Should I be asking for some money back?

[toyboy]

Well im happy with the bike even though its a few years older than I thought.
Was a bit of miss communication perhaps as they never technically told me it was a 2002 model that they can remember, I didnt buy from trademe but took the info from there as being correct about the bike (same make same color same K's same price)
The guy from the shop was very nice and phoned me up first thing in the morning after hearing about this post (the power of the net is quite amazing nowadays ) and offered a few options.
Seeing as all the bikes seem to be around the same price give or take $1000 to $500 theres not much point in changing again and searching for another bike (and this is the color i wanted, nice an black )

(I took out the shop name cause I didnt want to give them any bad press, didnt mean to cause a stir any they seem really nice blokes)

[FROSTY:Me]

Toyboy--sorry dude clearly I misread.
I understood from what you were"saying" that the sale documentation said the bike was a 2002
What was said between you guys in the shop is academic. (ok sorry not accademic more unprovable)

Whats on the VOSA and SIN card is what counts.
On both it should clearly show
--year of first registration any where in the world ,
year of first registration in NZ,
and where in the world it was first registered.

[Swoop]

Fantastic that the dealer has been in contact with you before you had to contact them!!!

Well done, to ________ dealership!

[alanzs]

Please name these people, so others can be aware. If they did nothing wrong, they won't mind, as they made it all better. Hell, they'll probably want the reputation of being so good to their customers known to everyone.
What did they do to make this better?

[toyboy]

Well on the sale doco there was no year mentioned so its kinda hard to prove anything as it was all verbal and assumed, and the bikes OK and just cant be bothered returning it (there was an offer to reverse the whole deal and get my money back which was a real nice offer on their behalf) as I have to have some bike in the end and their all around that price anyway, still hard to get my head around the bike pricing structure compared to cars (how early year bikes are pretty much the same price as newer year bikes give or take a small amont of $$ and never seem to change much in the 250 class)
Guess its sorta my fault for being in such a hurry to get a bike without checking out 100% of everything, once you get the license you just wanna get out there and learn asap But the bike is good and with a multi month warranty and all, and its the sort of bike that i've read never has problems.
Lot of rust on the frame under the seat though, so will probably strip it and zinc it
I did pay $5500 for it, with 17k on the clock