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  1. Freebird
    I agree. I would expect that a dealer will charge at LEAST $250.00 and possibly a bit more. Sorry, I've never had a dealer do it so can't tell you for sure.
  2. Freebird
    I actually did get a message back from him. He told me that he would send the rest of the money next week. We'll see...I'm not going to lose any sleep over it either way. Yes, I did choose delivery confirmation on this one.
  3. Freebird
    I tell you folks, I have done quite a few transactions on Ebay and for the most part, they have been very positive experiences. This last one has been a real pain though. I list an item a couple of weeks ago. Everything goes well and the winning bid was $114.00. Two days later I get a message from the buyer that she will be unable to complete the purchase because she had to take her dog to the vet and now doesn't have the money. Folks, if your money is THAT tight, you shouldn't be bidding on non-essential items on Ebay. So, I filed a non-paying bidder complaint against her with Ebay and then relisted the item. I send a second chance offer to the next bidder and he declined. I don't really blame him. I'm not usually interested in second chance offers either because they are often either bogus or else I suspect that the seller had used a friend to run up the bid in the first place. So after relisting the item, it sold again. Not for $114.00 though but this time...for $34.50. Oh well....things happen. But WAIT...I then notice that this time the winning bidder is in Mexico. I sometimes will ship internationally but for this item, was not interested in doing so and had clearing listed it as shipping ONLY to the USA. I contacted the buyer to let him know that I would not ship to Mexico. He finally decided that he would have it shipped to a friends house in Laredo, TX. I agreed to that. So...it was then 6 days before he finally paid via PayPal. This is a fairly large item and though not heavy, I knew shipping would be a bit high due to the size. I had specifed shipping as USPS First Class Mail for $27.50. I then got an email from the buyer, AFTER he had paid, instructing me to send it Priority mail because he was in a hurry for it. OK...if he was in such a hurry, why did he wait 6 days to pay? I emailed him back and told him that I had quoted $27.50 for First Class Mail and if I could ship it Priority for that price, I would but otherwise it would come First Class. That was shortly before I left for the post office and hadn't heard back from him yet. At the post office I found that First Class was going to cost $22.50 and Priority would be $34.50. I decided to try and please this guy and I shipped it Priority. So right now, I'm $7.00 in the hole on shipping. I charged nothing for packing and supplies. I just sent the guy another email and told him that per his request, I shipped it Priority and to please PayPal me an additional $7.00. What do you think the odds are that I'll ever see it? I'm guess not very good. No big deal, I can certainly live with it and am just glad that this particular transaction is over with. OH...and here is a summary of one of our email exchanges last Sunday: Me: Please understand that I am going out of town on Monday. If I do not receive payment before then, I will not be able to ship until I return. If you pay today or early tomorrow morning, I'll get it shipped before I leave. Otherwise, I will be away in which case I will not be able to ship until Friday or Saturday. Him: I plan to pay in a day or two. And no, I do not need the case.
  4. Freebird
    What is the location Skid? Is it Gasaway?
  5. Freebird
    You are right. The moderator who closed it thought he had deleted it but hit the wrong button. It is completely gone now.
  6. Freebird
    By the way, the countdown timers are now added for all events that I have dates for. I'll try to figure out the dates for my maintenance day over the weekend.
  7. Freebird
    Sounds good but let me know once you have it nailed down. I won't add it to the page until I have firm dates. I also just noticed that the link is gone from the upper menu bar. I'll try to get it added back soon. It is in the left menu though and here is a link also: http://www.venturerider.org/rally/
  8. Freebird
    You got it my friend.
  9. Freebird
    No problem. Done.
  10. Freebird
    OK...it's your call but are you SURE that isn't too close to the International? Just asking...this one is your baby and you can make it anytime you please.
  11. Freebird
    Looks like you had registered under both names. I just merged them together.
  12. Freebird
    Not to worry folks....they aren't re-registering, I am changing the username's for them. It does not affect the membership total.
  13. Freebird
    Yours is reading correctly. We aren't over 6,000 at this time.
  14. Freebird
    I could take it from Indianapolis to anywhere in the Northern OH area.
  15. Freebird
    Todd, I think you are off to a good start. I can see a lot of potential in what you are trying to do and commend you for the effort. Feel free to add a link to our links page. Don
  16. Freebird
    I haven't picked a date but it will be late May or very early June.
  17. Freebird
    Lord help us all....you remind me of somebody.
  18. Freebird
    OK folks, it's time for me to get busy re-programming our rally page with the countdown timers. If any of you have dates and other info for 2009, please let me know what they are. Thanks
  19. Freebird
    All done.
  20. Freebird
    I'm glad it's loading faster but I don't THINK that the upgrade is the reason. It could be because there were a lot of little changes but I don't think so.
  21. Freebird
    My experience with the KuryAkyn grips was different than most. I bought a set from Rick Butler who removed them because they caused his hands to get numb when riding. I installed them on my bike and did install the end weights with them. I just took the stock weights and put them on a lathe and turned the shoulders down so that they would fit through the holes in the end of the KuryAkyns and screw in as they always did. The first trip that I took with them was to the Tail of the Dragon rally. It didn't take long before I felt my hands start to tingle and then get numb. I removed them and put my old grips back on. I don't know why it happened but it wasn't due to the weights not being there because they were. They just didn't work for me. I loved the looks though.
  22. Freebird
    All done.
  23. Freebird
    I THINK it's all working right now. You should be able to log in on the home page.
  24. Freebird
    I pretty much just do it by feel but I've heard some people say that they use a fish scale.
  25. Freebird
    OK folks, I just did a software upgrade here. Let me know if you see anything screwed up.
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