Trademe Know-alls

**topher** · 14th July 2009, 20:23

What is it with these know-all pricks who "ask questions" with no intention of buying anything? Who cares whether the brake lever is from another year or the snatch licker is not standard. Fuck off and start a blog here where you'll really find out how much you know; let actual buyers and real sellers talk about what matters to them. Morons. It's too late for you to get a life, just jump off somewhere high onto something hard.

**YellowDog** · 14th July 2009, 20:26

I find it amazing how the question askers rarely seem to be the actual bidders.

**tri boy** · 14th July 2009, 20:28

You can get new snatch lickers?

Mine is damn near worn out.

**skidMark** · 14th July 2009, 20:30

i make comments along these lines for the simple fact some people make slimeball sneaky listings that can catch a newbie out...

like the "1990 zxr 250" for 6 grand with brand new paintjob...

he neglected to mention a giant crash that caused it to need this... and only a trained eye such as mine could spot it...

ie... it had a 1989 swingarm and a 91-93 rear wheel...

theres some dodgy patch ups on trademe and i feel its not right...

**wbks** · 14th July 2009, 20:41

Originally Posted by skidMark

i make comments along these lines for the simple fact some people make slimeball sneaky listings that can catch a newbie out...

like the "1990 zxr 250" for 6 grand with brand new paintjob...

he neglected to mention a giant crash that caused it to need this... and only a trained eye such as mine could spot it...

ie... it had a 1989 swingarm and a 91-93 rear wheel...

theres some dodgy patch ups on trademe and i feel its not right...

So it's cool to scare away new buyers when for all you know it is a perfectly safe mod which newbies won't recognize?

**Disrespective** · 14th July 2009, 20:45

Originally Posted by wbks

So it's cool to scare away new buyers when for all you know it is a perfectly safe mod which newbies won't recognize?

Excuse my ignorance but i think it's more along the lines of 'for all he knows it's a potentially dangerous mod'

**topher** · 14th July 2009, 20:48

Originally Posted by skidMark

i make comments along these lines for the simple fact some people make slimeball sneaky listings that can catch a newbie out...

like the "1990 zxr 250" for 6 grand with brand new paintjob...

he neglected to mention a giant crash that caused it to need this... and only a trained eye such as mine could spot it...

ie... it had a 1989 swingarm and a 91-93 rear wheel...

theres some dodgy patch ups on trademe and i feel its not right...

The have-no-lives are more prevalent on classic sales trying to match engine numbers to frame numbers and side covers to conical hubs. On the other hand, a re-painted, re-built bike with a reg and a WOF could be perfectly alright. Do you wear a peaked cap and shiny boots? Want to be a policeman?

**topher** · 14th July 2009, 20:49

Originally Posted by tri boy

You can get new snatch lickers?

Mine is damn near worn out.

Yeah, although recond. can be better value but steer well clear of the retreaded ones.

**wbks** · 14th July 2009, 20:54

Originally Posted by Disrespective

Excuse my ignorance but i think it's more along the lines of 'for all he knows it's a potentially dangerous mod'

I can't imagine how a diferent year wheel and swingarm is dangerous assuming it's from the same model bike and obviously bolts straight in, but when I was a n00b looking for bikes, shit like that would scare me off the bike. I'd be pissed if some knob did that to my auction

**Weaver** · 14th July 2009, 20:57

Do you want to trade this thread for my listing?

**Reckless** · 14th July 2009, 21:00

Originally Posted by skidMark

...and only a trained eye such as mine could spot it..

Classic!!! Pure KB gold !!!

**topher** · 14th July 2009, 21:01

Originally Posted by Weaver

Do you want to trade this thread for my listing?

Only if listing to starboard, a port list indicates previous owners have regantried the flange spreader.

**topher** · 14th July 2009, 21:05

Originally Posted by skidMark

... and i feel its not right...

Try writing to you MP. That'll help you feel more important. Then follow up with a letter to the editor of the Herald, saying you wrote to your MP. Then even more people will see that you know an awful lot and must be very clever.