Flat track 330 tecate for 300 bucks??!!

[i58829]

Sounds like the story has changed from the 'buddy' having the scrap to the neighbor that didn't have a fence???

[88 Turbo Coupe]

I have a very sad story guys ='[,
Whether you chose to believe its truth or not, I could hardly believe it myself.

Yesterday the guy selling me the trike (who is my friend, not just some craigslist seller) told me he was having a bad day and couldnt drop the trike off.

Today he told me why he had a bad day.

"Well my landlord was doing some cleaning, this guy had a ton of scrap metal, and I was away at work, my wife who just had some medication prescribed has been home sleeping during the day. The guys doing the scrap metal took the bikes assuming they were scrap. I called around all day finding out where they went. Today i got an answer. They have been crushed, the went right from the back of the truck into the crusher. My landlord offered to reimburse me based on what my bill of sale stated, but stupid me for tax reasons I put down on the bill of sale less than what I payed for the bikes. They are gone, I am so sorry"

I can't believe my luck, here I am thinking I found the easy way out of building my car and it was taken so easily. Not only am I out a rare trike, which would have been awesome to have regardless of getting money for it, but I also never called back all the people that offered me cash for my xbox. Back to square one. it sucks, I never saw the trike, and I told everyone about it and now its gone.

Come on. Fess up. Who did you sell it to?

[dcreel]

Find out where it went supposedly and look around for it. At least see that it has been crushed before you give up.

[nd4speed]

I noticed one problem the with who now really owns the trike, the landlord. If the landlord or his agents took it by mistake then offered to reimburse for your property loss, you have entered into an out-of-court settlement for the dispute. Therefore, you have no more dispute, ever.

You should have called the cops when your property was stolen, then went and looked for it.

you could have turned a profit by selling the rear axle setup alone.

[nd4speed]

Still does not change the law regarding your friend settling out-of-court for the property loss with the one who claimed to have taken the property.

The old example is the neighbors kid throws a baseball through your window. Usually your neighbor settles out of court and pays for the window. If you were required by law to go to court, then the courts would be even more clogged with petty cases. The cops would recognize there is no case and it would never even reach the prosecutor. Same goes for the civil side. Judge: "did you lose your property because of the defendant?". Yes. Judge: "did the defendant pay you for the property you lost to him ?". Yes. Judge, "Then why are we here?" I want my property back. Judge: "the defendant claims it is gone, and that is why he reimbursed you for the amount of money you asked for." Case closed.

You basically can steal or destroy someone's property and then hand them some cash to avoid prosecution. You could even admit you committed the crime to the cop that shows up. Trust me I have seen it done more than once.

[factoryX]

which means this thread is entirely useless.

[300rman]

this thread = failure.

[leviblue]

It seems to me this is a young kid who had a chance at a cool ride. But this story was fishy from the start. He seemed to "WANT" the bike in the 1st post. Then how much to fix. On the 3rd he was hinting he wanted to sell with the question "HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH". In every post he says "my freind has it or is having a bad day, but I can't wait to get it". Meaning he never "owned" it as of yet. My theroy is like any of us who list a trike on CRAIGSLIST get two or three offers for X-BOXES,RC cars,and Paint-ball crap. Maybe he tried this, jumped the gun to make a quick flip and told us he "HAD IT". Read the post and timeline and it's really hard to understand how he's changed his mind in a matter of an hour. Theres just too much info on the buddy's wife too, pills knocked her out. Landlord who lives at the house or next door and is just tossing sh!t out. Unless your getting evicted the landlord cannot remove any of the renters property. It's agianst the law and the landlord knows it.
I bet if you search Craigslist in his area you'll find the bike.Even if you ask if anyone was selling it at on time you'll get an anwser.
I'm not trying to be MEAN but who else thinks if the kid would of gave him cash he'd have the bike???
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85 200X (woods bike)
85 200X (bored,ported,jetted,full DG exh AND 4/S)
86 250R ( 89 motor,too much to list)
85 500 Flat-tracker (dads old racer, ready for resto)
86 200SX (it's my dogs,,,,honest)
86 TRX 250R Factory Racer (new toy,under resto now)
88 CR 500 ( everyone should have the pleasure to own one)

[factoryX]

no, he'd have the bike if he actually went and got it the same day he traded. Why should he care if he had already traded for the 360 and the new owner still hasn't picked it up. Funny thing is I have seen people on here post big threads about how they want this bike and they almost have enough and someone(usually from this site) goes and buys it from under there nose. Oh and they post a new thread about the same bike. If you are dumb enough to post pics and brag about how you are going to get this bike and your local, I would not think twice from buying that bike.

[Mrs.Mosh]

If you are dumb enough to post pics and brag about how you are going to get this bike and your local, I would not think twice from buying that bike.

Well, at least your honest. That is a pretty crappy thing to do though.



honda_atc200es, didn't we meet you at TF a few years ago. You are FarmerC's boy, right?

[Dirtcrasher]

Scrap is a pile of SCRAP, not something on 3 wheels that ANYONE would consider worth something......

IDK where they went but that is one messed up story; I scrap or (use too) scrap all the time. The only stuff that gets crushed is cars and trucks AFTER the oil and other fluids are drained and the tires and gas tank are removed.

There isn't s "3 wheeler or quad crushing machine" at the half dozen scrap yards I've been to.............................

Sounds like a story to me

[inv3ctiv3]

Sounds like a kid got a little to anxious and didn't realize that someone would find this trike and buy it right out from under him.....

[ScottZJ]

Well there has been a few times that something was posted before a member got it and was taken, even by another member on here. Now that is totally wrong in my book of ethics. But you also dont show tons of pics of a nice or rare vehicle that you dont have yet, as there is a chance that could happen. I hope that your friend didnt do you wrong, but money makes people evil, esp when they see big dollar signs.

[Tecate250]

WTF kind of silencer is one that.

[Jeepermc]

Well there has been a few times that something was posted before a member got it and was taken, even by another member on here. Now that is totally wrong in my book of ethics. But you also dont show tons of pics of a nice or rare vehicle that you dont have yet, as there is a chance that could happen. I hope that your friend didnt do you wrong, but money makes people evil, esp when they see big dollar signs.

Exactly the reason I was very vague when asking questions about the Tecate I found (and got BTW) in Montana... Still even then there was someone chomping at the bit the week before I got there to pick it up. Luckily the gentleman stuck to the deal he had made with me.