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Actually Phil....The amended Text was In feedback from you amongst others....So proves I am open to listening
I am not a Forum guy.....I don't get the it's our turf bit.....Although I dont knock people who enjoy the banter/forum, would be quite nice to joust a bit.....I'm sure i'd come off as not too bad a prick....I was advised by a fellow forum member to post here instead of Retrobike...I would have thought the classifieds were a bit different than the general forum bit...but I suppose that's a learning curve... :). Just as a bit of grub to go with your pint......I wouldnt be making a profit on the sale.....Maybe that shows the true worth of the bike...or Im a tit for buying at the price !! :), but maybe you could run a forum competition and see how many NOS 1977 Guerciottis with Full PAT77 SR and 24ct gold parts...you can find (APART from my 3!!! :) ....to put a Sliding scale as to the degree of Huburis....the proclomation of uniqueness of the bike (not me)...(joke in there somewhere).....The winner gets to list their favourite HMHB album or Talking heads track......or a week bythesea, to learn the art of jousting....may enter myself for that, we'd have a right old pissrip... I know Ive been out of UK for a couple of years, but I never knew Timewasters and dreamers became the ultimate oxymorons and started actually buying stuff!!!....Chaos must be ruling ...... Given......probably would have been easier just to list in $AU, and keep that as a constant, and not try to engage the noggin when it's full of ale and other shit.....But you live and learn,........and everything is clearer with hindsight....
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Holy Shit. All that and I still can’t find the bit admitting that just maybe you brought some of this on yourself…?
Your (now edited) Jordan Belfort sales pitch was bound to provoke some sarcastic responses. Your (also now edited) declaration that you didn’t want to be bothered by “dreamers and timewasters” didn’t help. It’s a bike forum, it’s full of dreamers and timewasters who comment on bikes. They’re the ones most likely to buy your bike.
Your whining about how you were treated as a new member doesn’t hold up either. Explore the site (and not just the classifieds). New members who make an effort get welcomed with open keyboards. First time posters who swing by just to make a profit on something get understandably treated with a smidgen of suspicion at first. You’re joining the site, make an effort.
The AU$/GBP exchange rate bit, fair enough, but even there it’s up to you to check, and perfectly justified for people on here to query. AU$3500 to £2000 was the rate a good 6 months back at least, not just a few weeks ago.
I'm genuinely sorry to hear about your son, and good luck with selling your bike, but jeezus, stop blaming everyone else for your bad sales pitch.
I not a fan of HMHB. Owen Paul though, rock on!