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Fast Eddie

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Chaps,

Is anyone near INVERMAY, TAS 7248 Australia ?

There is a bike for sale there that I’d very much like checking out. I’m not asking for any actual checking out of the bikes details etc, I just want to know if the thing, and the seller, are genuine.

I’d be very happy to pay for someone’s time and expenses if anyone’s willing / able to help out.

Please PM me if you can help.

Thank you.
 
It certainly pays to be cautious. A mate just responded to a Gumtree advertisement for a 73 Z900 Jaffa rolling bike in Queensland. The seller's story was the bike had belonged to her uncle and he removed the engine and exhausts many years previously. The story went on that the uncle may still have the engine and exhausts, which he may well be happy to sell as well. The bike was $3000 which made it very cheap (but not unbelievable like a few years ago when scammers would advertise a $200,000 car for $10,000). My mate agreed to buy the bike and as he had a son living fairly close asked for an address, as well as bank details so he could transfer a deposit. He agreed to deposit $200, with his son paying the balance in cash the next day when he picked up the bike. He was supplied with bank details and an address (a real one). An hour or so later he got a SMS saying someone else had offered to put down a $1000 deposit. Haggling over the deposit rang alarm bells so he searched on google for the images of the bike and found it advertised in the US. He also checked the mobile number and found it was also overseas, so he reported the scam to Gumtree. The story was believable, the woman he spoke to was an Aussie (not a Nigerian Prince) and the only alarm bell was pushing for a bigger deposit. I can only imagine how many deposits they take per scam but I suspect it would run to many thousands. Sorry for the long story but sadly these days scammers are getting very clever and it really does pay to have someone close by who can front in person (as well as checking any pictures in the advertisement to see where else they've appeared).
 
When I came across Gumtree and the bike section I thought I had landed in bike heaven exotica. All sorts of stuff at reasonable prices. After a few emails and some thought the "it's too good to be true" alarm went off. Bottom line, unless it's a few miles away and you can go face to face and haggle, forget it!
FEddie I appreciate you don't mention Gumtree
 
Are you just wanting someone to see that whatever it is actually exists?
Or do the usual pre purchase checks?

I live in Cygnet southeast Tasmania, probably 3 1/2 hours to Invermay,
I have a mate who lives in Launceston
He may have time (if he is in town) to look?
No guarantees though.
I’d need to know all the details obviously to pass on to him.
He’s a good fellow and knows motorcycles

Regards
Graeme
 
This forum is awesome, we’re better than the CIA!

Many, many, thanks to Bill and Graeme for their offers of help and especially to Graeme for getting his mate to check this out for me.

This forum is awesome. Motorcyclists are awesome (well, at least Access Norton members). In these days of doom and gloom, it goes some way to restoring ones faith in human nature!

Hopefully more to follow shortly (in the Triumph forum) !
 
Next question:

Anyone know any reliable motorcycle shipping companies able to ship from Aus to UK?
 
Fast Eddie said:
Next question:

Anyone know any reliable motorcycle shipping companies able to ship from Aus to UK?
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You're going to need a bigger shed mate. Unless the Duc or the Trihardumph are moving along?

Or is this going under the stairs somewhere? ;)
 
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