Most stupid message while flogging a shiter

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 23/03/2022 at 16:02, St.Jude said:

Really?

 

 

 

 

 

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  On 23/03/2022 at 16:47, somewhatfoolish said:

Within 4 minutes? Yes, I think you'll find that meets the requirements under the ISO cunt standards.

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See above,  

[New POD]

  On 21/03/2022 at 21:58, motorpunk said:

Have you ever had a press car from a manufacturer? I think I did a pair of rears on an XJ-R in a fortnight. Happy days. 😁

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No but I've rented a hire car using a corporate credit card/borrowed the works pool car.

Manager once took me aside, and asked me to stop handbraking it into the parking space.  I mean I was first into car park. The tarmac had a film of loose gravel on top, what's a man to do. Apparently seen by someone in the HQ building 200 yards away. 

[DodgyBastard]

[STUNO]

A very nice, well looked after E30 BMW 325i. Also expensive at $25,000.

only a few questions, but one wants to know if he will sell the seats, read it !

1987 BMW 325i | Trade Me Motors

 

 

[steveo3002]

see that sort of stupidness a bit on the vw forums....nice clean car for sale , some mong asks how much for wing mirror m8 ? 

[bigfella2]

Not selling a car but some Bini wheels

So get this message

FFS how can you have not read the advert, it's the first two words in capitals!!

[Split_Pin]

Of course he read it, he's just chancing it.

I no longer write no offers or anything like that as I still get these stupid messages anyway - I therefore become less frustrated.

[Jikovron]

 

Sometimes a thumbs up is all that can be given

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

  On 05/04/2022 at 17:07, Jikovron said:

 

Sometimes a thumbs up is all that can be given

 

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Should have said 2022... 😆

[Jikovron]

Yeah that would have worked, so far I'm 50 messages in and almost all off them are crying about it being a pre cat car.

  On 05/04/2022 at 18:12, AnnoyingPentium said:

Should have said 2022... 😆

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[AnnoyingPentium]

  On 05/04/2022 at 19:20, Jikovron said:

Yeah that would have worked, so far I'm 50 messages in and almost all off them are crying about it being a pre cat car.

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If I were you then I'd tell them to have a wee sook of the exhaust. Honestly you might be able to sell it to the "scene, innit" types by telling 'em it's got a factory fitted de-cat.

[DodgyBastard]

 

A 125cc trail bike I'm selling, I think the guy might be a little bit optimistic with top speeds of 125's.

[DodgyBastard]

 

This one annoyed me, made an offer before he could make arrangements to pick it up then when I offered to drop it off if he viewed if beforehand he wanted me to bring it to him first and if he didn't want it he'd give me some fuel money.

 

[EML]

  On 05/04/2022 at 19:38, DodgyBastard said:

 

The boy must have got you confused  Cazoo. And that other dweeb expecting a ton outta a trail 125. I had a Honda fmx 650 that would struggle to hit 85. 

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[sierraman]

  On 05/04/2022 at 19:32, DodgyBastard said:

 

A 125cc trail bike I'm selling, I think the guy might be a little bit optimistic with top speeds of 125's.

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What’s he need to do 100 on it for? 

[sierraman]

  On 05/04/2022 at 19:20, Jikovron said:

Yeah that would have worked, so far I'm 50 messages in and almost all off them are crying about it being a pre cat car.

 

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Save yourself the misery of having these people on your premises and give Deatons metals a ring. 

[New POD]

  On 05/04/2022 at 19:49, sierraman said:

What’s he need to do 100 on it for? 

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Because.... just because.....

Although I never felt safe on my RD350LC above 95 mph. 

I think because I managed to seize the engine at 95 and the memories of attempting to stay upright were always in the back of my mind. 

