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Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« on: January 17, 2022, 02:27:23 PM »
Hey all,

I know a few on here must have those 200cc red Coleman minibikes , I have been seeing ads pop up that look like walmart and home depot warehouse centers selling them for 89.00 and free shipping.

It seems to look legit but I sense its a scam. Ive also seen people comment on FB and some claim to have gotten them and others are waiting. I know they are about 500-600 or retail.

Anyone else see these ads?

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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2022, 03:33:26 PM »
Something very wrong with that. If it seems too good to be true....then it is.
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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2022, 06:10:36 PM »
Yes, I have seen the adds but would not bite.

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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2022, 06:21:59 PM »

        I saw two today from the same scam outfit. One is for a 24 pack of Dewalt cordless tools including extra batteries, chargers and cases for only $99.00.
    The second was for a Segway electric bicycle only $89.00 .    Unbelievable  :copcar:

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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2022, 06:21:59 PM »

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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2022, 06:57:58 PM »
Not sure of the price, but I coincidentally walked by a Coleman minibike on the floor of a Tractor Supply store yesterday. There was one assembled, and two more still in the shipping boxes.

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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2022, 08:09:34 PM »
$89.00???  "SCAM-O-RAMA!!"



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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2022, 04:44:19 AM »
Same ads out there for lowes sheds, and other things also. Check out the comments on the ads, and all the posters are clearly made up profiles. Big time scam.
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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2022, 08:56:49 AM »
I would not buy one, cyl faces back toward swingarm. May be a cooling problem, carb & airbox is in front of cyl restricting air to cyl.
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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2022, 11:12:37 AM »
"Money back guarantee!" They actually do give you your money back. Here is how it works: ad is for something that retails for $400, their price is $99 with free shipping. You pay by credit card and they take your $99 and put it in the bank. Time passes...

After a given period they contact you. The item is no longer available. They apologize and you get your money back in full, returned to your credit card. You are made whole so no complaints. During the time your money is in their account it earns THEM interest. Multiply your $99 by 10,000 customers. Now 100,000...

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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2022, 03:45:45 PM »
"Money back guarantee!" They actually do give you your money back. Here is how it works: ad is for something that retails for $400, their price is $99 with free shipping. You pay by credit card and they take your $99 and put it in the bank. Time passes...

After a given period they contact you. The item is no longer available. They apologize and you get your money back in full, returned to your credit card. You are made whole so no complaints. During the time your money is in their account it earns THEM interest. Multiply your $99 by 10,000 customers. Now 100,000...

Dire Straights said it best. It's money for nothing.

That sounds plausible, but one still gets the product though...
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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2022, 05:20:02 PM »
I would not buy one, cyl faces back toward swingarm. May be a cooling problem, carb & airbox is in front of cyl restricting air to cyl.
Chinese junk.

Fan forced air-cooling, just like millions of Briggs & Strattons, Tecumsehs, Clintons, Kohlers, Wisconsins, etc. Doesn't need air flow from forward motion to stay cool.
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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2022, 05:44:29 PM »
I ordered a $700 name brand musical instrument for $65.
I got a tracking number and all.
The package arrived containing two oven mitts.
Guess other people got face masks 😷  .

This was a well enough known fraud that the minute I notified my charge account they issued an instant refund.

I suspect this scooter is a similar deal.
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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2022, 07:47:07 PM »
I would not buy one, cyl faces back toward swingarm. May be a cooling problem, carb & airbox is in front of cyl restricting air to cyl.
Chinese junk.
Saw one at Princess Auto (cdn version of Harbour Freight) a few months back and it caught my eye.  There was a spot of oil on the floor under it.

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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2022, 01:31:20 AM »
Saw one at Princess Auto (cdn version of Harbour Freight) a few months back and it caught my eye.  There was a spot of oil on the floor under it.

Ya think BSA had anything to do with manufacturing it?   :grin:
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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2022, 01:37:49 PM »
You want a "STREET LEGAL" Mini-Bike?!? 

