Lots of opinions but here’s mine. YOU are the seller. He does not dictate payment method or delivery. He pays your preferred method and he either collects or arranges collection. If he refuses, cancel the sale and relist.
have you had a telephone call or is all this via text/email etc? you can tell a lot from a call or video call
Oh and it seems from his message that he’s buying for a mates collection (of 2 bikes currently? Hardly the NMM is it?) It smells. Swerve anything other than bank transfer and collection.
I don't do bank transfers for large sums (over £50) either. If I do and the number is wrong, the seller doesn't get the money and won't give me the goods. In the last year I have sold a bike, a boat & a car, and bought a bike -all for cash. I did make one transfer, at the bank when I bought a car at the sellers request. We both went to the bank, the seller completed the payee details, signed the V5/ receipt and then I paid the transfer using my card. Then it was the bank or his error & nothing to do with me. I think bike buyers for asking price are hard to come by right now; the market is on its ass... There's a fair few bikes on sale here that have been for a good while. I also think we are all different and should do what feels best in our gut. Be happy!
Tempted suggest forming a forum posse to come along to the sale. We could stand in the background revving our engines and looking really mean.
Right, I've been brave/ stupid and he is coming to look at it, prob Thursday, and pay cash, I've told him I'm going to check every note, thought that might put him off if dodgy, he is quite happy about it. And I will deliver it FOC. If it all goes tits up, I'll leave instructions for my wife beforehand to get on here so she can post the funeral and memorial details, all welcome, if nothing else so half of the respondents can say "I told him not to" and the others can keep quiet and look sheepish.
