Wrecked FXR for sale

[motorbyclist]

SOLD

[motorbyclist]

PROTIP: never ride without full insurance cover or all those summer holidays working for your first bike will go in the bin

[skidMark]

oooooo i need...but i cannot afford....

[motorbyclist]

oooooo i need...but i cannot afford....

sorry, but she ain't going for less than $500

[skidMark]

sorry, but she ain't going for less than $500

PM sent.......

[motorbyclist]

how did i manage that double post at the start? *fixes now*

[motorbyclist]

bump

[motorbyclist]

more photos up

[Grub]

I don't suppose the front screen is in one piece? A friend has just had his busted by a falling-down

[motorbyclist]

it sure is, but i'm not pulling the bike to bits; selling as a whole cause i dont have the room/time/patience to sell it in bits

if he txts me i can give his number to the buyer who will then dismantle it

[motorbyclist]

great, trademe closed auction, with 40 watchers, due to another member throwing a tantrum in another auction

[skidMark]

great, trademe closed auction, with 40 watchers, due to another member throwing a tantrum in another auction

ull jusy have to come on msn now so we can talk turkey then boyo.

[Squiggles]

ill help ya part it, we'll get rid of all the bits in no time

gives me a txt

[motorbyclist]

i'm selling it to get cash to fix the other two bikes in the shed, so i can rid myself of all three (a tt250 and spare yz400f)

i txted the guys who'd asked for bits and one offered a grand for it

i told him if trademe won't put it up, and he throws in a box of coronas he's got a deal

[motorbyclist]

i had serveral auctions up, two were selling old trailers and funds were going to local scout group, one was my old bike where i got screwed by an uninsured driver.

a bidder (greyp) bids buynow amount on a trailer. i realise buynow is probably too low, and want to get as much as i can for the scouts, so tell him i wont break rules and withdraw listing for him. i remove bid on request, but do not reinstate buynow. i had a topic on TM asking what others would do and they agreed with me, saying we both made mistakes.

10 minutes later, both trailer and bike auction are closed by trademe, along with that thread

he reports the bike listing for two things;
get a warning for giving details: i gave my phone number so people could view. trademe allows details in motor section, but apparently only in a particular way. sure i got people trying to make deals, but i stuck to the rules and even made comments saying i would let auction run and to stop asking for bits.
it is "listed in wrong category - there is no "wrecks" category, so i put it in parts/engines as that was all that was really valuable and undamaged. so god knows what happened there, but got it closed
and the bike auction had 40 watchers! (and that's after assuming 10 of them were friends)

the trailer is closed, because i offered to fill it with firewood for $50, which would not affect success fee at all. then 10 minutes later the auction opens, the bidder had his questions removed, the comment about firewoood removed, along with my comment linking to that thread, but left all my other comments which make me look like a retard answering questions that aren't there. thread is gone.

i try to contact TM about this, but it seems while they can instantly close auctions, it takes over a day to get an email response and i cannot simply reply to the email saying the auctions were closed. $1.99 a minute plus gst to call them, so flag that.

i've been royally screwed by the bidder, and trademe rules/attitude

and i know i'm assuming it was that greyp causing this, but the timing is too close for chance.

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for the record, there was never any obligation to sell to that bidder as he never hit buynow. i was perfectly within the rules on that one.

my trailer auction had the firewood comment removed and that is fine. the bike auction was listed correctly in my opinion, and they only warned me about my phone number as it was clear i was not making any deals
would you buy a wrecked vehicle without viewing? i wouldn't, and by encouraging buyers i am effectivly increasing TMs success fee.
i've been caught out on the bike one by a quirk in the rules, in that you can give details in the motor section of trademe, but not in the listing itself.

by biggest issue is trademe's dealing with me. they had responded to the bidder's complaint in less than 10 minutes, yet i am still waiting for an email back. atleast if i was able to reply directly to the emails about my auctions being closed this would be easier, but no, i have to go through support.