Author Topic: I love craigslist sometimes! (Read 8207 times)

kneedownnate · « **on:** Jun 22, 2007, 10:49:43 PM »

I bought a bmx bike waaaay back in 91 or so. It was a brand I'd never heard of and only cost $35, but I didn't care about the brand since it was a very unique frame. I rode the crap out of it for several years and even had it stolen once, though I was lucky enough to get it back missing half it's parts.

Fast forward to now. I haven't ridden it for a few years now and finally decided to try selling it first on craigslist then ebay. I've had lots of interest and several offers for about $100 or less. A week or so ago a guy dug up my ad and made me an offer. $500

I said sure but asked him to thoroughly check out all the pics and be totally sure he wanted it before we went further. He again checked the pics and offered $400. I said yes but he'd have to pay shipping and he agreed!

I'm still pretty happy with the final price even though he came down. There's a slight crack in the seat tube that's been there as long as I've had it, just never noticed it cause it never sat long enough to gather rust and be so obvious, just always looked like a scratch.

He says he'll paypal me the money monday......we'll see what happens, but if he pulls through I'll be fairly stoked!

NT-OUTBACK · « **Reply #1 on:** Jun 23, 2007, 12:10:30 AM »

My CL experiences have been miss and hit

Negatives:

I have had ads flagged for no reason

I drove over 500 miles to look/buy at a truck that was misrepresented.

I have had people expect perfection in a $500 car that runs, drives with current tags and cold A/C.

Trying to rent a room, well that was a total joke

I have had people contact me via phone and say they are coming over only to not show

Positives:

I did have good luck selling a lot of my tools

My truck I bought off CL here in Redding. (Funny thing is the guy said so many lowlifes with no money showed up offering him nothing)

I bought my wheels on CL for a song

Sold my old Centerlines in less than 30 minutes after posting.

My inclinometer

Sold my Snap On roll cab to the first person who called.

In the end don't hold your breath on CL

*FFC* · « **Reply #2 on:** Jun 23, 2007, 06:15:05 AM »

Eh you gotta take CL with a grain of salt. There are rules on there that most people don't even know exist.

I hit a score on CL the other day

and I'm supposed to hit another one this afternoon...

abnormaltoy · « **Reply #3 on:** Jun 23, 2007, 06:56:02 AM »

Quote from: kneedownnate on Jun 22, 2007, 10:49:43 PM

I bought a bmx bike waaaay back in 91 or so. It was a brand I'd never heard of and only cost $35, but I didn't care about the brand since it was a very unique frame. I rode the crap out of it for several years and even had it stolen once, though I was lucky enough to get it back missing half it's parts.

Fast forward to now. I haven't ridden it for a few years now and finally decided to try selling it first on craigslist then ebay. I've had lots of interest and several offers for about $100 or less. A week or so ago a guy dug up my ad and made me an offer. $500 I said sure but asked him to thoroughly check out all the pics and be totally sure he wanted it before we went further. He again checked the pics and offered $400. I said yes but he'd have to pay shipping and he agreed!

I'm still pretty happy with the final price even though he came down. There's a slight crack in the seat tube that's been there as long as I've had it, just never noticed it cause it never sat long enough to gather rust and be so obvious, just always looked like a scratch.

He says he'll paypal me the money monday......we'll see what happens, but if he pulls through I'll be fairly stoked!

Where is the buyer? Every time my daughter puts something on CL she emails me with these offers from Europe and Africa...like you can't find a digital camera in Scotland. Beware the scammers.

kneedownnate · « **Reply #4 on:** Jun 23, 2007, 09:56:39 AM »

Oh, I know, I've dealt with the scammers before. I've never known a scammer to use paypal though since it's trackable. I always love the line "hello, I'm very interested in the product you have for sale and would like to buy immediatly! Please tell me all you can about this product and I will send you a cashier's check plus $4000 for you to pay my shipper, then you just send me back the cash difference"

A little tip: if the english gets more and more broken with each contact RUN!

Lady Di · « **Reply #5 on:** Jun 23, 2007, 10:00:35 AM »

Not to kill the buzz Nate, but you know how it goes, if something sounds too good to be true...

I know nothing about BMX bikes but doing a quick search it would seem to me $500 could buy you a decent brandy new bike. Why would someone pay $400 for a used bike (unless it is some real high end line that you were not aware of).

What brand is it? This sound highly suspicious.

46&2 · « **Reply #6 on:** Jun 23, 2007, 02:21:51 PM »

Not to diss on your sweet old school 20 incher, but back in high school I bought a brand new 2000 GT Bump, set up with a gyro...swapped the pedals, grips, got some pegs and all for under$300 at a local BMX shop...i dont understand why this guy would want to pay $400 for that. Maybe he is just retarded? I dunno, hopefuly not a scam or something. Good luck with that, would be cool if you pulled 400 for that thing, hehehe

Lady Di · « **Reply #7 on:** Jun 23, 2007, 02:26:13 PM »

Highly suspect. Be careful. He could go through paypal, get it and make some complaint that it was misrepresented and demand a chargeback.
This is happening to a friend of my with a eBay sale. Until it is resolved Paypal will take the money from your acct. or put you in the negative.
And then the guy has the bike and you have to prove your case. Be careful.

abnormaltoy · « **Reply #8 on:** Jun 23, 2007, 04:03:19 PM »

Diane...you should snopes this!

