eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
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Postby jools » Sun May 19, 2013 12:14 pm
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Postby Kermit TF » Sun May 19, 2013 12:42 pm
That paconi is identical spec and colour to my trusty sebring mk2 that I paid $80 for..jools wrote:nice looking paconi? in sydney, ends this evening... odd that you wouldn't use the name Paconi in the listing title and just list it as a 'steel road bike'
Paconi made in Italy = $400 +, sebring mk2 made in Japan 1/5 the price, meeeh, go figure
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Postby munga » Sun May 19, 2013 3:03 pm
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/mermaid- ... 1019389294" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Postby singlespeedscott » Sun May 19, 2013 6:57 pm
I like that. Particularly because its a Ricardo. Bit of a drive though.munga wrote:not sure if good, but good enough to post here just in case
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Postby munga » Sun May 19, 2013 9:25 pm
maybe a goldie local can grab it for you and meet you in brisvegas some time?
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Postby wqlava1 » Sun May 19, 2013 9:32 pm
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/111075736560 ... 1423.l2649" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
You might be able to sell the stem and beam for more than the starting - but the beam is early and thus probably one of the lower weight limits, the stem isn't mint (they get good $$ in the US), and the cobbled together setup starting with a large frame means that you lose the adjustability of real Softrides. This bike really would be just for the taller among us.
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Postby LugNut » Sun May 19, 2013 9:54 pm
" I have had people in the vintage bicycle industry value this bike prior to the restoration at between $800-$1000 so it is now obviously worth considerably more"
Obviously. Something about polishing a turd?...
Also, I wasn't aware that there was a 'vintage bicycle industry'. Garage sales? 'Vintage Emporiums' that sell overpriced dungers? Or is it us?
In which case, did somebody accidentally type an extra zero on '50-150'?
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Postby munga » Mon May 20, 2013 6:50 am
so paint it red and spend a few hundred on generic parts and its worth considerably more than $1000?LugNut wrote:View item
" I have had people in the vintage bicycle industry value this bike prior to the restoration at between $800-$1000 so it is now obviously worth considerably more"
Obviously. Something about polishing a turd?...
Also, I wasn't aware that there was a 'vintage bicycle industry'. Garage sales? 'Vintage Emporiums' that sell overpriced dungers? Or is it us?
In which case, did somebody accidentally type an extra zero on '50-150'?
i think i've found my next million!
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Postby morini » Mon May 20, 2013 8:13 am
Aren't we the vintage bicycle industry?LugNut wrote:View item
" I have had people in the vintage bicycle industry value this bike prior to the restoration at between $800-$1000 so it is now obviously worth considerably more"
Obviously. Something about polishing a turd?...
Also, I wasn't aware that there was a 'vintage bicycle industry'. Garage sales? 'Vintage Emporiums' that sell overpriced dungers? Or is it us?
In which case, did somebody accidentally type an extra zero on '50-150'?
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby wqlava1 » Mon May 20, 2013 10:42 am
....and it doesn't seem to matter that the thing that really made it a postie bike (the porteur rack on the front) is missing. That's 75% of the desirability and value gone, from my viewpoint.munga wrote:so paint it red and spend a few hundred on generic parts and its worth considerably more than $1000?LugNut wrote:View item
" I have had people in the vintage bicycle industry value this bike prior to the restoration at between $800-$1000 so it is now obviously worth considerably more"
Obviously. Something about polishing a turd?...
Also, I wasn't aware that there was a 'vintage bicycle industry'. Garage sales? 'Vintage Emporiums' that sell overpriced dungers? Or is it us?
In which case, did somebody accidentally type an extra zero on '50-150'?
i think i've found my next million!
It needs this on the back View item and this on the front View item before it starts to regain its character (and I note that they are from a couple of decades later - there may have been detail changes.
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Postby LugNut » Mon May 20, 2013 12:32 pm
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=18119" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;wqlava1 wrote:....and it doesn't seem to matter that the thing that really made it a postie bike (the porteur rack on the front) is missing. That's 75% of the desirability and value gone, from my viewpoint.munga wrote: so paint it red and spend a few hundred on generic parts and its worth considerably more than $1000?
i think i've found my next million!
It needs this on the back View item and this on the front View item before it starts to regain its character (and I note that they are from a couple of decades later - there may have been detail changes.
Seems to be identical to Hartley Martin's (minus the good bit) in the postie thread, which needs to be renamed 'Post your Postie!'.
