suspicious relisting of marzocchi atom 2001 forks
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TonyMerryfield
Retro Guru
Rampage":pk7kxahx said:
Funny how often that happens to me on eBay... I wonder if eBay's real reason for spinning off PayPal is so they wouldn't be included in any audit or financial investigations? :?
valve bouncer
Retro Guru
Went for 23 quid, about right. Our work here is done!cybernck":3q2p67on said:So... what's happened in the end?
Went for 23 quid, about right. Our work here is done![/quote]
I bid on and paid for this fork.Bid at the last moment and paid straight away. I await with interest to see if they arrive.
I also saw them on ebay twice prior to bidding. I had a price in my mind and did not bid the first two times, because I didn't think they were worth the price they had reached. When I saw them re-listed, I asked the seller "had this fork been previously listed and if so, why?" The response was,
"Yes it has, they sold for £40 and person didn't want them. Then the last buyer didn't read the postage note in the description."
As an aside, I have posted frame and fork together for a little of half of the cost the postage on these forks, but that is my choice.
As a second aside, I would have preferred to have purchased the fork from someone on Retrobike, simply because any description on here, I believe would have been as honest as it was possible to be, because this is a small community where name is important and with any luck you may come across the other person in your riding/dealings. Ebay does not have that intimacy. The description of the condition was limited, which may be from ignorance or duplicity. Either way, I am happy for the total price, £38, if the fork is only for parts. I am very happy if they are salvageable, because when all is said and done, this period of Marzocchi forks really are very effective and a joy to maintain.
I bid on and paid for this fork.Bid at the last moment and paid straight away. I await with interest to see if they arrive.
I also saw them on ebay twice prior to bidding. I had a price in my mind and did not bid the first two times, because I didn't think they were worth the price they had reached. When I saw them re-listed, I asked the seller "had this fork been previously listed and if so, why?" The response was,
"Yes it has, they sold for £40 and person didn't want them. Then the last buyer didn't read the postage note in the description."
As an aside, I have posted frame and fork together for a little of half of the cost the postage on these forks, but that is my choice.
As a second aside, I would have preferred to have purchased the fork from someone on Retrobike, simply because any description on here, I believe would have been as honest as it was possible to be, because this is a small community where name is important and with any luck you may come across the other person in your riding/dealings. Ebay does not have that intimacy. The description of the condition was limited, which may be from ignorance or duplicity. Either way, I am happy for the total price, £38, if the fork is only for parts. I am very happy if they are salvageable, because when all is said and done, this period of Marzocchi forks really are very effective and a joy to maintain.
IanLummes":10hu9lhf said:
When I saw them re-listed, I asked the seller "had this fork been previously listed and if so, why?" The response was,
"Yes it has, they sold for £40 and person didn't want them. Then the last buyer didn't read the postage note in the description."
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The winner of the original listing "who didn't want them" appears to have given a feedback for those forks "rapid delivery, top class ebayer". That same winner also posted similar feedback on some brakes, that then appear to have been sold a week later to someone else!!!!!!!
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The winner of the original listing "who didn't want them" appears to have given a feedback for those forks "rapid delivery, top class ebayer". That same winner also posted similar feedback on some brakes, that then appear to have been sold a week later to someone else!!!!!!![/quote]
Dear BJ,
remind me never to cross you, your ability to check stuff out is really impressive. I really enjoyed your absolute conviction to get to the heart of the matter. Particularly "sold a week later to someone else!!!!!!!" That was really wonderful investigation.
An update - the fork has arrived and it is more than the sum of its parts. It is well worth a rebuild, I take back my earlier comment, because I am glad I took a chance and purchased the fork off someone who was 'ignorant' of the forks condition. However, that does not lessen the duplicity of deceitful bidding on ebay.
The winner of the original listing "who didn't want them" appears to have given a feedback for those forks "rapid delivery, top class ebayer". That same winner also posted similar feedback on some brakes, that then appear to have been sold a week later to someone else!!!!!!![/quote]
Dear BJ,
remind me never to cross you, your ability to check stuff out is really impressive. I really enjoyed your absolute conviction to get to the heart of the matter. Particularly "sold a week later to someone else!!!!!!!" That was really wonderful investigation.
An update - the fork has arrived and it is more than the sum of its parts. It is well worth a rebuild, I take back my earlier comment, because I am glad I took a chance and purchased the fork off someone who was 'ignorant' of the forks condition. However, that does not lessen the duplicity of deceitful bidding on ebay.
