sell or keep

hey everyone, im new to the forum and am a new rider. my question is this:

i recently bought a 2003 cbr 600 rr for 2500 shipped from the UK, it is in mint condition and has only 1043 miles on it(originally from texas)
beofre i bought the bike i put a down payment on a 94 cbr 600. Should i get my down payment back and enjoy the RR? or should i sell the RR and get the cbr600 and make out with like 3g? i think the older bike would be better bc i havnt riden yet and im bound to **** something up...

1st of all...great job!! what a buy! wow.

but to answer your question: I think you know what you want/should do already....just looking for support on your decision

bro, either way congrats...you can't make a wrong choice here...

welcome to the forum and your new bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you want to sell the 600RR let me no I will buy it for my dad. He is looking for one.

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ORIGINAL: doug8301

hey everyone, im new to the forum and am a new rider. my question is this:

i recently bought a 2003 cbr 600 rr for 2500 shipped from the UK, it is in mint condition and has only 1043 miles on it(originally from texas)
beofre i bought the bike i put a down payment on a 94 cbr 600. Should i get my down payment back and enjoy the RR? or should i sell the RR and get the cbr600 and make out with like 3g? i think the older bike would be better bc i havnt riden yet and im bound to **** something up...

oh no!!! please tell me you already have the RR. please tell me you didnt buy this off of ebay. i saw the exact same offer and it turned out to be a scam. that is the exact same story that i got when i inquired about the "too good to be true" deal.

Exactly what I saw too. EBAY scam!!!! Dude if you don't have the bike in hand...I predict you're screwed. Hate to say that, but I think you'll be riding the old bike. And if you've sent $$$ already...I'm terribly sorry. If not DON'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh crap!!! I didn't even catch where coming from .....................................

say it isn't so...........

have you paid yet?!?!?!?

I sure do hope this post has a happy ending....

If you dont have the bike yet your screwed. Lol I cant believe people still fall for these scams. I would have thought that it was a no brainer these days. Ebay scams are so well documented I thought everyone knew about them. First of all, shipping a bike overseas costs a lot of money. Plus to register a vehicle from another country is a pain in the ass, why would you even consider that deal in the first place? HAHAHAHA I hate to sound mean but seriously, how can you be so dumb? This guys is screwwwwwwwed and it is very funny to me. Thats why being a criminal is so easy, people are just not educated enough. O well, I guess you will learn from your stupidity.

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ORIGINAL: mazdajoe

If you dont have the bike yet your screwed. Lol I cant believe people still fall for these scams. I would have thought that it was a no brainer these days. Ebay scams are so well documented I thought everyone knew about them. First of all, shipping a bike overseas costs a lot of money. Plus to register a vehicle from another country is a pain in the ass, why would you even consider that deal in the first place? HAHAHAHA I hate to sound mean but seriously, how can you be so dumb? This guys is screwwwwwwwed and it is very funny to me. Thats why being a criminal is so easy, people are just not educated enough. O well, I guess you will learn from your stupidity.

I don't find it to be funny at all and I find your cold hearted reply to be a bit...disturbing. Until he gives us a response, we don't know if this is an Ebay scam yet, so give the guy a second to reply.

mazdajoe...I hope we are all just misinterpreting what you are saying...hopefully you are saying that you are glad he learned a lesson and that he will take the time to research things in the future....not that you take pleasure/joy in his loss

i have not done it yet, i planned on doing it tommorrow. The bike has a texas title (so the owner claims) and its trough the ebay vehicle protection program. It is also Condition garunteed by the seller. it has several multi angle photos form what looks to be like a seperate part of his garage.

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i just sent a email back to ebay requesting phone number/contact infor of the agent involved with the transaction. The only reason why i would believe it to be a solid deal is bc of the invoice from ebay motors, but he did ask for my email address and i gave it to him, and that when the email came. It is possible its a total scam, its also possible i may have finally got a break, who knows?


Doncollins... sorry, had to edit, the long link was killing me.

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ORIGINAL: doug8301

i have not done it yet, i planned on doing it tommorrow. The bike has a texas title (so the owner claims) and its trough the ebay vehicle protection program. It is also Condition garunteed by the seller. it has several multi angle photos form what looks to be like a seperate part of his garage.

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i just sent a email back to ebay requesting phone number/contact infor of the agent involved with the transaction. The only reason why i would believe it to be a solid deal is bc of the invoice from ebay motors, but he did ask for my email address and i gave it to him, and that when the email came. It is possible its a total scam, its also possible i may have finally got a break, who knows?

dude please believe me on this. IT IS A SCAM!! contact ebay's fraud dept and they should confirm it for you. i almost fell for the same thing. the seller does not accept Paypal and has a feedback rating of (0). please check it out first.

one more thing. the auction has ended.

