Over a month ago, I looked into purchasing a tire that was listed in the Marketplace section.  While I hesitated to report about this, I thought that my experience will caution others as well.  Since I have been a member here (about a year), I have maintained a high ethical practice when purchasing items.  I even sent money to a person who had given me a part for free as I was thankful for his help.  I think that when a person makes a commitment, he/she should keep it!  In a previous transaction, I had a person who promised to purchase something I had advertised, so I had it all boxed up and ready to send, and at the last minute called to tell him, he backed out of the deal!  Good thing I hadn't actually sent it!

Here is a recounting of my experience (so far) with my efforts to purchase this tire.  Thankfully I haven't sent any money (I usually trust the sellers).

So far, no luck in getting this tire, and now (because I ride my bike every day) I am getting to needing the tire as mine is getting almost bald in the middle.

pre Sep. 6 - I inquired about the tire

Sept 6 - got a msg back with price
Sept 7 - I asked about what shipping cost would be, and to verify size
Sept 7 - got answer back with pic of tire and label and note that he would
            look into shipping cost
Sept 9 - I agreed to buy tire - sent seller all my contact and shipping info
Sept 9 - Seller texted and said that he would check cost at UPS
Sept 9 - Seller though UPS was too high - would check elswhere
Sept 9 - I told seller that I wasn't in a hurry - send least expensive way
Sept 11 - I told seller to please keep me informed of progress
Sept 11 - Seller said the he thought that Fed-Ex would do better
Sept 11 - seller said he would go with Fed-Ex - wanted my approval
Sept 11 - I told him that I would send him the cost and trust him to
             send tire
Sept 11 - Seller said Fed-Ex changed their quote - seller would find
             box to ship it in.
Sept 11 - I asked seller to "keep me in the loop."
Sept 12 - I offered to send the money - price & shipping
Sept 12 - I sent seller an alternate address (business) which could
             expedite shipping
Sept 19 - hadn't heard back - asked about progress on shipping
Sept 20 - seller said that he was offshore
Sept 28 - hadn't heard anything more - asked about shipping progress
Oct. 3 - Called and left msg. and also emailed - asking about progress.

Still waiting !!!!!

UPDATE: I called again and sent msg. 10/4 or 5, and no response as of the 6th of Oct.!

Ruttly wrote on 10/06/17 at 06:57:29:

Sounds fishy to me?!?!  Ruttly is a scam artist! He sold me a scuba tank, and when it arrived it was a plastic 20oz water bottle with a straw taped onto the cap.  However, to be fair it did work for 1 breath, then I had to resurface.


I hate it when you get strung along. A little communication goes a long way. Maybe the seller was in a weather/flood affected area?

Ouch Stewy that one kinda stung  

stewmills wrote on 10/06/17 at 07:44:54:


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Great message!  I had a really good laugh!!  I hope that your second part may be correct.  If so, I will still buy it, but I sure wonder about it!

I will, however, still pursue purchasing a new tire from a store.  

Do people on here have a favorite source for tires?

I just checked both BikeBandit & RevZilla.  Will go with either of them.  Thanks!'

I like them. I first tried them when I got one of my Guzzis that had them on already with good tread both F and R. I thought they were fine for handling although I can't comment on in the rain as I usually avoid that.
I then bought a set of 712s for another Guzzi and I ride that one a bit more sportingly and I was impressed. The took little weight to balance, in fact the rear took no weight at all.
I always check the rim with no tire to see where the heavy spot is and how much out of balance it is and mount the tire accordingly.
So I just got my third set now to put on the S40.
I am guessing that I will get about 6K on the rear of my 1100 Guzzis, but it is hard to say for sure.

Last time I ordered for the Guzzi from Denniskirk.
I usually just check around who has everything I need for the best price and check coupons too for possible additional off.

I think I checked Motorcyclesuperstore and it was a bit more but not a lot.

As of 10/11/2017 I am still waiting on some response from seller.  Maybe a hoax?

I went ahead and ordered a new Shinko from RevZilla - I think better tire, and not much more in price than this one in this thread because Revzilla has free shipping over $39.00.