eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby frailer5 » Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:13 pm
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby barefoot » Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:08 am
Stuff struggled to make critical mass... there just wasn't enough listings to make it worth most people's effort to look there. I can't remember whether it faded away before or after EvilBay arrived and superceded everything in its path.
There are other auction or classified sites now, as there have been all along. Gumtree is the only one that has shown any sign of reaching critical mass. The others... nobody lists there because nobody shops there, and nobody shops there because there's nothing listed there.
Ebay is squeezing us to see how rude a fee it can get away with, without ruining the monopoly. If any newcomer starts to make some headway, I reckon eBay will drop prices to squeeze them out. Until then... we're a cash cow.
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby Dan » Tue Jul 30, 2013 8:04 am
yep.singlespeedscott wrote:Gumtree is owned by eBay is it not?
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Postby LG » Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:57 pm
The fees on gumtree are another bugbear of mine now as well. No way I'm paying to bump my listing to the top, just copy and paste and start again.
An interesting listing on our local gumtree http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/hobart-r ... 1024678795" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby bychosis » Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:04 pm
maybe a little more desirable
kinda ironic brand considering the photography skillz
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Postby frailer5 » Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:28 am
.... not in...
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby FuzzyDropbear » Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:49 pm
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby cray- » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:15 pm
I am by no means an MTB expert, but I think he accidentally typed an extra "0" on his price. Dreamin'.FuzzyDropbear wrote:Probably one of the more expensive Shogun's on the market right now??
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Postby QuangVuong » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:16 pm
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby Paul 1965 » Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:53 pm
Haha, they didn't type an extra"0" they typed an extra four "0"scray- wrote:I am by no means an MTB expert, but I think he accidentally typed an extra "0" on his price. Dreamin'.FuzzyDropbear wrote:Probably one of the more expensive Shogun's on the market right now??
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Postby frailer5 » Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:40 pm
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby ldrcycles » Thu Aug 01, 2013 5:02 am
Take it to the UK and double your money?frailer5 wrote:This Geoff Scott would be a dilemma. Leave the paint job?
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Postby frailer5 » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:09 am
Are they still falling for it over there? It's about 1cm. too big, and about 250 dolares over, for me. Very nice bicycle, though. A promo prize, unridden? No doubt.ldrcycles wrote:Take it to the UK and double your money?frailer5 wrote:This Geoff Scott would be a dilemma. Leave the paint job?
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby FuzzyDropbear » Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:32 am
Yep, they love it over there, good laugh can be had from the new Foster's ads they had on their TV, actually, some of them were just plain stupid... The missus' family over there couldn't believe that we don't have any over here....frailer5 wrote:Are they still falling for it over there? It's about 1cm. too big, and about 250 dolares over, for me. Very nice bicycle, though. A promo prize, unridden? No doubt.ldrcycles wrote:Take it to the UK and double your money?frailer5 wrote:This Geoff Scott would be a dilemma. Leave the paint job?
Nice bike though, I agree, about $250 over what I would pay for it...
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby munga » Thu Aug 01, 2013 1:28 pm
peel off those stickers and replace with gefsco decals and you've got a lovely bicycle.
you couldn't build one for $500. at $400 this would be a bargain!
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby funnybike » Thu Aug 01, 2013 4:04 pm
Around the late 80's Fosters did sponsor some riders here. I remember Gary Niewand being one of them.
I think it is more likely to be someone's old training bike than a a prize or promo bike.
If it was for promo, they would have used a stock frame like a Ricardo or similar.
Most likely the shop just doesn't want the hassle of naming the original owner.
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Postby munga » Thu Aug 01, 2013 5:58 pm
this bike was made for one of the executives at fosters - was a one off custom bike
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