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Just bought a new house so the pressure was on to market our current place. We went down the route of the usual photos/video etc to give a nice online presence resulting in a barrage of viewers on day one, then out of the blue on day 2, an offer was received (and now concluded) from somebody who hadn't even seen the house. I'd never have the balls to shell out for something quite so spendy, sight unseen. Taking newbuilds out of the equation, this can't be a common occurrence, can it? In this case, the buyer has got a lovely house (okay, I'm biased) the survey was bang on the money and we've done everything to show the house as it is and not what it is not. But so many estate agents are full of $hit, how do you know what you are buying?????


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 3:46 pm
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Chap made an offer on my flat, unseen. Was buying it as a b2l.

Apparently lost his job (and thus, mortgage funding) the day before (a Sunday) exchanging, 6 months later. ****


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 3:56 pm
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Canyon grail, which given the geo and fun with  the bars was interesting.

Before that was the commencal


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 4:01 pm
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The wife. Looks nowt like the picture in the catalogue.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 4:03 pm
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A £45k printer, it was in Oslo I am in Bristol.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 4:03 pm
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My Stanton Slackline,  which was roughly 2.5k. I've never ridden a bike before buying one before though (I've bought 6 in total), apart from 2 second hand ones where I went up and down the street for 5 mins.

I'm thinking of getting a new one next year, but finding places that do demo bikes for the ones I'm interested in can be tricky.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 4:06 pm
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Another bike - Canyon Nerve, about £2.2k


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 4:12 pm
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In answer to the OP, SC nomad, it’s for sale, though because I fancy a change, not because it’s not ace. 😊


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 4:19 pm
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Last FastForward frame, bought it off pictures and diagrams on the Last website.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 4:34 pm
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My last bike, used Cotic Flare off that there eBay


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 4:36 pm
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Campervan . Thirty grand.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 4:38 pm
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Flat...

mind you family friends and my folks live three roads up so not a great risk oh and my aunt lived upstairs


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 4:52 pm
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My current car. Used one of those car buying agents, who got a good price and 6 years later it runs like a dream.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 5:07 pm
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Apart from our newbuild house, an Orange 5 SE.  Ok so I saw it, but I didn't ride it.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 5:11 pm
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Several cars well leased.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 5:12 pm
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Fisher Prometheus Frameset, £600 in 1992 (RRP here was £1800!)


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 5:13 pm
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i bought a horse, unsight/unseen for £80k in japan, with £30k for his flight home ! seriously nervous time but worked out well.

on the bike front i bought an ibis riplyLS  (£3k) and a santa cruz handboy (£800) on eBay . both have been great buys, delighted with them. i have generally been very lucky on eBay but it does take a lot of hard work trawling the lists


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 5:34 pm
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A car. 993 Turbo. Best investment ever !


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 5:37 pm
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A 2003 Peugeot Boxer LWB. £6500

A beaut, I tell you!


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 5:38 pm
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i bought a horse, unsight/unseen for £80k in japan, with £30k for his flight home ! seriously nervous time but worked out well.

we have a winner


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 6:04 pm
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Almost every bike.

Not sure lease cars count but now on my third all arranged over email and without setting foot in a dealership.

Houses - to be fair in the U.K. you’re not committed until much further in the process so not a big risk as long as you can check it over (or send someone you trust) later on.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 6:29 pm
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A horse!

for 80 grand!

A ****ing horse! For work or for yourself? Wtf do you want with an 80 grand horse?


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 6:38 pm
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Probably just a holiday.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 6:39 pm
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Suzuki v-strom dl1000 from eBay for £3k. Was fun to ride but a lemon. I wouldn't have bought if I'd viewed.  Sold at £1k loss within a year .  Have never bought anything significant unseen since.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 6:42 pm
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Ti frame from a drawing. 1200wing Wang's.

Current me wouldn't even do that.

Don't regret it one bit.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 6:43 pm
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I’ve just ordered a Yuba Spicy Curry E-Cargo Bike. Most expensive bike I’ve ever bought, and other than my House and My Camper, the most expensive thing I’ve ever bought at all.

Never seen it or ridden it. Just basing my decision on lots of online reviews and videos.

Nervous now.

Im sure it will be awesome


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 7:05 pm
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a drill for £90,000, it was in Austria  and i really cba to go and look at it.... it was ok though....


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 7:20 pm
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Im sure it will be awesome

Looks great, but £5k!


