rubbish eBay bike adverts

[Blue_SV650S]

I tend to regularly 'see what's out there' on eBay and as such have read some almost illegible/uselss descriptions and seen some poor pics ...

This is the latest that made me LOL https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2007-HAOTIAN-BLACK-/180602916794 ... I mean come on ... at least brush off the snow!!

With such folly, it often makes me wonder ... if they lack even the most basic of common sense, how do these people get on in life generally!?!!?


So, post up carp eBay bike adds you have tripped over!!
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[ms51ves3]

They've not even stated any mileage

[ChowderV4]

Not as bad as this beauty.

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDA-NSR-250R-/300505456292?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item45f7855ea4
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[iooi]

While checking a seller out.....

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OXFORD WINTER MOTORCYCLE MOTORBIKE SCOOTER GLOVE SZ XL (#120624731965)
£2.99

Think the buyer was being very harsh, given the price they paid, and the fact they arrived.....
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[Teflon-Mike]

[N cee thirty]

gotta hide all the broken bits somehow,what a clever disguise
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[Rogerborg]

Sometimes it's the Chinese bike that's the problem, and sometimes it's the Chinese bike owner, eh? I think that ad perfectly illustrates why there are so many shagged out Chinese-branded bikes out there that have never seen the business end of spanner. Poor, poor bikes.

[cb1rocket]

the most annoying bits is sellers with advert titles like "Honda Red", "Suzuki Blue". That really buzzes me as you have to click on it only to find its a pile of crap!

[delvey91]

[cb1rocket]

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[LongJohn22]

I often look through the bike adverts on Flea Bay, and it appalls me the standard of some of the photos together with the third world English used. A bike covered in piles of junk in a shed, in a photo taken with an out of focus, cheap, camera phone together with a description in text speak, can only attract the odd chancer who will pay a fiver for any old heap of junk.
There is plenty of good advise from Ebay on how to improve the quality of your advertisement, but so many people choose to ignore it, do their own thing and in the process their sale price by a considerable margin.
I'm not suggesting perfect English or studio photo art but a little common sense would suffice.

[Des]

[andys675]

car adverts aren't much better, was looking for a decent corsa the other week and came across one advert with all the pics done in the dark to show off the neons underneath, and another with the photo taken from the bedroom window, of a car on the main road at the end of the garden, and then a public footpath and a grass verge!

[tvr321]

Eugenics, anyone?

[waffles]

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/motorbike-/330512492961?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item4cf41469a1 Not much info at all here
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[Martay]

I just bought a 50 scooter off ebay for a project. In the specs box bit, it had "Gears: Seven-Speed Manual" and "Drive type: Chain" Only minor, but i had to look twice
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[pinkyfloyd]

Not a bike advert this time but a biker boot advert

Single boot anyone?
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