The only market I can see for Postie pushies is with the kooky bike collector dudes (hands up), and to everyday cyclists as a cheap load carrier. So you'd be right about the value without a front rack. Also, who would want a mint condition postie? Isn't the whole point that they got all rusty and beat up delivering a ton of mail?
Plus, the design got way better than that. This is one of the earlier versions of this model, they eventually came with 3 piece cranks, and the frame reinforcement was welded instead of riveted. If anyone is looking to sell one like that, inbox me... Although I'd hate to know what the postage would cost
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Postby bychosis » Mon May 20, 2013 12:39 pm
Did anyone grab the blue and yellow roadie on gumtree from Charlestown? $25. By the time it got to lunch time to ring the ad was gone.
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Postby find_bruce » Mon May 20, 2013 5:17 pm
& this
will be collectable in years to come
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby LugNut » Mon May 20, 2013 6:17 pm
Eh, 20kg battery pack/hub will be a pain, hi vis fluoro doesn't do it for me, and just look at that puny little basket! But I do like the addition of Canti/Vee brake tabs. Sure, why not. I kinda see them as Australia's Raleigh Twenty - nicely designed, useful, undesirable to thieves, highly modifiable, sortof kooky, common, crappy bicycles. We just need a Sheldon Brown to come along and do something cool with one.find_bruce wrote:Does this mean this
& this
will be collectable in years to come
*crosses fingers for a Drop-bar internally geared hub postie bike craze*
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Postby frailer5 » Mon May 20, 2013 6:53 pm
Hope someone in the Hunter/L. Macq. area got it. Would have been a bit of a drive to pick up, even from Hornsby, so didn't go too far. If so, dead curious as to what's on it, and whether the frame's gas pipe.morini wrote:I wonder if this started life as a Europa?
Gosford way - and might have a few decent parts on it.
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Postby munga » Mon May 20, 2013 8:16 pm
i hope to god they weren't c-record or anything campy, because it was on the top of his pile of bikes, and i was working in a cul-de-sac.
you know how you daydream of finding a saronni or a merckx? something tells me he found my daydream bike today.
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Postby Kermit TF » Mon May 20, 2013 10:07 pm
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/carwoola ... 1020018930" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Postby quislor » Mon May 20, 2013 10:47 pm
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Lugged-steel ... 7675.l2557" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Postby ldrcycles » Mon May 20, 2013 10:55 pm
Definitely wouldn't have gone for $470 if I was selling it .
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Postby LugNut » Mon May 20, 2013 11:18 pm
quislor wrote:Am I clueless or has this gone for way more than it should have?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Lugged-steel ... 7675.l2557" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Probably would've cracked half a g' if it weren't for that derailleur cable.
Just shows what some new bar tape can do I guess. Also looks to have been sold by someone affiliated with Saint Cloud, so probably well advertised.
Man oh man, you're not the only one. Worst is when you buy a fixer upper, plunge hours and >$150 into a general service, new sealed bb, new bar tape, new tyres, and then re advertise it 6 months later and then watch it sell for less than you originally payedldrcycles wrote:Definitely wouldn't have gone for $470 if I was selling it
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Postby LugNut » Tue May 21, 2013 12:15 am
For the sake of a good nights sleep Munga, Shimano Exage looks pretty similar.munga wrote:it's kerbside cleanup week in the suburb i'm working at this week, and a guy in a hilux drove past with some soon-to-be-recycled bikes in the back. from 20 metres, the one i focused all my efforts on was dark blue, had drop bars, and had pedals that reminded me of these
i hope to god they weren't c-record or anything campy, because it was on the top of his pile of bikes, and i was working in a cul-de-sac.
you know how you daydream of finding a saronni or a merckx? something tells me he found my daydream bike today.
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby QuangVuong » Tue May 21, 2013 7:37 pm
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Postby frailer5 » Tue May 21, 2013 7:38 pm
Have to put it down to the Fitzroy/inner city trendoid co-efficient; plus the dazzling baby blue finish, I guess.ldrcycles wrote:I would say so, the frame looks alright but unknown, and fitted with a mish mash of bits ranging from alright to Microshift (not that there's anything wrong with Microshift per se but it's a bit out of place to me). I would have said $150, maybe $200 at the absolute most if you really wanted it.
Definitely wouldn't have gone for $470 if I was selling it .
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Postby LugNut » Tue May 21, 2013 8:09 pm
I might express an interest in that. Bit of a drive but I'm keen. Thanks Quang. Looks like it could make a nice cyclocross bike, Exage LX bits I think. Just in time for Dirty DeedsQuangVuong wrote: Big Centurion
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