed for 3500 really wanting 3k out of it. First guy that messages me asks the good questions and asks if I would take 3200, sure. Comes over to look at it and done deal.
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66P1800inpieces
> Chuckles
07/25/2019 at 08:41 |
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+1 and I use my Google Voice number.
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Chuckles
> 66P1800inpieces
07/25/2019 at 08:51 |
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When I sold my Miata, I was lucky enough to get through it without even giving out a phone number. Everything was through email and in person.