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prowler
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PostPosted: 15:57 - 21 Nov 2009    Post subject: Need buying Advice Reply with quote
Ok i saw a bike for sale in the autotrader yesterday called the guy, he was a turkish guy he told me he had v5 it had 3 previous owners ect.. I took insurance out on it so i could drive it back that day if i decided to buy it i did a HPI check and it was all ok.

Then i called him back and he told me he had sold it, now i look today and it's back on the autotrader under a new ad in a new location i called the new number and it was a another turkish guy saying he bought it off his friend yesterday and basically he's selling it on at a profit (£100) as he's a trader he's said he's got the v5 with the previous owners still on it and a receipt off the last owner.

Wtf shall i do here should i still go buy it off him or does it sound dodgy, not sure what to do as i really need and wan't this bike.
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27cows
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PostPosted: 15:59 - 21 Nov 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Don't touch it with a bargepole. It's a bugger about the insurance, but it could end up costing you a lot more. Sounds like a scam of some kind, for sure.
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Wafer_Thin_Ham
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PostPosted: 16:50 - 21 Nov 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
+1 Steer clear. Sounds deeply dodgey.
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kingsmith
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PostPosted: 16:57 - 21 Nov 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
+2 walk away


plenty more out there to buy.
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andybon
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PostPosted: 17:01 - 21 Nov 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Its either something fishy, Or just a dealer selling to another dealer.

Usually if one dealer has some stock in for a while, They will try and off load it to another dealer for a slightly lower price. Usually the other dealer puts it up for a bit more than the origional.

Or it could be the same bloke who has had a couple of bikes, sold one and got found out about something dodgy, Moved to a new location or another address he has and started to sell from there.
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prowler
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PostPosted: 18:05 - 21 Nov 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's not a dealers it's just a guy who has bought it to sell on at a profit i think, i did a HPI with Vin and it all checks out fine, if the V5 is genuine and the Vin matches the bike will it have to be legit.
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stinkwheel
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PostPosted: 18:49 - 21 Nov 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
prowler wrote:
if the V5 is genuine and the Vin matches the bike will it have to be legit.


This is not really the case.

Have a read of This thread.
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prowler
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PostPosted: 19:43 - 21 Nov 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
The VIN says 1964 yet it's a 2006 bike...
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rusty_bawz
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PostPosted: 19:47 - 21 Nov 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
stay well clear IMO
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