Lady Di · « **Reply #9 on:** Jun 23, 2007, 04:28:57 PM »

Quote from: abnormaltoy on Jun 23, 2007, 04:03:19 PM

Diane...you should snopes this!

LOL!

red · « **Reply #10 on:** Jun 23, 2007, 05:27:53 PM »

i have an old bmx bike that is worth roughly 450 bucks, it depends on the brand.

abriel68 · « **Reply #11 on:** Jun 23, 2007, 07:20:05 PM »

ya some guy kept emailing me about my camaro that i sold.. he "lived" in canada but kept saying he was going to have it shipped to florida to where his dad lived?? and yup i got that famous quote.. i'll send you a cashiers check and i would have to pay the shipper from the check then ii would keep the difference. i kept telling me to look at the pictures. he kept typing like he didnt know english.. like grammar and punctuation. his "name" was wong diaz. told him to CALL me but he never did and he said he did but he didnt. so yup... SCAM!!

DTB · « **Reply #12 on:** Jun 23, 2007, 07:41:40 PM »

Quote from: abriel68 on Jun 23, 2007, 07:20:05 PM

ya some guy kept emailing me about my camaro that i sold.. he "lived" in canada but kept saying he was going to have it shipped to florida to where his dad lived?? and yup i got that famous quote.. i'll send you a cashiers check and i would have to pay the shipper from the check then ii would keep the difference. i kept telling me to look at the pictures. he kept typing like he didnt know english.. like grammar and punctuation. his "name" was wong diaz. told him to CALL me but he never did and he said he did but he didnt. so yup... SCAM!!

wong diaz? did u ask him if he's half chinese half messican??

abriel68 · « **Reply #13 on:** Jun 23, 2007, 07:52:27 PM »

ya at first i was like what the crap! thats probably explains why his typing sukd.

unclejpl4x4 · « **Reply #14 on:** Jun 23, 2007, 08:02:41 PM »

won't tuch it

CL that is

kneedownnate · « **Reply #15 on:** Jun 23, 2007, 10:35:55 PM »

Quote from: red on Jun 23, 2007, 05:27:53 PM

i have an old bmx bike that is worth roughly 450 bucks, it depends on the brand.

There's somebody who knows what's up! This is a rare, very rare bike. I've only found ONE person at an area bike shop who knew what it was or anything of it's value, and that was the older mom owner. The "old school" deal hounds are all over craigslist and are the only ones who've contacted me, save for one guy who didn't know what it was and offered me very little then began asking who made it.

The brand is gjs. I didn't know what it was when I bought it but quickly learned of it's rarity.

And please let there be NO snopesing in my thread, I hate that site with a passion!

A quick little search did provide this though http://www.bmxmuseum.com/bikes/gjs/ , http://cgi.ebay.com/Minty-oldschool-GJS-A-frame-fork-BMX-Rare-version_W0QQitemZ330089744360QQihZ014QQcategoryZ56190QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

iNfErNaL · « **Reply #16 on:** Jun 24, 2007, 12:43:45 AM »

Pretty cool looking bike.Looks like Oddysey pit bull brakes and Powerlite bars?.

Lady Di · « **Reply #17 on:** Jun 24, 2007, 08:21:25 AM »

Quote from: kneedownnate on Jun 23, 2007, 10:35:55 PM

And please let there be NO snopesing in my thread, I hate that site with a passion!

Why you hatin' on my snopes site $I\'m Down$ It is DA BOM!

But really...

there is nothing to snopes here anyway... that was a little thing they call... a joke..

Quote from: kneedownnate on Jun 23, 2007, 10:35:55 PM

There's somebody who knows what's up! This is a rare, very rare bike. I've only found ONE person at an area bike shop who knew what it was or anything of it's value, and that was the older mom owner. The "old school" deal hounds are all over craigslist and are the only ones who've contacted me, save for one guy who didn't know what it was and offered me very little then began asking who made it.

The brand is gjs. I didn't know what it was when I bought it but quickly learned of it's rarity.

And please let there be NO snopesing in my thread, I hate that site with a passion!

A quick little search did provide this though http://www.bmxmuseum.com/bikes/gjs/ , http://cgi.ebay.com/Minty-oldschool-GJS-A-frame-fork-BMX-Rare-version_W0QQitemZ330089744360QQihZ014QQcategoryZ56190QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

Welll see, if you had mentioned that up front we would not have been so suspicious. I thought you meant it was just some no name brand.

kneedownnate · « **Reply #18 on:** Jun 24, 2007, 10:06:50 AM »

Quote from: Infernal on Jun 24, 2007, 12:43:45 AM

Pretty cool looking bike.Looks like Oddysey pit bull brakes and Powerlite bars?.

