Bike*

[doctor-bond]

So it seems likely the seller would take a grand for it, no?

Must … not … go… there. (Surely worth a punt though)

 

[bikeworkshop]

I'd want to check it over first.
All my bad ebay experiences are low feedback or under 99%.

"Bike*" just doesn't ring right.

List a fancy item with a million reserve (undisclosed), stir up some interest, make contact, offer the item a little above the top bid, arrange a blinding deal, ask for bank transfer...

 

[bikeworkshop]

Must … not … go… there. (Surely worth a punt though)

With a punt if you arrange to go see it.
The vendor won't be up for that if it's a scam.

 

[doctor-bond]

I'd want to check it over first.
All my bad ebay experiences are low feedback or under 99%.

"Bike*" just doesn't ring right.

List a fancy item with a million reserve (undisclosed), stir up some interest, make contact, offer the item a little above the top bid, arrange a blinding deal, ask for bank transfer...

Yep worth being cautious, seller protection won’t help you out much against “Bike”.

 

[doctor-bond]

Yet with these things it’s a bit Occam’s razor. If it were a re sprayed Raleigh 753 “ex champions bike” you could see the grift. But so long as you’re convinced you are buying the bike in the picture, how would you fake that? Certainly checking for crash damage is a plan (I have an ex-TdF Panasonic on my wall waiting for a re-straighten ….)

& in the interests of fairness, I contacted the guy first