Title: People trying to buy my bike Post by: Novelo on April 16, 2012, 09:24:22 AM I'm a bit puzzled as to why guys are always trying to buy my S2R ???. Ever since I got it three years ago every summer I get at least two offers a week. My only inclination is that they are trying to flip it or something I don't know I usually get offend and write the guys off as morons. I find this sort of behavior extremely odd maybe I'm a bit nieve but in my mind I'm thinking who the make the beast with two backs runs around trying to buy motorcycles from random people? There has to be something I'm missing.
The latest conversation went like this. I was standing outside a convenient store next to the bike while I was gearing up. Random guy: Hey man nice bike, hey eh do you want to sell it? Me: Eh I mean everything has its price. What's your offer? Random guy: I can't just throw an offer out there man, eh I don't know how about a dollar? Me: Are you serious? (followed by me laughing at him) If you got 10k to burn its yours. Random guy: Ah man its a Ducati that's why (and then he walked off) Title: Re: People trying to buy my bike Post by: Dirty Duc on April 16, 2012, 09:32:12 AM Stop looking so friendly!
I ran into this for a while, but now I don't stop near random people... I think maybe they think it is somehow more polite than asking you how much you paid for it. Or they are just dumb. It's a toss-up. Title: Re: People trying to buy my bike Post by: zooom on April 16, 2012, 09:35:28 AM I'm a bit puzzled as to why guys are always trying to buy my S2R ???. Ever since I got it three years ago every summer I get at least two offers a week. My only inclination is that they are trying to flip it or something I don't know I usually get offend and write the guys off as morons. I find this sort of behavior extremely odd maybe I'm a bit nieve but in my mind I'm thinking who the make the beast with two backs runs around trying to buy motorcycles from random people? There has to be something I'm missing. The latest conversation went like this. I was standing outside a convenient store next to the bike while I was gearing up. Random guy: Hey man nice bike, hey eh do you want to sell it? Me: Eh I mean everything has its price. What's your offer? Random guy: I can't just throw an offer out there man, eh I don't know how about a dollar? Me: Are you serious? (followed by me laughing at him) If you got 10k to burn its yours. Random guy: Ah man its a Ducati that's why (and then he walked off) 3 kinds of people engage you under hose pretenses.....IMHO 1) guy who wants to be cool, likes bikes, and has no clue about what it costs to "get into the lifestyle" or anything else surrounding bikes and etiquette 2) guy who is prospecting for to see what kind of reaction he can get for possible less than polite intentions 3) guy who is looking for deals for to make a buck by flipping the bike granted #2 is the least likely to run into and #1 is the most frequent...I have seen all types at various different situations....and all should be dealt with on their own individual basis and merit... Title: Re: People trying to buy my bike Post by: stopintime on April 16, 2012, 11:57:17 AM Remove the sign your wife stitched on the back of your jacket, saying "bike for sale" [thumbsup]
Title: Re: People trying to buy my bike Post by: BastrdHK on April 16, 2012, 06:56:01 PM Remove the sign your wife stitched on the back of your jacket, saying "bike for sale" [thumbsup] [clap] Title: Re: People trying to buy my bike Post by: Novelo on April 16, 2012, 07:14:16 PM Remove the sign your wife stitched on the back of your jacket, saying "bike for sale" [thumbsup] [laugh] Title: Re: People trying to buy my bike Post by: Heath on April 18, 2012, 09:19:39 AM I had a guy at a gas station ask me once. It was around a time when I was thinking of selling it so we started talking. We exchanged numbers and he would call me like once a week. When he got into asking where I lived it felt sketchy so I just said I planned on keeping it and he moved on. One of the things I didn't like was I named a firm reasonable price and he was like "ohh yeah we can talk about price later." That sent up a big flag of someone that wanted to flip it.
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