Seriously are you dumb????? How do you not think that is a scam? Why would the guy sell it for 2500 when he could easily sell it for more than double that price with no trouble. He also has ZERO feedback. This is why my response was cold-hearted because I have no sympathy for dumb people. Bad guys pray on the weak and you are seriously a weak person to be falling for such an obvious scam. I could be nice about my criticism and say, "Well maybe its not a scam." But then you would send him your money and get ripped off. It takes harsh words to educate some people who are just so clueless about the world. Ebay even has a tutorial to educate buyers and sellers about the world of online auctioning and it talks about this very type of scam. When making a decision about something there is a little practice called RESEARCH that people with even moderate brain power partake in. I suggest you look that term up and then RESEARCH future business transactions. You are lucky you did not send him the money yet and that others and myself caught your mistake before you did something you would later regret.

mazdajoe: have YOU read the tutorial? bc i did, and i did some research, which is why i have yet to go through or pull out of the situation. I even went as far to ask fellow bike riders, clearly a sign of an intelligent person. thank you for your reply, but i would appriciate it if you could leave the ind of reponse that would help me, instead of making blanketed statements.

Thanks for the help everyone, i pretty much heard exactly what i thought i was going to hear. Theres nothing wrong with looking for a sweet deal, but make sure you cover your ass and think out all the angles. I did file a report with ebay and am waiting for a response. I have not given any money to anyone. Ill probaby buy the 94 cbr 600 f2 i was planning on anyway. Thanks for hte help

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ORIGINAL: mazdajoe

Seriously are you dumb????? How do you not think that is a scam? Why would the guy sell it for 2500 when he could easily sell it for more than double that price with no trouble. He also has ZERO feedback. This is why my response was cold-hearted because I have no sympathy for dumb people. Bad guys pray on the weak and you are seriously a weak person to be falling for such an obvious scam. I could be nice about my criticism and say, "Well maybe its not a scam." But then you would send him your money and get ripped off. It takes harsh words to educate some people who are just so clueless about the world. Ebay even has a tutorial to educate buyers and sellers about the world of online auctioning and it talks about this very type of scam. When making a decision about something there is a little practice called RESEARCH that people with even moderate brain power partake in. I suggest you look that term up and then RESEARCH future business transactions. You are lucky you did not send him the money yet and that others and myself caught your mistake before you did something you would later regret.

i think i probaly speak for everyone when i ask, mazdajoe, Why are you such a DICK?

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ORIGINAL: 6hundred_doubleR

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ORIGINAL: mazdajoe

Seriously are you dumb????? How do you not think that is a scam? Why would the guy sell it for 2500 when he could easily sell it for more than double that price with no trouble. He also has ZERO feedback. This is why my response was cold-hearted because I have no sympathy for dumb people. Bad guys pray on the weak and you are seriously a weak person to be falling for such an obvious scam. I could be nice about my criticism and say, "Well maybe its not a scam." But then you would send him your money and get ripped off. It takes harsh words to educate some people who are just so clueless about the world. Ebay even has a tutorial to educate buyers and sellers about the world of online auctioning and it talks about this very type of scam. When making a decision about something there is a little practice called RESEARCH that people with even moderate brain power partake in. I suggest you look that term up and then RESEARCH future business transactions. You are lucky you did not send him the money yet and that others and myself caught your mistake before you did something you would later regret.

i think i probaly speak for everyone when i ask, mazdajoe, Why are you such a DICK?

+1 Listen to your own advise, sometimes it takes harsh words for some people, but WTF give the guy a break he obviously had some suspision if he came here to ask. Settle down, he didn't buy the bike. If you want to yell at someone and laugh and tell them how stupid they are send the fu**head thats having the auction some hate mail or something.

-Jesse-

BTW doug8301 welcome to the forum!

hey listen to this, if you look at the pics in the auction youll notice two other bikes. i sent the owner an email inquireing about his "other two bikes" and he said there are no other bikes. lol what a dumbass ( he also asked me if i had sent the payment so for fun i told him yes)

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ORIGINAL: Turnin20s

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ORIGINAL: 6hundred_doubleR

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ORIGINAL: mazdajoe

Seriously are you dumb????? How do you not think that is a scam? Why would the guy sell it for 2500 when he could easily sell it for more than double that price with no trouble. He also has ZERO feedback. This is why my response was cold-hearted because I have no sympathy for dumb people. Bad guys pray on the weak and you are seriously a weak person to be falling for such an obvious scam. I could be nice about my criticism and say, "Well maybe its not a scam." But then you would send him your money and get ripped off. It takes harsh words to educate some people who are just so clueless about the world. Ebay even has a tutorial to educate buyers and sellers about the world of online auctioning and it talks about this very type of scam. When making a decision about something there is a little practice called RESEARCH that people with even moderate brain power partake in. I suggest you look that term up and then RESEARCH future business transactions. You are lucky you did not send him the money yet and that others and myself caught your mistake before you did something you would later regret.

i think i probaly speak for everyone when i ask, mazdajoe, Why are you such a DICK?

