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@Bignose
Sell it for £300 or more ?! Its unused. :)
Having said that, I would much rather someone kept the whole bike together in original condition, in memory of the original owner (sentimental old git that I am!)
But the longer it goes without selling it, and the more time I have to waste answering umpteen inane questions from various people the more I have to be realistic and think....I just need to get on & sell some of my bikes!!
(1 guy on LFGSS messaged me within 2 hrs of me listing it saying that they wanted it and they would pay the full price, only to drop out 7 hours later saying they "had had a change of heart, and sorry for wasting your time" another guy messaged 30 mins after the first one saying he "would definitely buy it from me, but would I accept the payments over 2 months?" and when I messaged him back to say I possibly would, or at least a deposit until he could afford the rest, I have never heard from him since...!!?
Another guy from Plymouth contacted me via ebay when it was previously listed on there a few weeks ago and asked 25-30 questions about the bike over 4-5 days, and on 2 different occasions stated he would be happy to pay the full price and he definitely wanted it. However he could never answer the phone when I called him, texting back that "his wife was always around and he wasn't allowed any more bikes, so he was doing it on the QT" After 3-4 times of me calling him and him never answering the phone but always texting back quite promptly, I decided I had had enough of being "catfished" and I was obviously being jerked around by teenagers, or someone who had a serious mental illness. (nothing to be laughed at mind but I had no idea that there were quite so many people with "problems of the mind" until I started trying to declutter my lifetimes hoarding by listing it for sale?!?!... )
Has anyone else been shocked by how many nutjobs there are in cyberspace?