Gumtree to good to be true?

[Meezo]

Cant find the gumtree classics thread.

 

Am i being paranoid

 

 

 

Please view this ad:

 

SPECIALIZED S.WORKS,

http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-sports-bicycles-fitness/bellville/specialized-s-works/1001129633800910263742209

 

Price: ZAR 30,000

Edited May 15, 2014 by Meezo

[T-Bob]

I posted it there today when it was up at R24K. Seemed to fluctuate between 24 - 30K depending on the ad and time of day.

 

Spoke to the Congolese gentleman who let me know someone had come to look at it and was mulling over if he wanted it... for 24K, zips, brand new 11sp ultegra etc I wouldn't be thinking that long and hard!

 

Asked the guy to ring me back if it wasn't sold as I had cash waiting and could be there is 15 minutes just to see it it was a scam.

 

Edited May 15, 2014 by hellocolour

[Eldron]

It dropped to R24k 7 hours ago...alarm bells would be going off for me. The guy cant spell Ultegra and battles with English. More alarm bells!

 

It is sad that we're this sceptical...

[Snails]

There are duplicate postings by "different" people for the bike at different prices:

 

http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-sports-bicycles-fitness/bellville/specialized-s-works/1001129748840910232066709

http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-sports-bicycles-fitness/bellville/specialized-s-works/1001129738780910264012209

 

Definitely dodgy.

[JoeyK]

Saw the ad. I also see that the seller is advertising the same bike for 24k. Only difference in the ads is the the 30 k spez ad has extra pics.

[Meezo]

It dropped to R24k 7 hours ago...alarm bells would be going off for me. The guy cant spell Ultegra and battles with English. More alarm bells!

 

It is sad that we're this sceptical...

 

Eldron lol I'm going to hijack my own thread. PM wheels price list might be looking at AM wheels in the near future.....

 

 

 

 

 

...i hope bogus dont see this

[JoeyK]

Haha, the above posters have beaten me to the posts.

 

Stay clear. Something smells funny....

[T-Bob]

Haha, the above posters have beaten me to the posts.

 

Stay clear. Something smells funny....

 

Unless you're the guy 'making up his mind...'

[Meezo]

 

Unless you're the guy 'making up his mind...'

 

Maybe the operation is to help with altegra problem

[26er]

I have seen R120k motorcycles on there for R20k

I wonder how they would "catch" you though?

[BogusOne]

 

 

Eldron lol I'm going to hijack my own thread. PM wheels price list might be looking at AM wheels in the near future.....

 

 

 

 

 

...i hope bogus dont see this

 

I see everything

Edited May 15, 2014 by BogusOne

[JoeyK]

 

 

Unless you're the guy 'making up his mind...'

 

Yeah i dont know for which bike i should go for. The 30k or 24k one? Glad that the sale of either one will help the seller with his urgent operation.

 

I think i will go for the 30k spez. It will most likely help the owner more seeing thaat his op is more difficult. Plus i get the extra pics of the bike. But then again, the 24k one is better value for money. Oh my, the choices I have to make. Dibs on both, i wil take them all.

[Capcha]

Someone did a crap job glueing that tubby

[Brogue]

You guys are such skeptics, the poor dude needs the cash to pay for his frontal lobotomy. Looks legit to me

[Ollie Olbrich]

I lost a Stumpjumper Expert sold on Gumtree due to an EFT scam in January 2014, which was reported to the police at the same time at.

The bike appeared on Gumtree Wednesday 14^th May and I immediately called to arrange the purchase of the bike and recognised the voice of the seller and then realised they were using similar names and different cell numbers to arrange the meeting at UWC.

Whilst on my way to UWC to meet James with a detective I called to confirm my ETA and he promptly informed me the bike has been sold and he has the cash. He allowed me to speak to the buyer Gershwin who said the bike was paid for and is sending it to Johannesburg and is not interested in selling it even for a higher price. I assumed they got nervous and may have recognised my number from the sale in January 2014. So I was left disappointed that I failed to recover my bike.

The next day Thursday 15^th in the morning an SW Tarmac is posted on Gumtree, and noted the picture was taken in the same room as where my Stumpumper was photographed. So I immediately called from a new number and spoke to Paul who referred me to his brother Sampson who had the same mobile number as James the day before. We made an appointment to meet at 13:30 at UWC. Again I went to the meeting with a detective to the gates of the University. I had to make a number of calls as Sampson was late, probably intentionally so he could check who the buyer was. I had to make the calls from the detectives mobile and disguise my voice so they could not link me to previous conversations.

Sampson eventually appeared riding the SW Tarmac, as he was approached by the detective he dropped the bike and ran, a chase ensued and tried to board a passing taxi without success. He was caught by the detective and taken into police custody for a court appearance on Monday. Sampson 25yrs old is not his real name he is not a student at UWC. The bike is with the police, we traced the bike dealer that sold the bike and they will try and contact the purchaser to assist with further investigation.

I hope during the investigation my bike is found and the sindicate is prosecuted, and we can happly trade and ride bicycles again.

[paul_ct]

Good work, Ollie. Good read. Pity it wasn't your bike which was recovered.