+1 Listen to your own advise, sometimes it takes harsh words for some people, but WTF give the guy a break he obviously had some suspision if he came here to ask. Settle down, he didn't buy the bike. If you want to yell at someone and laugh and tell them how stupid they are send the fu**head thats having the auction some hate mail or something.

-Jesse-

He didnt come here to ask, the topic of the post is completely unrelated to where the post has gone. He asked if he should sell the bike he is going to buy and buy the other. He didn't ask, "Is this a scam?" The link that he posted also says, "Bidding for this item has ended." Which means that no one was dumb enough to buy the thing. I dont blame the guy doing the auction because obviously there are dumb people in the world who are willing to give other people money for nothing. The guy doing the auction isnt stupid because he knows that other people are dumb enough to fall for that deal. Your never going to find a "deal" like that because they just dont exist. But whatever, go ahead and send the guy the money, see if I am wrong. Its just a complete waste of time to even consider something like that. I mean you can just look at the link to the item on Ebays search screen and tell that its a scam right away if the starting bid is cents and there is a buy it now for 2500 dollars. Why would you even open the link? And then why would you email the guy to see if its real or not? OBVIOUSLY IT'S A SCAM!!!!!

wow... what a thread... lol

welcome to the forum doug! as you can see it can get pretty excited in here at times!

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ORIGINAL: mazdajoe

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ORIGINAL: Turnin20s

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ORIGINAL: 6hundred_doubleR

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ORIGINAL: mazdajoe

Seriously are you dumb????? How do you not think that is a scam? Why would the guy sell it for 2500 when he could easily sell it for more than double that price with no trouble. He also has ZERO feedback. This is why my response was cold-hearted because I have no sympathy for dumb people. Bad guys pray on the weak and you are seriously a weak person to be falling for such an obvious scam. I could be nice about my criticism and say, "Well maybe its not a scam." But then you would send him your money and get ripped off. It takes harsh words to educate some people who are just so clueless about the world. Ebay even has a tutorial to educate buyers and sellers about the world of online auctioning and it talks about this very type of scam. When making a decision about something there is a little practice called RESEARCH that people with even moderate brain power partake in. I suggest you look that term up and then RESEARCH future business transactions. You are lucky you did not send him the money yet and that others and myself caught your mistake before you did something you would later regret.

i think i probaly speak for everyone when i ask, mazdajoe, Why are you such a DICK?

+1 Listen to your own advise, sometimes it takes harsh words for some people, but WTF give the guy a break he obviously had some suspision if he came here to ask. Settle down, he didn't buy the bike. If you want to yell at someone and laugh and tell them how stupid they are send the fu**head thats having the auction some hate mail or something.

-Jesse-

He didnt come here to ask, the topic of the post is completely unrelated to where the post has gone. He asked if he should sell the bike he is going to buy and buy the other. He didn't ask, "Is this a scam?" The link that he posted also says, "Bidding for this item has ended." Which means that no one was dumb enough to buy the thing. I dont blame the guy doing the auction because obviously there are dumb people in the world who are willing to give other people money for nothing. The guy doing the auction isnt stupid because he knows that other people are dumb enough to fall for that deal. Your never going to find a "deal" like that because they just dont exist. But whatever, go ahead and send the guy the money, see if I am wrong. Its just a complete waste of time to even consider something like that. I mean you can just look at the link to the item on Ebays search screen and tell that its a scam right away if the starting bid is cents and there is a buy it now for 2500 dollars. Why would you even open the link? And then why would you email the guy to see if its real or not? OBVIOUSLY IT'S A SCAM!!!!!

we all understand that. the question was why do you feel the need to be such a DICK!?

Welcome to the forum doug8301 and thank you for dealing with the negative replies in a mature manner.

If you're still in touch with this guy... mess with him some more. Since he doesn't know much about bikes... ask how the Micron RS5 sounds...

hey i just sent him an email wondering what that micron thing sounds like ill get back to you...

Welcome to the board doug8301! From the looks of it, we've saved you $2500. Sounds like a big party is in order

And to whom it concerns: thieves continue to thrive because some peeps make you feel stupid for asking questions. Let's all play nice boys and girls

Wow, how did I miss this thread...welcome to the forum doug8301