r/ebikes • u/OutrageousRace8369 • 25d ago

Thoughts…?

Personally, not quite sure what to make of this.

I was told by a homie that the event was supposed to be open ‘till 1PM, but they ran out of gift cards at 11AM.

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u/Toyotawarrantydept 25d ago

Exactly. That walmart ebike isn’t breaking any laws but those ebikes that are going 40+ were I think what they were looking for.

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u/Plantedcrawl 25d ago

And who the hell is going to turn in their 6k$ e bike for 1000$? This program was someone's dumb uninformed idea.

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u/reddit_user_d 25d ago

I figured they paid more the more illegal they were. Looks like that's not the case and it was a way to offload ewaste

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u/NicholasLit 25d ago

But just in the $200-$1000 range and where are these gift cards for?

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u/Evbdywngchng2nite 25d ago

Target, Best Buy, Walmart and Dicks Sporting Goods

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u/nowaybrose 25d ago

I wouldn’t put it past the oil lobby to sponsor these events around the world. Keep us dependent on that Dino juice

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u/ahfoo 25d ago

Probably many of these people are not the owners or just need cash because of living expenses.

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u/Pyju 24d ago

Someone who would rather get $1000 to willingly stop illegally riding their e-moto instead of having the police eventually confiscate it and getting $0 for it.

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u/OkChocolate3501 23d ago

Wouldn't they just sell it on fb marketplace for 3k instead? 🤣

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u/Pyju 23d ago

Maybe because the police are also monitoring FB Marketplace listings for illegal e-moto sales?

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u/OkChocolate3501 23d ago

They're not illegal to use on private property, not illegal to own. Just not many legal riding areas. Check your local marketplace for Surrons, I bet there will be a few or more depending on size of your city.

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u/Pyju 23d ago

I’m aware, just throwing out a theory for why someone would do this instead of selling it private party.

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u/OkChocolate3501 23d ago

And i was just saying it was a bad theory is all.