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violence is never the answer.... although it's always made me feel better.
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Robert Troub
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Or any common sense, compassion, the ability to spell.....
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mikey67
Finally riding a big boys bike
If you sold one bike everyday it would take about 16 years to sell 6000 bikes. Anyone who has been in the same business for 16 years must have learned something about the business. Straight up theft from your prospective customers is not good business. I feel strongly enough that your apparent business is about to start to decline, I predict you will lose more than, say, $300 probably before Christmas. It's called shooting yourself in the foot. Also known as Karma!
I'm no judge here but I think I have to side with mikey67 on this one.
As someone who's been around bikes for most of my life, and have been doing a bit of buying and selling over the years I can add that years ago, I started selling a few bikes and parts on fleabay, as the climate there changed over the years it only took me a few cases of buyers filing for refunds and returning boxes of rocks so PP issued their refund. It made me very leery of dealing with PP with person to person sales to someone I don't know.
I also used to ship bikes all over the country but I lost my local source of big bike boxes and the next nearest shop wanted $40 for a bike box, an they rarely have one big enough for a larger frame bike.
Mostly due to the cost of shipping I stopped bothering listing on eBay and now I just sell local, if someone wants a bike, they have to come get it or find a way to get it shipped. Most won't pay for shipping anyhow these days, they all want 'free shipping'. I can't sell a bike for $200 and pay $100 to ship it plus buy a box for it and haul it to the shipper.
I deal with estate sales and from time to time have items that need to go long distance that could be cost prohibitive through normal means. Be it a car or truck, or large piece of furniture, or a small box, I've always been able to find either a long haul trucker who's heading that way, or who is willing to take it partway or to help find its way to where it needs to go.
Grayhound bus service also will take on boxed freight so long as there's a depo nearby. In my case, the nearest depo is 39 miles away.
Many moving companies will also take on smaller items at their convenience too. I've shipped a few trikes and recumbent tadpoles that way. I'm also told that Fastenal also takes freight for delivery at their stores.
When I read the replies by mr haney here they come across as defensive and juvenile as if we're reading something a kid wrote.
I wouldn't expect that sort of talk out of an adult individual.
Something tells me there's more to his story than we're hearing as well but if Mikey67 paid $300, then he should full well be expecting to see a bicycle arrive at his door step.
The fact that the bike was listed on some private group vs. on Facebook marketplace also seems strange to me, how did you ever find the ad?
As someone who's been around bikes for most of my life, and have been doing a bit of buying and selling over the years I can add that years ago, I started selling a few bikes and parts on fleabay, as the climate there changed over the years it only took me a few cases of buyers filing for refunds and returning boxes of rocks so PP issued their refund. It made me very leery of dealing with PP with person to person sales to someone I don't know.
I also used to ship bikes all over the country but I lost my local source of big bike boxes and the next nearest shop wanted $40 for a bike box, an they rarely have one big enough for a larger frame bike.
Mostly due to the cost of shipping I stopped bothering listing on eBay and now I just sell local, if someone wants a bike, they have to come get it or find a way to get it shipped. Most won't pay for shipping anyhow these days, they all want 'free shipping'. I can't sell a bike for $200 and pay $100 to ship it plus buy a box for it and haul it to the shipper.
I deal with estate sales and from time to time have items that need to go long distance that could be cost prohibitive through normal means. Be it a car or truck, or large piece of furniture, or a small box, I've always been able to find either a long haul trucker who's heading that way, or who is willing to take it partway or to help find its way to where it needs to go.
Grayhound bus service also will take on boxed freight so long as there's a depo nearby. In my case, the nearest depo is 39 miles away.
Many moving companies will also take on smaller items at their convenience too. I've shipped a few trikes and recumbent tadpoles that way. I'm also told that Fastenal also takes freight for delivery at their stores.
When I read the replies by mr haney here they come across as defensive and juvenile as if we're reading something a kid wrote.
I wouldn't expect that sort of talk out of an adult individual.
Something tells me there's more to his story than we're hearing as well but if Mikey67 paid $300, then he should full well be expecting to see a bicycle arrive at his door step.
The fact that the bike was listed on some private group vs. on Facebook marketplace also seems strange to me, how did you ever find the ad?
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