responded to this today bloke says he sold it for £1K But I never got a chance to speak to him or even get a reply to my messages now some lucky twats got a golden lottery ticket Not a scam just a bloody idiot selling it he eventually messaged me but after he sold it.
Fuck me, last one i saw close to that state went for 15K...i am not knowledgeable enough to know if its a Black Shadow or one of the other models that were around at the time but a half decent restored one will hit the 45K mark without being perfect
This little lot i saw at an auction about 3 years ago made 6 figures between them in assorted states, none were perfect and iirc the best one made 50K
looks black shadow-ish speedo and casings but I can hardly credit that he let it go for 1K NO DOCS V5 NOTHING so was it nicked thirty years ago, the casing numbers will tell the tale... maybe, One of those, this is too good to be true moments, as I tried to get the bloke to answer, and for me it was.
I'm not convinced it's not a "joke" listing. After all, who sticks a bike on Ebay without looking at what others are selling for? Advertising it for £500, then taking a grand for it would ring alarm bells.
Like those that post "barn find" Mk1 Escorts for £50 on Gumtree just to see who tries to kid a kidder.
Picture looks a bit too professional for a bike just pulled out of a garage that you know nothing about, I bet with enough google time you'd find that picture elsewhere.
Yeah it's hard to believe anyone tech savvy enough to generate an Internet listing wouldn't also look up what they've got.
As an aside, I don't think I could in good conscience pay someone £500 for something I know is worth thousands. It just feels too dishonest and scammy to me.
indeed it does ...had the fucker allowed me to turn up and thats what i was actually looking at I would have parted with money but it always looked too good to be true.
There was a Mk1 Le Mans advert that used to appear on Ebay every few months a couple of years ago for around £1500. It would last a day or so before it got pulled. I can't see what the purpose is unless the they demand payment in advance.
GuzziPaul wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 10:09 pm
There was a Mk1 Le Mans advert that used to appear on Ebay every few months a couple of years ago for around £1500. It would last a day or so before it got pulled. I can't see what the purpose is unless the they demand payment in advance.
Look at listings for motorhomes-usually quite a few on there where the "Buy It Now" price is 30% (sometimes less) than what it should be. Bank transfer up front before it is delivered, which of course never happens.
A well documented scam that relies on the buyer knowing the items actual worth, so preying on their greed, or someone being daft enough to think that someone would genuinely sell something at such a low price just to get rid of it.
Yeah, very rare to strike it lucky these days & good you dodged a scam, my dad managed to find and then fail to buy the one and only single cylinder brough superior
There are members on Piston Heads and another couple of car forums that post up photos of a car (usually Escorts or Capri's) they found in a derelict garage in the grounds of a garden of a house they bought.
They do it not to scam money, but to see who will try to scam them to get the car (or at least the V5 and VIN plate) for nothing when they know its actual worth.
Seems odd to me, but everyone has to have a hobby!
responded to this today bloke says he sold it for £1K But I never got a chance to speak to him or even get a reply to my messages now some lucky twats got a golden lottery ticket 
Not a scam just a bloody idiot selling it he eventually messaged me but after he sold it.
