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1) Anyone used the checkMEND website recently? I can't get it to accept either of my debit cards, and, as far as I know, I'm not completely out of money (...yet).
2) I'm trying to run a frame number through it. The bike also has a barcode on it, at the bottom of the downtube, with three different numbers. Looks more like a security barcode than a price barcode. Does anyone know if one of these would be better? If so, which? Don't fancy paying for four separate searches if I can avoid it.
Having found the barcode, this is for peace of mind. The advert looked kosher, seller sold it from his flat, seemed like a nice guy and knew a sensible amount about bikes, but on the other hand... I'm in a foreign country where I don't speak the language very well in a city notorious for bike theft. Don't want D-locking by some outraged Spaniard.
I'm giving up for tonight, but not being able to buy the report has pissed me off. Particularly since I was planning to paint strip the frame tomorrow, and now I don't want to before I've made sure it's mine. :(