I started checking the vintage bmx sites but didn't join for fear I'd do a search and find out it's worth way more.

NT-OUTBACK · « **Reply #19 on:** Jun 24, 2007, 10:42:16 PM »

Judging by these two auctions I would say you're getting worked

http://cgi.ebay.com/Minty-oldschool-GJS-A-frame-fork-BMX-Rare-version_W0QQitemZ330089744360QQihZ014QQcategoryZ56190QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/GJS-old-vintage-bmx-bike-bicycle-USA-shipping-only_W0QQitemZ280123228327QQihZ018QQcategoryZ64644QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

jimbo74 · « **Reply #20 on:** Jun 24, 2007, 10:49:21 PM »

nate said he is happy to sell it for that price that he is offered of $500

if the seller is happy, then he isnt getting worked -- he did also mention the seat tube had a crack in it, that would greatly diminish a frames value.....

fordh8r · « **Reply #21 on:** Jun 24, 2007, 11:21:03 PM »

making me think about selling my old bmx'r.....

Lady Di · « **Reply #22 on:** Jun 25, 2007, 10:09:20 AM »

Quote from: kneedownnate on Jun 24, 2007, 10:06:50 AM

I started checking the vintage bmx sites but didn't join for fear I'd do a search and find out it's worth way more.

Looks to me like you might just want to know what it's worth. You could make some

kneedownnate · « **Reply #23 on:** Jun 25, 2007, 10:48:49 AM »

Well, he hasn't paid yet and he said he would today. If he hasn't paid by the end of the day and hasn't made further contact I'll start looking at other possibilities

BUDDERS · « **Reply #24 on:** Jun 25, 2007, 11:20:58 AM »

Good luck with that Nate. I'm trying to sell some rims on Craigslist now and the only people that respond to my add are from Texas. I keep telling them sorry, cash in hand only and no shipping. I've heard of too many scams.

I checked out that BMX museum website to find a couple of my old bikes. Apparently I had a Torker that was pretty rare in the race scene of the early '80s.

kneedownnate · « **Reply #25 on:** Jun 25, 2007, 09:50:59 PM »

Both of those are in better shape than mine, not to mention I have a crack in the seat tube. It's not a big deal, it's actually been there ever since I got the bike and I flogged it unmerciful, I just always thought it was a scratch until I took the pic.

I remember Torkers, just can't remember exactly what they looked like. An old friend had a DG, which if you know about old school you know these are very sought after and super valuable.

No payment yet, but sometimes I'm a little later than I said I'd be too so I'm not jumping to conclusions. If he doesn't pay tomorrow though I'll definately be looking at my other options. I already found another bike I'd like to buy, just so I still have a bmx bike.

Honestly, I've always had good luck with selling bicycles, pretty much anything actually, so I'd like to hope my luck will continue. We'll see anyway.

I think I'm going to join one of the sites and start poking around. GJS stands for the name of the 3 owners, a father, son and friend I believe. One of them is a member on the site I'm thinking about joining, which could help immensely with assesing value.

46&2 · « **Reply #26 on:** Jun 25, 2007, 10:21:18 PM »

Quote from: kneedownnate on Jun 23, 2007, 10:35:55 PM

There's somebody who knows what's up! This is a rare, very rare bike. I've only found ONE person at an area bike shop who knew what it was or anything of it's value, and that was the older mom owner. The "old school" deal hounds are all over craigslist and are the only ones who've contacted me, save for one guy who didn't know what it was and offered me very little then began asking who made it.

The brand is gjs. I didn't know what it was when I bought it but quickly learned of it's rarity.

And please let there be NO snopesing in my thread, I hate that site with a passion!

A quick little search did provide this though http://www.bmxmuseum.com/bikes/gjs/ , http://cgi.ebay.com/Minty-oldschool-GJS-A-frame-fork-BMX-Rare-version_W0QQitemZ330089744360QQihZ014QQcategoryZ56190QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

Haha I didnt even realize it was a GJS, Ive never even seen one in person. I thought they were extinct. I havnt ridden in years though i abandoned that hobby for this one

kneedownnate · « **Reply #27 on:** Jun 25, 2007, 10:38:14 PM »

Abandoned hobbies

I never abandon, just push to the side

BUDDERS · « **Reply #28 on:** Jun 25, 2007, 11:10:42 PM »

Quote from: kneedownnate on Jun 25, 2007, 10:38:14 PM

Abandoned hobbies I never abandon, just push to the side

Same here. I have a whole garage of "pushed to the side" hobbies.

mima · « **Reply #29 on:** Jun 25, 2007, 11:41:40 PM »

Quote from: BUDDERS on Jun 25, 2007, 11:10:42 PM

Same here. I have a whole garage of "pushed to the side" hobbies.

there are just way too many hobbies... i try to stay away from any new ones... but that doesnt work...

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