Same ol' story..."If you want to PLAY...then ya gotta PAY!" :wink:



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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2022, 03:44:16 PM »
As I have stated before on this forum...the very first SOLO ride on two wheels, at age 12, was on a TACO-22 mini-bike, which belonged to my cousin's rich friend, Bob.  We flogged that little bike around his property on Route 9, just outside of Beacon, New York for hours on end.   :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

See the link below.  Cool beans all around!! :bow: :thumb: :boozing: :cool: :wink: :smiley:

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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2022, 04:10:32 PM »
Multiply your $99 by 10,000 customers. Now 100,000...

Maybe that is $990,000?  If they can do that every month, they get an interest free loan of about $1 million, not bad.  But that is a lot of paperwork and you'd think the credit card companies would catch on and not accept their business, putting them on some deadbeat listing.  And if the customer's catch on and dispute these transactions quickly, that could shrink their business model too.
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« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2022, 04:51:53 PM »
...and here is the legendary TACO-22...in all its glory!! :thumb: :bow: :cool: :boozing: :wink: :smiley: :smiley:



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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2022, 05:24:22 PM »
That is a cool minibike. What engine is that. I had trouble with the website.
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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #19 on: January 22, 2022, 08:35:29 PM »
That is a cool minibike. What engine is that. I had trouble with the website.
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Traditionally, minibikes have a four-stroke, horizontal crankshaft engine, (3HP Briggs & Stratton back in the day), single- or two-speed centrifugal clutch transmissions with chain final-drive, 4" or 6" wheels and a low frame/seat height with elevated handlebars.
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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #20 on: January 22, 2022, 09:46:38 PM »
I understand all that, when I was a kid minibikes and gocarts were the thing. I built a goca4t myself with Clinton engine. I was wondering what make this one is. It doesn't look familiar.  Maybe Chinese?
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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #21 on: January 22, 2022, 11:04:32 PM »
I would not buy one, cyl faces back toward swingarm. May be a cooling problem, carb & airbox is in front of cyl restricting air to cyl.
Chinese junk.

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« Reply #22 on: January 23, 2022, 06:33:48 AM »
I understand all that, when I was a kid minibikes and gocarts were the thing. I built a goca4t myself with Clinton engine. I was wondering what make this one is. It doesn't look familiar.  Maybe Chinese?
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Yes, Chinese, like everything else... :laugh: :grin: :wink:  Here are a few MINI-MOTO's from Honda! :thumb:

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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #23 on: January 23, 2022, 07:02:21 AM »
I like those Taco's! I got a kick out of their top model ...build the "bike of your dreams"....? My dreams reach a little bit farther than a Taco minibike. They are cool though. I need to ride a Honda Navi and a Trail 125. I think doing the BDR thru NY state would be a hoot on one. The BDR is the Back Roads Discovery routes, for those that are unfamiliar. In the NE we can do from NY to Maine on a mix of dirt roads, trails and back roads. I would love to do it.
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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #24 on: January 23, 2022, 07:57:35 AM »
Then, of course, there is always the *NEW* Benelli TNT135!!  Cool beans all around!! :thumb: :bow: :cool: :boozing:

They tell me little motorcycles are a BLAST to ride! :wink: :cool: :smiley:



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« Reply #25 on: January 23, 2022, 08:27:47 AM »
Some way cool vintage RUPP mini-bikes coming up for auction next weekend at MECUM in Vegas! :thumb:



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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #26 on: January 23, 2022, 09:02:25 AM »
My best buddy back in 1969 had a Rupp, and I thought it was super cool. But Honda had recently come out with the CT70 and I used my newspaper delivery and lawn cutting money to order one. While it was on order the CT70H came out, the 4 speed with a clutch, and I became the first guy to get one of them at the dealer. I was 12 and I took that thing all over the mountains and trails where I lived.
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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #27 on: January 23, 2022, 09:30:13 AM »
I remember those Honda 70's and 90's.  They were everywhere.

I had just turned 13, and bought a brand new 1971 Honda SL100 in John Deere green.  I was SOMEBODY in those days.
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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #28 on: January 23, 2022, 10:18:10 AM »
I remember those Honda 70's and 90's.  They were everywhere.

I had just turned 13, and bought a brand new 1971 Honda SL100 in John Deere green.  I was SOMEBODY in those days.
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Re: Coleman minibikes for $89.00
« Reply #29 on: January 23, 2022, 11:33:49 AM »
I wonder if the current day Honda Monkey 125 is a way to re-live that youth  :bow:
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