I'm Crying Now - E-Bay Buyer Beware
01-11-11, 07:24 PM
#276
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Trek's all-knowing serial-number database.
My own theory is that the shop ordered their required floor-model P1's, and weren't getting any nibbles on this one. darn it, we need a bigger market than just our walk-in traffic, or we'll be stuck with this 'til Doomsday. What about eBay? Well, I haven't checked, but I'm pretty sure the Trek dealer agreement would prohibit the store from selling it on eBay themselves. Enter the store owner/manager's wife or SO, who can bypass that because he/she isn't the store per se.
He/she lists it, goofs up the model year, gets asked after the fact, and does what I did: look it up at Trek's dealer site. Oh look, it must be an '08, the computers said so.
In the big picture, I would just build it and ride. That's a great price for a pristine frameset and I see no tangible benefits to killing the goose that laid the golden eggs here.
My own theory is that the shop ordered their required floor-model P1's, and weren't getting any nibbles on this one. darn it, we need a bigger market than just our walk-in traffic, or we'll be stuck with this 'til Doomsday. What about eBay? Well, I haven't checked, but I'm pretty sure the Trek dealer agreement would prohibit the store from selling it on eBay themselves. Enter the store owner/manager's wife or SO, who can bypass that because he/she isn't the store per se.
He/she lists it, goofs up the model year, gets asked after the fact, and does what I did: look it up at Trek's dealer site. Oh look, it must be an '08, the computers said so.
In the big picture, I would just build it and ride. That's a great price for a pristine frameset and I see no tangible benefits to killing the goose that laid the golden eggs here.
https://shop.ebay.com/nixonvw/m.html
My guess is that it is this one:
https://trekdg.com/
01-11-11, 07:36 PM
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It's pretty clear that the seller is a bike shop by the stuff they are selling:
https://shop.ebay.com/nixonvw/m.html
My guess is that it is this one:
https://trekdg.com/
https://shop.ebay.com/nixonvw/m.html
My guess is that it is this one:
https://trekdg.com/
01-11-11, 09:24 PM
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The plot thickens. Former Cubs great and hall of famer Ernie Banks lives in Plainfield. Could it be? Nah, can't be. Say it ain't so Ernie, say it ain't so.
01-11-11, 09:37 PM
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It was a quiet Sunday night. I was exhausted after pulling the team for almost the entire 60 mile ride, and I needed to relax. However, I could not get comfy on the couch. Cherchival, my toy poodle, snuggled with me, but, he could tell something was keeping me just a bit preoccupied. My effort in the ride was good, clearly, but, that dang comment from Sonia, the team leader, kept ringing in my ear, "get yourself a Project 1 and then you won't be so tired."
01-11-11, 10:11 PM
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It was a quiet Sunday night. I was exhausted after pulling the team for almost the entire 60 mile ride, and I needed to relax. However, I could not get comfy on the couch. Cherchival, my toy poodle, snuggled with me, but, he could tell something was keeping me just a bit preoccupied. My effort in the ride was good, clearly, but, that dang comment from Sonia, the team leader, kept ringing in my ear, "get yourself a Project 1 and then you won't be so tired."
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01-11-11, 10:15 PM
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...wait, I thought the answer to all questions is a CAAD9...
01-11-11, 10:29 PM
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Has coddling tendencies.
“I thought about lacing up my Adidas Supernova Glide 2s, wrapping my flowing pony tail in a pink leopard band and sprinting down to my LBS to pick up the Project 1. The smile was spreading across my face as I mused of whipping my fake croco wallet out of my Hermes Birkin bag and throwing down for the bike of a lifetime. I could see it now, riding up Stillwater Canyon, just me and my Project 1, lactic acid and cadence be damned I was conquering that thing once and for all. Then it hit me like last night’s tequila boomboom, I’d have to face Buck, the bike shop owner I’d just girled in last week’s Century. I moved Cherchival off my lap, reached for my computer and fate took over as I typed in e-Bay"
01-11-11, 10:37 PM
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Has coddling tendencies.
so where was I...
"Cherchival?" I asked. "What do you think? Should I attempt to find the bike of my dreams on e-Bay?" Maybe I should ask what to do on Bike Forums, I thought. I've always heard good things about those people. Well formed questions always get proper answers. Suddenly, at the end of that thought, a lightening bolt struck outside, hitting the transformer and the power shut off! Wow, that was close. I guess I'll have to wait for my answer on Bike Forums. Just then another lightening bolt struck, this one closer! "Cherchival, I don't think God wants me to ask anything on Bike Forums!" Cherchival just shivered in agreement.
"Cherchival?" I asked. "What do you think? Should I attempt to find the bike of my dreams on e-Bay?" Maybe I should ask what to do on Bike Forums, I thought. I've always heard good things about those people. Well formed questions always get proper answers. Suddenly, at the end of that thought, a lightening bolt struck outside, hitting the transformer and the power shut off! Wow, that was close. I guess I'll have to wait for my answer on Bike Forums. Just then another lightening bolt struck, this one closer! "Cherchival, I don't think God wants me to ask anything on Bike Forums!" Cherchival just shivered in agreement.
01-11-11, 11:26 PM
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01-11-11, 11:26 PM
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01-11-11, 11:35 PM
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Has coddling tendencies.
Additional comment relative to the thread topic: I recently filed a dispute through AMEX over one of the online auction companies, which has (as I found out when talking with AMEX) a bad reputation. Specifically, you can't open an account to their site with paying a minimum, which they don't tell you until you open the account. It may be in the small print that's hidden behind the check box, but that's not what I intended. I just wanted to see what junk they were auctioning, as you can with E-Bay. The stuff I saw was crap, and decided to cancel my account post haste. Having wisely used my AMEX card, I called and filed a claim of fraud, that they weren't clear about having to pay $75 just to open an account to see their junk.
Here was the result.
Perhaps using one's AMEX card to make payments to PayPal for E-Bay purchases adds another level of buyer protection given how AMEX will go to bat for you. Mind you, I haven't had any bad experiences with E-Bay, and I've spent thousands on bike stuff over the years.
Here was the result.
Perhaps using one's AMEX card to make payments to PayPal for E-Bay purchases adds another level of buyer protection given how AMEX will go to bat for you. Mind you, I haven't had any bad experiences with E-Bay, and I've spent thousands on bike stuff over the years.
01-12-11, 07:08 AM
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“I thought about lacing up my Adidas Supernova Glide 2s, wrapping my flowing pony tail in a pink leopard band and sprinting down to my LBS to pick up the Project 1. The smile was spreading across my face as I mused of whipping my fake croco wallet out of my Hermes Birkin bag and throwing down for the bike of a lifetime. I could see it now, riding up Stillwater Canyon, just me and my Project 1, lactic acid and cadence be damned I was conquering that thing once and for all. Then it hit me like last night’s tequila boomboom, I’d have to face Buck, the bike shop owner I’d just girled in last week’s Century. I moved Cherchival off my lap, reached for my computer and fate took over as I typed in e-Bay"
01-12-11, 07:51 AM
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One thing I've noticed is if you leave negative for a seller. If you have an account and sell stuff normally. They will buy the cheapest thing you have leave you negative no matter what. Just to get back. It has happened more then once to us.
01-12-11, 07:56 AM
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Like that word. Expungable. I just made that up.
01-12-11, 08:20 AM
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01-12-11, 08:22 AM
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