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Are pullstarts as useful as they seem?


Discussion at Motorized Bicycle Engine Kit Forum in the Introduce Yourself forum. Yep, good price, nope, no 80's....
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Old 04-24-2008, 08:17 AM
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Yep, good price, nope, no 80's.
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Old 04-24-2008, 07:00 PM
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That's a good price. What was the sellers fleabay name?
I got mine from "powerkingshop", they are receiving a bulk order on the 28'th, thus i pre-ordered so they don't have to pay to store a surplus of these things.

There are so many sellers with this item, that most times, it doesn't even matter who's selling it. Really, it was both luck, and eBay knowhow...

The trick is to watch 2 auctions (NOT "buy it now") of the same type of product, so you know how much average bidders are willing to pay (including shipping).

Then watch another of the same product and only bid during the last 10 seconds of the auction so the other people who are bidding don't have a chance to see you coming... With luck and diligent timing it'll work out in your favor .
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Old 04-24-2008, 07:44 PM
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Or just bid on one from that'sdax...I paid well under that for all three of mine.

It DOES matter who you buy from if you encounter any problems down the road.

Bid sniping doesn't really work too well, since everybody tries it. You have an item that's 122.50 and in the last 10 seconds everybody bids what they are willing to pay and the highest bidder gets the item, for 200 bucks!
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Old 04-24-2008, 10:40 PM
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However 200 is the buy it now price w shipping from a few sellers... for now lol
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Old 04-25-2008, 07:12 AM
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Yeah, I see the price is steadily climbing for all sellers.

Just be careful who you buy from, I've read a LOT of bull from a lot of sellers on ebay lately.

"precision made" "super quality" "our are better than the rest!"

One guy is even selling them mounted on a moondog for 600 and saying they are the Harley Davidson of motorized bikes~!
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Old 04-25-2008, 07:21 AM
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I've come to the same conclusion. The engines all have defects, it's just a matter of which guy will deny that fact and not help you out. So it's best to go with a guy who likes to keep a good reputation.
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Old 04-25-2008, 09:07 AM
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i agree big time on that pablo. a motorized bicycle made in china with probably no quality control thier will be a few bad ones out thier. i can live with that if the dealer takes care of the problems that may arise
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Old 08-15-2008, 02:02 PM
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I bought the same motor from the same seller. I got mine for about the same price. So far the motor is running fine and hopefully I can get it to smooth out a bit.
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