ooh, someone has made an expensive mistake

[beancounter]

£ 1500.00


Damn you bean counter !!!

Not the first time that's been written......(or said).

bc

 

[beancounter]

Why post your comment in the first place then?

Well, I answered your first question (is it the same bike), I just can't be bothered to answer your second question (What's the difference).

bc

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Accountants fight!

 

[rich p]

Dura Ace v Ultegra?

 

[redjedi]

I think the difference is to do with the geometry of the frame. One being a bit more streched out than the other.

But I could be wrong.

And the only previous transaction they have on e bay was selling a trek madone 5.2 pro

Also direct from the manufacturer.

 

[aJohnson]

And the only previous transaction they have on e bay was selling a trek madone 5.2 pro http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270418037400

And the story seems somewhat the same aswell...

 

[Corvette chic]

nicked - nobody has their car registration on a picture that's going global.... also this is the second "mistake" he's made in a month

 

[colly]

Even IF it were a genuine ad why would you pay only £300 quid less than full asking price for a secondhand bike?

Any legitimate dealer worth a light would negotiate on list price for a 4 grand sale.

 

[Rezillo]

Wasn't one of these up as a competition prize in the August Cycling Plus mag? I briefly had dreams until the end of July came and went.

Hmmm.

John

 

[vernon]

And the story seems somewhat the same aswell...

And a minor alteration of his name reveals that the buyer of the other bike was buying stuff from him as far back as 2006.

 

[Jonathan M]

Who would want a Giant TCR...even the advanced model...over that?!?

Nice bike, suspicious back story.

Previously sold a Trek Madone 5.2, again obtained "direct" from national distributor. His car registration plate is in the background of that one as well....anybody with access to that kind of information now knows where a £3k bike is residing!

Presumably the buyer of the Trek was a friend or a relative as well!

 

[bonj2]

Smells like he works somewhere in the bike distribution industry and has just managed to cream off a couple. Hence having the box, and the 'paperwork' will be the instruction manual, etc. which he would have if that were the case.
I'd be willing to wager that it hasn't ever been ridden, hasn't actually been nicked from an end user, but hasn't been legitimately paid for either.

 

[accountantpete]

Bidding ended on the item!