[Closed] People buying off the classified then selling on for a profit

ive made my feelings about certain forum dwellers known in the past.

i see that they are happy to type their way out of it.

i dont buy or sell here much, but i certainly know who i wouldnt deal with. The attitude of some buyers/sellers brings the whole classifieds down, they are playing on the feeling of community to make a quick buck, i wouldnt accept it from a 'friend' more than once either.

nice to see classifieds now sort by topic - a shame forumites couldnt exert more self control, but its out of their hands now.
just waiting for the inevitable multiple reposts 🙁

@vader: Care to name who you are referring to as "moaning c**ts"? just want to be clear in case we ever meet in person.....

I'm a poor skint student having to sell my bike bits to survive

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/buy-my-sexy-cove-hummer

but I'll have that sexy frame if its a bargain 🙂

Daffy yesterday
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(confessions of a shopaholic for those who don't know...)

freedom of speech---------is that not another hot topic on here.....My last post Could have been worded better though,,,But thats life..

This topic has angered me and made me rear my ugly side...
So dont be offended by my comments.

I really didn't mean for this to be a witchunt.

Daffy - I'm sorry for starting this now but I still stand by my 'Not in the spirit of the community' aspect.

For someone that is skint, you keep asking for pics for a lot of 'Bling' bits/bikes. Cove hummer? If you can be classed as a trader then trade but don't snap up all the bargains from other bikers that may actually want the part rather than the opportunity of a profit.

What about if you buy of the crc flood sale and then sell on for a profit? Does that count?

I didn't ask for pics of the Hummer, nor am I buying the Hummer. I just thought it might help to sell the frame if a price were to be posted.

I used to own a Hummer...don't really need/want another...

@ Vader: No worries. Freedom of speech? possibly, but you also need to abide by the rules:

If you resort to abuse of other forum users we will consider that a negative use of our forum.

Point taken !

daffy, if that is indeed a pic of you and you can back it up with any more il take your poor but pretty ass out for a drink!

Bought from Daffy before and he is a stand up guy.

Some people (like me) are perfectionists about their bikes so keep (almost constantly in my case) chopping and changing various bits of their rides. I try and pick bits up at bargain prices, if I do then change my mind I hope I am safe in the knowledge I can sell on for at least what I paid.

If I keep my eye on the forums and get a screamer of a bargain, then change my mind at some later date, so f'king what ? It's not neccessarily being bought specifically to sell on and make money, it's just a better mind-changing insurance if I can get it for a great price.

On the flip side of all this I have bought (and then sold on due to my wretched indecision) some kit in the past (anyone remember my red Indy Fab Deluxe, bought for an undisclosed sum (to save my embarresment) and sold on ebay for £300 - OUCH !) Swings and roundabouts........

Holy thread resurrection batman!

Be quiet Boy-Jamie!

Steve-Austin - Member

What really grates is when a buyer is giving it the old 'Only got £XXX left in the Paypal account','I would but pay day is next week so I can only go to £XXX' etc so you let them have it cheaper thinking at least its going to get use by another forum dweller (karma and all that) and actually its to increase their bloody profit margin.

taka?

im not that smart and i dont go out and aim to make money i get bored eaisly and like to change thing about alot... ive had bikes that ive never ridden which ive sold on because i want to build another...

Taka why have you raked this up?

i dont know searched that guys name who ton's talking about and saw this and my name 😥

Bustafajones/freeform5spot is a decent fella in the flesh 🙂

even when tons finished with him 😆 btw ive replyed to my swap post on the classified

He is not a small lad himself tho

I don't find it any different from buying stuff on eBay and selling on for a profit. My mrs used to buy a lot of goods of eBay especially stuff with no pictures - she made a grand one month on top of her normal salary. I have done the same in the past with stuff on here too, at the end of the day you've got to look after number one

Strangley I'm finding that this doesn't bother me. When I sell stuff it's because it's no longer wanted or I've ballsed up, profit doesn't come into it. When it's sold it isn't mine anymore and if someone wants to make a quick buck and isn't doing any harm then Ok. I wouldn't or couldn't be bothered to do it myself though.

However if someone was offering me a bike to get rid of for nothing and I thought stripping it down might earn me a few bob, then I might have a go.

I did get annoyed by someone who outbid me by a few quid for a NOS Alan cross frame on Ebay that I really really wanted.When Ilost it I bought something else,only to see him selling it a week later....Git.

would only annoy me if someone haggled me down with some sob story and then sold for a profit, that would boil my piss in fact 👿