Just curious about bike buying trends,ebay,trading post,from another country etc, or any stories good or bad about that barn find or the one that got away.
I will start it off with the bikes currently in my stable as it would take forever to list all the bikes i have owned over the years.
1 from swapmeet 1/2 hour drive
2 from swapmeet 4 hr return trip
1 from a garage sale 1/2 hour away
2 seen sitting around in yards whilst working & subsequently purchased 5 min drive
1 advertised in semi local paper 1/2 hour away
1 offered to a mate who did not want it so passed onto me to buy, 1/2 hour away
2 brought off the same mate after asking if he was ever going to restore them heaps of times & him finally giving in after buying the same model ready to ride,delivered to my door by him
1 referred from the local bike shop,10 min drive
1 advertised in a buy swap & sell type book,4 hr return trip
1 referred from one of my customers that his son had a bike for sale,15 min drive
above are all vmx
1 modern purchased on ebay 5 hr return trip.
My one that got away is still there I believe,the owner is a real son of a gun,it's just lying in the middle of his shed,when I enquired as to it being for sale he said he would let me know,I asked again about a year later & his reply was "I told you I would I would let you f*****g well know" I ain't asking again,surley prick
