Pet advertisment hate....
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I probably need slapping down here but.......
Why oh why oh why do so many people stick that crass phrase in their 'for sale' advert
'First to see will buy.' Or, as I saw the other day, Furst to c will buy'.
For me, it always says the wrong thing about what they are trying to sell and actually puts me off seeing it.
Or is it just me?
Why oh why oh why do so many people stick that crass phrase in their 'for sale' advert
'First to see will buy.' Or, as I saw the other day, Furst to c will buy'.
For me, it always says the wrong thing about what they are trying to sell and actually puts me off seeing it.
Or is it just me?
The one that pisses me off is 'xyz is not working, cheap fix, only £20' if it was that cheap and easy to fix why haven't you done it?
What it really means is that its f
ked and the fix requires an awful lot more than the £20 sensor you have already bought and fitted and has not fixed it.
What it really means is that its f
ked and the fix requires an awful lot more than the £20 sensor you have already bought and fitted and has not fixed it.Jazoli said:
The one that pisses me off is 'xyz is not working, cheap fix, only £20' if it was that cheap and easy to fix why haven't you done it?
What it really means is that its fked and the fix requires an awful lot more than the £20 sensor you have already bought and fitted and has not fixed it.
I'm a bit like that when a bike (or car) for sale has a whole load of unfitted new parts supplied with it. If that's how much you're admitting is wrong with it, I'm betting there's more. If you at least fitted those parts it'd show a bit of on-going maintenance. What it really means is that its f
ked and the fix requires an awful lot more than the £20 sensor you have already bought and fitted and has not fixed it.As an example, I've been looking at Futuras. There's one advertised that comes with new fork seals. Now a part of me suspects that the seller has been wheelying up and down Whitby seafront and popped the seals from all the hard landings, but then another view is that the fork stanchions may have more pits than Wales ever did and the seller knows that changing the seals won't stop the leaks so hasn't bothered. Thus my first look would be at the forks, since he's drawn my attention to them!
Or 'really quick bike'
On a 600 bandit ffs.....
Other ads that annoy me are for 'streetfighters' with 'great pre accident condition, twin headlamps fitted' which are advertised for the same price as a good condition bike with all its fairings intact that hasn't been lobbed down the road and lashed up because the owner couldn't afford new fairings.
On a 600 bandit ffs.....
Other ads that annoy me are for 'streetfighters' with 'great pre accident condition, twin headlamps fitted' which are advertised for the same price as a good condition bike with all its fairings intact that hasn't been lobbed down the road and lashed up because the owner couldn't afford new fairings.
I was looking for a GSXR (properly explains it all). All the adverts on eBay I found were talking about top speed and how quick it was etc. I know its quick, its a sports bike for fks sake.
Bad spelling puts me off as well, I'm not the best speller in the world but always get someone to check it over before I post it!
ks sake. Bad spelling puts me off as well, I'm not the best speller in the world but always get someone to check it over before I post it!
One picture and one line of explanation that does nothing more that provide a label for the picture.
<picture of a 2003 GSXR750>
Description: 2003 GSXR750, 3750 or very near offer, I know what these are worth so don't waste my time.
End.
Of course mate. Your single nokia phone picture of it in your driveway on that grey day in 2010 right before you washed it for the first time in three months is so blindingly good, the bike will literally sell itself and people are fking mugs if they don't immediately "buy it now". 
<picture of a 2003 GSXR750>
Description: 2003 GSXR750, 3750 or very near offer, I know what these are worth so don't waste my time.
End.
Of course mate. Your single nokia phone picture of it in your driveway on that grey day in 2010 right before you washed it for the first time in three months is so blindingly good, the bike will literally sell itself and people are f
king mugs if they don't immediately "buy it now". 
Wedg1e said:
mitzy said:
One careful lady rider ...................
Do they exist ?
Well I have Nursy's Eliminator 125 tucked-up alongside my tour bus, 2200 miles from new, almost all of them pre-2009. She's that careful, she's never ridden it Do they exist ?
Its the flinging in CAT D that pisses me off. Most of us know what it is we don't need some dicks opinions on it as to why its madness when he barely understands the process. Its always at the end of a frankly awesome description of how you must buy this bike now, how it is spotless, but one flaw. Your an idiot for thinking that this is a problem.
The guys had a spill, its cost a few hundred quid to repair, fair enough, he's bought it back for a decent fee wants to make a few quid on it. Nothing wrong with that.
Just put CAT D, repaired in full. Mileage. Extras. Service history. Price.
The guys had a spill, its cost a few hundred quid to repair, fair enough, he's bought it back for a decent fee wants to make a few quid on it. Nothing wrong with that.
Just put CAT D, repaired in full. Mileage. Extras. Service history. Price.
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