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Thought I would post this since this guy (whizbangbingo) really has to talk about how he has been cheated by other eBayer's and says he won't cheat a buyer.
Long story short, I have a bike in my shop right now that was purchased from him...$4,500 USD for a bike that supposedly had been through top to bottom. The bike made it a total of 1 mile before breaking down and ending up in my shop for a complete rebuild. My client paid about $3,500 too much for this bike, he's now got $10k+ in parts in the rebuild.
Bent frame, cracked and hogged out mounting holes on the engine, wrong/junk parts in the primary, original bearings throughout when advertised as new. mismatched incorrect body work, mismatched incorrect header pipes and mufflers, the list goes on. Basically a junk parts bike that photographed really well.
This guy has a reputaion of buying junk and reselling as restored. He'll tell you names of people he has been "cheated" by and then turn right around and buy parts from them again under another eBay id.
I haven't bought or sold parts from/to this guy, but know others that have...guys that I have bought, sold, and traded parts with in the past and have always had fair deals. I'm in Minnesota, but a couple hundred miles from the seller, he is infamous in the area.
Just a tell tale sign of how this guy operates. In his ad he says, "Very fun to ride, handles great, and turns heads everywhere I go." I know the guy that sold the Interstate tank that is on this bike to him...and he just shipped it to him a couple weeks ago. We've had temps well below zero degrees F here...I'm sure he's turing heads riding any motorcycle at -20dF.
I don't like to post negative stuff like this, and I won't be offened if a moderator deletes it, but as I'm finishing up a bike that my client got screwed on by this seller, I feel somewhat compelled to at least give a fair warning to others that are out there looking at eBay regularly and think this might be a good deal. Also not an attempt to somehow bolster business for myself...not actively seeking additional projects and the current project will be my last for anyone other than myself.
I've had one bad buy on eBay but lots of good sells, I guess it goes without saying that you should always be aware of buying on eBay.
Good luck to all...
Thought I would post this since this guy (whizbangbingo) really has to talk about how he has been cheated by other eBayer's and says he won't cheat a buyer.
Long story short, I have a bike in my shop right now that was purchased from him...$4,500 USD for a bike that supposedly had been through top to bottom. The bike made it a total of 1 mile before breaking down and ending up in my shop for a complete rebuild. My client paid about $3,500 too much for this bike, he's now got $10k+ in parts in the rebuild.
Bent frame, cracked and hogged out mounting holes on the engine, wrong/junk parts in the primary, original bearings throughout when advertised as new. mismatched incorrect body work, mismatched incorrect header pipes and mufflers, the list goes on. Basically a junk parts bike that photographed really well.
This guy has a reputaion of buying junk and reselling as restored. He'll tell you names of people he has been "cheated" by and then turn right around and buy parts from them again under another eBay id.
I haven't bought or sold parts from/to this guy, but know others that have...guys that I have bought, sold, and traded parts with in the past and have always had fair deals. I'm in Minnesota, but a couple hundred miles from the seller, he is infamous in the area.
Just a tell tale sign of how this guy operates. In his ad he says, "Very fun to ride, handles great, and turns heads everywhere I go." I know the guy that sold the Interstate tank that is on this bike to him...and he just shipped it to him a couple weeks ago. We've had temps well below zero degrees F here...I'm sure he's turing heads riding any motorcycle at -20dF.
I don't like to post negative stuff like this, and I won't be offened if a moderator deletes it, but as I'm finishing up a bike that my client got screwed on by this seller, I feel somewhat compelled to at least give a fair warning to others that are out there looking at eBay regularly and think this might be a good deal. Also not an attempt to somehow bolster business for myself...not actively seeking additional projects and the current project will be my last for anyone other than myself.
I've had one bad buy on eBay but lots of good sells, I guess it goes without saying that you should always be aware of buying on eBay.
Good luck to all...