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 7:25 pm
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85k on a house. The wife put an offer in immediately after having a 2 min viewing. 10k on an ex lease mazda 5k on a dirty sex pool.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 7:41 pm
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The Invisible Man, I did go to view but it was still sold as seen.

I have him working for me at the moment I think, but I couldn't be certain.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 7:41 pm
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I'd like to know more about what makes a horse worth £80k and a drill worth £90k!


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 8:29 pm
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I’d like to know more about what makes a horse worth £80k

Unicorn (un-ringfenced)

and a drill worth £90k!

Probly cordless


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 9:04 pm
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I've done £10k on a car, flew to Edinburgh to collect it, handed over cash which wasn't counted & got given a packed lunch for my drive back to London.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 9:17 pm
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Orange Clockwork.

Bought from a bike shop to replace a stolen 1993 Marin Palisades, a brilliant bike. It was horrible.

Handled like a ruptured ferret, the most uncomfortable bike I've ever owned, horribly unforgiving.

Ordered a shiney blue one, ended up with an matt black one. I<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;"> hate matt black.</span>

Sold it to a mate and bought a motorbike, put me off mtb's for ages.

Then bought a steel Rockhopper which was, and still is a brilliant bike, fun, comfy and handles brilliantly.

🙂


 
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Posted : 20/07/2018 11:07 pm
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Van.

We did actually go to look at it in Ripon but we rode 90k through the Dales to the viewing... only working out that Ripon didn't have a station once we were actually there...

At that point we basically begged the guy to sell it to us so that we didn't have to ride home.

Never regretted it. Despite having a captive audience he didn't stiff us on the price and even knocked £400 off because the wiper motor sounded a bit grungy.


 
Posted : 20/07/2018 11:21 pm
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Brand new Honda Integra Type R, DC2. I'd wanted one for years, got a work bonus and the last few they made were discounted to be cheaper than 18 month old ones. I didn't see the need for a test drive, it was always going to be better than I was.


 
Posted : 21/07/2018 1:52 am
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A Volvo.  They hadn't even started shipping them when I ordered.  Made a mistake on the colour though, Volvo call it "Pebble Grey": the actual colour is similar to an overcast, drizzly February morning somewhere in Scandinavia where a grizzled detective is staring pensively at a dead body on a beach.  "Depression Beige" would be more apt.


 
Posted : 21/07/2018 8:58 am
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the actual colour is similar to an overcast, drizzly February morning somewhere in Scandinavia where a grizzled detective is staring pensively at a dead body on a beach.

10/10 - Beautifully described 🙂  All hail the power of the written word!


 
Posted : 21/07/2018 9:06 am
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Strangely alluring colour.

Fancy my next car in that colour 🙂


 
Posted : 21/07/2018 9:16 am
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nah wasn't  cordless as it weighs  5 tons....


 
Posted : 21/07/2018 10:08 am
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Fiat Mulipla. Got one of the first cars in the country from an import agency and hadn’t even seen one in the flesh. Brilliant car. Kept it for 14 years and ended up being scrapped when it got hit.


 
Posted : 21/07/2018 10:48 am
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Still waiting for more details about the horse!


 
Posted : 22/07/2018 10:40 am
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I wouldn't have thought 80k was excessive for a competitive nag.


 
Posted : 22/07/2018 12:22 pm
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Yes. Lets have more about this horse please.


 
Posted : 22/07/2018 12:42 pm
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80k on a horse that's nothing , how about 80k on a Koi carp - not by me but a faceless syndicate in the greed is good 1980s . Beautiful fish tho .


 
Posted : 22/07/2018 1:49 pm
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As I’m constantly reminded my role in work is ‘professional shopper’ it’s not unusual for me to spend £20k in a day all ‘unseen’ but that’s not really the same thing, it turns up and it works or it goes back - there’s little risk.

I bought a motorbike on eBay unseen and it was mint, a bought an MR2 and it was a complete wreck of a thing, wasn’t expensive, but I spent £500 trying to resurrect it but ended up selling it for £1000 less than I paid for it a few months later, I learned my lesson there and bought a Golf VR6 unseen, it was if anything worse, spent a fortune making it decent if not great and it rewared me by catching fire a 70mph and burning to he ground.


 
Posted : 22/07/2018 2:04 pm
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I’ll keep an eye open for any Volvos coming through work in that colour, one of the best descriptions ever!


 
Posted : 22/07/2018 10:25 pm

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