Tricky1977
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I had a similar (positive?) experience to Greencat. I found a gem of a 92 Kona Fire Mountain on eBay with no bids due to a terrible description. It was covered in XTR, Chris king, hope and weirdly BMX bars/stem. I won it for something like £70, but it was located in central Manchester and I’m in Essex!
A night away with work in Brum and managed the journey to pick it up, which had been very difficult to arrange as the seller couldn’t give me a time/ location and even said they didn’t receive the money at one point. Loads of red flags and I half expected my bargain unicorn to be a scam.
In the end a pick up time was agreed but the seller wasn’t in, so left the lime green Kona in a shared hallway of a flat, where a yoga session was happening, I felt like a thief as I slung it over my shoulder and walked out. But I got it!
The worst thing was, 3 months later she emails to ask how the restoration is going…but since it was a mish-mash of BMX parts and high end bits on a heavy 14” frame. I’d stripped it and sold it all on… I didn’t have the heart to tell her!
A night away with work in Brum and managed the journey to pick it up, which had been very difficult to arrange as the seller couldn’t give me a time/ location and even said they didn’t receive the money at one point. Loads of red flags and I half expected my bargain unicorn to be a scam.
In the end a pick up time was agreed but the seller wasn’t in, so left the lime green Kona in a shared hallway of a flat, where a yoga session was happening, I felt like a thief as I slung it over my shoulder and walked out. But I got it!
The worst thing was, 3 months later she emails to ask how the restoration is going…but since it was a mish-mash of BMX parts and high end bits on a heavy 14” frame. I’d stripped it and sold it all on… I didn’t have the heart to tell her!
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