deej wrote:yeah true but your not talking a £5k firblade here, the sold as seens are peices of crap that they dont want but need to part x in to sell the £5k bike, theyre doing the guy a favour by taking a bike no-one else would touch(private ortrade) and he gets his new bike and they get the sale, its a vicious circle and a hard market place
You have a point if we're talking about a £500 bike you're going to expect that it won't be perfect & may even have some problems. But not all of the bikes appear to be crap, I've seen some on their website going for around the £2k mark. Now that may be small change to some folk, but there are still a fair few people that will consider it alot of money.
deej wrote:they then sell the sold as seen on to you with you with no mot or tax so is as such unroadworthy and your responsibility to get i taxed and mot'd so if you buy a dud tough $hit basically.
Don't you think it would be a better idea if they were to state what the problems were (if it's got any)? Most breakers appear to do this when selling on crash damaged bikes. At least that way they wouldn't be accused of being dishonest, & at least the customer would know what to expect.
deej wrote:unfortunatley theres some idiots out there who dont know what theyre buying/bought until its too late
Is it any wonder that people distrust dealers (car or/& increasingly bike) when that happens?
Not everyone is mechanically minded & knows what to look out for when looking at a bike. When dealers start treating the customer with contempt in that way all that happens is that they get a bad rep & people stay clear. Hardly good for business eh?
