Anyone up for a trip to Brazil?

[NuggyBuggy]

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Or, "Who wants to buy a Ducati on AliExpress"?

Still having trouble understanding what this is about... but if anyone wanted to bite... I'd consider one hell of a gamble and road trip. Or not.

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www.aliexpress.com

 

[Relax]

Except it's not a Ducati. It's a Ducatii.

 

[Lightcycle]

No rush.

 

[NuggyBuggy]

Except it's not a Ducati. It's a Ducatii.

Most of the bikes they have listed do have misspellings.

"Yamahas R1"
"Hondar CRF250R"
"Kawasak KX450"
"Kawasakis Ninjas ZX-10R"
"Yamahaa YZ250"
"Kawa KLR650"
"K-T-M 150XC"
"Can--AM Maverick"
etc.

I guess the only legit bike is this one:
2021 Kawasaki Sportbike Motorcycle NINJA 400 BASE

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006984118230.html

100 of them still available too.

What I do find interesting is that the Multistrada is the only "brand new" bike they show that is more than a few years old. I was browsing for farkles for my 2014 Multistrada - surely that is not a coincidence. And if that's true, it implies that Aliexpress is actively generating these bogus listings.

 

[GreyGhost]

Not sketchy at all. Worldwide shipping of a motorcycle in 5 days would cost a fortune. They only accept forms of payment with no way of reversing the charges too. Very distinct store name. I suspect it will be some auto-generation bot that takes search terms and creates scam listings in almost real time.

"We ship worldwide , delivery is done directly to your doorstep.
* Delivery takes just 5-7 working days, "


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[NuggyBuggy]

Not sketchy at all. Worldwide shipping of a motorcycle in 5 days would cost a fortune. They only accept forms of payment with no way of reversing the charges too. Very distinct store name. I suspect it will be some auto-generation bot that takes search terms and creates scam listings in almost real time.

"We ship worldwide , delivery is done directly to your doorstep.
* Delivery takes just 5-7 working days, "

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I believe if the ship-to location is Canada or US it says they cannot ship there. I did try Brazil and that was accepted. I assume it’s something to do with exposure to prosecution in different jurisdictions.

I will say if Aliexpress is giving individual sellers access to buyer search histories so that they can dynamically generate items “for sale” that they wouldn’t have already had and so almost certainly do not have, that’s downright despicable. And their ability to take arbitrary search terms and mangle manufacturer names to protect from prosecution is chilling.

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