Tyre Kickers

[bighit]

He was probably trying to steal your bike.

Or was just a dick.

yep. they tried to follow me home but i went onto the dual carriageway and got up to 60mph and then onto country roads for a mile or so. i lost them easy.

i then went onto facebook to the bikers scam page for aberdeen and saw a report for a stolen scooter they had did the same that they tried to do it me . the same one they turned up on . i reported it to the police and reported that they tried the same with me . the scooter was stolen that day and not long before they tried it with me .

with the scooter guy the supposed buyer gave him his Iphone to hold as security but it turn out the Iphone had been stolen also and barred by the network.



when i first moved here i was working in aberdeen and i stopped at lights . an other bike pulled up beside me and he asked how long i had it and then said has it been stolen yet? i said no and he said it will be soon and rode off .

a month later it was parked up outside the site i was working on and some tried to steal it . they were caught by another worker that knew me . they had tried to hotwire it . a few weeks after that security at the hospital was standing near my bike and i asked what was going on. he said some one was caught on cctv trying to cut the chain . they ran off when they saw the security guy . i reported both incidents to the police . nothing could be done .

2 months later and the bike was stolen from outside my house . i had only left it ten mins on a busy main road . it as never found .

3 year later and same again but a 650cc CCM 644 this time . it was found with two 14 year old s pushing up a path . police could do nothing as they said they found it in the street even thought they were covered in mud and so was the bike .

i had been followed home a few times that i knew off so i would go different way home . i even went off road a few time to shake them off

yes i had an alarm on the CCM but it was a pager alarm that had a silent alarm on the bike and a vibration alert on the pager bit but as the keys were in the kitchen i never heard it . and i did not put it on silent. the button to put on silent just needed pressed for a few seconds to turn the alarm to silent . only the indicators would flash in that state . lesson learned ,don't but that type of alarm again.

[barrel]

I sympathize with you brian747 it can be very frustrating. I held a scope on here for someone a short while ago and they never had the courtesy to get back to me after saying they wanted it, as a result I missed selling it to someone else and to make matters worse I lowered the price for the guy as well. The guy has not been on the BBS since but has been frequenting another forum on a regular basis.

You don't mind at all when people change their mind or cannot make a meet up but all you expect is a bit of honesty and courtesy. Luckily this experience is very much the exception and without doubt there are some top draw guys on this fine forum.

Kindest regards

Barrel

[danbow]

Sometimes you just can't win. I arranged to meet up with a guy last week for some gear. About half an hour later I emailed him to tell him I'd changed my mind and that I wouldn't be coming. Just being polite. I got an email of abuse calling me a time waster!

[angrybear]

Sometimes you just can't win. I arranged to meet up with a guy last week for some gear. About half an hour later I emailed him to tell him I'd changed my mind and that I wouldn't be coming. Just being polite. I got an email of abuse calling me a time waster!

Well to be fair, you were Think about it & decide BEFORE you contact the seller

I've put half a dozen items on freecycle, so being given away & still people will say they want it & then fail to turn up, or they expect it to be delivered

[brian747]

Well to be fair, you were Think about it & decide BEFORE you contact the seller

I've put half a dozen items on freecycle, so being given away & still people will say they want it & then fail to turn up, or they expect it to be delivered

You are right there angrybear, some people have no sense of courtesy ,the gentleman!!! concerned is now on my ignore list, he has not replied to pm.s ,
probaly lack of spherical objects!!! hows that for being polite!!!!
any way not wasting more time on this waster
atb brian

[angrybear]

There are all sorts of dicks out there,
I've had "buyers" who say yes, then decide after a think they don't want it, one even told me he only said yes to give himself thinking time without me selling elsewhere.
I had one who wanted to view a bike I was selling I told him to phone me from the main road & I'd meet him & guide him in, he phoned me an hour late saying he was lost having decided to try & follow his sat nav & got right stroppy when I pointed out that I couldn't direct him without knowing where he was

Best was a guy who came to look at a quad I had on the bay, with a trailer on the back, he'd asked my reserve & I'd told him £700, he then turned up with £700 expecting to buy it, when the bidding was already over £800 , he got quite nasty when I obviously said NO.

Equally I've had plenty of good sales & buys.

[brian747]

Yes Angybear,i have had 99.999% good sales on here with fellow forum
members, this tbh is the first that has gone wrong but hey ho live and learn!!!
atb brian