Suspiciously Low Craigslist Prices
05-22-07, 07:54 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: 'burbs of Ft Lauderdale, FL
Posts: 429
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Suspiciously Low Craigslist Prices
How do I make sure a bike on craigslist that is way cheap is really a good deal and not a stolen one? Obviously I'm not going to agree to do the exchange in some back alley, but what questions should I ask? Why are you selling the bike/ How did that pedal break/ etc.?
05-23-07, 12:13 PM
#3
Philly bike nerd
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Center City Philadelphia
Posts: 575
Bikes: 2003 Fuji Track Bike,Pink Univega, Mixed part BMX, Early 70's Columbia Tandem, Orange and Cream Fixed gear Pursuit bike (Puig), random bikes made from spare parts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
05-23-07, 04:19 PM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Posts: 242
Bikes: '80 Motobecane '86 Eddy Merckx '88 Miyata
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
If they say it's not stolen it likely is, did they post a picture, is it of the actual bike? mismatched front wheel? Also make sure to check the top and downtubes/fork it could also be a bent frame. unless they're a good thief (which they aren't if they're posting on CL) you will be tipped off somehow just by their body language and speech.
I used to work at a pawnshop, lot's o' stories.
I used to work at a pawnshop, lot's o' stories.
