He got the neighbor to admit this in writing, but the neighbor claimed that it was “abandoned.” He even had it towed to his friend’s garage first in order to make the sale. Selling the $7000 bike for only $2800, telling the buyer that it was a relative’s who had lost the key.
The owner shared his story with an online community, worried that the buyer, if they can be located, is the one who is going to get totally ripped off and cheated on this one, which, combined with the reason he was away, says something about his character. He should be more worried about himself. While it’s true that the buyer usually gets the short end of the stick if they have purchased goods that weren’t the seller’s to sell, the fact that the neighbor told the seller that he was:
1. Selling it on behalf of “a relative”.
2. That the “relative” had “lost” the key.
3. Combined with the “too good to be true price.”
All just scream “stolen.” The only thing that could make the deal even more dodgy would be if the VIN number had been scratched off as well, and we don’t know that that wasn’t the case. And the buyer should have gotten wise to the fact that the bike was hot and walked away. But they were likely so blinded by the deal they were getting that they didn’t care and were willing to turn a blind eye to the bike’s origin.
But too good to be true is too good to be true for a reason, and if the bike is recovered, the buyer will learn an important lesson as they are left to recover the money from that bargain price they paid from the seller.
Author: Kayitsi.com
