So awhile back on ebay, I saw a bike that looked “too good to be true”—it was a Madone and at a freakihsly low price. So I emailed the guy, who APPEARED to have good feedback (albeit on hundreds of strange things that weren’t bikes…despite the fact that he was currently selling 4-5 high end bikes in “mint” or “pristine” condition). His auction was 24-hour auction, and you had to EMAIL HIM DIRECTLY—not ebay. Yeah, screams scam.
Anywhoo…so we go back and forth in the email, and every last one of them sounds EXACTLY like this guy, the demands, the odd vernacular, everything…I mean even in terms of pattern of speech and word choice, and in how he mis-constrcuts his sentences and words.
That auction gets pulled down (of course), but others appear from time to time—and although with different user names and feedback histories (and even locations, UK, Australia, Canada, US)—I would wager everything I have it was the same guy. Same M.O. every time, same diction, etc.
Now, I don’t know if this is the same guy…but I wouldn’t be surprised if it were, and that’s how he gets the bikes to scam people. I think you’d almost be best just ignoring him, and see what happens.
What a freak. A freak VERY dedicated to his scam, I’ll give him that…but a freak, nonetheless.
Good luck!
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