marktwothousand
Well-known member
Guys,
It goes both ways too, it's not just sellers that get the shaft. As I told my recent story in other posts: I had a deposit down, with arrangements made for safetying and payment, all agreed, spent a day negotiating, and then after it was all said and done, I get a text: "sorry, I'm returning your deposit, I had to go with a lower offer on an as-is basis". So frankly, a deposit can mean very little. And there's no way I'd leave a deposit on:
- any bike located very far away from me, or
- any bike With money still owing on it.
and as bikerider said, especially if you are travelling many KM's to buy a bike, you wanna make sure everything is all laid out as much as possible beforehand. I had one seller who sent me a video tour of his bike! Now THAT'S a motivated seller. I want a good price, sure, but I want to buy from someone who can tell me a lot about the bike, sell me on its positives, and work with me on closing the deal. i have met and talked to a lot of sellers who are just content to stand back, let you take a look at the bike, and leave the Ball entirely in the buyers' court. To that I say...Ok thanks buddy! Someone else can take my thousands of dollars if this is too much work for you!
I need to trust the seller, no matter how good the price is, a lot of It comes down to that (at least for me). So it's not just sellers that experience kijiji woes, think of it from the buyers' perspective too.
It goes both ways too, it's not just sellers that get the shaft. As I told my recent story in other posts: I had a deposit down, with arrangements made for safetying and payment, all agreed, spent a day negotiating, and then after it was all said and done, I get a text: "sorry, I'm returning your deposit, I had to go with a lower offer on an as-is basis". So frankly, a deposit can mean very little. And there's no way I'd leave a deposit on:
- any bike located very far away from me, or
- any bike With money still owing on it.
and as bikerider said, especially if you are travelling many KM's to buy a bike, you wanna make sure everything is all laid out as much as possible beforehand. I had one seller who sent me a video tour of his bike! Now THAT'S a motivated seller. I want a good price, sure, but I want to buy from someone who can tell me a lot about the bike, sell me on its positives, and work with me on closing the deal. i have met and talked to a lot of sellers who are just content to stand back, let you take a look at the bike, and leave the Ball entirely in the buyers' court. To that I say...Ok thanks buddy! Someone else can take my thousands of dollars if this is too much work for you!
I need to trust the seller, no matter how good the price is, a lot of It comes down to that (at least for me). So it's not just sellers that experience kijiji woes, think of it from the buyers' perspective too.