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eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby cray- » Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:24 pm
If not, now might be a good time to have that garage clean-up and sell off a few things.
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
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Postby Nobody » Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:49 pm
If you have any similar bikes you should get a similar price. I spent a similar amount on a Clamont with 105 and 700C wheels. The bike is in my signature with the only originals being the frame, fork and headset.
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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby rogerrabbit » Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:56 pm
Shame it is about 6" too short for me!
It should fetch at least $300 imho
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Postby familyguy » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:36 pm
Is there something I've missed? Could you not build it up from practically NOS parts to match for less money?
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Postby lemmiwinks » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:57 pm
familyguy wrote:Then again, there's something like this.
"Bullbars", "footnests" then there's the starting bid. Comedy gold!

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Postby brookts » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:47 pm
familyguy wrote:Then again, there's something like this.
"The seat has some dust on it, which could probably come off with some TLC."
...A cloth or your hand might also suffice.
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Postby m@ » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:13 pm
...that little bit where you put the air into the wheel...

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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby toff » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:49 pm
familyguy wrote:Then again, there's something like this.
Is there something I've missed? Could you not build it up from practically NOS parts to match for less money?
Jim
Oh... This one has made my day. The bike is not junk, but no way is it worth that much. It's worth around 1/10th of his starting bid.
Having said that, astute observervers will notice that the rear hub of that bike is quite rare and indeed collectible. It's a Record cassette hub with a 7-speed cassette. Most cassettes were 8-speed, and if you used 7-speed, you used an older screw-on cluster. I have never seen one of those cassettes in the flesh. Dates from 1989. That part might be worth a $300-$400 to a collector, but the rest of the bike looks like Athena to me, so hardly rare or valuable.
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Postby cray- » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:14 am
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Postby familyguy » Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:10 am
toff wrote:Oh... This one has made my day. The bike is not junk, but no way is it worth that much. It's worth around 1/10th of his starting bid.
Prepare to have your day made, again! The Peugeot is back, at a mere $1500 start this time. Still 4-5 times what its worth.
Back to OP...I agree, bargains are few and far between. No way would I be able to buy my steel 501SL frame with complete Shimano 600 group for $67 now.
Jim
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Postby munga » Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:51 pm
there are bargains to be had, you just have to be on the ball.
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Postby cray- » Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:57 am
nickobec wrote:I would consider a Apollo Eclipse for $305 excessive.
Yeah but you get a choice of "male or female seat"!
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Postby jonbays » Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:50 am
I have a few old clunkers that were just back pedal break roadsters that are now single speed fixies WOW that will maybe make me a few more dollars too even if the real bargains are getting harder to find. I think overall it's good for cycling in general that the value of S/H bikes increases with the sports rise in popularity.
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Postby Dxs » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:11 pm
familyguy wrote:toff wrote:Oh... This one has made my day. The bike is not junk, but no way is it worth that much. It's worth around 1/10th of his starting bid.
Prepare to have your day made, again! http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Peugeot-Racing-Bike-54cm-Campagnolo-Gear_W0QQitemZ250505886522QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Sport_Cycling_Bikes?hash=item3a53507b3a&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14]The Peugeot is back, at a mere $1500 start this time. Still 4-5 times what its worth.
Back to OP...I agree, bargains are few and far between. No way would I be able to buy my steel 501SL frame with complete Shimano 600 group for $67 now.
Jim
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250513247391
It ended up selling for $576 (i was predicting around that mark)
I was unfortunately the 2nd highest bidder.


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Re: eBay prices on the rise, good time to sell old junk?
Postby Thoglette » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:29 am
amrjon wrote:Not suggesting their in the junk category, but has anyone noticed the mumber of 80's/90's "vintage retro ladies step through" bikes on ebay at the momement?
And with opening prices above $99 More if it has a basket!
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