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I'm selling Thule aeorbars, the whole assembly needed for a Abarth 595. It works amazingly and transforms a 595 for practicality. Obviously a very narrow market and I'd dropped my price down. Someone is interested and said £80. If it'd that niche and you need it your not going to let if go to argue over £20 extra are you....
Tonberry said:
Bought my last motorcycle on FB. Seller lived about 5 miles away - decent bike - whole transaction wrapped up in an hour.
You are in the minority. I've bought most of my bikes privately and I'm selling one now. Motorbike buyers either want it virtually free or they run to a dealer to buy the same bike from a dealer for high APR and +2k on the price. Madness.
crofty1984 said:
Zetec-S said:
Happens so many times, I do think there is a big section of the population who have nothing better/else to do than browse Facebook and ask pointless questions about items they have no intention of buying.
The other thing I find is that there's always someone who simply ignores the price you ask for and offers a swap for something. I've lost count of the number of times I've been offered an xbox in exchange for whatever item I've advertised. I bet if I stuck an advert for an xbox on there someone would offer me a bloody xbox in part exchange
I was selling a Berlingo with 90k miles on it and a year's MOT for £1100. A guy offered me a Berlingo with 115k miles, No MOT and some work needing to be done. I asked him to clarify, and the response was yes, it's a worse car, but I'd put some cash towards it. The other thing I find is that there's always someone who simply ignores the price you ask for and offers a swap for something. I've lost count of the number of times I've been offered an xbox in exchange for whatever item I've advertised. I bet if I stuck an advert for an xbox on there someone would offer me a bloody xbox in part exchange
I didn't bother to ask how much cash. Not unless it was £1000 and I'd make up the difference by taking his immediately to the scrappy.
In the end it sold to a nice lady who turned up when she said she would, drove it (with proof of insurance like I asked), made a fair offer then collected the next day.
I had a similar experience selling a motorbike. You have to sift through a lot of bks on the messages, but once you get an actual person it's usually alright.
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