buying a bike tomorrow..

[sumo88]

thanks Steve

 

[bonsaibilly]

Thank you guys for all the information. just to update you i met the guy with the intention of walking away if i'm not completely comfortable with the purchase. I met him in a residence address and asked him about the registration he mentioned earlier and he logged to a website called "bike register" https://www.bikeregister.com and the bike was registered to his name with pictures of it. He put my name and email in the website and the bike was transferred immediately to my name which is cool. The price of the bike just got reduced today for 519 in Halfords I don't know the original price but i bought it for 300. thank you everyone for helping really appreciate it.

How do you know he did not simply go onto bikeregister the day before yesterday and register it on there, so that it appeared to be/was registered when you went to see it?

I'm sorry to sound so cynical but as has already been said, any bike that "young" if being sold legit must have either a receipt with it, or the ability to call one up from the shop it was bought from. I just can't understand why having been advised of this above, you chose not to act on it to ensure you bought a bike from someone who you knew for sure could legally sell it to you.

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