[Dave_Q]

You just know that Lewis hasn't even got 2000 pennies to his name and if you were stupid enough to take it to him he'd either find a microscopic paint flaw and angrily reject it, refusing to pay for the petrol as it's NOT AS DESCRIBLED BLUD or more likely he would give you the address of the KFC car park on the edge of his estate then 100% blank you, block on Facebook and turn phone off to make sure he doesn't have to go through with his pathetic fantasy of buying a vehicle in real life

[Fraz]

My brothers currently looking for an automatic van for his gardening business. I spotted a VW caddy marked as an automatic on Facebook marketplace tonight. I always double check as the gearbox spec is just a ticky box and loads of folk wrongly advertise a manual as auto… the conversation went well. I’ve given up none the wiser …

[DodgyBastard]

  On 05/04/2022 at 19:58, Dave_Q said:

You just know that Lewis hasn't even got 2000 pennies to his name and if you were stupid enough to take it to him he'd either find a microscopic paint flaw and angrily reject it, refusing to pay for the petrol as it's NOT AS DESCRIBLED BLUD or more likely he would give you the address of the KFC car park on the edge of his estate then 100% blank you, block on Facebook and turn phone off to make sure he doesn't have to go through with his pathetic fantasy of buying a vehicle in real life

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Yeah, that's why I didn't entertain any of his pish. 

[Split_Pin]

What is it about Marketplace and Gumtree that attracts these kinds of people?

I'd genuinely like to know this.

[wuvvum]

Only 125s I've seen that would do the ton were derestricted sportsbikes like the RS125 and Mito.  I very much doubt any kind of trail bike would manage it.  Mind you a lot of Italian speedos are so optimistic that the needle will be pointing at 100 when you're doing 78.

[Pieman]

  On 05/04/2022 at 19:38, DodgyBastard said:

 

This one annoyed me, made an offer before he could make arrangements to pick it up then when I offered to drop it off if he viewed if beforehand he wanted me to bring it to him first and if he didn't want it he'd give me some fuel money.

 

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Most likely he'd nick it from you when you turned up.  Some people will do ANYTHING to nick bikes.

[GR8 PL8 M8]

  On 05/04/2022 at 20:18, Fraz said:

My brothers currently looking for an automatic van for his gardening business. I spotted a VW caddy marked as an automatic on Facebook marketplace tonight. I always double check as the gearbox spec is just a ticky box and loads of folk wrongly advertise a manual as auto… the conversation went well. I’ve given up none the wiser …

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If you're still wondering, it's a manual. That generation of Caddy was available with a 5 speed manual, a 6 speed manual, a 6 speed automatic, or a 7 speed automatic.

[Metal Guru]

  On 05/04/2022 at 19:49, sierraman said:

What’s he need to do 100 on it for? 

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Tell him the Earth is spinning at 1000mph and traveling round the sun at 67 000 mph and all that lot travelling through the galaxy at a few million mph, so 70 or 125 is pretty irrelevant .

[Missy Charm]

  On 05/04/2022 at 19:20, Jikovron said:

Yeah that would have worked, so far I'm 50 messages in and almost all off them are crying about it being a pre cat car.

 

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That doesn't make any sense; surely being pre-cat is better?  

[Dave_Q]

  On 06/04/2022 at 10:03, Missy Charm said:

That doesn't make any sense; surely being pre-cat is better?  

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As a vehicle yes, as a prospect for chopping the cats off to weigh in, no.

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 05/04/2022 at 19:32, DodgyBastard said:

 

A 125cc trail bike I'm selling, I think the guy might be a little bit optimistic with top speeds of 125's.

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Tell him an invalid carriage is an easier way to die at such speeds... 😆

[Spurious]

  On 06/04/2022 at 10:10, Dave_Q said:

As a vehicle yes, as a prospect for chopping the cats off to weigh in, no.

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I had about 5-6 guys message me asking if the cat was still on the now @2MB Primera when selling it. Usually followed with a message of 300 tonight. Or some other cheeky figure. 

 

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 05/04/2022 at 21:26, Split_Pin said:

What is it about Marketplace and Gumtree that attracts these kinds of people?

I'd genuinely like to know this.

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The only thing I can think of is that it's a free publicly available resource to allow them to look at other people's cars who also happen to want to sell them, cue a 5 second pang of wanting it and sending a message before realising they don't have the money/facility/circumstances/intelligence to buy it results in some of the ridiculous conversations as above