Very Cheap Trek Madone For Sale - Legit? Stolen?

[Gixxerman]

I have been looking for a used Trek Madone for some time now.
I came across, via a google search, a very cheap Trek Madone 6.5 up for sale at £900.
I asked if it was still for sale, and he replied that it was. However his email address came back as:-
"home computer" and a rather cryptic gmail address.
This seems a bit of a strange email address.
What do you reckon? Is it legit? Possibly stolen?

 

[ianrauk]

How can you tell if it's stolen or not just by an email?
And I don't think you should put someone else's personal email on here either so please remove it.

 

[Gixxerman]

Good point. Email address now removed.
I wasn't basing my concernes just on the email address.
It was largely based on the price.
It doesn't mention how old the bike is, but new it must have cost upwards of £5000.
It does have a lot of details about the bike and lots of pictures, so that gives it more credence.
Just seems very cheap for what it is.

 

[Gixxerman]

Latest communication after asking for more details:-

"I am outside country to US. The bike is 2 months old, we bought it in January. It has no damage or even scratched, I ride it twice. My eBay User ID is *****, we can make a deal through eBay. I can offer 7 days return policy of course, so you can test it and decide if you keep it or not before actually buy it. Thank you"

Ebay ID removed, but is again very cryptic - just a letter followed by 4 numbers.
The spelling and grammer is ringing alarm bells.

 

[Silver Fox]

Mmmm, if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

I'd give this one a miss.

 

[Cyclist33]

To be fair, if their contact email address and or ebay contact is available through google or ebay, it hardly constitutes a breach of privacy to replicate them here.

Stu

 

[steveindenmark]

Put the link on so we can see it for ourselves.

Steve

 

[Gixxerman]

Your wish is my command.
Trek Madone 6.9

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

Why is it for sale? Why is it for sale at that price? Where can the bike be viewed?

The answers to those questions will be revealing.

 

[ianrauk]

To be fair, if their contact email address and or ebay contact is available through google or ebay, it hardly constitutes a breach of privacy to replicate them here.

Stu

It was a private email address not in the advertisement.

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

Judging by the correspondence you've posted and the ad., I'd say they were written by different people...

 

[Martin Campbell]

This thing has trouble written all over it!!! For what is worth, I would steer well clear.

 

[Red Light]

"I am outside country to US.

And what does Craigslist stick in the banner across the top of it?

"Avoid scams and fraud by dealing locally!"​

 

[e-rider]

this is stolen - obvious! Forget it and move on!

Edit: and hand all info to police too

 

[Gixxerman]

Thanks guys.
I expected as much. Too good to be true.
I will let the relevant authorities know.