Help to purchase mountain bike spares from Leboncion, France

[robinessex]

Is there anyone who can help me buy some mountain spares on the French website Leboncoin? https://www.leboncoin.fr/ I've tried to create an account, but the UK isn't on their list of mobile phone numbers, so the account creation stalls. My email is on my Pistonheads account

Thanks in advance

Rob

[beambeam1]

Have you tried using an e-sim? Maya mobile is a website I have used before. That should work?

It is a pain though, have looked on the website before and saw that I couldn't register an account with a UK number.

[robinessex]

beambeam1 said:

Have you tried using an e-sim? Maya mobile is a website I have used before. That should work?

It is a pain, though; I have looked on the website before and saw that I couldn't register an account with a UK number.

Unfortunately, that website has a list of countries, and you have to choose one to input your mobile number. Guess what, the UK isn't on it!! So I'm stuck at the moment. Thanks for your input, though.

[Bill]

If you manage to register with a foreign phone, how are you going to get them to post to the UK?

[robinessex]

Bill said:

If you manage to register with a foreign phone, how are you going to get them to post to the UK?

If I could get registered, then I'd be able to message the seller and sort out shipping.

[leyorkie]

What are the parts? Big little , frame, brake pads?
I buy and sell on Le Bon Coin but I'm back in uk in 2 weeks

Link to the actual posting?

Edited by leyorkie on Wednesday 21st October 09:59

[robinessex]

leyorkie said:

What are the parts? Big little , frame, brake pads?
I buy and sell on Le Bon Coin but I'm back in uk in 2 weeks

Link to the actual posting?

Edited by leyorkie on Wednesday 21st October 09:59

This is the ad :- https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/equipements_velos/3288...

Thanks

Rob

[leyorkie]

At the moment it says a sale is in progress
We can only wait and see if it sells

[leyorkie]

Have sent message asking if it's still available or to let us know if the sale fails

[robinessex]

leyorkie said:

Have sent message asking if it's still available or to let us know if the sale fails

Thanks very much

Rob

[leyorkie]

Sorry just a bit late, he's sending the parcel (colis) tonight

[robinessex]

leyorkie said:

Sorry just a bit late, he's sending the parcel (colis) tonight

It's sold then?

Rob

[beambeam1]

Yeah, sold to someone else and being posted to them that evening.

Was there anything special about that particular setup?

[robinessex]

beambeam1 said:

Yeah, sold to someone else and being posted to them that evening.

Was there anything special about that particular setup?

They're very rare. I'm looking into building a 'special' mountain bike using rare stuff if I can find any. There is another one being sold on Leboncoin, this one:- https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/equipements_velos/3280... Could you check the status of these; if not sold, maybe the seller is open to an offer?

Cheers

Rob

[robinessex]

robinessex said:

beambeam1 said:

Yeah, sold to someone else and being posted to them that evening.

Was there anything special about that particular setup?

They're very rare. I'm looking into building a 'special' mountain bike using rare stuff if I can find any. There is another one being sold on Leboncoin, this one:- https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/equipements_velos/3280... Could you check the status of these; if not sold, maybe the seller is open to an offer?

Cheers

Rob

Hi, sorry to trouble you. Did you manage to make contact with this new seller?

Thanks

Rob

[leyorkie]

That listing is removed so I assume they have been sold

[robinessex]

leyorkie said:

That listing is removed so I assume they have been sold

Dam !!! Thanks for your help; I'll keep looking there to see if any more pop up.

There is one at €1000, but I think I'll pass on that !!

Cheers

Rob

[leyorkie]

I'm back in UK next week so I won't be able to help.
I think you will struggle to buy from LBC as scams are the same here and people are wary of anything out of the ordinary. Taking payment and shipping would be a No No for most sellers.

[robinessex]

leyorkie said:

I'm back in UK next week so I won't be able to help.
I think you will struggle to buy from LBC as scams are the same here and people are wary of anything out of the ordinary. Taking payment and shipping would be a No No for most sellers.

I've bookmarked the forks priced at €275; see if it's still there at the end of the week. I'm thinking it would be difficult to scam with this, as they are so dam rare; it would be hard to get pictures. A few pertinent questions should suss out a scammer. I ran the pictures through TinEye and Yandex picture search across the net, and they are almost definitely genuine pictures. You can pay directly to a seller via PayPal if he has a PayPal account with an email address. Then, if it goes pear-shaped, PayPal will refund you.

Edited by robinessex on Sunday 25th October 17:29