I got a bargain - by accident

[malnik]

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4573703287

I saw this the other day and put it in my watch list. Turned on today to do something else, saw it finished in 14 minutes and couldn't believe that it was still 299 with no bids.
I thought there would be loads watching and waiting till the last second!
I carried on and went back at about 4 minutes. Still no bids. I watched and waited. At 1 minute i thought it was too good a bargain to miss so prepared a bid of £310. Didnt think i'd get it - i dont actually need it.
Still no bids at 20 secs so i sent mine on my 2mb and won it at 299.
I spoke with the guy and hes gutted. I feel guilty now, almost said not to bother - told him if he thought he could get a better price in the paper i wouldn't hold him to it but he said hes learnt a lesson and i'm welcome to it - hes a true gent!
So now i got 2.
This one and an MBK 100 Nitro, also off ebay. Smelly 2 stroke.

Which one to keep?

Mal

[Ginger Phil]

That's a damn good bargain!!

What you could do is part exchange both scooters against a brand new Peugeot Blaster. ;D

[jules30]

wow you did well there

jules

[Ginger Phil]

So when do you pick it up?

[malnik]

I'll get it this week - got a couple of days off, but with the Mrs due to produce next week i'm a little nervous about going too far. Might get it collected.
I'm at work at present and cant get ebay here - they banned it!!! So will send a few wmails at home tonight asking how much for those pickup people to get it.

Phil - got any news on performance of your Blaster yet? I am tempted with that idea.

Mal

[Ginger Phil]

malnik said:

Phil - got any news on performance of your Blaster yet? I am tempted with that idea.

Mal

Well here's TAG magazine's review of the Blaster which I reckon is pretty spot on. I weigh 15 stone and can go from 0-30mph in eight seconds but once it's derestricted it's meant to accelerate even faster.

www.whatscooter.com/reviews.asp?review=ludixb1

After riding my Taishan Commuter this thing is a bit of an animal, it really does accelerate quickly for a 50cc, many a time I've nearly come off the back and would've done if I hadn't have been holding on so tight.

The best thing of all is it doesn't die up hills, if you're doing 30 mph on a flat piece of road it'll still do 30 mph up the hill. Even starting on a hill it'll quickly speed up. It is a pukka scooter, I'm so glad I bought it.

[ianf6512]

I had that one on my watch list and was going to bid on it for the wife, but they have upgraded our system at work to XP and a glitch is preventing us from logging onto secure websites.

By the time I got home on Friday the Auction had ended and I couldn't believe the price it had gone for.

Let me know if you want to sell it again.

Ian.