Wrecked FXR for sale

[motorbyclist]

SOLD:bleh:

[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.... :bye:

[motorbyclist]

oooooo i need...but i cannot afford.... :bye:

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 :whistle:

[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 :beer:

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:beer:

[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.

[fatboy1]

Hi. Yes they gave me a dirty little note for putting my cell phone number in the comment/question about having spares for these beasts. If you or any other member is keen I have a nice clean straight pair of forks, wheels, frame in fact everything you will need to turn this back into a nice street bike or of course a great bucket.
Good luck with the sale. Just a note, if you got offered a grand for it I would take it , thats certainly good money in my view.

[motorbyclist]

yeah, i called the guy and he was like "how much to get her going again?" and "i'll check with my dad"

do people not understand the term "write off"?

got another offer for 750, might take it too

[motorbyclist]

now for a bonus; i forgot to check the phone number box on one of my trailer auctions, and cannot edit now bidding had begun. so, in the comments i explained this, and then in another comment, said "viewing welcome, 02xxxxx"
sure enough comment removed. now while technically in breach of rules by the letter, does it really matter if it's an auction where i can legally have my number anyway? letter of law vs spirit of law (this is my big issue with TM and rules, especially when they wont enforce either on big-time sellers)

and they deleted my responses to a curious bidder asking why my thread had been deleted too - but still not removing the comments i asked to have removed - obviously they dont want me discussing it

so asking to get banned from tm right now

EDIT: they just removed my thread where TM community was having an active discussion, mostly against me also.

[motorbyclist]

so i got fed up and called trademe at $1.99 per minute plus GST

honestly, the best phone service i've ever had. girl was helpful, put my phone number back up, explained that the bike listing needed to be as a bike regardless of condition, and said she was going to look into the mod who did all the editing of my auctions. she also removed the comments i wished removed. didn't however, have an answer for my threads on the message being removed.

all in all calling them was a good idea, as they still haven't emailed me back.

[Squiggles]

lets strip and sell her!!!!!!!1111

[xwhatsit]

No way man, FXR is mean bucket material :devil2:. Just sell all the road gear. Then we can have Team SMC Bucketeers :D

[motorbyclist]

RELISTED http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=127034626

[Wired1]

Well this might be a dead ol' thread but I stumbled across it somehow while trying to find members who have or had a TT250 at some time, but that's another story. I've spent way too much time buying and selling on trademe and have picked up a couple of tricks that will get you out of this dilemma.
The easiest way to bypass the rule about not including your telephone nuimber when a buyer asks you for contact details is to spell out your email address, or telephone number as the turdme guys use robots to troll through the listings all the time to check for illicit telephone numbers etc. I haven't been caught for ages doing this so I think it must only be the occasional report by a disgruntled buyer that will catch you.
The other approach - and a totally fool proof one at that - is to run another ad simultaneously that is allowed to have a phone number, like a wanted ad for example. You will have to fork out for the extra ad but wanted ads, and vehicle for sale ads are allowed to have a selection of telephone numbers on them and the savvy buyer knows this. The first thing they do is look to see what else you are selling.
Wanted ads are listed under automotive categories and not in the bike section - probably because the turdme dorks all drive cages.

[motorbyclist]

the turdme dorks all drive cages.

i emailed them countless times to get the bike search to change the cc feild from 200 400 6 8 10 to 250 500 750 1000 etc

thing is, i was asking them to actually use standard bloody classes (50 85 125 250 600 1000) and they still got it wrong!

and i wouldn't dare ask for two and four stroke categories withing the dirtbike section cause some selelrs don't even know, and alot of them deliberately do things like list cheap chinese replicas/ripoffs of hondas/yamahas as the jap bike instead of the pit bike category!:angry2:

[Wired1]

Yeah I know what you mean, I'm normally only looking for four strokes but you have to wade through all the YZ's and IT's to find them... I'll send them a request re the cc thing. I did manage get them to add the South Island/North Island sorter so you never know.

[motorbyclist]

cheers

what would be the best cc setup you reckon?

50 85 125 250 400 600 750 1000 1200

covers most the bases without too many options, though sellers might want to list the cheat zx636 as a 600 (which is a reasonable thing to do)

[motorbyclist]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Community/MessageBoard/Messages.aspx?id=22154939&threadid=22154939

[Wired1]

Yes well that's the whole crux of the matter. It would probably help if we all ask for the same thing.

I would guess: 50, 125, 250, 500, 650, 750, 1000 and up. But I don't race so maybe the race divisions would be more appropriate. What about the VMX classes?
I would also like to see the two stroke/four stroke selector as well as registered/not registered and wof/no wof.

AND PARTS WANTED IN MOTORCYCLES WOULD BE NICE TOO

[motorbyclist]

yea that would work too, but i had 85 in there for the small offroad


fact is that trademe's search function is absolute rubbish

"fxr150" and "fxr 150" will get two different sets of results

[Wired1]

Ok I have filed a request under the "contact us" section asking for the groups to be changed to 50, 85, 125, 250, 500, 650, 750, 1000 and up. I have also asked for filters for two/four stroke, reg/no reg and wof/no wof. Anyone else agreeing with this should do the same. Lets see what they do...

[motorbyclist]

yeah, which part of the contact section is the suggestions box? i'll ask the same thing.



oh, and i've changed the first post of this thread to reflect the fact the fxr is now sold:)

[Wired1]

yeah, which part of the contact section is the suggestions box? i'll ask the same thing.

It's down the bottom of the page, look for the "contact us" link, you have to go through a few moron questions but eventually you get to an email form where you can actually contact them.