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Offline ggreen1959

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Re: General warning.
« Reply #20 on: April 25, 2018, 11:43:28 »

I have always been careful with ebay and PayPal because of scams, however I have bought and sold without problems so far and so may it continue. In fact I bought my V-Strom off ebay and all went well. Just be very careful, have those discussions and check their feedback and details before parting with your hard earned cash!! :thumb:

Offline oslin

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Re: General warning.
« Reply #21 on: January 28, 2019, 13:06:45 »
I have had no trouble buying off ebay but I always go and look at the bike first and collect and pay at the same time if I like it, but I never say I have the cash with me and it is never on my person, you can normally smell a rat if something is wrong, just walk away.

Offline Sutcliffe996

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Re: General warning.
« Reply #22 on: May 03, 2019, 08:59:21 »
The very same thing happened to me on a BMW forum. Sound advice indeed, nothing worse than paying and not receiving.
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Re: General warning.
« Reply #23 on: March 31, 2021, 09:28:40 »
The only thing these scam ads work on is greed so, if something is too good to be true it usually is.

There's been a DL650 on Gumtree around these parts that comes and goes under a different name, great pics, seamless history, should be 3k all day long, listing is £1,700.....you just know.

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Re: General warning.
« Reply #24 on: March 31, 2021, 19:08:13 »
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