Seller describes as a 25 year old bike but check this out it looks awfully like and has the same parts other than the tuffs and tyres, as a recently released mongoose replica. Does anyone know this seller? What do you think?
Ebay Mongoose

wow, some people would try and sell there grandmother for a buck.

I just sent the seller a message asking for the serial number. That may help determine the true age of the frame. But I think it is one of the repro Goose's.

What a wanker!! Whoever bids on this should be told. Can this bloke be charged with anything???

He should be charged with fraud

I like the way that he said that he just got it rechromed.... Also built out of nos parts...
If you are a member on here i wouldn't tell anyone that it's you selling it. That's for sure!! Let the witch hunt begin..

It's hard enough for us to find old school bikes and parts without retards like the one who listed the repro Goose trying to do people out of their hard earned cash by means of fraud. I think that if the person is located they should be dobbed into ebay.

[ May 23, 2006, 06:51 AM: Message edited by: revcore ]

does anyone no how to go about reporting to ebay and what grounds are needed?

It is definatly a replica 81 Goose ... I've got 1 myself... You can tell by the hole in the gusset.
I wasn't happy with the way that they made em like that.. But maybe they were done like that 4 a reason??? As in this case...

I think there is an ebay dispute console for such things like this. If he is found to be breaking ebay rules he will be banned. In my opinion he is commiting fraud.

I hope that nobody emails him because this bloke should go DOWN!!!!

well i just reported the item but unfortunatly you dont get much chance to remark on the reason but i guess if more of you report it also we can stop this seller ripping off the unweary.

Good god thats just wrong. I really want to email him but I'll report it first. What a tosser.

Good morning fella's. I saw that thing last night. I reported it as a fake. Waiting for them to get back too me. Hopfully if enough of us report this dirt bag they'll pull it, and ban him from selling more fakes.

also the rear dropouts on the old gooses were an angle down to the axle slot. the reps are a curve making the dropout shorter......that one has the short dropout for sure. 25 years???? more like 25 days.

Report sent guys. Hopefully they'll get the idea.

Maybe this will help. NOw that you can see it better

should be interesting to see what happens to the seller if anything.

Bloody hell - what a cheek.

No bidders is good - hope it stays like that.

gee I just read a neg feedback he got......LOL

He is such a wanker that he has even ruined the value of the aniversary buy removing the numbered decal!!!!!!! Wow he restored a "goldstem" to silver??? What a legend........NOT!!

Yeah I saw that too.. I wonder who it is.. coming from NewCastle.. Hmmm any idea's fellers? hehehe.. I know who maybe BUT not saying..

osamaie if you are thinking of the same guy i am who is also a member here im pretty sure its not him he actually lives a little north of Newcastle but hey stranger things have happened........... lol il laugh if it is !

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not only is the bike less collectable now, the seller has no chance of getting those original repop stickers to turn it back to somthing half collectable.

ok... so i wouldnt know the difference.. somebody post a real one on here... i would never buy it for that much..... but a chance to learn would be good for me.. whats an original look like... the dropouts.. the frame etc.....

thats a real goose dropout of bmx museum it seems longer and where it changes to more like horizontal type line at the top of the dropout seem more sharply cut where as don't quote but looks like the dropouts more rounded at that change also as someone else mention its eems shorter on the repros. I thought this was interesting as I saw it and thought something looked strange about it.
Edit I put onto some program on my computer and zoomed in on the dropout and it seems like the bottom is alo heavily rounded unlike the one in that pic which is got squared off sort of corners.
Also for people who do have a repro does the welding look like on the old one or like a average weld from assembly line like on most bikes these days.

[ May 23, 2006, 12:04 PM: Message edited by: bullyhotrod86jh ]

bully that drop is from the later looptails

just look at the chain wheel, identical to the repro and not a snow flake or spider ring combo, a spooky co-incidence ????

and the circular hole in the double gusset it looks
different to the original models, the chamfer ?? seems to be a larger diameter than the originals

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what a tw@t

well it would seem the seller has decided to pull the sale as to weather ebay forced him or not i guess we will never know but good to see one less person getting ripped off.