Originally Posted by
Bikedued
Yeah, but it's the principle of the thing, and it's perfectly fine if you have all of the parts in your stash. I don't any longer, I used to but not anymore. Buying each part individually would end up costing almost as much as the bike is worth, unless you get lucky. And nope, they have none of the original parts. They paid $250 for it as it sits, so they would probably want that much at least. That would kill any profit you could make off of it, if that was what someone was planning to do with it.
Ah, there's the rub. It will languish no doubt, Maybe what you need is a tag team, a friend who knows to engage with the seller and educate them, then you can make a true offer and leave with a bike.