{"id":12662,"date":"2016-05-11T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/up-a-gumtree-when-i-lost-my-100-deposit-on-a-bike\/"},"modified":"2016-05-11T13:10:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T06:10:30","slug":"up-a-gumtree-when-i-lost-my-100-deposit-on-a-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/up-a-gumtree-when-i-lost-my-100-deposit-on-a-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Up a gumtree when I lost my \u00a3100 deposit on a bike"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWhen I tried to arrange collection the seller said it had been sold to someone elseWe bought our eight-year-old daughter an entry-level motocross motorcycle on Gumtree so she could learn to ride.As part of the purchase agreement we paid \u00a3100 deposit, but when we called to arrange a collection the seller told us he had sold the bike to someone else and wouldn\u2019t give us our deposit back. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Up a gumtree when I lost my \u00a3100 deposit on a bike<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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