V7 Sport 4 sale scam?

[canuck750]

1973 V7 Sport

Craigslist - sale price $3309, buyer says he lives near Phoenix Sky Harbor but the ad is in the South Dakota Craigslist and the map is near Minneapolis

https://mankato.craigslist.org/mcy/d/1973-moto-guzzi-v7-sport/6533818660.html

If this is for real someone better drop everything and go buy it!

[Kiwi_Roy]

If it's a scam he has me fooled, too much detail I reckon.

[rodekyll]

It gets around.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-MOTO-GUZZI-V7-SPORT-EXCEPTIONALLY-ORIGINAL-amp-RUNS-GREAT-/121155681379?_ul=BO&nma=true&si=Mmw0GWI3uPPRzO1kdEz4zOZtSJk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

http://raresportbikesforsale.com/featured-listing-1973-moto-guzzi-v7-sport-in-california/

[guzziownr]

So RK, there is no Santa Claus?

[fotoguzzi]

ad is from Mankato MN but bike in Arizona? He talks about an auction but it's a CL ad.. what up?

[rodekyll]

Read the links I posted.  One is the word-for-word description of the CL ad at an auction site.  The other is in Spanish and suggests the bike sold for over $12k a few years ago.

[Phang]

the black bike in Jim's post has two tones cylinders suggested it has Gilardoni but the description says otherwise

this is the only thing that raised my eyebrow besides the too good to be true price

[Turin]

There is a very unloved convert on craigslist phoenix that was also on E-bay. The original craigslist ad before the auction was $4,500, and as soon as the auction started he would update his ad when the price went up. ex: $1,250.00 - $1,500.00 - $3,650. ( I think it was being shill bid to artificially drive up the price but that is another story)

I don't see anything wrong using craigslist to advertise an auction. Maybe that ridiculously low price is an opening or early bid?

[Turin]

Called the # and got this  "the text mail subscriber you are trying to reach is unavailable". Text mail? Red Flag.

[fotoguzzi]

I got a text reply wanting me to email.. I texted back just send me a time and location and I'd be there with cash.. got no reply.

seems like a lot of effort to get one single email address..   ?

[Turin]

I called from my land line. I don't know what they do with the E-mail addresses and text #s. Sell them?