Well , I sold a car in Bamako, 4 months ago.
As usual in WAfrica , everyone plays the comission game. In the center of Bamako , just stop the car /bike forawhile , and you will be approached by lots of people who knows "someone" which actually buys cars/bikes.
Its relatively easy to sell a car , and to my surprise , there were no paperwork involved. Just get the money , and handle th e cart gris. That is. AS vehicle details are still not written in the Passport , you are free to leave the country ad lib.
I dont know specifically about motorbikes , but It should be quite the same.
This man (which is the Manager of "Auberge Lafia" in Bamako , also is in the car dealing business, can and will inform you before hand about all you wanna know regarding selling vehicles in Mali. He speaks something beetween English and French.
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Bocoum Bocari
00223 223 83 09 /636 68 94
bocoume@yahoo.fr
Rue 367 , Porte 52 , Bamako Coura Mali.
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Good Luck
Javier
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Originally posted by scoobie:
We are considering a trip down to West Africa next December. Since we only have 4 weeks, we were considering just getting rid of our bikes perhaps in Mali. Bamako I presume or perhaps Gao or Timbuktu.
Does anybody know how hard/easy it would be to sell the bikes in Mali? Are the bike details inserted into the passport? We will be travelling without a carnet de passage..
Cheers,
Rejean
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