eBay madness

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  1. blade1980

    blade1980 Active Member

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    Just seen 2 yoshi R77 exhaust each sell for £465 Inc postage, seems a bit much for a second hand one when you can buy brand new from the states for a similar price
     
    #1 blade1980, Oct 30, 2011
  2. JM1

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    Maybe they're different? eg, US and Jap Yoshi.
     
    #2 JM1, Oct 30, 2011
  3. BladeRR8

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    Plenty of people pay over the odds on ebay imo which unfortunately makes getting a bargain increasingly difficult.

    A damaged top faring went for £120 last week, I just bought a brand new one in the dealers for £160 total madness imo as the repairs will easily be £100
     
    #3 BladeRR8, Oct 30, 2011
  4. dan.1moore1

    dan.1moore1 Senior Member

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    Iv seen them go between 450 and 500 a few times .

    So lucky the seller done poor job of advertising my yoshi . I was there only bidder at £200.00 lol

    He didn't even list what bike it was for lol, only said in the description
     
    #4 dan.1moore1, Oct 30, 2011
  5. bry641

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    its getting harder and harder to get a bargain on ebay.........i was watching a kriega us20 bag.......it went for a fiver more than i bought it new with free postage.........
     
    #5 bry641, Oct 30, 2011
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    I was wanting one of those Yoshi's, woke up on friday and it was allready at £330.00 with finish time Sat 11.30pm, I thought it must be drunken bids had been placed, the next one went on Sunday for the same. Someone must have been on a right session!
     
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  7. Hudson

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    Ebay these days is full of muppets, just because it appears on an auction site i think they believe it must be a bargain !!!! I once spotted some used interior trim for a BMW Compact go for £18 ..... i bought it new from a main BMW dealer for £10 !!! Total half-wits.
     
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    seen that when restoring my 350 lc few years back. people panic when what they think is a difficult to obtain item comes up for sale and don,t think to check with dealers if the parts are still available. i seen packs of 6 grommets that hold side panels on (3 per side) go for over £35 quid and when i contacted yamaha got all 6 for less than £8. some people can make a good living out of it if they no whats what!!
     
    #8 rocket, Oct 31, 2011
  9. BladeRR8

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    I know what you mean. I have been repairing my Blade after a little get off at Outlon Park so being looking at various bits for a while now and the seat infills are £3 brand new at the main dealers or £10 plus on ebay.
     
    #9 BladeRR8, Oct 31, 2011
  10. Nutty Tart

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    I know what you mean ... I sold a brand new RG500 service manual for £80 on ebay ... still available from Suzuki for £35
     
    #10 Nutty Tart, Oct 31, 2011
  11. JM1

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    I sold a Firestorm on ebay and several people bidded more than my Buy It Now price! Maybe they never saw the button?????????????????
     
    #11 JM1, Nov 1, 2011
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    Some people are so daft with money it would only take 5 minutes to phone the dealer and check.
     
    #12 BladeRR8, Nov 2, 2011
  13. dan.1moore1

    dan.1moore1 Senior Member

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    My mate put a crashed R6 on with a buy now button at a grand and it sold on bids for 1200 lol
     
    #13 dan.1moore1, Nov 2, 2011

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